New-York tribune., 1899-05-28
MANY BILLS NOT SIGNED
GOVERNORS REASONS FOR PASSING
OVER MEASURES.
ACT TO CONTROL RATES OF TRANsPoRTA-
TION BECOMES LAw-PURE BEER
AND DRUG CLERKS BILLS
FALL nE APPROXAI4
inv TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.1


Albany May 27-The Governor repeated to-
day his statement made last night that he had
not stated to the correspondent OF an evening
newspaper of yesterday that he had informed
Senator Platt that he was not candidate Tor
the Republican nomination for President, put
would like a denomination for Governor. Ihe
Governor has not said anything to Senator Platt
on either OF those topics. AS stated In The IT'D
| une's Albany dispatch OF to-day, he does not
believe in taking anxious thought about MS
political future. His sole thought at present is
to serve the people OF New-York State faith
fully as their Governor.
Governor Roosevelt completed this evening his
examination OF the bills passed by the Legslat
ure at it's regular and at its special session.
While the Legislature was holding its regular
session ne signed large number OF bills, ard
thus did not have many bills to consider in
the thirty-day period" after the adjournment
taken at the regular session Is usually the
case.
When the Legislature adjourned on April 2S
he found on his hands 297 bills. and subsequent
ly. at the special session, FIVE more measures
reached him. OF the total Of 302 bills he has
signed 1911 bills OF various character. and has
left unsigned 105 bills. Chapter 14l is the final
law this year. year ago, in 1SOS, the final law
was Chapter 676 There has thus been an In
crease of sixty-fve laws. The major part OF this
increase was due to the necessity of passing bills
amending the New-York charter, which last
year were rejected on the principle by Senator
Stranahan that the new charter had better be
tried before any amendments were made to 1t.
CONTROL OF TRANSPORTATION.
The chief bill signed to-day by the Governor
was one drawn up by Assemblyman Trainor to
provide for the punishment OF pools, trusts and
conspiracles TO control rates Of transportation
The bill says that any corporation not organized
under the laws OF this State engaged In the
transportation business, who shall create, en-
ter into. become member of or party to any
pool trust, agreement, combination, confedera-
tion or understanding with any other corpora
tion. partnership, Individual or any other per-
son or association of persons to control the vol
ume of transportation between this country and
Europe or to control limit, regulate or fix the
rates thereof or who shall refuse to sell to any
person. either for himself or another. on demand
therefor, transportation between the United
States and Europe, either eastbound or west
bound at the usual and legal rates. shall be
deemed and adjudged guilty of a msdemeanor,
and be subject to the other penalties herein
after provided in this act"
The act further says: Amy contract or agree
ment in violation of any provision Of the pre-
ceding section of this act shall be absolutely
void ANY corporation created or organized by
or under the laws of any other State or county
which shall violate any provision of the pre-
ceding sections Of this act shall thereby for
felt its right and privilege thereafter to do any
business in this State, and upon proper proof
thereof in any court OF competent jurisdiction
in this State its rights and privileges to do
business in this State shall be declared forfeited.
and in all proceedings TO have such forfeiture
declared proof that any person who has been
acting as the agent Of such foreign corporation
in transactng its business in this State. or has
been while acting such agent. and. In the
name behalf or interest OF such corporation.
violating any provision of the preceding sec
tons OF this act shall be received prima
facie proof Of the act OF the corporation Itself.
and it shall be the duty Of the clerk of said
court TO certify thereof to the Secretary Of State
who shall take notice and be governed thereby
as TO the corporate powers and rights OF said
corporation This act shall take effect i'm
| mediately."
The Governor refraned from signing Senator
| Coggeshall's Pure Beer bill. the bill to shorten
the hours OF labor OF drug clerks. the bill re-
garding the reinstatement OF policemen OF New
York and the Barren Island bill. He fled
memorandums giving his reasons for refraining
! from signing these bills. These are as follows:
THE PURE BEER BILL.
This bill seemingly does nothing more than repeat
the Public Health law. The provisions are abso-
lutely Identical and there is therefore warrant
for putting the present bill on the statute books;
addon S e @ IN of @ @ D Ss
vision OF the Public Health law against adul;era.
in the county Jail for. three months. This would
make it possible to inhct a far severer penalty
the who for instance. should sell food com
posed o: diseased or decomposed or purid or rotten
THE DRUG CLERK BILL
After getting reports from large number OF dis
| interested outsiders have come TO the conclusion
that. on the whole less injustice will result from
waiting another year for the proper method OF re-
lief than would result from signing the bill in its
t & The aSd dus Safy
them feel that II signed II would probably work
with their days of. and even with their vacations
There is no question that there should be shorter
thar many Of the proprietors have behaved with ex
tremeIy short-sghtedness In opposing any proper
Of mere obstruction it will probably result in the
necessity of accepting any measure no matter
nit TO total lack OF relief but it is certainly wise
to give one chance for the passage OF proper
measure.
POLICEMENS AND FIREMEN'S BILLS
| These bills designed TO permit to re-enter In
! the Police and Fire departments men who have re-
signed or who have been removd upon charges
which It is contended. were unjust. II / should
sign them IL would form precedent for similar
| action In the Of certainly hundreds. and prob
| ably thousands, of other men, who have been re-
| moved or who have resigned In like manner y
| general policy must be adopted TO meet all the
cases Either so ne general law should be passed.
| providing opportunity for rehearing and reinstate-
ment In the of hremen and policemen who are
1 removed from the Department. or else the practice
| should be observed of passing only upon cases
where the Fire Department or Police Department.
| REQUESTS the Legislature TO act: else we should
! adhere the present system. realizing that occa-
sional Injustice may be done to an individual but
accepting this preferable to the alternative of
| never treating any decision as finai