New-York tribune., 1894-04-07
KEEPING DOWN EXPENSES.
REPUBLICANS AT ALBANY PRACTISE
ECONOMY AS WELL AS PREACH IT.
MIR. sULzER COMPLAINS THAT THE APPRoPRIA-
TIoN FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL CoNvEN-
TIoN IS TOO SMALL BUT MR.. AINswoRTH
THINKS IT ENOUGH-A NEW
YORK TENEMENT HOUSE
COMMISSION.

COMMISSION.
FROM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE -BrBUm
Albany April 6.-The Democrats Of the Legis-
lature are persisting In their desire for extrava-
CANT appropriations To-day. for instance. In
the Assembly. the Committee on Ways and
Means reported favorably Mr.. Ainsworth's bill
appropriating 100000 30 pay the expenses Of the
Constitutional Convention. When he introduced
| the bill Mr.. Answorth put the appropriation at
s350.0O0. but feeling that every effort should be
made this year to keep down the States ex-
penses, the taxpayers are suffering from Dem
ocratic hard times. he cut off $4,000 Ex-
Speaker Suzer. the Democratic leader COM
plained of this reduction when the bill was re-
ported. and said that the Constitutional Con-
vention of 1867 had cost the State s5OOO0o.
Mr. Sulzer Is mistaken" said Mr.. Answorth.
The Constitutional Convention Of 1867 cost only
s3S9 0O0 and its members were in session longer
time than this convention will be permitted to
be-. Moreover Il had printing bills OF an ex-
travagant character that this convention will
not be permitted to incur"
The bill was then ordered TO a second reading.
Mr.. SulZer then attempted To wrest from the
Committee on Ways and Means his bill author
izing the expenditure Of $4,000 900 in canal i'm
prOvcmentS, and also directing a vote by the
people at the coming November election upon
the question whether or not the State shall
bond Itself 10 the amount of 100000 for canal
improvements.
Mr.. Sulzcr moved that the Committee on
Ways and Means BE- discharged from the
further consideration of this bill. In support
Of his motion he said that the canals should
have generous appropriations
"The canals have had generous appropria-
tons said Mr.. Alnsworth "and the Republi-
cans Of this Legislature have been more gen
erous To them than the Democrats of the
last Legislature We have given 5000. 600 for
canal improvements. whereas the Democratic
Legislature gave only S270 600 The need of the
hour is economical appropriations, for the tax
payers Of the state ar" suffering They insist
upon low State tax ratc. ana such bills as this
one therefore, should be- rejected"
Mr.. Suffers motion was defeated by vote Of
81 TO a
Mr.. Ainsworth introduced to-day bill Great
Ing a Tcncment-HOusc Commission In New
York Of which Dr. Cyrus Edison is To- be one
Of the members. with authority - examine the
construction. hcalthfulncss safety. etc. ~ tcne-
subject TO the next Legislature. The bill appro-
pr. tics $4,000 FOR this purpos"
The Assembly upon Mr.. Ainsworths motion
to-day amended the bill of Senator Guy I'm re-
gard to the removal OK street obstructions In
the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth wards. by
providing that the Superintendent ~ Public
Works Of NewYork shall have charge of the
work The Democrats opposed this amendment.
but it was adopted bV vote OF % % -
The Assembly passed to-day tw" ~ Senator
Saxf0ns bills ~ punish election rrpeat"rs. ON"
of these bills authorizes inspectors TO order the
arrest of repcatcrs. and the other makes palmer
the provisions for punlshing rep'afcrs or those
assisting AZ repeating.