New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-09
BILLS BEFORE GOVERNOR.
HEARINGS AT Albany ON IMPORTANT
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MAY KILL MANY
NEED OF PREFERRED CAL
ENDARS OF CITY BILLS.


Albany, April 8 CSpeciaD.-Governor Roosevelt
is expected here tomorrow from New-fork anu
will then take up the consideration of some Oh
the several hundred bills left on his hands by
the Legislature W. ]. Youngs. the Governor
private secretary. was busy yesterday getliIs
from the clerks Of the Senate and Assembly the
bills in their hands and list of those sent 10
the MAYORS of the cities of the State 1t may be
stated that a large number of bills are III
the hands Of Mayors. and may be vetoed thus
killing them outright
Senator Marshall Of Kings thinks that the
Senate and the Assembly should adopt pre-
ferred calendar for city measures, and thus
pass them at q sufficiently early hour before the
adjournment of the Legislature to compel the
Mayors to act them before the adjournment
date arrives.
"A large proportion of the work done by the
Legislature" he said recently. fails to be of
any use because the bills expressing it are left
in the possession of the Mayors Of various cities
The Senators and Assemblymen from the rural
districts do not seem TO realize that we have to
give hearings on the city measures and thus lose
time. and that then the provision of the Con-
stitution that the Mayors of cities may consider
all city bills for fifteen days many times defers
action on them and defeats them. Legislation
for the cities of the State is thus put at
the rural districts"
HEARINGS ON CITY MEASURES.
Governor Roosevelt has decided to give hear
ings, if they desired, important city
measures. One already announced is that
the Barren Island bill. 1t will take place
Thursday. The measure is of great impor-
tance requiring, it does, the abolition of the
rendering works Barren Island and the
struction of cremation works, to be used in dis
posing Of garbage and dead animals. The bill
is favored by Health Officer Doty. who believes
that the rendering works Barren Island
should be suppressed. and who also believes
from the experience of Hamburg, Germany, that
New-York should get rid of its garbage by
means of cremation. Mayor Van Wyck and Com
missioner Magic. Of the Street Cleaning Depart
ment, oppose, however, the construction of
nation works, the ground of the great
pense involved as they assert in their construc-
ton and operation 1t is probable that the city
authorities will oppose the bill before Governor
Roosevelt, and that it will be favored by Senator
Wagner and Assembyman Doughty
Governor Roosevelt will also, ii is believed
give a hearing the Davis School Teachers
Salary bill. Mayor Van Wyck vetoed this act.
and said he did because it would increase too
much the salaries of school teachers and also
put too great sum of money yearly in the con-
troll of the School Department for the payment
OF salaries. Governor Roosevelt has frankly said
since the adjournment of the Legislature that he
feels disposed to act favorably upon the bill,
although, of course, he would listen respectfully
TO all that may be said by the authorities of
New-York in opposition to It.
CHARTER REVISION COMMISSIONERS.
Governor Roosevelt expects the present week
TO announce the names of the members of the
New-York Charter Revision Commission. Two
month ago he thought that he would appoint
some members of the New-York City Govern
ment as members of the Commission and
named Controller Coler type of the city
official to be appointed. Latterly, however he
has said that he did not make an in
vidious distinction between the city officials
and might not, therefore. take any of the mem
bers Of the Charter Revision Commission from
their ranks 1t is possible that Republican
politicians have been urging the Governor not
TO appoint any OF the members Of the New-Yo
City Government arguing that they would only
act as agents Tor Tammany Hall, and therefore
he has decided not to appoint any of them.
One matter about which Governor Roosevelt
will concern himself this week will be the ar
guments which will be made by the lawyers rep
resenting the big corporations Of New-York
City before the State Tax Commissioners in
regard to the valuations put upon their property
under the authority of the Franchise Tax law
These arguments will begin Tuesday, and it
is believed they will be of great interest, since
most of the corporations believe that their fran
chises have been greatly overvalued. The State
Tax commissioners nave held conferences with
Governor Roosevelt since they began ap-
praising the value OF corporation property and
undoubtedly they will continue this practice the
coming week, while the New York corporation
property is under consideration. 1t is under
stood that the Governor desires just appraise-
ncent of the property of the corporations made
and would frown appraisement in eX-
cess Of the true value OF the franchise. He does
not wish the Franchise Tax act used oppres-
siyey.
LEGISLATURE RESPONSIBLE.
The Legislature of 1899 is largely responsible
for most Of the erroneous or oppressive assess
, ments thus far made by the State Tax Commits
sion, for it appropriated only $4,000 for the use
Of the Tax Commissioners in determining the
value of corporation property With INSULT
Gent funds at their command and with corpora-
tons refusing to give necessary information the
Tax Commissioners forced in some cases
10 make guesses at the value of the propertv of
ample information. Nor can the Legislature
OF the present year be absoVed from blame in
this matter of neglecting supply the state
Tax Commissioners with sufficient money IN do
their important work in a thorough manner for
IL not until the Senate and Assembly had
been in session several weeks that an additional
appropriation for the of the Tax Commits
sion was made.
Ii is believed that the Tax Commissions vain
atoms VIII be at once tested in the courts IN a
good many cases. Already suits have heen
brought In Buffalo TO test the accuracy OF the
valuations Of some corporation property in that
city, ana other suits TO follow