New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-19
VIySOF DELAYING BUSINESS
THEY ARE As EFFECTIVE AS II THEY
WERE PREMTDITATED

TINE rotrcr MAGISTRATES BILL HUNG Up FOR
WEEK HEcArsE or CLERICAL ERRORS OF
THE, GPossEsr SORT FOR WHICH so
ONE SEEMS To RE RESPONSIBLE
fpy TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNEl
Albany March lS-The friends 81 the Ponce
Magistrates Removal bill the passage OF which Is
81. urgently demanded 10y public sentiment in New
York had hoped TO get a vote on thss important
measure, In the Assembly tonight, but b} series
81 errors or bunders Of the most unfortunate ''-
scr,otion this reasonable expectation was not only
notlv disappointed. but the discovery was n'a"e
that through some deporable legislative norge
,oI, no action on the removal bill can possibly ne
had untl next week This unnecessary decay Is 10
b. chargel apparently to the careessne's OF III
difference OF the Assemblys clerical force. athouhh
on whom the main responsibility FOR IL Is 10 i@l'
.oulJ NOT be- discovered IN tn confusion In "hlch
m. legislative progress Of the measure is involved
Tb. biu Was reached tonight on the second reading
calendar and Mr. Lawson. who introduced H. "sN''
AT once to have II taken up Tor cohSlderau'"' We
cloring that the calendar was in error ana 'ha'
m. measure had already passed to us maj stage
/, this contention ne seconded by Mr.. faVeE'
NJ Conkllug and others. but on Mr. Foley1s point
- order sneaker Fish decided that the calendar for
which the clerk and not the chair was responsive
would have To be- accepted a. prima ia'le 'o'ie0"
Mr. lawson then asked To have the OH maui 4"
| sr.c,I orde. for tomorrow. but objection p'."S
motion 10 suspend the rules III" IN '''' '''@
order for Wednesday next $500 90, -
m, .,mr,r Of the Assembly toward ths p''' "''"
for the forces delaying II was SHOWN oS '", 49,
sustaining Mr.. Lawsons mo''on' W ,I- ,uI
! pl,,t Republicans. including MeSsrS hoop' ..
| u,cit,op of New-York. voted win tne ne' 20,
ii''''t'o'' I'll order but the Republican side
~, 20 be almost unanimous In lis FAVOR
,ar f., ,be session 1t was.found OUT mat ''e D'''
! ,bouyb ostenslhly second reaui"B' II '''''
! 80, ~ clerical errors In It's text ho' '''
''"'o o., rormittee.on Revision subject TO fur
,hor r.nrlnt and must, therefore. AFTER peihb P''
! a. II. for three days longer on the calehdar pe-
| ~, :, o, roach a third reading, delay Which
| u orry , vote upon II into the cary part OF
| next week 80, ~.
! =, aor,s that the Police Magistrates bill. after
hs,ng reported from the Committee on Cities Vas
: . y, ronfain an amendment unauthorized by
,Su,a oNmittee and in conflict with another amend
, u'n, uhIrh had received it's sanction: When the
hm vas reached on the calendar on Tuesday last
its friends noted the error ana asked 10 naVe tnr
rroction This involved. as they thought only a
bpirf delay, ana arrangements were made to have
TIE n v1t5 urring It's immediate passage adopted
Zoe , .9 at the appropriate time this eVenns
and the advocates Of the bil, were hstonshed a.
~ The calendar by which immediate consideration
Of the measure was n1rier UNDER the rules IT. Is
expected to take place last week AID not take
all pG sea na lett fe in e the by .S%S snS
: "nmnained of By Mr.. Lawson on Tuesday last.
rh. error viii be repaired. OF course. but the net
result has been to delay action on most important
! bill for over week -
! "a strict investigation will be made tomorrow
into the cause OF all this costly error. II II he an
| OWNERSHIP OF STREET RAILWAYS.
| THE ASSEMBLY ADVANCES MIR CoNKLiNGs BILL
FOR MUNICIrAL CONTROL
| Albany. March IS (SpeciaD.-The Assembly ad-
| vanced 10 a third reading this evening MT Conk-