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THE RAINES BILL PASSED.
PUT THROUGH THE SENATE UNDER
CAUCUS RULE AND CLOSURE.


VOTED WITH THE DEMOCRATS AGAINST IT.
A LONG AND wEARIsoME DEBATE
PREcEDEs THE FULFILMENr OF
THE WISHES OF THE BOSSES.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUNE1
Albany. March 10 Under the whip Of the
machine leaders Of the Republican party the
State Senate to-day passed the Raines Liquor
Tax bill 1t received the votes Of thirty-one Re.
publicans. Fourteen democrats and three Re-
publicans and Coggeshall voted against II.
Nothing but the caucus Of the Republican Sena'
tors last week prevented far larger Republi.
can vote against the measure for large pro-
portion Of the Republican Senators are aware
that 1t ought not to have been passed. IL
was with reluctance that Senator Wray. OF
Brooklyn: Senator Lamy. OF Buffalo, and Sena-
tors Harrison and Parse ns Of Rochester. voted
for It, These men represent cities and they
are we'll aware that hey never can successluiiy
plead to their constituents that they were right
in voting for a measure which VIII deprive
the cities Of one-third Of the money they VIII
raise under the tax imposed by the Raines bill.
Thomas c. Patt sent here to influence Re-
publican members of the Legislature to vote
for the bill Charles W. Hackett, chairman OF
the Republican State Committee: John F. PARK
hurst of Bath another member of the same
committee ex-Postm ster Cornelius Van Cott,
of New-York, and Edward Lauterbach. chair
man of the Republican Generil Committee OF
New-York These men devoted their energies
mainly 10 efforts TO persuade the Republican
Assembymen to vote for the bill. While this
was being done they did not neglect the Senate
where the final debate on the bill was In prog
ress They haunted the lobby outside the SEN
ate Chamber and the Republican Senators couio
not fall 10 be conscious of their presence. Thus
the greatest pressure put upon the Repuo'
lican Senators and Assemblymen to bring them
to vote for the bill.
AN ALL-DAY SESSION.
The Senate debated the measure from 10
o'clock to $50. being in session all this time.
Speeches In opposition t. the bill were delivered
by Senator'S Cantor, Pavey. Grady, Coggeshali'
Guy and Foley. while speeches In its favor were
made by Senator'S Higgins. Raines. Lexow ana
Nussbaum The debate ended by Senator
Ellsworth the Republican leader, moving clos
ure. This was adopted. and all the amend.
ments offered to the bill voted down. The
bill was then pas sed.
The measure will come up in the Assembly to-
morrow The Republican Assembymen held .
SHINY attended caucus on the bill tonight SO
scanty was the attendance-only rs Republi-
nents of tie bill begin to cherish some hopes
of It's defeat.
CLOSURE RULE ADOPTED.
AS soon as Lieutenant Governor Sexton called
the Senate to order tha morning Senator ELS
worth presented a report from the Committee
on Rules making closure rule for the Raines
bill by allowing only two hours debate at
the end Of which time the previous question
might be moved Each Senator might have
five minutes to explain his vote on rollcal on
the final passage of the bill The report was
signed by the Republican members OF the Com
mittee on Rules Ellsworth and Raines.
Definite was closed on the report by a party
vote-3O to 10. The Chair announced that the rule
ordering closur, might now be debated two hours.
one hour fer each side The rule was adopted
after a long discussion--3O to H. Coggeshall. @.
A. Davis and seibert voted with the minority.
TIE bill was Immediately ordered to third
reading by the Chair.
Senator Cantor moved to refer the bill back 10
the Committee on Taxation and Retrenchment
TO be amended to provide that local treas
uries retain the collected tax after the cost of
collection was paid and that license for tho
sale of beer and light vines should be issued for
one-half the tax liked in the bill. Senator Can
tor then delivered a long speech against the bill
in general and in favor OF his amendments In
particular.
Senator Cantor quoted statistics to show that
Tammany boards OF excise existing previous to
the present Board had decreased the number OF
licenses. Notwithstanding an enormous increase
of population in New-York City
Hasn't the Excise Board declared II impos.
sible to reduce the number OF saoons? asked
Mr.. Rail- IS.
fta Son n tori a c
regulations IN New-Yoik City he does about
Canandaigua excise regulations he would not
ask the question:" answered Senator Cantor.
THE present Board requires two licenses 10 DO
surrendered before a new license Is issued. How
can the number of saloons be increased under
that rule. The old Board required one license to
be surrendered before was issued"
Senator Higgins then obtained the floor and
spoke for the bill. He said the bill was not
ideal measure but vast Improvement on present
excise laws "By abolishing excise boards" he
declared. the bill takes the saloon out OF poll
ties as far as possible
FRUITLEsS EFFORT TO ADJOURN
Senator Guy spoke against the bill When he
had finished Senator Cantor suggested that an
adjournment be taken Until o'clock this even
ing. in order that the committees might do their
work. He so moved and was declared out OF order.
the Chair holding that his amendments were be-
fore the Senate. Senator McCirren then. without
objection was allowed to move to adjourn I'LL
this evening 4 roll call was ordered. The motion
was defeated-l4 to 2s Pavey voting with the
minority. Senator Cantor moved TO table MS
amendments and pleaded for recess. IaoihS
the amendments would table the bills, SAID SEM
atOr Malby.
Senator Cantor's motion TO table MS a"eho'
ments was lost-li to 21
Senator Sebert. Republican, OF bunalo' IN op'
posing the BILL said: Il wish TO make brief state
ment with reference &c this bill. in order to put
myself right here and with the people OF my dis