New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-25
BLACKS BACKBONE is FIRM.
LAUTERBACH. QUIGG AND GIBBS UN-
ABLE TO MOVE HIM
THE GOVERNOR ANTAGoNIsTIC TO THE GREATER
NETWORK POLICE BILL AND FAVORABLE
TO THE RAINEs LAW AMENDMENTS.

NETWORK POLICE BILL AND FAVORABLE
TO THE RAINEs LAW AMENDMENTS.
[BY TELEGRAPH To TRIBUNEl
Albany, March Ex-Governor Blacks back
bone was examined carefully by Edward Lauter-
BACH Lemuel T.. Quigg and Frederick ;. Gipbs
to-day, and found to he unyielding 50 far as the
Lauterbach police bill is concerned. Mr. Black
once more declined to sign the measure legis-
lating out of office the New-YOrk Police Board
and creating & Greater New-York Police Com
mission.
Messrs Lauterbach, Quigg and Gibbs arrived
here by the Empire state Express about noon,
but they approached the Governor with great
caution First they ysited Louis f. Payn, Su-
perintendent Of the Insurance Department. and
had an hoIr's chat with him, endeavoring to
gain enlightenment as to Mr.. Blacks attitude on
various bills now before the Legislature. Next.
through Mr.. Payn, they made an appointment
to meet the Governor later in the afternoon.
The conference took place in the Executive
Chamber. It did not take MIR. Lauterbach ana
his companions two minutes to discover tha'
Mr. Black much opposed to the police
bill as he had been when the measure was uhder
consideration last week. Nor did Mr. black
impression as to the bad policy Of passing such
a bill change when the argument was presented
to him that il would be well for the RepuDlcah
party TO have charge Of the Police Departments
Of New-York. Brooklyn and Long Island CITY
AT the time Of tho election Of Mayor OF Greater
New-York next November
Mr. Lauterbach also betrayed the fact that
he is deeply Interested in the proposed amend
ments to the Raines Liquor law, and so did MI
Gibbs Both were of the opinion that there
ought 10 be, some distinction made between
genuine clubs and fake clubs. Governor
Black listened quietly to these representations
but If he suspected that Mr.. LauterDacn ana
Mr.. Gibbs were secretly opposed TO any ainenu-
ments that would strengthen the Liquor lax
law and make its enforcement easier. he said
nothing.
What Mr. Black is resolved upon is that the
fake" clubs shall be abolished and the sunday
sale Of iiouor in fake hotels stopped. The
State Is losing 81 OOO.0OO in revenue through the
Clubs and the Sunday sale of liquor is bringing
the Raiucs law into imp Ipularty. Ihls iHorni"e
Mr. Black had a conference with senator MS MS
gins chairman Of the Senate Committee on iaA- ~
alton. which has charge of the Liquor lax AaW
amendments. 1t is said that. as resul. u
this conference. caucus Of the republican men, en-,
bers Of the Legislature on these amendments WIZ
be called and the bill containing Ihe'h Hi'N'
party measure. ~ ,
Messrs. Lauterbach. Quigg and Gibbs returned
to New-YOrk tonight without having accom-
pliShcd anything. 1neN are Sdlu " Ha'N
over with Governor Black the best way or deal-
ing with the charges made by Mayor StroHs
against Police Commissioner Parker but not
TO have learned what the Governor intends TO
do with the charges. Mr.. Black would hardy
disclose any thoughts he has about the matter
until he has listened to the argument OF Par-
ker's counsel. Benjamin T. Tracy.
While here Mr. Lautarbach strove to push
along a bill creating L commission to nave charSe
of the Grand CpncOurse and the expenditure OF
So COO 600. Henry D. purroy Is also sald 10 de-
sire the passage Of this bill. The Commissioners
named are Jacob NJ. Patterson. William A. Ten
Evck Ernest Hall, Henry r. Barnett and Joseph
A. Goulden
An Indication that Governor Black still op-
poses the Iauerbach police bill Is that after the
Ncw-York CITY political leaders left him to-day
he signed the Richmond County Police Reorgan-
force out of the hands Of the Democrats in that
section Of Greater Ncw-York.
Edward Iautcrbach Congressman Quigg and
Frederick s Gibbs returned 70 the city from Albany
on "A late train last evening. They quiet and
unpugnacious The fight seemed 10 he taken out OF
them. None r them cared talk about their meet
ing with Governor Black. but they admitted reuct-
anty that whatever hopes they had entertained for
the MetrOnolitan Police bill when they started for
Albany had been cruelty crushed.
The bill" said of the trio with n tnge OF
sadness I'm his voice. 's as dead as Julius Cesar.
What about the Raines amendments?' a reporter
asked
'''rhev are going to pass them" the reply.
'and II f. Is necessary they will have caucus and
MAKE them a party measure.
we were up against hard game" remarked Mr..
Gibbs. he hurried homeward.