The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-26
WILL PASS THE CANAL BILL.
THE ASSEMBLY MAKES TIE BILL
4 SPECIAL ORDER.
senate Bin substituted for the Assembly
Bin and Made the special Order on
second rnd Third Reading for To-day
Test Vote ~ to OF In Favor OF the Bill

mi, and Made the special Order on
second End Third Reading for To-da,
Test Vote ~ to OF In Favor OF the Bii
ALBANY, March 25-The Davis Senate
hill. calling for an expenditure Of SOL ,O00. 0ot
10 provide for a thousand-ton barge cana
system, IL In expected will pass the Assembly
and be in the hands Of Gov. Odell by Friday
morning. As the Governor has repeatedly
said that he favors canal Improvement ano
the bill meets his views. there Is nc
Auubt that he will sign 1t. and the ques'
IN will be submitted to vote of the people
n next falls election. The bill calls for O
direct-tax levy Of twelve one-thousandths
of a mill for every 81 900 900, and the OPP
ponents of canal improvement believe the
figure should be twelve one-hundredths
The canal-improvemen advocates say that
the Comptroller furnished them with the
figures and he should know what he was
doing when he placed the figures at twelve
one-thousandths.
The disposition Of the question in the
Assembly to-day was somewhat interesting
as II showed that there Is not very much
good feeling on the part OF the members
of the minority toward their leader, MI
Palmer of Schoharie.
The Davis bill was received in the As
sembly this morning, and by agreement
was substituted for the similar Bostwick
Canal bill on second reading. In order TO
do away with two debates 1t was sug-
ccsted that the bill be made special order
for second and third reading tomorrow;
The Republican leaders vino all are opposed
to canal improvement recognlseu the lacl
a. IN
the bill at any time they see ut, and could
see no good In discussing the question to-
day on second reading and gong over
the same ground tomorrow. But MT.
Palmer would not consent to this arrange
ment.
Assemblyman McKeown dem, Kings
then took the leadership Of the canal people
and informed Mr.. Palmer that unless he
would consent to the special order arrange
ment he would move the previous question
on the motion 10 strike out, thus shut ing
OF debate, and after the motion had been
defeated he would move the previous
question on the motion to advance the bili
10 third reading. He was finally prevailed
upon not to follow this course, and for
two hours the Assembly was in position
of asking where IL. was al. Consider
able ill-feeling existed, a. was shown by
the cloture rule being enforced on two
speakers who had exceeded the fifteen
minute allowance for debate.
Finally MIR. Palmer moved that the bill
be made a special order for second and
third reading next Tuesday. This was
defeated by a vote OF II to CT. This is
test vote and shows that there is no reason
TO suppose the bill will be defeated. or
the eleven Assembymen who did not vote.
eight are known to be canal Improvement
advocates. In the Assembly 70 votes are
required to pass bill. After the Palmer
motion had been defeated the bill was
made a special order on second and third
reading for tomorrow. Mcssrs. Palmer
Of Schoharie. Finnegan Of Rockland, Cooke
Of Albany, and Pallas of Rochester, Demo-
Gratis, voted with the Republicans for the
Palmer motion. The Democrats and Re-
publicans of Erie county and below The
Bronx are a unit for canal improvement
Senator Grady, acting a. leader OF the
canal improvement forces in the Senate,
succeeded to-day in killing all legisla-
ton opposed to the Barge Canal bill. He
did this by insisting that a motion to re-
should be voted upon at once.
This was on the Lewis bill, providing for
the appointment by the Governor Of
to negotiate for Federal con-
troll and improvement Of the state canals,
70 a. TO build deep waterway from the
Great Lakes to the Hudson River, The
bill was placed on the order of final pas
sage to-day and was defeated by a vote Of
n tots. Senators Davis, Green, Prime,
Gates. Hill and Elsberg were the only
TO vote against the bill. the
Democrats throwing 81 votes against il.
Senator Lewis moved that the vote by
which the bill was defeated be reconsidered
md that motion lie on the table. Senator
Grady insisted that a vote should be taken
On the motion. which was done, and IL was
thus preventing the calling up OF
he bill during the remainder Of this session.
senator Bracket. who voted for the Barge
Canal bill. also voted for the Lewis bill
io-day.
The Assembly passed Senator Elsberg's
bill changing the time for the collection OF
axes In New York city from October TO
January. This IL one OF the Low admins
ration bills TO which no objection was
made.
The Assembly also passed Senator Els
berg's bill creating teachers retirement
Tund for the teachers 81 the College of the
rity Of New York. and his bill authorizing
he New York Dressed Meats Company 10
build an aba,toir on Eleventh. avenue In
New York city. His bill abolshing days
Tor primary enrolment other than ON the
'our regular days Of registration and doing
away with the right TO transfer from one
tistr,ct Ia another vac also PASSED. The
bill only spplles 10 New York city and wa
being tb. second bill recon
pendssd by the Governor that has passed
he legislature 80 far, the other being the
bul taxing hequeets of real estate To lineal
tesnrnds nts
tbs Assembly practically killed Assem-
blyiaan Nemple's hlll authorizing the Gov
sfas Ca ds>lsnats az special polioemsn
'po;ornen aud conductors GA street cars
Ilpersfing o.itside ~ the liniis % city or
Village. hitor,iy Leader Palmer offered
sh amendment Ia " rfs,s' ths title. which
sss asoias-d, and thea NUMEROUS other
lm.nnsnsflts we're onsfsd The bil finally
sss Ieoonssfied "a the Railroads. COIn.
,oiifs>I ts.c..illaf WITH the ainsf tdunstttF