New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-23

Sheffield, in closing Ills speech appealed 10 tHe o
members to turn from the grave o. Nooer. 80 80
to the condition whicn confronted the peop!e~lno
Necessity OF purity In 5aIio; Jaws
aUTTs AND sULzEE ~ OPPOSITION
\ ripple Of applause greeted the closing OF MT
s;hci!ield's speech The first man on inc Denio-
cratic side to oppose blanket ballot was MI
Butts, OF New-York. Mr. Butts Is one OF 'ho'e
Democrats whose natural inst!ncts GeneTaiiy are
toward the better o. two propositions Out i ms
ru!i;icG! training and associations as ~ ~
con1ci lin 20 fall Just short OF carving OUT u'
dictates OF his impulses. He Is ingenious ehous S
however. to invent some excuse OF 'v 80 Mn
taking the cour>c which he does 70 sausiS mn
eaI that he Is right. His argument to-uaS wa,
not new one, FOR he was forced 10 fall BACK
on the orc used by David d. iii as al eN0u''
Mr. Sulzer the Democratic leader. spoke
against this bill and in favor OF his own wni o,s
provides blanket paster In oiner ,espe W~
Sulznr's bill is somewhat similar 10 MI
Sheficld'y bill Mr.. Sulzer spoke fer over an
hour In mis- speech ne made some sneerng re-
marks regarding the refcrmers VINO h1 repv Mr.
Sheffield reminded the Tammany leaoer tlae
through tie work Of some OF those reloliii mr.
some eighteen or nineteen OF the lan' d nat one
of the Tammany Police Justices was reported
10 be afraid to return TO New-AorK loi ie"' Va
.ndictmej
MR. RYDER TRUE TO HIS PRiNclPI'H''
Edgar L. Ryder. who was the only Democrat
TO support the Sheffield BILL said tha' MI
Shcffield's measure was by far Ire nearest ap-
proach to what the people want OF al '"e
measures which had been presenteV' anu NJ n,
~, he would sunnort IT, TurninG toward MT
Sulzer and shaking his hnger al MN nj :, ~,
presslble follower of Grover CieVediIu ". ~; nha1
George shouted The day VIII come, III, w. 49,
YOU too. Will be lorCeu " @o4N WV
blanket ballot ..oa .no
James A. Taylor. Of Brooklyn, suppor' RANCE
hill saving that the people demanded cii,'is'
and the Sheffield bill was what they wanted.
Ar Trainor. Of New-York. opposed the meas
ure on the same ground which Butts LOOK
Mr. O'Grady of Rochester was another chai,i-
,,,on Of the bill lie said that there were prop,
abiv mperfections In both the Shei!leid OH anu
the Suzer BILL but he thought that the oheii. ~.
bill was correct in principle, ana ne urseu i''
The debate was closed by Mr. Answorth, VINO
read the constitutions of several States "nioi my,
have adopted a similar system OF No ihs, AM y,
ali If them were exactly similar in wCrdlng 10
the Constitution OF this State. In none Ci MS
States he showed. had the courts uecIiI "a .s
law to be unconstitutional lie look up SUI. SUI .
assertion that last year he mad supporuT q
blanket ballot bill, showing by the 1ouriai Oh
last year that Sulzer was not recorded on me
bill in any part of its progress Mr.. Aihs ,a
made a ringing speech and at the close moved
tho previous question The debate hau iaS'eu
nearly four hours and every one was wihhg 10
have vote taken.
VOTING on THE MEASURES
The test came on the motion OF Mr.. Suizer 10
substitute his bill for the Sheffield Dill. IL hao
he., ranorted that some OF the Republican men,
bers would vote for the substitute. Ihls report
emanated from Democratic sources, but II was
soon shown to be utterly without foundation.
Not n Republican in the chamber voted FOR the
pas,er ballot bill. The result was a aiilrmauVe
votes 10 60 lucrative votes. OF the 60 Mr.. Ryder
was the only Democrat to stand out against the
master The Sheffield bill then was sent 10 a
third reading, and was passed by vote OF
II TO &c.