Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-26
FAVOR HIGH LICENSE.
New York Senators Pass New Raines
 Law.

ALBANY, N Y., March 26. By n strictly party vote after nearly seven hours of parliamentary struggle and active filibustering on the part of the Democratic minority led by Senator Grady and twelve calls of the senate the bill introduced by Senator Raines increasing the liquor license fees by 50 per cent was passed at z 10 last night
 Senator Hill of Buffalo lRep.,, whose attitude on the subject was for time regarded as uncertain, voted for tho bill, supplying the necessary vote to make a full Republican showing Of twenty six, just enough to pass the bill. Senators White and Ambler, Republic ans, were absent.
 The battle began with a motion by Senator Raines to take the bill from the committee of the whole and put 1t on third reading for final passage. making the bill a special order on final passage immediately after the reading of the journal on Monday evening. This was lost by a vote of 24 to 21, Senator Hill voting in the affirmative with the Democrats
 A recess of half an hour was then taken, during which the committee on rules, consisting Of Senators Raines. Malby and Grady, adopted a rule mak ing the excise bill the immediate and precedent order In the senate, fixing 3 limit of three hours for the discussion < of the bill and of one hour for the dis cussion of the rule, the time to be d. vided equally between the two sides.
 Senator Grady bitterly fought tho proposed rule in committee and contin4 ued the fight when the rule was Intro duced in the senate after recess, ex- hausting every parliamentary resource at his command to delay the proceed ings.
 The rule was adopted byha strictly party vote, and the bill was put upon final passage, the president ruling that one hour and a half for each side was available for the advocates and oppo- nents of the measure respectively.
 Senator Grady at once announced that he would speak in favor of the bill and that his time should be-. charged against the affirmative side.
 s'The seAator will speak as Repub- Iican and vote as a Democrat said Senator Raines.
 eNo," retorted Senator Grady, s'l shall take the position of a Pharisee and look down upon the liquor traffic, no matter how warmly I shall take it by the hand tomorrow"
 For more than an hour MT. Grady i,, fnx of the bill, speaking ostensibly as one defending the position of the Republic ans on the measure.
 ssThe chief argument in favor of this bill is that we, my Republican col leagues and myself, need the money, and we don't care how we get it. I am satisfied that the bill will do no real harm. In the first place 1t will give the majority the money they need now. and in the second place in the early days of next November it will win for the Republican party the christening at the polls which is always beneficial
 Following Senator Grady, Senator Lewis with the same irony pretended to oppose the bill.
 Senator Foley was the first seriously to discuss the bill. This he did with great earnestness opposing the meas ure as unjust and oppressive upon legitimate form of business
 When Senator Malby moved to pro- ceed to a roll call. the Democratic sem ators contended that they still had q lot of time left, as Senator Grady had spent his time in favoring the bill, and hiu tirna ah0uld bn charged against It's adherents. The chair ruled that Sena- tor Grady had not been in good faith, but had spoken really in opposition.
 At this juncture an emergency mes sage was received from Governor Odell declaring that a public emergency re- uuired the passage of the measure.
 The final roll call showed strictly party vote-yeas, 20; nays, 22-and the senate adjourned for the day.
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