The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-12
COY. ODELLSEES
HAS ANOTHER NIGHT CONFER
ENCE on TAX BILLS.
Conference Finally Resolved Into a
Caucus and Makes Excise Increase
and Mortgage Tax Biiia Party Meas.
ures-Seycnteen Republicans Absent.

ures-Seycnteen Republicans Absent
ALBANY. March Ii.-Gov. Odell spen
another long night exp laining his view
and his reasons for the proposed tax meas
ures proposing an increase In the liquor
tax OF 50 per cent. and a mortgage tax
This time II was before the Republican
, members OF the Assembly that he put forth
! his ideas.
The conferences was held In the Assembly
parlor and was on at midnight. Col. George
W. Dunn. representing tho Republican
State Committee, was also present. 1t was
the intention OF the Republican leaders and
Gov. Odell to repeat their experience OF
last evening Of resolving the conference into
a caucus. A number Of the rural members,
though, went into the conference with the
idea firmly impressed upon the leaders that
any att empt to make 1t a caucus would be
met with strenuous opposition. They even
threatened that II II was a caucus they
would not enter. and that II the conference
was changed into caucus they would
leave.
The opposition Of the rural members IL
to the proposed mortgage tax bill. and the
leaders Of the Assembly did not anticipate
at any time to-day that it would be an easy
matter to overcome their opposition. Chief
among the dissenters against mortgage
tax was Assemblyman Halbert d. Stevens
Of Franklin county. who all along has in
sisted that no mortgage tax bill could pass
the Legislature this year.
Shortly after midnight Gov. Odell and
Col. Dunn left the conference. There
was a small minority in the conference
they said, opposed 10 the two tax meas
ures. and as the conference had about de-
cided at midnight TO resolve itself into
caucus we retired. We do not think there is
any doubt that both the mortgage and
liquor tax increase bills will DO made party
measures and pass the Assembly as well
as the Senate"
When a motion TO make a caucus Of the
conference was made Assemblymen Lam
don OF Duchess. Cowan of Delaware.
Patton and Ruehl OF Erie, and Evans of
Oneida, left the conference room. Messrs,
Patton and Ruehl refused to stand for tho
increased liquor tax, and the others OBJ
jected to the Mort gage Tax bill. Their
detection, however, was not material, as
it requires but 70 votes TO pass the bills in
the Assembly, while there are 30 Repub-
lican Assemblymen.
wick and Wood OF Manhattan borough
objected very strenuously to making the
conference a caucus. and were not at all
inclined to take position one way or the
other, Assemblyman Finch asked to be
excused from taking a position, but this |
was objected to. and at the urging Of |
Speaker Nixon Joined the other New York |
Republicans In remaining in the caucus |
and agreeing to stand 10y the measures
The conference was resolved into a
aVI I'D. x..I r1.An NJ
adopting the Excise bill as a party measure
oy a vote OF 81 TO 10 and the mortgage tax
by n vote Of az to 8.
Speaker Nixon said that all members Of
he Assembly were accounted for, but
he vote shows that only " members were
present, and 70 votes are necessary to pass
bill. The others, II in number, the
speaker says he thinks he can count on TO
support ths measure and thus pass the bills
n the lower house.
One OF the arguments that won the New
fork members over TO the side Of Speaker
Nixon was his promise that II the advocates
u canal improvement could secure a party
'aucus on the canal question. he would
inter that caucus and abide by Its decision.
alter the canal Improvement people took
aughing. for they see that the Speaker
cit perfectly safe In making the promise.
The majority, Of the Republican members
re anti-oana.
The propositions adopted as party
he Executive chamber until long after
midnight last night were put forward
" Senator Plat and his friends In the
legislature as a substitute for the various
avenue schemes proposed by Gov. Odell.
he measures agreed upon and the amount
hey will raise each year for the State Treas
ry are:
Taxing real estate requests to lineai
escendants, 500 600. Fifty per cent. in
rease In the present liquor tax fee. half
D 60 TO the State, SS.O00.OOO: a four-mili
nnua mortgage taI. including a tax upon
mort cages held by banks. insurance COM
anies and like corporations. $4,000. 900.
he other half Of the mortgage-tax money
ill go 10 the localities.
There were twenty seven Of the twenty
light Republican Senators present al the
which eventually resolved H.
ELF into a caucus. II requires twenty-six ,
otes TO pass a bill In the Senate. The
aucus found all the t~enty-seyen Re |,
ublican Senators for the mortgage tar
nd all but Senator Hill Of Buffalo Tor the
lcress@d liquor tar. senator Hill asked
D be allowed 10 hold his allegiance 10 the ,
roposition oI,en. senator George A. Davis
Buffalo has always been an opponent Of ,,
he present Excise law and has opposed
ny Increase In the TAI, but he was forced I
ITO line becaus. he wants To secure the !
sssage Of the Canal Improvement bill.
Willie u u generally believed that ia. I
,.ul, ~ the conference has greatly clsared q
le atmosphere, the situation remains the Z
anne regarding legislation wanted 10y the
es YORK city adnllnist ration. On. of ia.
auy leaders AT Albany, sI-aking for III.
GOVERNOR to-day, said u vas the lat,ers .
eli,f that ~ q T.sult ~ lAsl nishts con-
,Irnoe the tAI ncasure would readily l,e a
a.-ed lie declared that the Governor
nd hepullioah s..natofs aud Assembly.
'.,n we're much relieved
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