New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-15
SAXTON STILL AGAINST 1T.
ANOTHER TALK ON THE GREATER NEW
YORK BILL.

vEroEs OF THE MAYORS OF NEw-YoRK AND
BROOKLYN SHOULD BE REsPEcTED-A
| PARTIAL POLL OF THE ASSEMBLY.
| fBY TELEGRAPH rRIBUNE.l
! Albany April 1.-THE Legislature will vote
| again tomorrow the Greater New-York bill,
! vetoed by Mayor Strong. Of New-York and
| Mayor Wurster OF Brooklyn. Lieutenant-Gov-
/ ernor Saxton to night, in an earnest courageous
manner, expressed his Views on the proposition
| TO pass the bill over the vetoes OF the Mayors.
Mr.. Saxton's strong comment on the plan to
Jam" the bill through the Legislature again will
be found below. He has rarely talked with more
frankness about a measure than he does in the
following remarks about the Greater New-York
bill:
We are told that certain self-constituted guardians
OF the Republican party in this State say that the
Greater NewYork bill must be repassed. should
like to know why they assume that the Legisia-
ture is longer delberative body but is entirely
subject to the domination of outsiders. In my
opinion the Legislature should and hope 1t Will
to this measure and all others. represent the
people and not the machine. The bill may be re-
passed possibly. but predict that 1t VIII not get
through either House without the aid OF Tammany
votes.
The disapproval OF the by the Mayors
OF the great cities OF New-York and Brooklyn VIII
have great weight with many Republican senators
and Assemblymcn who formerly voted for IT. Ana
II ought to have great weight with them The
Constitution intends that 1t shall 1t Is presumed
when such a bill Is presented to the local authori-
ties under the provisions OF the fundamental law.
that such authorities will ascertain and reflect the
sentiment OF their constituencies. and that sentl-
ment ought to prevail with the lawmaking power
according to the well-establlshed principles Of mu-
nicpal home rule.
BROOKLYN'S OPPOSITION CERTAIN.
Certainly in so vital matter as that Of entirely
destroying the identity OF great city the Legisla-
ture ought TO listen to the voice Of the people most
deeply interested How can there be any doubt, Tor
example. about the feeling Of the Brooklyn people
in this matter? The Common Council. by unahI-
nous vote denounced the bill. The Brooklyn repre-
sentatlves in both houses against 1t almos. 10
a man; ard now Mayor Wurster. who was elected
only last fall after full hening declares against
H. VIII the legislature, under such circumstances,
attercp' 70 cram consolidation down their throdts!
Of Brooklyn than the Mayor, and all the other
I think the u gslature will hesitate, in view OF
the attitude OF the Mayors to again pass TINS
Drominert business nsn in brooklyn are in favor
os consoiaton ! am in favor OF !, myseoL per,
accorlpl plshed fact some time in the near future,
but It seerrs to me We are go.ns az II i, wrong eha
though, In all It's details before definite acton
agree with Mayor Strong that the charter
ought 70 be frst constructed and that TO decree
the
fore the horse. There should be commission com,
posed c the very best men n ths snI ,bev
should hav" abundant time within which to work
out the difficult and delicate problems that are m
done the people who are Interested Will know what
they are asked 70 DO ana can het w.'n anrnt not in
my oprlon. to rush this great measure Inrousm ns
or some newspapers insist tina: It should he done.
LAuTERBAcH TELLS OF A DEAL.
Edward Lautcrbach. the chairman Of the Re-
publican General Committee Of New-York. ar
rived here to-day and corroborated his reported
abatement that the Tammany Hall officials now
cmp,oycd by the Board OF Excise would be re-
ta,ned IN office by George Hlard. the Platt lead
cr who has been put at the heed OF the H'd'e
Excise Bureau In New-fork Inc ihlmihans
Hall Senators AM Assemblymen naturally re,
gard this as good reason why they shouid
vote T. pass the Greater New-fork bill over
Mayor Strongs veto. Naturally also me Re.
nublican opponents Of the bill are indignant
that patronage should be used 10 secure Demo-
cratic votes for the measure
HOW THEY WILL VOTE.
A canvass Of the Senate and Assembly made
to-day indicates that the bill will be repassed
by the Senate, but ttat there IS some doubt
about It's passing the Assembly Tammany
will pass II in the Assembly If it passes at all.
A poll of the Assembly to-day showed that the
Tammany members had not received maj or
ders as 10 how their votes should be cast on
the bill only ninety five members are Wiling u
be recorded decided in their position on the
bill 49, -.
nrmative: Albeit Gaep). Adler Rep). Aids
(Rep) II. T. Andrews NepD. Armstrong ttepJ,
Austin Rep), Rnrth dDem), Bates dtep); He-
dell Rep) T.. Brown Rep), Butts U)em). b. d.
Brown Giep). Cain dem) J; Clark tRep2.
NJ ~ Cole Rep). Corrgan Oem). Costello
RepD Dudley U;ep). Ebbetts Dem.). Eddy
tRep). Eldrldsc Uepo. Fritz dsep) Gaiiigan .
Dem) Gregory N.ep), Guider Dem). Hart
Hoffman
Kelly Dem) Kelsey Uep). Lounsberry tRep).
Mackey 0ep). Mcclellan Dem). Mccoy
Dem) Newman Oem), OGrady tRcp). Rogers
Rep) Schs-cr Eep). Schulum 1)em). sears
(RepJ Staple Dem) Stewart Wep). Taylor
Rep). Trainer DEM, Tuppcr ohep3, "er's nS
Fish Ulep). Total. A. OF these thirty-two are
Republicans and seventeen Democrats, >
Those opposed to the Dill bill; Hnueu nnndv Rep Tep}'
coughlin Dem). Cromwell Rep), Demour
CRepJ Harrison dep) Hill Rep), Hobbie
tRep) Uonsinger 0,ep), Horton Rep). Hughes
RepJ Kempncr Dcm.). Roster Htep2 Lalmbeer
(Rep) Livingston d,ep). Marshall 6ep), Mat
teson (RepJ, McKeown Dem). Miller Rep)'
Murphy (Rep). Norton Dem). Perkins tRepl'
Post Oep). Peevers Utep). Robbins tRep',
SprngweiI,r Rep). Stanchheld Oem) SteeIe
Rep) Storm Gtep) Van Kenren Rep) Was
staff Rep). Waldo Rep,. g. W. wilson 4sep} Teta}
Zimmerman (Rep) and Zurn Oem) Totai
4G or these thlrty-cght are Republicans ana
eight Democrats. ~, l., sh.
Those expressing themselves as sun IN nouDt
were: Anderson Rep). p. ]. Andrews (Deml
Rarry Dem) Braun (ReD), BrowneI hepI
Budi GscpJ. Eurr Rep), C. c. Cole SRep)' GU
len Dem), Cutler Rep) Davidson ODem) j. A.
Donnelly Dem). T. +. Donnelly Oem). Downs
Rep1 Finn Dem). Fitzgerald Uem). Gledhih
OemJ Goodman DenD Gorham Rep), Graves
(Rep) Green Dem) Hustled Rep) ives (tep}
Leonard UemO Macabe (Dem.), McGraw utep)
Messlter Rep) G. w. Myer Dem). 7, f. Myers
Dem) Mittnacht Dem.l. f. L. Schmidt tRepl
sheldon Rep) Sweet Rcp) and wood thep1
Total "A Of which is are Republicans ana 10
Democrats There were twenty-one Assembly,
men absent when this poll was taken.
Senator Lexow said tonight that MS greater
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