The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19


b. Sssd, hy them 70 keep their oommi..esp:s
!et out q bin legeiiSine the acts OF some Official
In his district. Another must get his armory
The Chairman has TO make some promises which
u, lnss spe re end he y unable to fnlal. So In the i A..
appointed and disgruntled committeeman
Won't % returned to The LesisistarS and decide
their own account. Then there arc always a
number Of members who, not corrupt them.
enough to help tho strikers along.
them S'v ts thS 5 soysr z chance they U,yu cay. and nj G tSnS
haven't mad much this year.
30 y often happens that the word is passed
around, Jones has lost his committee, and
Lhe next day Jones gets up and, sick 1t heart,
"begs leave to report" a batch Of. corporation
t%errinels that have been accommodating in his
Horst, Cavalry of strikers gets q number Of the
committees away from their chairmen and then
strikes, even the oid.tifners, and the strikers
Shuekle and congratulate each other openly ON
IN fnG recent oSS1i y ear ds saS Il T. n nsTsTlt o oSIy Sy m Sssns
of clever manipulation that the striker gets his
one pet measure on the calendar.
Tho anti. strikers have to be particularly alert
In the last days Of the session. On one occasion
q member whose bills had become proverbil
be discharged from further consideration Of one
OF his bills ard that IL be placed upon the Gallon.
dar. Ono of the leaders objected on general
why, Mr.. Speaker exclaimed tho striker
n genuine amusement, there amt nothing into
general laugh which greeted the confession.
Once a bill gets upon the calendar in the SEN
ducer calls it up for passage. In the Assembly
practically. the same state OF affairs exists, for
referred back to the committee. or he may have
1t laid aside until he calls 1t up. II he desires
81 PUN iii s ssS Sf tho ao ss,a a nnd, after nS q n %as sS'
ant. speech about the struggling masses and the
soulless corporations, may actually have II
Ing aid of non.strikers. who find themselves com.
,ellod to vote in favor Of the bill to prevent
the time that there is no intention OF passing the
bill throu Oh the other house.
ing sd Days n OF the as s Sss s a maze Is o thy f On ,n9 L ci not
despairing effort OF the striker to make an i'm.
preston on the corporation affected; 1t is not
unusual to see O number Of strike bills which
have hung fire all through the session taken
up at the last moment and passed in one house.
other house before final adjournment. Their
passage by both houses is the last thing their
ponds upon their stopping short Of enactment,
which would reduce by go much their introduc.
ers,, stock in trade at the next annual session.,
Tho fellow feeling that prevails among the
strikers was illustrated in q recent session by
the disparagement which attended a members
contrayention OF what may be called the ethics
"What DO you think Of se-and:s Sol" asked
duced o bill to prevent a Brooklyn trolley road
from building on a street where It is at work.
Company cone neyt and aay tri sSia tn hsid II Ms aS on TO thu ses str reoileSS
of the other mans bill. Hasn't he got strikes
enough Of his own In, 1 wonderi"
tack by strikers are the railroads, owing to the
large amount of capital invested in them in a
Of the Legislature in their regulation. The
strike may take the form of some unimportant
r resat Snsonvs whish w Vh5 a put the w TniIFSad tho to
slightest benefit to the public or anybody else,
Or 1t may take the form of a compulsory reduc.
A bill that makes its appearance with consider.
able regularity each year provides that all sur.
pair the space between the tracks and for a
specified distance on each side Of them. Another
f csS0ra project to & is to compel street railways to
section in which the lower berth only has been
whole section BY a person who wants the bone
at Of one, unless the car is crowded. Many bills
apparent warmth. but 1t is very rare that one OF
shsm becomes e i; 2 ef i e is%; b u; Sy any IN . s ssri&es. b IT
sibility that hostile legislation may actually
be enacted. Bills hostile to railroads have
amendment was adopted prohibiting tho use
of railroad passes BY LEGISLATORS.
attacked is the insurance companies. Even
the patent medicine; concerns are not free from
@ e.bb1ns'; on SHd pr a5p@ ttns to t theS i & is op paSpSifisSS
to print the formulas for their connections
on the labels. Gas companies, not alone in
New York city, but all over the State, are
tavorite subjects of attack.
Other bills that have become we'll known are
those requiring q reduction of rates on certain
specified ferries operated by railroad corpora
lions: fixing a maximum charge for telephone
panies to put in call boxes free OF charge
wherever any. citizen may desire; to prevent
the cutting of Ice on certain portions of the
plants. on the ground that the water Is impure
and prohibiting the use of barbed wire fol
fences, because 1t Is injurious to cattle.