New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-27
THE JEGTSLITITE TIME TABLE.

ouo 90 tho host features of the new Consttu-
,;on is inst now causing some perplexity. That
instrument requires all city bills TO be reierreu'
after passage by the Legislature. to the Mayors
~ thc cities concerned If the Mayors approve
Thorn. they then 90 TO the Governor for his sig
nature: but if the Mayors dlsapprove them they
are killed. unless rcadoptcd by the Legislature.
Rut the Legislature passed lot OF city DIS III
the last few days of the session. when there WAS
not time for the Mayors TO act upon them ana
return them before adjournment W hat Is 10 ne
dome with them: They have been referred 10 inc
MAYORS. Those which are approved may De
signed by the Governor and become laws VIII
ont dispute But those which are not approved
s,ond ON = different ground. According 10 the
Constitution they must be passed again by the
7 ocisloturc If they are to become laws Inc
7 ooi.loturc is. however, not in session Are
,hosc bills killed by the Mayors vctoes? OR can
III. Governor practically exercise the Legisat-
ure,s function regarding them and make them
laws If no sces fit in spite of the Mayors vetoes
If Is an interesting question, on both sides OF
which much may he said. But there Is no occ".
s;1n for any one 10 get excited or be worried
over it, II will soon be settled, perhaps d! Juo,-
cial decision. And whichever way it is settled
no serious harm will be done
The real significance of ii lies III lis i'sSo" ~
thc LEGISLATURE. 1t has already been Sus|'S''u
that Z Joint rule should be adopted browning
that no city bills shall be passed in the last hl'''h
DAYS of the session That. perhaps. would oc
GOOD thing: and perhaps not. what j ioS' III
nortant is to apply 10 all the work OF Inc se>Sioh
the rule of promptncss. The Legislature shouiu
attend 70 business early in the session instead oil
hacking and filing for potical-or personal
vantage In this years Legislature measures OF
vital interest to the people were deliberately
.hunc up' for weeks. 1t has for years been Gus
,onarv to delay action on some important bills
until the very end Of the session. and the cosihs
dove of sessions have been notorious for the
hurried rushing through Of bills, under whip ana
spur r.,.
That Is all wrong State business first, politics
ord norsonal fayors afterward, should be the
r,,,o What would be thought Of workmcn of any
other kind bank clerks or blacksmlths' WHO
spent most Of the day in idleness or GamDiihs'
and nj the close hurriedly strove 10 do cieh'
hours' work in one? Or Of an engineer VINO idled
along. far behind schedule time, until he reached
the last few miles Of the rum ana thcn put Oh
all steam in a mad attempt TO come IN on ulh''
No different rule of Judgment is 10 be applied
10 the legislative workmen Of the State Inc
| LEGISLATURE should get TO work In earnest at the
very opening of the session, and should attend
to the most important matters first, leaving the
minor ones for after consideration. The closing
DAYS Of the session should be devoted not TO n
wild scramble to see how much delayed business
can be rushed through pelmell. but to deliD
crate and leisurey looking around, to see iha'
nothing has been forgotten, and that everything
has been finished up properly. Under such a
system there might not be as much run al
ALBANY as there has been, and there surely would
not be as many Jobs put through. But then
neither would there be so many illconsidcred
and imperfect laws on our statute books. Ana
we have an idea that the Legislature would
actually get through its work In less time, as
well as in a manner vastly more satisfactory and
more profitable to the people OF the State