New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-12
4 DAYS WORK AT ALBANY.
DISCUSS MEANS TO RE-
WE'VE PREVAILING DISTRESS.
.,,..,crpa. AUTHORITIES ASKED TO PUSH
FORWARD PUBLIC woRKs-A TAMMANi
HALL, SENATOR'S SLAP AT, PREsI-
r,UNT CLEVELAND

DENT CLEVELAND
r ,vcrrAn coRREspoypENr or THE rRIBUTA
Albany. Jan. 1.-THE Republican Senate TO-
Al, nassed by a unanimous vote fesoiu''on
ooI,,nr upon municipalities to give as niuch eur
,,o,,, unon public works as Is possible 10 the
p',o r,n,her Of worthy workngmen VINO are
now out Of employment.
roso,u,ion was passed last night by a iaoor
.,,.art,on held in Albany calling upon the
,e,o4ura IN invoke aid for the unemployed py
49, yarious city governments To-day senator
80 Of New-Yorll introduced the following
resolution:
whereas. There the present Tine, time over We,
,S skilled and unsklled Y l269Ter and w''"o"' III
pWbereas There is on account thereot grea. ana
Increasing suffering and distress rom nuse aef
from That the people of the state Of New
~ reorcsen:ed in Senate and Assembly,, 40 mere
hv request the munciIa government oi ,neS dy
N forSarS SrT the construction the public works
u srnport of this resolution Senator Cantor
.,,d that ne proposed 10 put the Republican
majority in the position either of opposing the
ae,nand of the trade unions or of being false TO
,ha,r promises should they oppose the bills
rb,cb we're being prepared in New-York for the
construction Of public works in order to give
employment to the unemployed
This declaration amused the Republicans. and
Senator O'Connor for them said: i DO not
nronose TO buy any pigs in pokes. 1t would
ne very foolish In my opinion for this Senate
% pledge itself to favor legislation which IL
ms not seen. and would like to inquire why
.he Democratic patriots who are so Vocnerous
In expressing their sympathy FOR the poor oio
not use their time in drawing up biiis 10 give
them employment, rather than IN presenting
windy resolutions. Why have not the au'hor'-
ties Of New-York put the poor at work on tha'
famous Speedway or in blotting from the lace
~ the earth that hideous reservoir at Forty
second-st. and Fifth-ave? You already nave
legislation for that purpose; why don't you put
the moor at work? Permit me to Respectfully
advise the Democratic minority from New-1orh
TO have their bills here by Monday night anu
thus do something practical for the poor
Senator Lexow further worried the democrats
nv declaring that the resolution was palpably an
infringement of home rule principies' accoiU'e
20 Democratic declarations but he should. never
&heless favor it. He believed also that the pres
ont distress was mainly due to the attack upon
tho nrotective tariff made in the Wilson Dill
which the Democrats were pushing. Presioe"'
Cleveland should give aid to the workingmeh oy
abandoning the Wilson bill.
"you Republicans should not abuse PRESIDENT
Cleveland" said Senator Guy. Tammany nan
Democrat. because he is the man VINO gave you
vour present power in the Senate Your acuoh
IN assailing him is like thai of the man WIZ
criticises the bridge which has enabled mn 80
cross river in safety and reach ia"u u
promise c,,.o,ord hv CIV
greatly interested the Republicans anu .les
were further amused ny S ,aEiug an entirely
diTerent tack from Guy and defending the VIII
tariff BILL . tuition 8, said "Tim"
Sullivan and offered the followinge
Resolved. II the Assembly concur. that Joint mt
committee of the Assembly and Senate be appoGS ,te
10 collect 2i2 per cent OF the salaries Vi all '
officers for the relief of the poor
rh,s c,used laugh. and Lieutenant Governor
sheeban who is a State officer. looked distressed
sullivan resented the laughter i mean e 49,
word I say. he loudly: declared. Sut ms Pc
tuition was ignored joke. Then senator RAJ "a,
eons of Rochester Republican. broadened the
scope of the first resolution so as 10 inciuue
all cities by offering the following adoiuoh'
Resolved That all the municipal authorizes OF , me
state be requested to furnish employment 10 t the
unemployed in their various localities as lar as '
same may be possible and practcabe ana ma ad an IN
circumstances reheVe 'he u'S''e - Wv
their midst.
Senator CogSeshall supported this addiuon III
en- earnest speech calling attention to the thou-
sands Of unemployed in the manuiac,ui, ,t
towns of the State. He declared that an III, II
distress was due TO the Wilson Tarlft Dill, ne
concluded his speech by saying Inc Deni 10
cratic Senators come here and say: FOR Goa
sake pass this resolution, and make the Demo.
cratic authorities do what they ought to DO
The resolution, with Senator Parsonss ex-
cellent addition to it. was then passed by a
unanimous vote. AS the Republicans have the
most votes they gave the most Tor H.
senator Reynolds Of Brooklyn. introduced a
bill to-day providing that at the coming faii
and Brooklyn shall be furnished with two bal
lots one for and one against the consoii.
dalton Of the two cities. The Tor baiiot VIII
contain the following: For the consolidation
Of the cities of New-York and Brooklyn into one
city. having an equally uniform rate OF tax
alton" The negative ballot is the reverse q inns.
Senator Mullin introduced again .U,uay ms ~
bill enlarging the scope Of the investments OF
(savngs banks. The bill authorizes the savings
banks to invest in the stocks and bonds OF cl''es
of above $4,000 in population In the states nsS 4l
New-Hampshjre Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhoue
Island Connecticut NewJersey. Pennsylvania
Ohio Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Mime
sofa.
Senator Cantor introduced a bill abolishing
the present boards of school trustees in New
York January !. 1895. and putting In tnelf
place trustees appointed by the Board of Edu-
cation. There are twenty-four school dlstricts
and five trustees to each election district
BILLS BEFORE THE ASSEMBLYMEN.
MP. SHEFFIELD WILL TRY TO KEEP TRUCKS OUT
OF FIFTH-AvE--wAR ON SLAUGHTER HOUSES
Albany. Jan. II Special. -New-YorS City received
great deal Of attention this morning in the AS
sembly in the introduction of bills affecting It,
Most of the measures presented by Judson
Lawson who represents the XXIIId Assembly
District, One OF his bills provides for the compile
ton Of the Riverside Drive by the Commissioner
OF Public Works. plans to be prepared by the
Park Department Provision is made for the issue
and sale OF city bonds to the amount of $4,000 to
complete the work but provision has wisely been
inserted that only s250.OO can be expended In any
one year
Another measure which Mr.. Lawson introduced
is looked upon by many as being a most meri.
torious one. This bill grants to the widow Of any
employee Of the Health Department whose duties
were In the contagious diseases bureau a pension.
not TO exceed oneh half Of the amount Of the salary
paid to the cmploye before his death Mr.. Lawson
put in another measure which provides that mo
distiery. slaughter-house. soap. candle, varnish