New-York tribune., 1896-11-24
STATE LIBRARY INVADED.
PART OF IT TO BE TAKEN FOR COM
MITTEE ROOMS.
SENATORS AND AssEMrLyMEN PERSIST IN THEIR
PLAN IN SPITE o. THE PROTESTS OF
r1suOP DoANE AND OTHER REGENTS
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Albany Nov 2s-There was an Interesting coz
ference to-day between commute" OF 'h' h''''
of Regents ard merlbers CT tho LesS'''"'' ~
relation 10 the transformation OF 'lre' io'"7 '
tho State Library into rooms for the senate RI
nance Committee ard other commute. l"'
conference was held in the State IiDfar! ai i''
Capitol The Regents were represented oY VIZ. @
Of their nurnber-the vice-chancfi!oi Hishop " 81.
lam Croswell Doane. Orf!s H. warren u -
cuse and Pliny r Sexton. of Palmyra l",''
was also present Melvii Dewey. secretary OF tho
po.ra ~ Regents The Senate Finance Commit
tee was represented by Senators Mull!n, Ii"s!ha.
Ranes Els Sorth iIigbie, Cantor h'o"h' I"'
rlson Stewart and koeher The ASsoihDN OH"
r,ittee on Way. and Means had a. lis representa-
tives its chairman. Jamoa NJ. T. o"ta'!' o'
Rochester: S Fred Nixon. Of ChauiaGdi" 'oun
ty; Everti Brown. OF Yates 'ouh'S an" ' "
Zurn OF Brooklyn.
Tho room which Is most desired by the senate
Finance Committee is situated on 'he sefo"' ""''
OF the Capitol. and at It's south"' stern '"'"''.
II IS a large room. and forms one OF su''e tx
tcndIng from the southern to the northern s'de
~ the Capitol II taken by the Legislature
splendid view Of a large number oil rooms wiz
be DESTROYED as partition VIII separate this
room from the others in the library.
Bishop Doane made forciDie ana eloquent ap
neal TO the members of the Legislature ho' ~
take the largest Of the rooms Dut 10 occupy
roor,s I'm the central tower "nirh "i' ~" "'"7
finished at a large expense. Senator Muihh re
IT., ,ha, he doubted II thes. rooms would he
rcodv and also IL they were Just the roolhS We
sired by the Finance Committee Inc o"pp'
mcntary Supply bill gave the Legislature '"'
10 take rooms in the State lApra'!' anu ''
thought they ought TO be taken
In re,lv. Bishop Doane. Mr.. Sexton, Mr. warren
and Mr. Dewey contended that the present rooms
os the Regents were allotted by the I'egisiatuic
and that the committee had no authority ~ 'e'o'o
them II was also alleged that the reho'"i VI -"
hooks and other things from the rooms "ou'"
entail considerable loss and endanser the h''P,s
NJ rare manuscripts Mr.. Dewey said that II wouiu
oaa ono-third 10 the cost of doing the WORK now
carried on IN the library. Mr.. Sexton sain 'h'' q"
Judpe Earl OF the Court OF Appeals hau eN"ni''''
,ho e,atutes bearing on the question and had sal"
that IN his Judgment the Legislature had no Icsa'
rcht 10 take the rooms in the state Library
senator Ellsworth. President p" TEN OF ''e sen
, renli,d that rooms In the southwest tower OF
the Capitol would soon be completed IA "''S'
couId be occupied by whatever working lorcc VI
The Board OF Regents was dlspossessed by 'he sen
ate Finance Committee. Senator Muiin said that
ho had understood in talking with Chauncey NJ
ne,eu ,bout the matter that the Regents were
willing that the Finarce Committee should occupy
the room in question. while the Legislature was III
session if the officers Of tie state liiFhry were
permitted them the othcr cgh, moh'ha o'
the year
Regent Sexton remarked I'm my judgment. gen
,Iemen. the STATE Library should never have been
mn, in the Capitol but in separate ireproof
building Now II Is cramped for room ana yet we
recognize the fact that State departments not In
this building ought to have room given TO them
here" Mr. Sexton afterward said that the state
ought TO buy up the property west OF the Capitol
as far as swan-st., and build library facing on
Swan-st with three wings running back TO ne
Capitol and connecting the main building WIN the
Capifol Isaa. g. Perry. the Capitol Commissioner,
said that such a structure would cost about $1,000
CO., .
The Senate Finance Committee and the Assem-
bly Committee on Ways and Means. after the
conference held executive session. and de-
cided against the protest OF the Regents. to take
the rooms in the State Library; The statement
was made however that no objection would be
made TO the State Library authorities occupying
the rooms from early In May every year. when
the Legislature adjourns. until the reassembling
OF the same body early in the January following
The members OF the Senate Finance Committee
and Of the Assembly Committee on Ways and
Means also inspected the Executive Mansion. with
the aim of learning what furniture ought to he
bought for it before Governor-elect Black macs
Nixon, n resolution was passed that Mrs Black
should he consulted and such furniture secured
,ba bo,ie be