New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-24
GOVERNORS PLANS CHANGED
NOT TO PRESS LEGISLATION OTHER
THAN AMENDING THE TAX ACT

APPLICATION OF STREET RAILROADS FUN -
urARrNc-E1M1RA REFoRMAToRY ASKS
FOR AN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
AL GUARD TO PARADE FOR
DEWEY.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBuSEl
Albany May Ex-Governor RooseVeit anu '"o
leading Republican Senators and AssemoiSi"e''
nav he said to have done nothing to-day except
to examine critically proposed amendments 20
the Ford Franchise Tax act. The Governor 1t
I'll, y. remembered had his law adviser Charles
T. Lincoln. draw up bill amending the foro
a.. This measure was made the basis for the
work of to-day. The amendatory act was
sbsned and reshaped, and finally at O'CLOCK
10 night reached a condition satisfactory TO most
-, those who had been engaged In working upon
q TN 70 this time Republicans only hao oeeh
concerned in Its preparation AT O'CLOCK now
a,er the Senate Committee on state TaxatIoh
and Retrenchment met in Its room on the th'ro
Aoor Of the State Capitol, and Democratic sen
ators gained a knowledge Of the proposed DILL
Annlication rad been made by some represent
atives of the street railway companies TOT
hearing or the bill, but since 1t was not yet
public and accessible they naturally declined 10
saw anything about the measure They hao
honed that the Ford act would be amended so
as TO provide for the taxation OF the gross re-
ceipts Of corporations. but Governor hooseVei'
had declined to accept this amendment ana
therefore they preferred to withhold any COM
ments upon the suggested franchise taxation
until they were able to examine the amendments
suggested to the Ford bill.
The Committee on Taxation and Retrench-
ment upon learning Of this decision OF the street
railway men, went into executive session upon
probably be able to submit It to the Senate to-
morrow
NOT TO TOUCH OTHER BILLS.
Governor Roosevelt completely changed MS
pans In regard to legislation in the course OF
the day. In the morning he announced 10 the
newspaper correspondents that he thought he
| shopid advise Hesitation regarding the Barren
| Island nuisance. the Eight Hour law. the pro-
nosed Dewey appropriation. the Elmira Re-
| formatory the drug clerks hours. and the BIZ
' nartisan Bureau Of Elections. In the evening
| he stated that he had reconsidered his plans re-
| specting legislation. and had decided not to
press anything which would meet with Demo-
cratic opposition except the Ford Franchise
Tax act Thus the bill in regard to a bipartisan
| Bureau of Elections in New-York would be
abandoned unless some sort OF a compromise
was made with the Democrats.
Michael j. Dady is here suggesting compro-
| mise on the bill Senator Grady has stated
| that Mayor Van Wyck vetoed the Bipartisan
| Election Bureau act because he did not wish to
! be forced by the Republican machine In New
| York to appoint certain Republicans as heads
! OF the Bureau Of Elections. One OF the candi-
| dates Of the Republican organization for this
place is said to be ex-Pocc Commissioner
Hamilton. Mayor Van wyck does not desire
| 10 appoint him.
There is a strong probability. the Governor
| said Of an Appropriation being made TO cele-
brate the arrival home of Admiral Dewey.
When told that Tammsny Hall expected the
! State to appropriate 100000 for this purpose.
the Governor looked astonshed and then said
| decsivey:
There is no person the State Of New-York
| will more delight to honor than Admiral Dewey.
| but know the man WELL and l know that any
| unnecessary fuss. fireworks or vain show will
be displeasng rather than pleasing to HIM The
| customary honors know. the Admiral will
| gladly receive and therefore think the three
| brigades of the National Guard in the vicinity
| OF New-York will be ordered out to parade on
the day of his arrival. I shall consult Adju-
| tant-General Andrews about the matter TO-
| morrow I think the State may appropriate
500 600 for the parade. not any more ard that
| will be amply sufficient.
| The Governor also said he had abandoned the
| thought Of pushing rapid-transit legislation for
| New-York that must be laid aside. because
| the members Of the Legislature. he had discov-
! cred. were eager to get home, and did not wish
! to debate anything over which there was con-
test and which might detain them in Albany.
| The drug clerks. he also feared, would have TO
wait another year to have the question of their
] idod Tn ard
rem Island BILL the Governor said 1t was plain
| that the citv of New-York should be given at
least a years notice in which to obtain some
other place than Barren Island for the disposal
| OF dead animals and garbage.
! F1.MIRA REFORMATORY APPROPRIATION.
Another subject to which the Governor re-
ferrcd tonight was the request or the trustees
Of the Elmira Reformatory for an increase OF
the appropriation for the maintenance OF their
institution The trustees Of the institution
Thomas Sturgis, of New-York; Ansley Wilcox
OF Buffalo; Henry E. Danforth and John w
| Diver-presented the following resolution to the
Governor to-day passed by them:
Resolved That the financial condition Of the
State Reformatory at Elmira, in view Of the
small appropriation made for It's support by
the Legislature of 1898 which was S215,OOO
and the still smaller appropriation OF S2oOW
ir 1899 is exceedingly serious. and requires I'M
mediate attention.
The institution is facing a certain and con-
siderable deficit for the fiscal year ending sep
trlrber go 1850 and the basis Of the 500
600 now appropriated for the next fiscal year II
simply cannot be run as reformatory AL
educational and reformatory features would
have to be cut off Immediately and nothing but
a prison would remain. In the face of this i'm
pending disaster. we earnestly request the Gov
crnor to submit TO the special session of tho
LEGISLATURE TO be convened on May -, the
| question Of making an additional appropriation
for the Elmra Reformatory of not less thar
$4,000.
The Governor said that he had informed the
trustees that II the committees appropra
tons of the Legislature would make the ap
preparation he would sign the act.