New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-18
ALBANY'S LIGHTER SIDE.
SOME OF THE THINGS WHICH EAsE THE
STRAIN OF LAwMAKING.

riaEes may be made In heaven they accom-
pllshed altogether too fast in the State of New
York Mr. knapp lives IN Elnira, and he has
come 70 this conclusion from what he has seen
his home
'sThe city of Elmira has become veritahie mat
rtnonial Mecca he said a Tribune correspond
ert after the Assembly had adjourned the other
day
The reason is that the laws of New-York State
in regard to marriage much more lax than
those of Pennsylvania Stringent license laws
exist there. which the more timorous seek TO
evade Here there are such statutes to daunt
them; here questions asked which may
bring TO light uncomfortable truths. by which. per-
haps another wife another husband is made to
loom up on the All that il required in this
State is TO find some convenient person to sanction
the union who is or appears to be lawrui thiro
ITO these matrimonial refugees Elmira offers a
convenlen1 . 9syiu , Inc Id ne sIins an .S
tent that certain clergymen derive greater rev.
contribution plates.
There is one person that know who %, has ss sty e1
OF ministerial work. He has an agent at the sta
aiights whose appearance might denote their mis-
sion this porter hands them card: and II the
ing. So experienced has this functionary become
that he never mistakes the right pair ~, ry.,,,
was brought TO the attention OF Bishop Hunting
ton. Of the Protestant Episcopal Church After
due consideration ne called a convention OF the ne
discussing suitable legislation The conference re-
suited in bill which provides that no marriage In
knowledged marriage license -
the order Of a second reading in the Assembly.
The Senate is too small a body for the enactment
Of the best kind Of legislation" said Assemblyman
Costello, of Oswego County after speaking of some
OF the reform measures which were hung up in the
Senate Codes Committee The Senate" he con-
ttnued, should consist OF hundred and nifty
members and the Assembly Of about two hundred
Committees should be made up Of from thirty 10
forty members instead of thirteen. present.
Not only would such a system preclude to a great
degree the possibility Of bribery but it would in
sure more deliberate consideration. Although New
York State has greater population than any sister
State the number OF. the representatives OF her
upper house is below the average. And it is a
fact that where the upper house IS small Its
legislation is often i'll advised
THE Senate Is supposed TO be the conservative
body. It has been thought that a few men OF
long experience in legislative life would prove
check to sporadic and extreme measures. II Is
Ggestt9n serious ; guestiS9n # such is the case
The Assembly committees should be larger for
for ali the members of a committee to be present
a meeting. Often seven or eight men are left
present system of legislation the committee has
Here 4 Bill NAV be retarded Indefinitely, reported
Immediately amended unrecognizably All this
Of a few men. True a member of the house who
rs ga @ b fh man ave aS0 to shaTge the conn
mittee. but such action almost always ends dis
Mr. Costello has been member OF the Legis-
lature since 1885 and is the chairman OF the oom-
Der of the Mazet Committee, and is also well
known for his sweatshop bill.
When the Assembly bill in repeal of the Horton
Boxing law had hearing before the Assembly
Codes Committee a country Assemblyman appeared
in support OF the measure. In the course Of his
arguments he told the following anecdote:
have boy who is ardent reader OF the
newspapers. Since the passage OF the horton Jaw
state my boy has been unusually devoted to the
papers I then found that he was reading the turld
graphic descriptions upon him was immediate.
From peaceful lad he became regular law Jazz E me
adversary was he sailed into him just the same
The fact of the matter is became alarmed as TO
how I could get him under control myself One day
ms % came TO o1 T 6 a 's sc FaGs aH
that all the boys in the school are fighting. They
@ g4 Sa4 ' and rex KID aS Mec coS n DO
not know What we are going to DO It looks very
good" Well, thought the matter over for some
stop the boys pugilism was to have bout with
him myself such course could not help but be
would put end to his ambitions. and II I were
M nee wO9d ea TO hs a49a t
had made all my preparations and was about
home one night from school looking as if he had
attempted 10 stop an express train. It seems that
the school had acquired a pupil in the shape
Of colored lad. Without provocation my boy had
tackled him with disastrous results Indeed they
wore so disastrous that was spared any further
Z anxiety He has never wanted TO nght again.
Isador Cohn the New-Yorl Assernblyman from
de Ate" and the successor to Charles H. Adler
made his maiden speech the floor OF the AS
sembIy last Thursday. The occasion was the APP
pearance of his Dewey Park bill the calendar
for final passage. Up 10 this time Mr.. Cohn had
in his seat with a pleasant smile for ali who
( passed and a. CHEEKY Coed morning for all who
/ spoke. It remarked by every what genial
disposition he had, and he object OF some
envy TO those Legislators who try TO please all OF
their constituents by pouring in a food OF legis-
Iation with the result OF pleasing Here was
3Ir Cohn, who had introduced only two
bills who had said nothing and who appeared TO
I be continually the seventh heaven OF content.
stu remarkable Mr.. COINS smile last
Thursday morning when his irstborn bill, the one
which he had fondly called Dewey after the name
Of his favorfte hero was held up by the clerk for
the attention OF the house. When Mr. Slater. OF
New York cruel to 10 strike out
the enactng clause of the bill and thus crush this
tender child, Mr.. Cohn only lost his smile for
moment BY the time he got the recognition OF
tho Speaker his face was beaming again.
This IS my arst speech ne began and per-
( hnps my last this session. This IS the only Dill
which I hope 70 pass and l do not think that
any one ought vote against IT. I have never
that ANYBODY ought against my bill. I have
tried % i friend everybody, and really think
= = GOOD biz I don't see how anybody could DO
unllnd to vote against it
won favor from those Assemblymen who DO
60. vote for bills. At the end Of the roll
call n found that the Dewey Park bill had
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