The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-05-01
BEFoRM BrLLs 1T ALBANY.
Final Passage of the Police BIagistrates'
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 Final Passage of the Police BIagistrates'
 Bill.
 Albany, April 30.-The assembly to- day concurred in the senate amend ments to the police magistrates bill by a vote of S6 ayes to IT noes, The bill now goes to Mayor Strong for hear ing,
 MT. O'Grady, rep, of Monroe, had given notice that he would move a call of the assembly at 1:3o o'clock In anti cipation of the receipt from the senate of the bill. The bill, however, was handed own by the speaker at 1O:4O a. m., and the senate amendments were read. MT. O'Grady then, in accordance with the notice given by him on Friday, moved to suspend the rules for concur ring in those amendments.
 MT. Foley, dem. of New York, raised the point that the motion was out of order, as the notice had been given at time when the bill in question was not in possession of the assembly. The point of order was overruled by the speaker.
 The motion to suspend the rules was adopted, and the senate amendments were concurred in without debate by the vote above given.
 The Lexow special committee met at 10 a. m in the@enate library. Senators Lexow, Pound, O'Connor and Cantor were present. Senator Robertson, rep, of Westchester, did not appear, and Senator Bradley, ind, of Kings, refused to attendL MT. Lexow refused to re- port the police reorganization bill as passed by the assembly. Messrs Lex ow, Pound and O'Connor, rep, voted aye and Cantor, dem, no. It requires four votes to report a bill from the committee, and MT. Lexow announced that he wou1dl in open senate move to discharge the committee from further consideration of the measure. It was decided that the Lexow supplementary police bill shouad be reported for the consideration of the senate.
 As soon as the senate met MT. Lexow reported the supplementary police bill There was no debate.
 NThe Ainsworth bill extending the powers of the superintendent of police of New York Identical with the Lex ow supplemental bilD passed the assem- bly this afternoon. The vote was:Yeas ", noes 10.
 MT. A1nsworth in speaking of the bill complimented Superintendent Byrnes flor efficiency, and declared that he had not his superior as a police officer in the world1 He said the result at the last election in the New York was greatly due to Superintendent Byrnes' orders for a detail of policemen at the polls on election day.
 MT. Foley informed MT. Ainsworth that the superintendent always pos sessed the powers whichhe exercised on the day in question. MT. Wilds, rep, of New York, said the voluntary watchers who manned the polls had great influence in the result of the election.
 The caucus committee of the repub- Hicans of the senate has issued a call for a caucus tomorrow night on the reorganization bill ~
 Senator Coggeshall said when told of 1t: q shall not go into a cucus on the measure"
 Senator Reynolds said: T have not been notified" Senator Robertson said: q shall not go into a caucus on the bill" Senator Lexow, on being told of these ! statements, remarkedr Whether all | the republicans go in or not the caucus will be held and senators put on rec ord" r Senator Wolfert, rep, of Kings, is 1 mot here to-day, but will be tomorrow | night. Unless the three republicans | quoted above go into the caucus and 1 abide by the decision, the bill probably cannot be passed.