New-York tribune., 1901-04-04
PRICE THREE CENTS.
CHARTER REVISION WINS.
PASSES SENATE BY VOTE OF THIRTY
FOUR To FOURTEEN.
TO PASS ASSEMBLY AND BE SENT To THE
MAYOR TO-DAY-DEBATE ON THE
AMENDMENTS.
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AMENDMENTS.
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Albany, April 3.-The Senate approved to-day
the revision Of the charter of New-York City
made by the Charter Revision Commission. the
bill containing the revision passing the Senate
by vote of 81 to A. II was a partisan vote
without exception. the Republican Senators vot-
ing for it and the Democrats against it, Sem
ator Hennessy Den). of New4Yorlz. who repre-
sents the Annexed District. voted for it upon the
declared ground that it would enable the people
of that district to secure local improvements.
The bill taken to the Assembly and I'M
mediately rushed to the third reading order.
The Assembly Committee on Cities made the
final amendments to il tonight and the bill will
be passed in the Assembly tomorrow. Senator
Stranahan says that the Senate will concur in
the amendments made TO the bill by the As
sembIy Committee on Cities These Assembly
amendments were. in fact. agreed to in Governor
Odelrs presence at the Capitol midnight
last night when the two committees cities
held final conference upon the measure
Governor Odell sent emergency message
to the legislature. which permitted the Senate
TO take immediate action upon the bill. The
Assembly will be similarly aroused tomorrow.
and before the day ends the bill will be on It's
way TO Mayor Van Wyck. 1t limited here
to-day that the Mayor might not retain the
bill over two days although he would disap
prove Of il. Then the legislature would again
pass the bill Mayor Van Wyck's Veto The
Democratic members Of the legislature would
be pleased to have Mayor Van Wyck act soon
upon the bill and thus enable the Republican
leaders Of the legislature to pass an adjourn
nent resolution, for it is reasoned that there is
always danger with a Republican Legislators in
Albany, that legislation inimical to Tamnany
Hall will be passed
SALARIES AMENDMENT REJECTED.
The chief and most valuable amendment sug@
gested by the Assemblymen TO the Charter Re
vision bill. which provided for a classification OF
the salaries Of the employees Of New-York City
by the Board Of Estimate and Apportionnent.
was rejected the conference at the Capitol last
night The reason given for this action to-day
was that, the Charter Revision Commission not
having made this suggestion. it would be we'll
not 20 adopt it,
Amendments made 10 the Charter Revision bill
by the Senate Committee on Cities were adopt
ed by the Senate to-day. By one OF these amend
rnents the Mayor is made eligible for reelection.
The section providing for three platoons OF po-
lice was stricken out by another amendment
The term of Office OF the borough presidents by
another amendment is made two years instead
provement District. comprising the Eighth.
Thirtieth and Thirty-1rst Wards Of Brooklyn.
is changed from New-Utrecht to Bay Ridge.
Still another amendment provides that members
OF the uniformed force we'll as the clerical
force Of the Street Cleaning Department are not
70 be removed until they have been informed OF
the nature Of the charges against them. ana
hav. been given authority 10 reply to them
When the bill came UP for final passage Sen
ator Grady led the opposition by denounclnS
certain features Of the revised charter The
feature which he hammered with espec1aI
emphasis was the provision for a board or
trustees to superintend Bellevue and the allied
hospitals He also said that the president OF the
Tax Board should be a member OF the Board OF
Estimate and Apportionment. and that the oor-
ough presidents should be excluded For the
latter proposition he argued that each borough
president would simply work to the interests Of
his own borough. to appropriate as much money
as possible to his own borough. and that no end
of confusion would accordingly result
Senator McCarren then addressed the Chair as
follows:
an, opposed 10 the bill it stands at pres
s1+ So many changes have been made in the
bill since it handed to us by tne Chartor
Revision Commission that no one OUTSIDE OF q
very few knows what is in it, One point IN par
ticn1ar T object to is the provision for single
headed Dock Commissioned. As the revenues or
the city now stand the Dock Commissioner "a
proposed would handle millions or dollars ana
be subject TO great pressure from corrupuns m
fuences. One man cannot do the work.
The Senator also objected to the arrangement.
~, vbicb cftv MAGISTRATES were to be elected in
Brooklyn but nominated in Manhattan and The
Bronx
Senator DonneIIy said that he had made up his
mind against the bill first and foremost because
he did not know what was in it. He denounced
the haste with which, he said. it was being rail-
roaded through the Senate. He said that a few
men had got together in some secret session.
there patched up multitudinous number or
amendments and counter amendments. and
they had come before the Senate with the de-
termination of rushing the great bulk Of "lesis-
Iative contradictions through. He said that all
he knew of the bill he had obtained from the
newspapers. Senator Donnelly also took issue
with the charter revisers in saying that the gov-
ernment of New-York should not be deeentrai-
ized. and that the present plan had not been
sufficiently tested
Senator Cullen then offered an amendment
preserving intact the Department Of Sewers
The amendment was lost.
sTRANAHAN FOR DECENTRALIZATION
Senator Stranahan. in defending the passage
OF the charter. began by outlining the work
Of the Charter Revision Commission He said
he had not been convinced that a decentraliz-
ing of powers In the municipal government or
New-York was needed until after several years
Of consideration. during which he had been be-
sieged by petitions demanding such change.
In taking issue with Senator McCarren in ref
erence TO a single headed Dock Commission. hs
said:
II is the opinion OF the majority of the Cities
rha. rasnnr1sihilirX Of handling