New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-16
PASSED OVEN lHE VElOIo


COutlnued from rirst A"se'
,, bin can in any sense be called parry IN meas sSs
afe unless ,ss Rep p no. i party meas
part q 'r caucus has been held upon II and no reso
luton sOneen although h' state convention Of our
Ssy the S q he this 9 have
true d des that this bill be passed but their
e1!psysnces must not In any case De regarded
oca; nsrm ns Of the Senators about this circle
20 ne the bill passed the LEGISLATURE received the
solid s sppol' Had not for this supper, the
sr,n uoud have been defeated In the Assembly py
Of MOnS sSye passed the SEN
a you sven with tremendous majority mere. We
han when the bill was submitted to the Mayors
# Inc three cities concerned the two Repncnen
Mayor, - whom II was referred gladly and heartily
M,c Ssp It in behalf Of his Democratic city
MAKING DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLD
Gearing in mind that the Greater New-York. II
.r.s,ed under this bill. will be Democratic
.,,onchold with a Democratic majority OF
,,om $1,000 to 5000 or more. IT VIII De
strange thing IL the Republican Legs-
,.,ure will insist In forcing this measure upon
,be people who do not want it. You Who vote 70
ms his measure now will have 20 Justify yourself
y vour own people not only in voting against your
Nm conscience in inhic.ing grievons wrong upon
Tur Republican brethren In brooklyn, out also
X infcting a grievous wrong upon your own con
Guents as by destroying in great measure tne
nseuIxe vow viii thereby build up a Democratic
machine which will overthrow any maJoriy you
msv send down from the country for our candidates
The bil! viii not become law. and you may rest
ssmred of this II will not be written upon the
,mta hooks of this State In the year 1896. so that
- You should do violence to yourself as well as 10
~ hv vo,ing for the measure you will not even have
ne Door consolation Of accomplishing the thing FOR
which you make the sacrifice
Senator Cantor interrupted Senator Wray and
remsrked 1--WE would rather obey the express
irish of the people 70 consolidation than the
ideas Of the Meyers
"Oh. YES" said Senator Wray. 1.-The Senator
Ike the rest Of us. will take anything rather
than take what he don't want"
During Senator Wrays speech Edward Lau-
.erbech. of New-York. entered the chamber and
had conference with Senator Lexow.
THE QUESTION OF PLEDGES.
Senator McNulty said he favored the bill.
~ came here" he declared. "untrammelled by
hedges. Senator Wray pledged himself against
consolidation Every Brooklyn Senator was
ssked % pledge himself on the subject
Let me correct you" interrupted Senator
wray. 81 investigated the subject and formed
IN 1886 the IDEAS have now.
Senator Brush said. Il mode no written piedge
nor private promise. .
II wrote a letter telling my views and sent 1t
10 the decentralization League" added SEN
ator Wray, and ! received the largest ma
nifty OF any senator IN bTCOkI.H
sWasn't Mayor Wurster a consolidatonist
rear ago?' asked Senator McNuty Of Senator
wray
"He was. but he saw the light" was the
senator McCarren took the floor In OPPOSE
ton 10 the measure. He argued for referendum
on the charter Mayor Wurster ne said. was
manded knowledge Of the terms OF consolidation.
MR.. pAvEY's SPEECH.
Senator Pavcy in opposition. said the worst
features of the bill were the provision putting
consolidation into effect on January l. 1893 ana
the provision that a commission be appointed
10 report a charter next year. THE time for
the commission to work In Is too short" he de-
clared consolidation should not be decreed
until the charter Is perfected The purpose OF
this bill is to give the politicians opportunity
for legislative tinkering. with city departments
for the pickings These provisions make that
possible. No concessions were granted on those
features and none would have been In any
event."
Senator Lexow next spoke for the bill He
quoted Mayor strong's words telling the benefit
Of consolidation These are the words" he
said of the Mayor who vetoed the Dill, ana
these words avowals for consolidation"
Senator Lexow continued THE Mayor Of
Msw,York wantr charter before specialization;
the charter a resubmission. We cannot pass
bill which will suit New-York and Brooklyn.
100 We nave now oil, wsC Gao, the e re h
perfect measure"
Senator Lexow moved an open call OF the Sen
e:e at $40. The rolcall showed fortythree
sena tors present The Sergeant farms took
the list Of ahsentees. went out and returned with
Senator's Raines. Chahoon. G A. Davis, Krum
and Charlcs Davis. After little badinage
they were excused, and the proceedings under
the call suspended. forty-eigh. Senators
being present.
HOW THE SENATORS VOTED.
The bill then put on final passage and
the roll was called The following Is the vote
by which II was passed over the vetoes OF the
Mayors:
Yeas-Messrs Ahearr. Ballantine Brown. Burns.
Cantor. Coggeshal.. Daley. G. Davis. Ellsworth.
Patterson. Foley. Ford. Grady. Harrison. Higbie.
Humphrey. Johnson. Koeher Krum. Lamy Lexow.
Martin, McNuly. Munzinger. Nussbaum. Page Par
sons Raines, Seibert Stewart. Stranahan. Sullivan
White and Wicox-33
Nays-Messrs Brush Chahoon. Cofrey. c. A.
Davis, Gallagher. Higgins. Malby. McCarren. Null
Ill., Pavey Sheppard. Tibbitts. Wieman and Wray
IA
Senator Brackett. Of Saratoga. and Senator
GUY NJ Neu,- Yor ahaop