New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-26

.rr MEN AND TAMMANY AGREE ON
r,,r GREATER NETWORK BILL.

.vopABI.E REPORT ON 1T IN BOTH HOUSES.
18TH FLUSHING. JAMAICA AND HEMPSrEAD
,,-nr1,-sENATOR BRUsHs PROTEST.
,,r MEASURE A SPECIAL ORDER FOR
.,rx7 WEEK-LEXOw's PREDICTION
,-,oxruE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBuNE.1
F.,S.rv Feb 25-Thomas c. Plat and Rich
-, croker are moving forward in their scheme
-. nrrendering Republican Brooklyn to Demo-
.,o,c New-York The Tammany Senators,
80 and Ahearn voted with Lexow and the
.,har Plat Republican Senator'S to-day in
.or If the Greater New-York bill. Senator
..oarr said he thought that Senator Sullivan
I'D also vote for the bill. Senator Martin
s,rammany Hail. always says ditto" to what
or Grady says. He also may be counted as
Icing the Greater New-York bill. A ma
.o-,tv Of the Tammany Hall Democrats there.
,ora will sustain the Plat Republicans in their
effort TO pass the measure
The vote which disclosed Tammany's attitude
coward the Greater NewYork bill was taken
At Joint meeting Of the Senate anc Assembly
committees on Cities to-day. The meeting had
heen called to consider the bill and the Lexow
renort favoring II. The Brooklyn Republicans
on the Committees Cities, Senator Brush
and Assemblyman Audett. voted against the
1exow report and also against the bill. They
were Joined in this protest by Assemblyman
McKeown Democrat Of Kings County. But
their protest unheeded. Senator Lexow's
report was adopted and the bill itself was &C
cepted.
TAalMANY'S ALLIES.
The bill was then reported to the Senate ana
the Assembly. The Republican Senators who
thus rejected Brookyns petition for vote on
the Greater New-York charter and acted with the
Tammany Hall Senator's were Stranahan. OF Full
ton: White, of Oswego: Ellsworth. Of Lockport;
Nussbaum. of Albany; Seibert. OF Buffalo. ana
Lexow Of Nyack. The Republican Assemolymen
who took part in this Tammany Hall alliance
we're Austin, OF New-York; Stewart Of Mount
Vernon Babcock. OF jamestown; OGrady, f
Rochester and H. T. Andrews. Of New-fork
They were aided by Davidson of New-York.
Tammany Hall Democrat.
Mr. Stranahan had the bill made special
order for consideration by the Senate next Tues
day, and Mr. Austin had 1t made special oroer
IN the Assembly for Thursday. March o. Mr.
Iexow SAYS Governor Morton will have signed 1t
by March 20.
The bill has not been changed except that
to-day the original boundaries Of Greater New
York taking in the towns Of Flushing. Jamaica
and part Of Hampstead. Queens County. were
restored 1t will be remembered that Senator
that these towns should be dropped The other
members Of the committees on cities diHerea
with him and, having flexible SOU. ne 6 agreea
with them. The inclusion OF towns OF queens
County" he afterward said. was unanimous.
BRUsH's UNHEEDED REMONsTRANCE.
Senator Brush. when the Committees OF
Cities met in the morning. moved that tn
minority report against consolidation. which he
had submitted. be substituted for the Lexow re-
mort In support OF his motion he sa!d
take exception to the majority report; wherein
cipsl consoidation was one of burning questions
Of the hour. l have taken a more IMAM SVeIaSes
interest in all matters pertaining TO the welfare OF
Brooklyn and nv recollection is that comparatively
little attention was given 10 the matter, anu iany
90 bandng nineteen or twenty different ballots
did not know waen they came out OF me totns
9th whether they had voted for or sganst con,
hey expected 10 have anE S e fhaRSe at port
ton the city owing to the slow c,ss on Of Seins
anss p snd tho Pse get before
The statement Is incorrect that organized oppo-
stion 70 consolidation had then asSee onnastioo
to consolidation before that Of the eague OF LoyS1
S sso to the stat OPPOSITION e c1asoda
ton is confined to comparatively rev, Iher rs Is
psssnied 70 the SENATE but which has been
placed before the subcommittee Ihere mas Deen
since its appointment previous to the reading OF
SIac. Of meeting We have had no session wherein
the evidence that has been addHesa has been as s.
and out / do not make these statements TO ma
noIhng but the most courteous treatment from my
associates. but simply state the RAGS, ana whne
IN the committee the proceedings have been some
what unusual as far as my experience ,e GOES
organizations which have been presented to the
Senate and referred to this committee have been
in any way discussed before It, The petition signed
,bs eaTy days of ths Session has been
called for examined and no attention whatever
hss sssn is IS It NC iI as by
LEXOW'S STATEMENTS REFUTED.
I contend that the preponderance Of evidence
which has been presented to US does not show that
the Opposition consolidation is confined TO com
paratively few" but. on the contrary shows that
there s a widespread and deep-seated opposition to
anv forced constellation and that those who favor
resubmsson and those who favor a referendum
present united front in opposition to consolidation
without a reference Of the question again IN some
form to the people The attenp; TO class the oppo-
nents of this forced consolidation bill as obstruc-
tionis,s against progress is unwarranted Ihey arc
As the movers OF this scheme will find out to Their
cost IL they persist in the attempt 10 force consoi
dation upon Brooklyn in the way no" piopOseu, /
iurther point 10 the unfarness OF IshSGiins Inc
and oRn9.S from 5 B 1SIi against the
for consolidation. Again contend that IL Is Sd
70 classify the T Tbey e were o not alive to the
danger because they were lulled into .ndlrerence
by The aluring statement that the Vote was IN NJ
sense fna, We admit the fact that II was con.
cesson' by the Legislature. but Legislatures nave
before to-day found II wise TO MAKE Gomez ssIJi I'm.
TO the people whose creatures they are, anu o'iiS
BY the voice Of the people can LEGISLATURES exis[
pro,est against the absurd and illogical cShciu-
sion 10 throw part Of the territory wnci
acted unon and retain another part. Inc territoiy
which proposed to exclude 50 far hr6e as to Hs
assins, Consolidation To say that they voted
against IT. they da MOI su raa s fHSge that hat
Brook,y . as her territory waa when the vo'e was
authorized. gave 1000 majority aSaTst aiso
ton The only fair way IS to exclude Brooklyn az
The final point" admits that resuomiss0h WOW; ia;
defeat consolidation. ard furtAer says ~ edA ~,
our conclusion that a referendum. as deinahueu W
resubrn. ssionis;s. Will defeat CONSULTATION. ..,o
Th1.,. L. onn IL Il