The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26
AUTOISTS TO FIGHT BILLS.
Delegates From All Parts or the state
VIII Assemble nj Albany.

A number OF prominent autOmobilists have
| arranged TO leave New York for Albany TO-
morrow night. and busy day Tor them IS IN
prospect at the Capitol ON Tuesday. as they
have three bills TO oppose.
| Foremost among the acts obnoxious TO the
automobiltsts is the bill introduced by Senator
SAKE In the upper house and By Assembly,
man Wilsnack In the lower. This is an amend
uent 20 the present law which If passed VIII
permit OF u man being imprisoned on the hrst
or any occasion that he happens to exceed
the speed limit Of the district in when ne W.
The bill applies TO Automobiles only
The second bill Is a measure introduced by
hssenblyman james J. Nugent whlch pro
vides that all automobiles ate. May must
be fitted with automatic speed regulators
which will prevent the cars from running
faster at any time than twenty miles an houT'
This bill is not taken very seriously. because
Of the impossibility OF all the autonoolies IN
tho state being fitted with such regulating
attachment on the engine, even II the author
OF the bill should be willing to furnish them
The third bill is tho one introduced by
Senator Grady. which Ia entitled hnl 70
Give Public Highwayat Pedestrians ~
APPLIES TO all classes OF vehicles. II makes
driver guilty OF granddaughter IN the second ue
gree who causes death. and reyoKes lhe rlstt
TO speed on the country roads, where tileIc Is
now no restriction Imposed by law IL also
provides for tho imprisonment OF any per per
who fnlls to ObtA tNt DldlhhNN " W.
stable TO halt or who tries 70 escape arrest
by increasing speed eft, At,
All three OF these measures VIII be trmiy
opposed by the organized ,automooilists
President Winthrop E. Scarrltt viii lead q
delegation from the Automobile CUP b,os Of
dent 4. r. Shattuck. President Dave Nor
rir Secretary 3 NJ. Butler W. W. NlIees'
counsel OF ne club and Others Charles Mot "a:
Club. will 60 attended by several members.
ana Charles Thaddeus TORY. counsel for
the National Association OF AUTOMOBILE
st Albany the New Workers. will be joined
by delegates from various parts oi me Sta}e
Albany and Judge Hotchkss OF Buffalo.
The attitude, OF the autom9oLlislts, tqwara
that the present law has been IN operation
only nine months and that there - nothing
20 show that it Ia an lnef1ioleut or poor laW,
They will argue that the present statute Ia
n compromises effected after long ana very
thorough threshing out OF the various IN, In.
sentlment OF the legislators that the auto
mobilists should not have to come before
them for several years at least. IL IL asserted
that there is no reason whatever Tor dH-
turbing the present law because II thoroughly
protects all classes against reckless drivers
hen there is a lack Of restraint upon reck-
less drivers IL is because the existing law
Is not enforced The automobilists VIII say
frankly that the present law should be en-
forced and that they want 1t To be Their
contention is that the fault lies with the
constabulnry and that they should be stirred
up instead OF new and unreasonably harsh
laws being passed which will permit OF per-
sonal abuses and prosecutions
The Nugent bill is regarded az an absuTdity
and IL ia thought that the Grady bill will be
killed by others without the automoblsts
Interfering, because II covers trolley cars
and ali sorts OF vehicles. the attack will
centre on the SAKE bill.
There will be conference Of the various
automobile interests represented in Albany
ut the Ten Eyck at 10 O'Clock on Tuesday
morning