New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-11
GALLANT FIGHT OF KINGS MEN
TRYING TO DEFEAT THE LEAOW BILL.

THEIR NUMEROUS AMENDMENTS. HOWEVER OF
LITTLE AVAIL IN BRINGING ABOUT THE DE
SIRED REsULT-vIsrT TO THE ARMORIEs
Albany, March 10 (SpeciaD.-"The Republican
majority has had it's day in this House. Albany
has had it's day. Lansingburg has had its day.
Troy has had its day. Greenbush has had It's
day, and Butts and the Annexed District nave
had their Monday noghts and we now ask
that Brooklyn may have ITS day. said MT
Marshall. of Kings, in opening his speech on the
Greater New-York bill in the Assembly to-day
When the Assembly adjourned this afternoon
at $50 o'clock. after six hours or continuous
session there was no one who doubted that
Brooklyn had had her dav in good earnest
Disregarding the sensational developments re-
ported elsewhere, the session Of the Assembly
to-day was one of continual hustle on the part
of the Republican Assemblymen from Kings
County When not presenting amendments or
speaking on the main question, the little pahd
Of home-loving Republicans from Kings County
were schemng with the Democratic minority
in efforts to delay. If not ultimately defeat the
passage Of the obnoxious Lexow bill. whlch IL
enacted into law, means the ingulhnS Oh the
hard-earned Republican majority in Kings
County in the overwhelming Tammany ma
jority of New-York County.
The Brooklyn members were prolihc Oh aihenu-
ments as well as speeches to-day. as Is SHOWN
by the report published in other columns OF TO-
days Tribune; but that their work was TO ht'e
avail Is also shown by the vote by which the
amendments were lost, being q nays 10 81 ayes
and the additional fact that the bill was ulti-
rnately advanced by viva vOce vote to It's third
reading after having incorporated within 1t the
,.Ix- ir-a tod senate
At ore time only was 1t evident that comoi-
nation with the minority might prove effective
in delaying action the Greater New-1 OK
hill This was late IN the afternoon, when con-
ference between the opponents Of Greater New
York the opponents OF the Raines bill ana the
entire Dem )cratic minority was secretly calied
for o'clock
In order to test the strength Of this comoina-
tion as well possibly to adjourn IN order 70
bring such a conference about Mr. Stanchheld'
previous 70 the advancement OF the DILL succeedsd
after considerable bantering with Speaker fISh
I'm having a motion 10 adjourn presented me
strength of the combination shown by the
vote 10 be 81 for that being the NUMBER OF Voles
favor Of adjournment to 10 against, me broos-
Ign Republican Assemblymen ana the Democrats
voting To a man To adjourn The motion was iio'
only lost but the combination was exposed 50
that the Republican leaders in the Assembly
nuickly took measures to prevent an effective
combination The Democrats had their confer
ence az party separately and the kepuoEcahs
who bOlted the Raines bill and the Greater New
York bill did not meet the Democratic minority.
With the failure Of this scheme. the KepuDhcdh
Assemblymen OF Brooklyn declared that oppose
ton TO the passage of the consolidation OH Was
probably futile. but despite this discouraseWeh'
the passage Of the BILL when II comes up Cd tlllu
reading will not be effected until the Kings
County delegat ton has exhausted all resources
to defeat the bill. and thus preserve brooklyn 10
the Republican party.
Although the Joint Armory Appropriation
Committee has not made its report, one OF the
members OF the committee. In speaking Of the
recent visit to Brooklyn. said: Yes. the papers
were fight We did have a good time, ana We're
treated royalty by our Brooklyn friends We
visited the 47th Regiment armory. and. by way
~ comparison the armory Of the l4th Resl-
ort hnt we did not reach the 23d Regiment. as
some OF the boys were not well, ana we All ue-
cided that this good time deserved aho'i.e e
which we expect to have when we WISH the
armOry OF the sd. =, ,.,,.
This report unofficial It is speaks volumes
for Hrooklvn hospitality, but it does not tend
toward diminishing ne suspicion with whlch
the legislative investigating committees are re-
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