New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-26

Mr. GREEN REBUKED BY THE SPEAKER Fun
MAKING AN ANONYMOUS CHARGE OF
LOBBYING on THE FLOOR.
Albany. March 25-In the Assembly to-day MT
Davis moved TO discharge the Committee on Rules
from further consideration Of the bill to reduce
telephone rates. He made brief statement thd'
telephone tolls we'll known to be 100 hisn'
and there was no need OF saying anything further.
Mr. Perkins declared that by leaving original
patents dormant in Washington for fifteen years
the telephone companies had been enabled 10 eN-
tend their powers for another fifteen years IL was
the exorbitant royalties demanded by the pafeh.
company from tho local companies that compehed
the latter to charge much. The Dill shouid DC
taken out OF committee and discussed on the hoor'
Mr.. Marshall asserted that $40 a year. the
amount he paid was outrageousy high, and the
companies should be compelled to reduce their
rates
Mr. Dale spoke 10 the same effect. and Mr.. Wright
had just begun to speak in support OF the notion
when he was interrupted by Mr. Green. who said:
Mr. Speaker have reason to believe that there
here in this chamber who are lobbying
against this bill"
VIII the gentleman point out a lobbyist?' asked
the Speaker
Il will not" answered Mr.. Green. Il think It
RICH; member OF this House that should call
the attention Of the Speaker 10 the fact and that
Il think it unfair" interrupted Mr.. Nixon Ito
keep continually making these CHARGES Of lobbying
a
kind have been unprecedented IN the last few days,
and deprecate airy such procedure do not be.
lieVe any gentleman here acts measure except
from the purest motives"
Charges like the gentleman from New-York has
made can only result IL continued In the total ex-
pulsion Of all persons from the floor OF the House.
said the Speaker.
1T must be distasteful TO members to know that
all around them are men endeavoring TO corrupt
their colleagues. feel II my duty to inform the
Speaker that such Is the state OF affairs reported
70 me" said Mr.. Green.
THE Chair will insist that in charges OF lobby
Ing persons must be named. and the Chair will see
that they are expelled. But accusa ton must he
III during the remaining days Of the session
these accusations continued. ! shall myself
move the expulsion OF persons 30 named" added
Mr.. Nixon.
Tho motion to discharge the Rules Committee
from the consideration OF the Telephone bill
being necessary 10 its success. The vote In detail
follows:
Yeas Acker, Adler. Boiand Brennan. J. F. Bremen.
Brown. Burr Chaner c. J. Clark Collins C'ottle crab
Egan Evarts Farrell Finn. Fitzgerald Gallagher Chaser.
Graney Green Grggs Ha:hemester. Haight. Hamburger.
IN Hub6sTd Hutton tqmaa Laimbeer I.owenthsi.
Meyer, Miller. Mitchell Mohring Mulloney Murray J.
{: Myers OConnor Oliver Palmer, Patton. Perkins.
Phillips Pickett Rapee Redinston. Reiser Roche. Sage.
shoeneck shultz. snsheimer, z. l.. smith Shelter.
Tiffany. Tom7kns. Van Hoesen Nroman. Weckes, Well.
Wicke. Wrsh-7o
Nays-Aliis Armstrong Axten. Baker Bondy Brew
ster, A. l. Clark Costello Coughtry Cowles Cross.
Delaney. button. Eldridge. Ellis Fish Foriyce Frz.
Fuller Goodsell Greenwood Hanna, Hatch. HAYS. Hoes.
Mason. Matteson. McEwan Miles. Murphy. Nixon. Paris.
Pierce. Post Russell Sears. Simmons, Sloan. sedman.
Taylor. Ten Eyck Tremper Trip Van Rensselaer,. Vim
cent. Wallace Whipple. Williams, witter. Zimmerman