New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-06
EXTRA SESSION TO BE HELD
ovrpvoR BLACK ISSUES THE PRoc1-A-
NATION.

MATlON.
,-r,y. ATTIRE TO MEET on JULY n-coNFAhEScE
90 oo,.rrNoR WITH LEADING REPUBLICAN
vv,prRs-xo AGREEMENT REACHED.
Try rrLrcrApH 70 TIE TRIBUNE
r,,,,. Governor Black this evening
,s.,ed o proclamation calling an extraordinary
.oss,on ~ the Legislature for Monday next IN
this proclamation he simply says
r-,,or. - tho mower vested in me oy sec
90 .r,io,e " Of the Constitution. mere
nv convene the Legislature ID eH 49,, az ~
session al the capital m u" fsos a. s O'clock IN
the eleventh DAY OF Jui''
the evening. .. ..
co,,o~,or BLACK issued this summons AFTER
- ,.b q large number OF prominent
p..,A,,oo, senators and Assemolymen whom
49, ,aa invited here. and whom he mad solicited
-. IT, their views the proposed legislation
s,,y the machinery Of elections in New
80, 7. gill he noticed that the Governor does
-, state in his proclamation the subjects OF leg
,s,o,,on he will suggest Two only are posi-
,iveIy known. These are the passage OF laws
one Of which Will give the volunteer soldiers OF
this state who now engaged in the Spanish
rs, an opportunity TO cast their ballots at the
annroaching fall election. and another which
will provide an additional appropriation for the
piled for this purpose earlier IN the year having
been exhausted
But these are minor measures in the opinion
OF politicians. No political opposition Will be
made to them. Every Democrat will vote for
them. and every Republican Division will come
when the suggested bill affecting the election
machinery OF New-York Is reached. II Is con-
corning this bill that the conference Of Republi-
can members of the Legislature was held to-
day.
WHO ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE
The following we're present at the conference:
Senator'S Ellsworth. Malby. Krum Brush
Humphrey. George A Davis. Charles Davis
Daley. S,ranahan. Higgins Raines, Chahoon
and Page: and Speaker OGrady and Assembly
men Nixon. Bondy, Fish, Aids, McEwan HILL
Martin Ives. Brennan. Kelsey and Tiffany
They arrived here early this morning by various
trains. and about II o'clock came up to the
Capitol. where they found Governor Black await
Ing them in the Executive Chamber. He greeted
them with cordially. and soon afterward
companied the Senators and Assemblymen to
the large. cool committee-room OF the Senate
There conference began which not
ompleted for three hours Most Of those pres
ent represented rural counties Of the State. and
therefore the sentiment Of rural Republicans
on party matters was chiefly represented 1t
was plain from what was afterward said that
rural Republicans sustain Governor Black In his
position that nothing radical as the creation
Of metropolitan police district for New York
should be attempted.
Governor Black made several speeches. in
which he expressed his belief that the Board
Of Police Of Neyv-York had been reorganized
by the leaders Of New-York with tie purpose
OF influencing elections in favor Of the Demo-
cratic party. The Republican party, he thought
was firmly OF the opinion that the Police De-
partment should be kept neutral IN political
matters and at elections What the remedy for
the change n the character OF the Board OF
Police was he had not yet been able TO discover.
Almost every pathway he took seemed to lead
into some constitutional Jungle. as irnpenetraoie
as a. Cuban swamp. He thought the members
o. the Legislature was as much interested IN
the preservation Of pure elections In New OK
as he. and therefore he wished they would put
OF their thinking-caps and study the problem
DIVERGENT VIEWS EXPRESSED.
Many Of the Senators and Assemblymen pres
ent expressed their views which were generally
IN the direction OF having State supervisor OF
Elections and bipartisan Board or Elecuons IN
ew-York, separate from the police, but clotheo
with police power. Finally It was agreed that
~ Governor Black would summon special ses-
sion Of the Legislature for Monday next the
Judiciary Committees Of the Senate and the AS
senrbly would meet here on Thursday OF this
week and see If before Monday next they could
not frame an election bill which would be &C
ceptable 10 the Legislature when II shoulo meet
Senator Stranahan said after the conference:
THE Election bill will go 10 the judiciary Com
rnittAes ANYHOW and their members might as
81 he studying on the subject now and save
time" .o,o a,s.
Not the slightest agreement was reached on
,be wsv az dealing with the election difficulty
in New-York City. Indeed 30 divergent were
the views expressed that should not be sur
prised II no bin al ali on the subject was passed
An effort VIII be made 20 limit the bill TO New
York II il cannot be so limited only Buhaio
will be touched outside OF New-fork
Senator Charles Davis, Of Saugerues, SAID
There was general opposition 70 the creation
OF a State Board o. Police for New-fork, ana
the reason was plain. II Is that II state BOARD
OF Police should be established the New-f YORK