New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-14

THE HANDS or ITS FRIENDSHIP RoBBINss
MISREPRESENTATION is THE LEADER.
lsY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNEl
Albany. Jan. 13-Thomas c. Platts list of As
serbly committees was submitted TO the As
sembly tonight by James NJ. e. OGrady. of
Rochester who is called Speaker of that body.
Jnasn1uch as Mr. O'Grady long ago surrendered
all his legislative independence and had no part
IN the composition OF the list other than to hand
II 10 the Clerk Of the Assembly tonight to he
read he must he acquitted Of whatever defects
there may be in the arrangement of the commit
tees
The committee in which the people OF New
York are most interested is that Cities George
Z Austin heads this committee. AS genera!
thing il may he said that the committee VIII toi-
low any directions it may receive from Mr.. Piatt
IN regard to Greater New York legislation. AS
semhlyman II T. Andrews and Assemblyman
Reinhard. of Nev-York devoted followers
~ the machine as are Mr.. Abel and Mr. Bren-
nan Of Brooklyn: Mr.. Lewis. OF Rochester. and
Mr. McEvan. Of Albany. Only Mr.. HILL OF Erie
County has any independence. II may be said.
also. that Mr. Platt have the vote OF the
Tammany Hall leader Daniel f. Finn. whenever
he needs IL
: Fred Nixon. OF Chautauqua County goes TO
the head OF the Committee Ways and Means.
and thus becomes the Republican leader. Mr..
Nixon has been here several years and has had
exnerience as a member OF this committee be-
fore. He will have the task of keeping down the
states expenditures.
The selection of Robert G. Scherer, Of Albany.
a. chairman OF the Assembly Judiciary Commit
tee was an instance of Mr. Pats political ven
eeance Frederick A. Robbins. of Allegany
county was head OF this committee last year.
He opposed the Greater New-York bill and Mr..
Plat deprived him of the regular Republican
nomination for Assemblyman last fall, but Mr..
Robbins was nominated by Independent Repub-
leans and elected. Now he is deprived of the
post which he filled with ability and relegated to
third place.
one committee which was looked at with espe-
oial interest this year that on Electricity,
Gas and Water supply. which will have charge
OF the bills cutting down the price Of gas in New
York Mr.. Goodsell. of orange County. has been
pui at the head of this committee and surround
e. with obscure members.
The committees have been made up as follows:
Ways and Means-Nixon of Chau,auqua; Kel-
se, livingston. Horton Wayne; Sears, franklin
Wells OnOndaga; Aids, Chenango; BlasdeA Erie
Kings. Fam Nev-York Fitzgerald, New-iork;
so.iciary-scherer, of Albany; Armstrong; Mon
zoe. Robbins. Aleeany; Marshall Kings Bondy
gerkins. Kings: peterson Chautauqua Mazei
New \ ork: Emmett Westchester; hoffman. New
f.t',,lsionEiiii Of Erie. Costello; oswego; Fuller.
pfaIt, Ulster. CARLY. RICHMOND: Benham. Ontario
b.rl!sS. Kings. Peterson ChautduqGa' faiilci
toaes-Afmstrone. OF Monroe Robbins. Allie
gany. LaimbeeI. New-York: Kelsey. Living ton
Drown New-York: Fisn Madison: Mclaughlin.
sullivan: Matthews New-York, Palmer, schoharie'
Geser4i Laws Horton of Wayne; Hill Err! Erie
IpPper BT93e MS94 kings Adds Put-
nam. smith Wes;chestep S STHnweil aWS1York
Taxation and Observation-Disclosures. Of Niagara;
iSS Fulton and Hamilton. Bates, ,TomPkins:
Brennan kings Bud senpylNeE sdiS55 Goughlin
Ncw-l ork; Maccabe New-lork; Hart. New s orH.
ana, ,mbondy, OF aHylor oswego: shel-
don s cayugi: Springer, Herkmer: B d Brown
ss nisc" Pr;, ulser Schuum Newi ork; Maloney
kr,e: Lennon. Kings.
New-York; Wells. Onondaga; Hill. Erie; Reinhard'
Ne~-York. Abel, Kings, Brennan, hinss, L wi,
Nsa -Ylf NeKe5wn Kings; Kennedy, queens sr,a
airoads.EleIidse'P 3 0 sschuvler' Cromwell
S Gems Hughes Kings Dudley. Niagara; McGraw
i.gse Sough nfHe Erie Trainor New-York
mess and SnyighGoPE os5 s HsGTsn cos
teio. Oswego; Gray. Duchess Wilson , hinss
Andrews NewYork Make Dela a;Sg HoDeri
Cnemung; Schneider, Erie; knapp hlhgs' Leoiai a.
New-YOlk: cullen. Kings. -..o. tIohh,e
Insurance-Husted, OF WestchesitHer, , fiVUoie,
washington: Adler New-York; Sheldon; Os susei
Madison Cattaraugus; F9rrester Hln ngs ~
Cot. New-Y ork: Been. Onondaga Roche New
York; DoHney' Of pNtchess Adler. New-York; vii
son Kings: saunders Cortland; Ives, St Law
ssneTsT O3Hy Nan Ae9 NJ M ieT Ere
Warner Niagara. Maccabe. New-fork; Cuiie"
Ejsctricity. Gas and Water suppy-Goodsell Of
Orange: Braun. Erie Cole, Wyoming, Idyl N az, az
wego; T. L. Schmidt Montgomery; Graves Oi. .'
HerklIner. Winnie. schenectady, NtltIi't
Eockiand. soper. Kings, Mckeown. Kings; Corri-
Internal AffSirs~Witter Of Toga Budd. schuy-
Jefferson: Wagstaf Kings; Burr. SUFFOLK Ten
Evck Onondaga. CARLY. Richmond, Mcknight
: schmidt Kings.
labor and Industries Sanders. Of Genesee;
M% xddi0r B BeSnsn NeWYorH soper Kings Muir,
Z zy f Kiass: French. Rings 'N1'''
Excise-Alds Of Chenango; Sears. Fra rSi
Miller. Cattaraugus; Hanna. Duchess Ives -:
Barry. New-York; Toeher. NewYork. Lennon.
Affairs Of vMages-Downs. Of Orleans; Hanna.
Datchess: Anderson Rensselaer,. Harrison. Steuben;
Cole. wyoming; Rounds. Cayqga: Zimmerman; JET
Hoes Columbia Zurn. Kings p J. Andrews. New
Public Printng-oilen. Of Seneca: Wagstan. KINGS:
Bur. suffolk Harrison; seube1; scherer. Albany
York. schne.ler. Erie: Trainor New-York; Malone,
Warren. Hughes. Kings Rounds, Cayuga Schmidt.
Montgomery. Parshal Kings. Benham Ontario:
NcEwan. Albany: Day. NewYork, Kennedy,
Queens: Palmer. Sc hohare.
Public Educaton-Sanger, OF Oneida: Hustled.
Wes.chester. Marshall. Kings. Saunders. Cortland
SWee.. Greene LeVersee. Albany. kavanaugh Sara
;osa. Hoes. Columbia. Burr Suffolk. T. P. sullivan.
Newly York. Hutton. Rensselaer,.
Public Lands and Foresiry-Gorham. o. Otsego:
Wagstaff. Kings McGraw. Rensselaer,. b D. Brown,
Fulton and Hamilton: Roster. Lewis Hoes. Column
biz. Pierce Essex: Lewis Monroe. Murray. Kings
J r Brown. New York: Green, New York.
Public institutions McGraw. Of Rensselaer,; Rob-
bins Alleeany; Blasdel Erie: Warner. Niagara
e. j. Clark. jefferson J. Clark. Steuben: Roehr
Kings Wriiner. RockanG. Holbert. Chemung Fritz
New-York Daily. New-york.
Military Affairs Roster. OF Lewis: Murphy New