The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-19
PEACEFUL DAY IN TIE SENATE
ZEE CHAPLAIN FAILS TO APPEAR
AND MAKE @His; fRAFsR.;''-.

Usberg and Raines Surprise Every One by
Their Poiitcuess 10 Each Other-The
81. Lsuis Expssstisn \pprspstatieu In
creased Frsu 0l0O.O0o V $500 900.
AkSAxF. April Is.-Both branches of
NhS '6t6&e legislature .heId brief Nsrstions
f6-day. fhs Senate chaplain failed to put
b an appearance to make his usual prayer.
and thsrsfors loses S.. Whether or not
there was say significance In II u not known /.
bait At any rate on other days when prayers
are offered the Senators are afterward In
. bellicose mood. To-day they were a.
peANnr ~ tis -Iproverbisl lambs. In
deed, u. looked ~ u ths lamb end The
Non ~tfS lying down together.
sAnassr Dsberg did not expect to attend
the session, but he was afraid 70 take
ohanoes Of The Senate doing something
~ his absence and hs remained over. he
weA joined BY Senator Zion r. Brown. y
Only once did the occasion present itself
for an encounter between Senators Raines
and Elsbsrg and they surprised every one
by-thair poltteness and consideration for
each -deter.. Senator Rslnes wanted A.
ssmblyman Burnstt's bin grading the
salaries Of Tie special excise agents, 90 that
he agents now In ofncs viii receive d 200,
advanced 10 q third reading. Senator
Ekberg thought he should object 10 II.
He wavprs4,. hesitated end stammered .
few tif&6H and thsq- good-aaturediy con-
nsnted TO The advancement Of the bill.
Only fifteen Senators were present at tho
sesdon.., The, Senate went into committee
q the Whole Ind advanced to third read
ing Q nuznhiv- Of 65aSof miAss Importance.
Among them was .Asaepnblyman Boetwick's
bill making Fire Commissioner Sturgis
the absolute dictator OF the New York city
Fire Department. -.-
SenAtor 0rssn's bin. changing the method
Of imposing q tax on the savings banks
under the law Of 1901, by providing that
the snarss Of stock shaA b assssSsd at
their actual value instead OF at their par
value, was advanced TO . third reading.
mendations or State Comptroller Miller.
ocratic allies In Clinton county received
9 sethaok to-day IA ths Senate. When
asnatde PrimeS BILL spproprsetine $780,
for State park, came up 1t was objected
20 BY Senator Armstrong and had to 90
oxAr. The Senate will not 30 into gen
crsl order. before next Tuesday or Wednes-
day, and II 10 doubtful u the bill can be
P8k800 t0AD UcoolOus untCe0 tu0 k8O6i VI
before that time and the Assembly Com.
mittes On -RlIles jams It through the As
ssmbly on Tho last day: =
The Senate Finsnc Committee to-day
.sportsd to the Senate bills providing Ing 1 for
Yrincipai among the number wrs the one
tncressing from 100000 to $4,000 the
amount which this State shall spend for
its. Representation at he Louisiana n,pehsss
Of the Sepmifsiop, Charlie. A. Bali, IVES
ncrease1 10 the bill from q 500 to $4,000.
Last Monday hight the Assembly Committee
m Rules smended the bill BY making the
emount $4,000 end fixing the salary Of
Other bills reported were: Aseemblymsn
1oeere's. q .0oo.000 for the Improvement
also: l6lS0o0 20 pay the cisiins against the
:" :dt ~, s.s csIs r. h ss: cIS, T.
Claims TO pay awards other than for the
IisaSdsiinissss sbo 'fsposts<s Assembly
M liySs by which i' proyids. for sorf
SrSmS Coa,s n oo~dactinS sriois ' oS.si%s
81 their districts. Mr.. Phillps's bill al
)pwed thgm 1850. but the Senate Finance
Committee reduced the amount to $1,000
The committee also reported Senator
Tor q. status to Alexander Hamilton IN he
Capitol Park et Albany. 1900 TO b avail
able At once for the expenses OF the COM
mission and Assemblyman Rem sen sppro-
priating ti.aQe for q. statue for DuIyee's
2oiiaves, to be erected on the battlefield
a tho eecond Bull Run 0ght,.
Tho Senate advanced these bills to a
third reading Assemblyman Finch's.
city House OF Dstention from the Police
Commissioner to the District Attorney;
xssemblymen. SdIlivan's inorsa1ng the
saiaries 81 The borough presidents o. Man
haitian. Brooklyn and The Bronx from q 500
No $1,000, and OF Richmond And Queens +.
from 1000 to q 800: Assemblyman Dool-
ing's. increasing the salaries 81 the Justice
Of the Municipa! Court OF Manhattan, Brook
lyn and The Bronx boroughs from $1,000
10 $500 . var; AssemhlYmAa Burnstt's.
suthoriStpe New York dky 10 cooperate
With tbs Federal GovemIisnt In having
. new map Of the city made.
but al bills Of any importAnes. went over
until Monday night on objeodon being made
to-them. Senator BreofStt's btll, author-
iEing the New York and London Trust Com
pany to purchase st06lp, bonds and other
securities and b isga1e debentures and other
obllC4tippp ssaIat thpnn. Wa passed.
ssfsizS 5!I 49stia4 another public holiday.
~ ons = coaun6s Day, Oct ~