New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-19
TELEPHONE BILL DOOMED.
rUrrRE OF AN ATTEMPT TO CALL 1T UP
u.rr, CONTINUE TO HEPosE WITH AN IN
FRIENDLY ASSEMBLY CoMMiTTEE-hACk OF
PARLIAMENTARY SKILL DISPLAYED
81 IT'S FRIENDS

EY IT'S FRIENDS.
.,a.,. Anrr 1S-The fate Of the Gers Tele-
-, b;,l which has been slumbering in the As
't,,. Committee on Electricity. Gas and Water
-. f,~ a month or two. was virtually decided
. or,o~noon. when. after 4 long and acri-
.,,.s e,~urglc a motion 10 discharge the COM
..o from its further consideration was de-
I'D 81 - a. The committee. it Is well under
- il strongly opposed t. making report OF
. t,,1 on the measure. and II VIII douh;IesS
.oon, to-Iay's vote as an authoritative Nhdltd-
.,or bv the Assembly Of its policy OF NIling the
-, hv DELAY and .ndirectiOn. The light against
tho committee was directed by Mr. Gers h''nseH'
mr uennessy. Mr.. CoAkling and NJ. lawson
n, tho other side were arrayed the memo"rs Of
va ,,,,,ri,,oo among them Mr.. Louns5erry.
-. C,rer and Mr. Rrownell and the two Demo-
or,.io managers Messrs. Foley and Stanchdeld
;, ornot he sa:a that the effort TO take the
.oosure out Of the committees hands and force
s;ct acti,n on ii in the Assembly was con-
,,o,ed with much parliamentary skill. ma over
.,,. hours were wasted before a decisive vote
- had Al the outset Mr. Lawson moved
al, ~ the House. which etfeCtualy tied 'p tha'
hdv FOR fifty minutes. ana resulted III recruiting
,be forces in opposition To the biII qul'e as
Materially as those which were 10 support MI
corst's motion. After the motion was oEered
Ne Abel proposed to amend It by requesting
,ho committee 10 make report on or before
,,rn 80 Instead of seeking - have this suoNu-
,na lad on the table the friends of the plii'
'v..,ob Nr Uenn,ssy. Welded a point, and
offered TO accept April "a as the day for ma!
oo,,or in the committee. After a long wrange
aud a vea-and-nav vote Mr.. Henness|s pro
posal was rejected by Sc votes to 3d. some Il me
f5onds Of the measure favoring and others OPP
nosng this compromise.
p The enemies of the BILL who had been seeking
rsraiv IN secure delay. seemed TO discover AT
.,ts sfago that they were strong enough 10 meet
the attack i'm the committee openly. ana 'HV!
allowed the Abel substitute 10 go ny GeIdui.'
,,rsferrinc u defeat Mr.. GerSts mott N o!rcctE'
rboir calculations were sound, for n" Assembly
presently refused 10 discharge the connh,tee l.!
a vote 4 O. To A.. , .,,
The debate on Overrung or not oVerruHhG the
committee was far from equal or N'NSl1 'Io'
Mr. Garst and his associates mad" 10 effort 10
-,,.ir.e tho Assembly that the bill was telng
,onrorarly detained in committee or 10 Sho" liitl
lie massage was imperatirely Gemanded ny uoHc
Interest: IN the 0;h-r hand. Nj. AinsWorth' VINO
voted against the committee. gave me H II. a.urc
rs hardest blow by declaring that us pr@ll2'eIS
wore no, sincere in their war on the 'e'ep'i"I'
,oonopolv but We're simply maintdlnih ~ dEl-
,aton FIR purposes of revenue. lie Nouu N "le
to advance the bill he added. Simply n'o f,,s
he feared - encounter the criticism %: the news
nanere Mr. Foley and Ny StanChheld also at
iarked the bill vigorously. ana rharS'I ~
authors and managers with similar !I' "I
serious or honest purpose TO reduce telephone
rates. ,,,,, ,,,x.
ures political and personal. in the forces on
e,ch side The division was as follows: 10 Nls-
charga the conmittee-Messrs. Albeit AinSWorth'
Andrews Armstrong Audett. Babcock farrN'
ToU RoO,ningdale Brush Billiard. Bur1s Chdp-
man I II Clark Clarkson. \. r. ConkIing, I1n-
rnvv FyIridge Fairbrother, Finn. FltIg"TaIo'
Friday Gallagher Gerst, Halpin. HenneSSN' TIL
sev q.awson. McKeown. Miller. Nixon OGraay'
pavov Percy. Read. Sanger. Schoepiin SearS'
seihor, C. J. Smith +. l.. Smith. VI. /. Sm'h'
renevck Van Amber. Weed. Wilds. Wilks. Mray
and sneaker Fish. Against discharSing the com
ro,ttee-Nleesrs Abel. Adler. B'ak0. BOD, lIaun'
brown. Brownen. Campbell, Cartwright W. A.
Clark C c. Cole. J. p. cole. Corri2an' CgusHIih'
Cutler Dean Foley. Fuller GARDENER. gleason
Glen Goodsell. Gray Greene. Hoeher norman
Holmes. Honstnger, Horton. lIougnton. 'iuS'Tn'
Keenhoi:s Kern. Krenrich. Kunzonmah Ia
Fetra Iounsberry. Madden. McD~rmJti. -dc-
Navigator Norton. Rider. Rockwell. Rogers
scanlon. = + Schulz Harry schulz. SHERWOOD
Snyder Staley. Stanchfeld. SteiHherg steven
son. J y Stev-ar.. Terry. Thompson. Tonin. lu'-
te Wieman and Winnie Total 49,; N 'Hg
Affirmative there were forty-two R"pubhcAhs &,'d
seven Democrats: in the negative fpitY-sN l'e-
publcans and fourteen Democrats.