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mittee and Its work. .,as ho renem bered that it's
in 5 syery case where they have been presented to
the courts they, hay: been 4 diiscEe,iied: !" am am
tiovrrnor has read lt ure' TO his party. still.
intend to make ms po, & A. Of order Later that tho
The bill was reached az about 10 o'clock. and
Mr.. Answorth moved tall Of the House. There
n fTe Sn oa very ScoaG % t. pTSs W eshy
more votes at their command, the Republicans
to to clown I tic performances % Of the evening. W Al
any rate. the clown feature was an Indifferent
Mr. Hoops and Mr.. Abel were tho only prom
isins fish caught in the net of the Sergeant-nt.
.na s .er or
saw the folly OF this. and rtooecdiI Vs under tho
Mr. Foley made the point of order that the hill
~ its hnal form had not been the desks of tho
members for three days. according to the cor. or
clerk tho Speaker decided thnt he bill could
prroperlh be passed, having been put on file
Mr. Foley insisted that on leaving tho cham
brraf.cr adjournment on Thursday afternoon
and tho Diii was not there. The Speaker cooiiy
replied to this that he had already decided the
point.
Mr.. Foley then called attention 10 some omit
ted words which rendered an amendment neccs-
sary. The Chn,r could not see that they were OF
sSSs. sSSS consequence an" Mr. A'H'~oF'" agreed in
Then Mr. p@c G STRIKE hs Gnt the
motion calls upon the introduccr to explain tho
measure 80 attacked.
Mr.. lawson. the sponsor for so many reform
though 70 make the effort Of his lie. and JUST
Jet Jet OF this b IS 81" very plain On face il sim
ply cgisstcs ont of office all the police maGi,;
"rS fty hs msssr o from Ss
York has presented no reason for voting for this
ns OF as pc hs f %Sts
ton. This Bill is simply to :urthcr the efforts of
Police III
prospect Of legislative action on this bill. They
are confident that their rights are protected in
lie then considered briefly the merits OF tho
bin and criticised he radical changes in the
York. besides calling nttsn,nn to the fact that
is said 70 hS intended to benefit
Mr., Blake added hi, solemn protest agains,,
unjust; ne thonght that partisan ,considera-
tons should not be allowed to enter into such n
al. IN" bot" '0p'h'" The good ' md '''Ss the bad,
IL as's onent tina ha, no Hn eesso@ was neode
70 remove any one In these positions who could
point that no petition Of tho people Ind been re-
ceive,l in favor of tho propossd action was in
called out from his seat: Tho Chamber of
regard the Chamber Of Commerce as rcrresen-
tatvrs Of public sentiment. Honorable as that
r r oGrady s ~ r CR.rnan ~ II the Cites Com
mittee. before which the hearings on tho bill
stitutionai the courts would take care of it. and
moved the previous question.
permit Mr. Foley WI 10 % say that oHe he f"a'fe ead heard
pssS Spns' ,hs s tSe to Ss1sss Il
they voted according to their own Judgment.
na sf S piSss S M quits q esass a%
rartisanship.
Ss S Gsa'ss %s. ns n
the final passage Of the bill.
Mr.. Foley. demanded that. IT should be read
through While this was being done. lie made
frequent points of order that the bill rs read was
rot tidentica with the one on the files OF tho
The speaker sstonily ignored them. but the
LAWYERS In the House recognized that he mus.
ground for contestinR the legality of the law
When the end of tho tedious reading was
reached the Chair again said that the question
vas on the passage Of the bin. This was great
been acted on or, withdrawn.
MIR, Foley tried to call attention to this. and
M%nss TSh The peaksT Ignored them and
than he did his nns,emy haste in furtherinr the
action certainly tants the legality OF tho passage
The Speaker opened his eyes in wide surprise
when Mr.. Folcys name was reached and that
sentlrminn rni Informed a him that the roll call
"a, saw the Whole thing as plHinly, ~ any one
OF the blunder he had made. But he SLUT his
teeth firmly together, and with his character
is,ic It.. obSinacy @ drove the House on Mr. Norton
slight put upon the minority In ignoring the
!" i We are to hc treated in this highland
and arbitrary manner" he said. " the minority
might well go home and leave the majority
alone to- rnn itself to destruction as 1t mos GER
Many Of the conservntiye Republicans shook
voices said Aye The vote was SO ayes. 10
Assemblyman Glcsson's hill. repeating the
law OF last year which provides that New York
civ Dock Department work must be let by con-
tract; came up on second reading in the AS
The defence Of the bill was opened by Mr.
year should be repealed. 1t had been introduced
at the request Of large contractors who were in
The Bill before the House was SUBSTANTIALLY
MI l'avey,s bill AS rrrommendcd r By tho Com
did not NEE: with the approval of the COM
mittce.
scyrny rns bill , Sy the ssS
This biz repeats the whole law. while Mr..
exp anation of the Gleason bill. lie approved OF
i. he said, as matter of compromise, for
R A9" out Sof" o the hs St 0ps M EsttnF The s
experience or contractors In New York city had
hecn to prove that the contract system did not
work well. His bill had been intended to rectify
existing evils. although it did not repeal the
whole law.
Mr. Ainsworth said the bill had been legis-
lativo conundrum to him. Mr.. Sheffield Of New
York CITY had come 10 the Assembly from
New York last year and asked the House
20 pass the Lawson bill. Tho reason
Mr. Shefield gave was that 1t was
intended ms n blow ut Tammany Hall, which
had been alchng from the city. Now it
was intended to repeal that bill, poss-
bly, because tho Republicans were in
powe" now. 'It mattered not, Mr.. Aims
worth said, whether it was n Democratic or Re-
publican bill. If it was a bad one, he was
against it. There was no reason why The House
should erase from the statute book good law be-
The bill should he defeated.
Mr.. Lawson said his bill OF last year had been
the shipping interests. The Gleason iii had
been Introduced by Republican ring which
wished to rob the city.
Father OGrady said that the bill had Curl
oms historY. Il had been reporlel from lie