The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-24
fnB LEGISLATURE AD!OURSS.
rHREE BILLS FAVORED ny
MAYOR LOW ARE KILLED.
ney Are the "Battery Park Grab" the
- Elsberg Rapid Transit and the Police
Increase Btlls-The Amendments to
the lAquer Tax Law Pass Both Houses.

Increase Bills-The Amcndmeats Il
the Lqusr TAX Law Pass Both Houses
F, (. ALBANY, April 2s-The State Legislature
adjourned sine die this afternoon. Tn
end OF the session was not marked by an,
= Sensational features. The proceedings wer
comparatively tame. The Assembly rushet
everything through. but the Senate tool
tie time in disposing Of pending legislatior
until within few minutes Of adjournment
when the rushing tactics prevailed there
There was the greatest interest centred
IN what the Assembly Comnittee on Rules
!, would do to-day. This was in regard Il
the Water Storage Commission BILL Thu
powerful lobby that had been at work fol
the blu in the interests OF the Wood PulI
Trust and the Adirondack lumbermen. nc
that reservoirs and dams could be built IL
the Adirondacks. did not relax it's efforts
until the last minute to get the bill before
the Assembly, but the Rules COMMITTEES
refused to report IT, Now IL is charged
that the influential member who kept II in
committee was not actuated 40 much for
the public's good as he was for his own
selfish purposes
The Rules Committee aided the Senate
in rewarding former Governor Frank =.
Blacks machine for its good work in the
cause Of the Republican party. Up in
Troy II is quite hobby for the Democratic
and Republican politicians to secure char
tcrs from the Legislature for bridges and
railroads. This was when former United
States Senator Edward Murphy, Jr.. was
In control Of affairs up there. Now Mr..
Black is pstterning after him. and to-day
the Legislature gave some of his political
nts rha IN hnilA hr;I
across the Hudson River. State Super
intendent OF Prisons Cornelius V. Collins
was very active about the chamber during
are never built. Instead. the charters
are generally sold to the bridge companies
already In existence. which have bridges
in operation. Some think II is quite
profitable transaction and it does not cost
anything to get such a bill through the
Legislature.
~as the passage OF the 'Hommedieu so
called Street Railroad Grab bill. while In
the Senate the East River Gas Company
bill came near upsetting all calculations
regarding adjournment anywhere near
the scheduled time,
After the business had been concluded
in the Senate. Senator Grady, the minority
leader. thanked Lieut. Gov. Higgins for
the fair and impartial manner in which he
had presided over the sessions Of the Senate,
and offered a resolution to that effect.
which was adopted unanimously. The
Assembly made its usual presentations
TO tho leaders and officers Of the House.
The Senate finished It's business shortly
before O'Clock. but the Asse mbly did
not adjourn until $40 O'Clock.
1hs Low administration did not fare very
veil during the closing hours Of the seq
don. In the Assembly two Of the bills
favored by Mayor Low were killed. The
Asst ons to be disposed Of was Assembly
man fAgnew's, permitting the oonstruc-
ton a an elevated railroad station in Bat
tery Park.
m bin was defea ted once before. but
to-day the Assembly stamped out every
particle Of life from the measure. The bin
was dsssated by . vote Of % to q.
Than. on motion Of Assemblyman Burnett
the Esbere bill, introduced at the request
Of ths Citinens' Union. amending the New
York city Rapid Transit law was recon-
nlttsd to the Rules Committee, which
s6sseiAlly killed It. Assemblvmen Bost-
wick and Woods CRep.. Manhattan) and
Miller (Dcm., Kines) defended the bill and
ed II should pass. Mr.. Burnett said it
Ss notion preSalIed By a standing vote Of
- - y. All Of the Republican leaders
voted to recommit the bill. Hence Il did
Mayor Low no good to change his mind
IN regard to this bill, and he win not have
consider the bill on it's merits. TO Big
Tim Sullivan 10 due the credit for pre-
venting the passage OF the Elsberg bill.
Assemblyman Bostwick prevented the
reporting by the Assembly Rules Commit
bin. Mr.. Bostwick evidently does. not
agree with Street Cleaning Commissioner
Woodbury.. for the bill was given to Sena-
tor Plunkitt for introduction by the repre-
sentative Of the Corporation Counsel's Office.
the most important department bills sent
to Albany by the Low administration that
failed TO be sent to the Mayor for his ap-
proval. The other two are the Police and
Fire Commissioner Sturgis's bills. The
consider the Street Cleaning bill. but As
eemh1yman Bost wick assured the COM
miftee that 1t was a bad measure and should
not be reported and the committee fol-
lowed his advice.
The minority took occasion to make
political capital out Of the three-platoon
bill. The Assembly Rules Committee had
refused to report Assemblyman Finch's
police increase bill, which the Senate had
amended by incorporating in it the three
platoon scheme.
Consequently Minority Leader Palmer
moved to discharge the committee from
further consideration OF the bill. II re-
Quires 100 votes to discharge that COM
mittee and Mr.. Palmer only secured 90 |
In favor Of his motion TO a In opposition.
Senator Marshalls bill authorizing Fire |
Commisaoner Sturgis OF New York city |
70 purchase the fire alarm telegraph system |
from the Manhattan Signal Company |
passed the Assembly. The Tammany mem |
bers pointed to the fact that the bill also |
authoriBes the Commissioner TO purchase
this system at private sale.
Both houses Of the Legislature passed |
senator Green's amendments to the Liquor !
Iax Law, which modify and soften the penal |
ians provieions Of the law and permits |
the sale Of liquor by druggists on af5ixing |
q ten-oent stamp to the bottle
The bill also permits the State Excise |
Commlnsioner, upon Q request from Dis |
trict Attorney, to designate an attorney |
% ct for the District Attorney in the prose- |
Cutton Of violations Of the Liquor Tax law.
The Senate defeated Assemblyman APP |
GAr's bill, which permits the hshing for chad |
6lx days IN the week instead OF 1--we. Mr.. |
Apgar has tried to get this bill through the |
LsGisaaturs for several years At the re-