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their allies or even by those Republicans who
may sometimes vote their own ticket do not
care Tor the clsck Of the so-oalled peopie who
denominate themselves or are denominhted the
most respectable element Of the Republican
party. Who is meant by this description? Is II
rid OF them. and hope they will stay where they
are. They have demoralized the Democrstic
The Senator continued to berate tho Demo.
cratic party IN terms that were expressive y
no. lie 'aid the people Pc ppb,p Rea nSd
reached this emiuence Of dignity In addressing
Senator Cantor direct:
can reform yourself or your party we will give
you every encouragement -,.,.,.,-
Even Snxton showed signs OF wearinessat this
OConnor continued to scold. but admitted
that the bill was great experiment
The situation Is peeunar, % said be, ana n,i,s We
those who assume to represent the pcople, but
who have never had vote cast In their favor.
Mr.. Raines followed in a very tedious elabora-
tion OF the AinsSorth methods and IL was pain
fu to see how tired Lieut.-Gov. Saxton was
made by the efforts OF his successor. Mr.. Raines
said one or two things from which some mean
ing could be extracted. One was:
rive propose to centralize power In the
Mayor and to decentralze power in the Police
Commission, and you can make the most OF 1t,
whether II Is consistent or not" -
This utterance was regarded rs most signiH-
cant as indicating that the programme, In rela-
Also that the expression OF mass meet ings in New
York and the arguments & t9 be made oy Park
morrow will be equally idle.
Senator Pound astonshed the audience and
making logical and forcible presentation Of
argument in favor Of the bill. OF course, the
force depended upon tho Senator'S assumption
that the wholesale charges against the depart.
ments have some foundation. Senator Pound
was not averse to having a power Of removal in
other cities especially in Buffalo, where ke-
publican Mayor has been elected to succeed
The bill was ut last put upon its passage Two
Tnv, al I'll knT air
that he did SO because he thought IL u step in
the right direction. though the reformers had
failed TO do their duty and make the measure
general. Dan Bradley In his sweetest brogue said
that his was Democratic vote, and was cast in
favor OF the bill because he thought that q re-
juvensted and reviviied Democracy would some
day get some benefit from it, lie confessed to
having felt some impatience while " listenin' to
the nrgyin'," because there seemed to be some
disposition to forget that he is the only real re-
former in the Senate.
Senator Wolf opposed tho bill as of doubtful
constitutionaity, and Senator Guy because. as
he said: ,,..,
measure. 1t also contains a gratuitous insult to
the whole Democracy of the city of New York
by its exclusion Of and discrimination against
he is o Democrat"
The vote was 10 too.
guage, had been turned down on his bill to
create special commission to prepare the legis
lato5 required BY the ns% m hs
good legislation. Senator Kilburn thought that
It was the business of the statutory Revision
Commission to do work OF this kind, and could
not see any economy in making further provi-
sion for expense in connection with It,
Senator Coggeshal thought the absence OF
the Chairman OF the Finance Committee a suf-
tcient reason for not considering the measure
then and gaye the ~sccredited % red leader" diE by
a canal bank and are shy of spending money in
that direction. but who have no hesitation in
Senator Cantor picked this up. to the manifest
annoyance of the OConnor. Senator Coggeshall
O'Connor met this effort with q chilliness that
matched the zero temperature of the wind that
whistled through the streets Of Capitol Hill:
Senator Cantor also referred to the inability
of the new Statutory Revision Commissioners to
tell whether they could do the work or not He
took occasion to criticise severely the action Of
Gov. Morton in asking for the resignation Of the
old Revision Commissioners, while he was yet
private citizen and days before he had taken
Senator Pound agreed with Senator Kilburn;
and Raines and Cosgeshall and Cantor and
rejecting in turn upon the Governor and the
Revision Commissioners of the old Commission.
hs he to
until Senator Mullin could be present.
to let the accredited leader of SO easily, and
Does the senator from the Twenty fifth re-
quest that the bill go over2"
The senator from the Twenty fifth pretended
that he had already made that request but did
talk Then he kept bis feet SO long that he was
asked If he wanted the talk to continue,
Revision Commissioners, whose resignations had
been 80 promptly asked for by Gov. Morton:
The whole Republican side was stirred up. and
Lexow whispered suggestions to O'Connor, and
everybody fused around at a great rate.
Senator Coggeshall took an inning. getting
pei the imputation that he seemed to imagine
had been cast upon the ability, of the new Re-
and whose name he mentioned as johnson. SEN
ator Cantor, in getting his unanimous consent
to talk. got also an intimati3n from the Chair
IL will accept no limitations on the part of the
Chair as to the time | shall use in speaking"
body and not of the Chair. The attempt to ar
raign the Revision Commission Of the last eight
no substantial facts Nearly all Of the certified
laws that came from the Commission are on tho
statute books. The one exception that l know
of is due TO tho neglect of the judiciary Com
mittee."
The senator referred again to the action of the
ernor. and touched, in passing. upon the super
OF Senator Coggeshall. He dis
Mr.. johnson. having never heard of that gentle
After senator o'connor had indulged by
consent in one more fling at senator
that m may be. the food Of talk ebbed. ~'''''
Among the Senate bills introduced was one of
Senator Sullivan's repeating the Ives Pool law
and making bookmaking and racing a misde-
ot Also one fro@ Senator @ Reynods s % giving the
Police Commissioner OF Brooklyn power TO re-
duoe patrolmen in grade and pay on charges.
In the Assembly the bill Of ]. p. Cole of
Rensselaer, furnished the text for a discussion
that quite transcribed in Importance the sub
ject itself The subject was the creation of
bi- partisan police force in Greenbush. an
across the Hudson suburb Of the capital.
Leader Ainsworth favored the bill and tried to
take advantage of Mr.. Coles popularity and the
consequent strength of his bill. He wanted to
take action ON it to operate AS committing MEM
bers on the bi-partisan question as affecting
police legislation for New York.
. Mr.. Norton, the Democrat from Rensselaer,,
fought the bill on its INTRINSIC merits, and Demo-
cratic leader Foley took up the cudgels for him.
Ex-Speaker Malby also took the ground that
II was an arbitrary and unjust use OF power for
the majority to legislate commissions out of
office and put new ones In. OF course the power
exists II II Is chosen to exercise it. but the party
that does is likely to suffer for It at the hands
OF the people.
1t looked as though the lines were about to be
drawn so as to show how well the machine can
control the Assembly, but after the discussion
had gone on for IA little time II was apparent
that Mr.. Malby was not engaged in any earnest
effort TO defeat the bill On the vote it was plain
that he was not trying to get out all the votes he
could, and the thing settled down TO a little
for the benefit of Fish and Aims
worth q sneak Of more or leka N ter