New-York tribune., 1901-04-05
PRICE THREE CENTS.
IN MAYORS HANDS TODAY
CHARTER REVISION BILL PASSES BOTH
HOUSES WITH A RUSH.
A SCORE OF AMENDMENTS OFFERED ANrt
KILLED AT THE LAST MOMENT
CHANGES IN THE BILL.
Jar TELEGRAPH 10 THE raInuSr.I


TRY TELEGRAPH To THE rR1sUSEI
Albany, April 4-The New-York Charter Re.
vision bill passed both branches of the Iegis-
lature to-day. will be sent away from Albany
Tomorrow morning in the direction of New
York on the 1885 o'clock train and will be put
IN Mayor Van Wycks hands by $50 D. m.
From the talk OF the Tammany Hall leaders
here one can infer that the Mayor will veto ths
bill and return it the legislature before April
10 which is the day now named for the final
adjournment of the legislature. This arrange
ment will give to the Mayor fourteen days for
| the consideration of the measure.
The bill first passed the Assembly TODAY after,
a prolonged debate of four hours duration. It
was then sent TO the Senate where the Assen,-
D!y amendments were cOncurred in Immediately
and the bill then sent to the legisative
printer TO be engrOssed There have been sp
many amendments made to the bill that the
legislative printer will be unable to finish his
task of reprinting the measure before to-mor-
row morning. Five Republicans voted with th4
Democrats in opposition to the bill in the AS
sembly. The vote stood 50 ayes A noes Tha
five Republicans voting in the negative wer1
Assemblymen Bennett. of Manhattan. and Prices
Wilson. Rainey and Blackwell. of Kings.
The bill as it passed the Assembly to-day difs
fered in than a hundred particulars front
the bill which passed the Senate yesterdays
Chief among these changes are the following;
First-One more alderman is added 10 ths
Republican XXIst. XXIIId and XXXIst districts
of Manhattan, making a total aldermanic board
of seventy-three members.
SeCond-The terms of borough presidents and
all other elective officers are made two years
instead of four years. that all members OF
the Board of Estimate and Apportionmenc
shall hold Office for the same time
Third-The uniformed and clerical forces Of
the Street Cleaning Department are equalized
as regards right of appeal in case of removal
ENO1rrrb of tho Tocl Coo1r0 iGCiOn Ona
is limited by making his contracts subject TO ths
supervision OF the Board of Estimate and Ap~
pOrtiOnment.
Fifth-The condemnation proceedings. as cone
Quoted by the Dock Department. are made uni-
form with other condemnation proceedings. so
that in the former case payment snail not Ds
Indefinitely postponed by reason of delay in the
proceedings. Other condemnation proceedings
made for the benefit of the taxpayers
Sixth-The police matrons are restored TO thS
uniformed force.
Seventh-The new Tenement House Commls-
sioner's term is fixed at six years.
The debate on the bill was precipitated by.
Mr.. KeIsey's motion that it be put its final
passage. Immediately twenty members or mora
sprang forward. each with amendment irl
his upIifted hand. 1t at once seen that thes
Brooklyn delegation was uQ in arms First to
be recognized after order was restored was Mr.
Morgan of Kings. who offered an amendmene
TO the school sections of the charter. by which,
Brooklyn was TO be given absolute autonomy ir1'
the government of her schools and decentrali~
zation of the present system
Assemblyman Blackwell also offered school,
amendment providing for continuance OF the
present system and striking out the amendments
of the committees of Senate and Assembly.
AssembIyrnan Bennett next offered his original
dance hall bill as an amendment, providing thas
all dance halls, connected or operated with sa-
looms shall be licensed
Assembyman DurOss sent in an amendmenet
providing for the municipal regulation of ths'
nrica of gas and electricity and of street rail-
way fares
AssembIyman Van Name also wanted to
amend the charter by compelling the Staten
Island Ferry Company to provide more adequats
ferry service.
Other amendments were submitted by AS
sarbIvuen DAILY, Dooling. McInerney. Richters
O'Connen Duross. Sullivan and Harourser-
In behalf of his amendment restoring the COM
plete control of it's schools 70 the Borough OF
Brooklyn. Mr.. Morgan said:
This amendment is unanimously desired oyt
the people of Brooklyn. They want to superlh-
tend and control their own schools Berore con-
solidation by which control has oeen given 10 -
central authority in Manhattan. the scHoo.s .sot
RrookIvn were famous the country over lor tneIri
snIendid management and efficiency. Io-day;
they have been neglected and slghted' anu ha'@
fallen behind.
Assemblymen Wilson and Price supported VIZ
Norgan's amendment. The subject or schoois
,,as discussed after a few more had spoken. and
then Mr. Kelsey explained the new amendments
in the bill as made by the Assembly committee
and showed why the bill should pass as II STOOD
In naming these changes. Mr.. Kelsey empha-
sized the seven outlined above in this article,
He said the reason why an extra alderman had
been given TO the XXIst, XXIIId and A&AIssi
districts of Manhattan was because the popu-
Iation and the building operations in these as
tricts were increasing far more rapidly than in
the outIving districts OF Queens and Westches-
ter counties. to which had been apportioned
extra aldermen. according 70 the Senate pian-'
Returning 10 the subject of schools he said;
The school system provided in the bill before
ne is the result of a compromise between two
TIarr which were radically and antagonistically
diferent. The plan desired by the Brooklyn
men was absolute decentralization, that or the
Manhattan contingency utter centraHzatoh-
Accordingly. we have endeavored To adopt a
golden mean between the two which. while to a
certain degree centralizing the control OF the
schools does not give too arbitrary power TO
the superintendent
Shifting 70 the subject of salaries in explana-
tion of why the Assembly committee finally re-
iected the amendment framed a result Of the
Weekes bill and which provided that the SAL
aries be classified by the Board of Estimate and
Apportionment and no salary be increased with
out it's approval Mr. Kelsey said:
The salary schedule as dealt with by the Char
Ter Revision Commission and the Senate COM
rnttee has been left unchanged II any change
is found necessary il has been left 70 subsequent
treatment.
trust accordingly. that of the amend
ments offered on the floor of this house will be
accepted The provisions IF this bill have been
carefully conside;ed by both Senate and Assem-
bly, committees, and should pass without further