The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-27
SENATOR BRACKET ANGRY.
QUESTIONS THE INTEGRITY or
+, THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE.

Ills Resolution Relating 10 Insurance Com.
panies, which He Expected Would
- BE Adopted. u Referred 10 That Com.
INTELLECTUALLY Tries 70 Hold Up Senate.
ALBANY, March ALPHABETICALLY every
member of the State Senate was surprised
to-day that the integrity Of the members
Of the Senate Insurance Committee should
be assailed by Senator Edgar T. Bracket.
Since Mr.. Bracket and his two brother
Insurgents failed at the opening OF the
,session TO succeed to the leadership OF the
senate they have. by guerrilla warfare,
atiefnpted to hold up the Republican ma
jority. With the assistance OF Gov. Odell
! they have had some success.
To-day Senator Bracket called up his
resolution, offered on Monday night. al
,,leging that the fire insurance companies
Of the State had combined to increase and
maintain premium rates. and asking the
Attorney General to report II the combina-
ton was not in violation Of the Donnelly
antitrust law, and IL not IL he would recon-
mend legislation to meet the situation.
Senator Bracket took 1t as matter
Of course that the resolut Ion would be
adopted at once. Before he knew where
no was at the Senate. by vote OF Is TO ID.
on Senator Grady's motion. referred the
resolution to the Senate Insurance Com
Tnittee This 80 angered Senator Bracket
that he practically declared that the MEM
bers OF the Insurance Committee could not
be trusted and that motives other than the
peoples interests would actuate their dis
positions OF the resolution. 1t didn't
take long for the other Senators. whether
they were members Of the Insura noe Com
mittee or not, to let Senator Bracket know
he had gone & 90 far and that he was in no
,>,,s,,i>n a. throw s,onaa
P,.on :" , ~ oir ..,.,,>a 80 hold
., senator uraoy aeain A.'enp'eu W .o'u
up the business OF the state senate to-oay,
When the session opened TINS morning ne
was still smarting from the alleged dis-
courtesles he said the minority had 70 suner
yesterday from the majority curing lne
pessake OF the Liquor lax OH ana tne .nre ~.
Of Senator Ralnes that II the minority a9
not oehave me hules oommttec wouiu
bring IN a rule when wouio smut on Al
Senator Grady manifested ms disPieesure
by informing his Democrauo coleAgues
that there we're only twenty-four hePupncah
Senators present, or two ess than the num-
Der required TO pass bhis, ana IL was nus
intention intent IN mot 10 vote Io any IN
unless there were twenty-sl1 hepuoncsn
Senators IN their seats. ~ senator Grady
also insisted that every b,,l should pe read
through By ne CLERK ne soon ie s
that the Republican leaders IN the senate
were not disposed 70 De or9woeaten. ana
that II he thought ne could TAKE the re,
sponsloihty Tor such course no couio
u AHEAD
J. The nrst bill reached on nnal passage
was local measure lhtrouusu oy pemo
cratic senator. II was read throueh ana
passed Two other measures were Also
PASSED, arer much time was consuneo IA
frivolous oickerings between SENATOR Nraoy
and several Republican senators. senator
Armstrong. VINO Is known as tne common
ecoid OF the senate. interrupted tne pro-
70 cr1tlclse tne eniotoement OF the
rule exoluding people from the moor OF tne
bad found that the doorkeepeTs had been |
instructed not TO interfere with a senator
who wanted TO have a constituent ad.
United 10 the hoor, and he went out INTO
ne fobbles ana had twelve or nfeen OF NJ
friends come into the chamoer his
was - noticeable an evasion OF tho rules
has senator Armstrong was reproyed ~
ne Shalr senator ArmstLon4 SAID ne
he manner In which the rule was being /
enforced. and he would insist that the
rHe be strictly enforced hereafter.
= After much talk upon this question,
OF the calendar was re-
sumed. but the Senate soon afterward
adjourned, as Senator Grady said he was
Jagged out as the result OF the long ses-
dons az which were passed the Barge Cana
spq Liquor Tax bills.
: Senator George X. Malby Of Ogdens-
burg Is alter the school BOOB Trust. Last