The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-31
TO PASS EXCISE BILL TO-DAY
GOV. ODELL GIVES ORDERS TO JAN
1T THROUGH THE ASSEMBLY.



charge the Excise Committee From
Any Further Consideration Of the Bill
and 70 Pass II Out OF Its Order.
ALBANY. March so-Gov. Odell has de-
termined, IN handling the Raines bill In
creasing the liquor tax license by one-half
throughout the State, that all records for
tanning legislation through shall be
broken. He will not permit the bill TO
have any consideration In the Assembly,
and by his orders the legislators are to be
regarded as only rubber stamps."
The member Of the Assembly from Buff
falo. who has come back after an absence
OF thirty-six years. made the remark that
he was q member Of the Legislature once
when the members were something more
than rubber stamps.' but Gov. Odell in
tends to use the rubber stamps to his own
advantage tomorrow.
The Liquor Tax bill Is to be jammed
through the Assembly tomorrow without
even giving the Assembly Excise Com
mittee q chance to pass upon IL. or
20 through the form Of making a re-
port. In the Assembly tonight notice
was given by Majority Leader Rogers
that he would move to suspend the rules
on some future day and discharge the
Excise Committee from further oonsidera-
ton Of the bill and to pass 1t out Of Its order.
The motion to suspend the rules will be
made tomorrow.
This action Is great surprise TO all men,
hers OF the Assembly, and they marvel
at what the Governor has done. He has
a6ronted the members Of the Exise Com
mittee In a manner that Legislative COM
mittee has not been treated In many years.
The Raines bill was received In the As
sembly on Thursday night. On instruo-
tons that came from tho Executive cham
Der. a meeting Of the Assembly Excise
Committee was called at once. 1t was
then $50 o'clock and some members
thought their dinner was OF more i'm
portanoe TO them than the Liquor Tax
bill, and two Republican members did not
attend the meeting and the bilf could not
be reported.
The Governor was displeased over this.
for he had counted on the bill being passed
tomorrow. The Excise Committee. there
fore, when II could not follow ont the wishes
Of the Governor tina, night. decided to hold
q meeting at 1890 O'Clock on Tuesday and
report the bill to the Assembly the same
day. 1t could then have gone on the calen-
dar for a second reading~on Wednesday
and been considered on the order Of final
passage on Thursday. The Democrats
would not have offered objections to maxi
ing the bill q special order for second and
third reading on Thursday. but 1t appears
that Gov. Odell will not brook any delays.
There was. however, q danger that the
Assembly Excise Committee wo uld not re-
port the bill Tomorrow. Chairman Plank
of that committee has not seen any neces-
sity for such haste on the part OF the Cow
ernor in disposing OF this bill. Last Thurs
day he had partially promised hearing
to the Liquor Dealers Association and the
brewers. in compliance with a promise
made to them at the time the joint hearing
was given by the Senate Taxation and the
Assembly Excise committees, but this
would not be permitted.
II was learned tonight that tomorrow
the Assembly Excise Committee would
have entertained some amendments to the
bill. and there was fear that the measure
as reported would be changed from the bill
that the Senate passed.
Chairman Plank said: We were open
TO accept any amendment that would per-
feet the bill. The bill is too drastic In it's
original form and we wanted to amend IL
80 that the burden would not fall so heavily
upon the small dealers. II was no cinch
that the bill would have been reported by
he Assembly Excise Committee. or, II
by the Senate.
THE notice TO suspend the rules is a sur
prise 10 me. as ! Was not aware that IL
a L.. a.. -
Mr.. Rogers handed II TO the desk for reading.
Under the circumstances II would seem
here IL no use Of calling . meeting OF the
for Tomorrow morning.
This will he the first time within recent
Year, that committee has been discharged
from consideration Of an Administration
bill upon the orders Of the party leaders.
and ~ the COMMITTEES has no, had chance
% meet since the receipt u the hill Of the
ssembly the marks Of -Jamming' are too
,pparrn, "a 60 by unno'in-d
In the Assembly there are thirteen more
than the required numi,~r
10 pas q hill. and only t~o Republican
4 -semblyn~n. Me-srs Patton and Duehl
Il Eris. hay. announced that they will
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