New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-30
WANT NO BALLOT MACHINES
urssRs. BURNS AND ABELL BLOCK A
REFORM PROPOSITION.
sprAxER FISH NAMES COMMITTEE TO IN
vEsTIGATE THE BROOKLYN STRIKE


vrsrrGATE THE BROOKLYN STRIKE
TWO RAILROAD BILLS.
.,,snv Jan. 90 (SpeciaD.-The efficacy Of the
,,r.-, ballot machine was discussed to-day in the
...smbly and there queer tange. Mr..
yc,adv had bill providing that in case township
.,oph decide TO the machine ii should have one
-. zach coo voters, instead Of 400 voters. under
hs nresent statute. Mr. Burns. OF Westchester, and
", Abel OF Brooklyn, don't believe in these new
,.rrIed things. they set out to down the amend
.r, II didn't matter 10 them that the bin de-
.,sased the number of machines 10 be used one
,hd they against everything relating to auto
n.,c recording of votes. They made so brave a
Seht that thew prevented the passage OF the BILL
rnsrefore, thanks TO them. many more machines
5rb used than would be If Mr.. OGradys bill had
Passed
Mr. Conklng. OF New-York had seen the Myers
machine at work in Tonawan1a, and he believed 1t
ras A good thing for small cities ana villages.
skilled mechanics. however. could toy with 1t sue
cessfully SO he thought the machines would never
do In New York or Brooklyn.
Mr. O'Grady didn't fare well in the debate. He
didn't seem able TO impress on the members just
what his bill was about. and so there was a ma
iorty against it, Before the vote was announced.
however. Mr. OGrady scurried around and got
e,oh. or ten men to change their votes to the
Affirmative The figures IS yeas TO 81 nays; the
+wo-thirds majority necessary was not secured. but
Mr. OGrady moved a reconsideration. which will
come up later
Sneaker Fish announced that he had named the
following committee TO investigate the Brooklyn
strike In accordance with Mr.. Fridays resolution:
Messrs Friday Tuttle Sanger Stanchfeld and
Dopney The committee will meet In Brooklyn
on Saturday morning
A resolution about the vibration OF the Assembly
floor gave Mr. Ainsworth chance to crack an
anachronstic joke. reciting what Samuel Johnson
once said when riding in railway train
Mr. Horizons bill 20 prevent sparring exhibitions
was criticised by Mr.. Hennessy permitting private
entertainments by athletic clubs. such as the one
at Coney Island. Mr.: Horton explained that ne
wanted 10 stop such affairs the one In Syracuse:
in which said Mr.. Horton "Mr. Fitzsimmons killed
MIR Riordan" Mr.. Answorth showed that he
wasn't much OF sport by referring to the man
who was killed Mr.. Fitzgerald" The Dill
went over, 10 give every one chance TO look INTO
II further -,
Alfred r. Conkling introduced bill to give the
people Of New-York. Brooklyn and Buffalo a
chance to vote on the question OF municipal owner
ship OF all street railways surface. elevated ana
underground. The vote is to be taken next No
vember but IS merely TO indicate the wishes OF the
people and to be of no other effect in itself MT
Conkling says that 'municpalism Is rapidly gam
ing ground. The city Of Glasgow Is getting IaIee
returns from the street railways which II operates.
Mr.. Conkling favors the principle because no cry
3slature or a Board OF Aldermen. The Cinclnnati
Southern Railroad and the Brooklyn Bridge caoe
road are pointed out instances or munlcipai-
ism" In this country . -,
mum rate to be charged per mile by any steam
railway company to cents. and provides that no
company shall limit the time within which a
ticket sold at these rates shall be used