New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-17
TAMMANY SMOKED OUT.
SIGNIFICANT VOTE ON BILL AFFECT
ING ELEVATED RAILROADS.
THE CROKER FOLLOWING IN THE ASSEMBLY DID
JUST AS THE MANHATTAN RAILWAY COM
PANY WOULD HAVE HAD THEM DO.

JUST AS THE MANHATTAN RAILWAY COM
PANY WOULD HAVE HAD THEM DO
Albany March l5 (SpeciaD. Halls
alliance with the Manhattan Elevated Railway
magnates was conclusively shown to-day. Assem-
byman Weekes for months has had a bill be-
fore the Assembly, which declared that party 10
whom damages were awarded In action should
be entitled to include IN his bill OF costs stenog-
raphers fees for minutes OF testimony needed on
appeal This measure he considered one of Justice
10 the persons who bring damage suits against the
elevated railroads in New-York.
The way IN which the Tammany Hall Assembly,
men acted on this bill. which was in the interest
Of hundreds of poor persons Is a good indication
OF the way the Tammany leaders would manage a
Rapid Transit Commission named by their Mayor.
Up to yesterday a good many of the Tammany
said that they thought the Weekes blu an
excellent one. To-day they whlrled about, and
every one OF them voted against IT, one Of them
frank enough to say that Croker was sent up
orders to vote against the BILL The rural Demo
cratic vote, under Mr.. Donnelly's lead. was also
cast against the measure.
Mr.. Weekcs. IN n speech favorng the bill, said
II was supported by the Bar Association Of New
York and the only opposition TO II that he was
aware OF came from the Manhattan Elevated Rail-
road Company. Ever since he introduced the bill
no had been subject TO great corporate pressure
TO withdraw II. II there were any votes against
IL he would believe that similar means mao Drought
them about.
Mr. Donnelly at this point said he thought MI
Weekess remarks were "unpariarentary."
The bill received GO Republican votes IN It's favor
and 81 Democrats voted against It. There were
ten Republicans in the Capital who did not vote
all. They Messrs. F.ondy. Brennan. De
Graw. Delaney. Eldrdge Fuller. Goodsell. Mason.
McEwan and Miles. Messrs. Fish. Paris and
Stedman, Republicans. were absent The vote on
the bill follows:
Yeas-Adds. Aids. Armstrong. Axtell. Baker Brewster
Burr. Clark. A. L. Clark. C J. Costello Cotte Coughtry
Cowes. Davis. Dutton. Ellis Evarts. Foriyce Green
wood Hanna. Hatch Hays, Hi. Hoes, Ives. johnson.
Kavanaugh. Kelsey Iaimbeer Idtchard, Iowentha'
Martin. Matteson Mclaughlin. Miller. Murphy Nixon.
Patton Perkins, Pierce. Post. Raplee Russell.
Scare. SelissbeIg simmons Sloan, Smith r. Lao stone
Vincent, Wallace Weeks. Whipple. williams. Wither.
Zimmerman Speaker O'Grady- 50
Ackerf Bremen, Collins. Crabtree Cullen. Dale.
Dillon Donnsly. Esan Finn. Fitzgerald Gale, CHASER
Green Guider Hachemeser. Haight. hamburger, Hoff
man. Hubbard. Hutton, Kelly. Kulman. Mahan Maoney.
Mcclure. McEeows Meyer. G: ". jr. Mitchell. Mohrins
Phillips Pickett Reiinston Reisert. Roche Sage. Sand
ford. schmd. F.. schmid. r Schultz schuluIn,
The bill not receiving rs votes. failed 10 pass.
Mr. Weekes moved to reconsider the vote, and, bis
motion prevailing. will again attempt to pass the
bill
Assembyman Eldridge, Of Warren County. who
cans against tho Weekes bill, introduced to-day
the Croker-Platt Rapid Transit bill, presented on
Monday night by Senator Ellsworth. Tho bill. IL
will be remembered. abollshes tho present Rapid
partisan Board of two Platt Republicans and two
Croker Democrats.