The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-19
PASSES WORRYING ALBANY,
FlUINE THE RESULT or MR..
JEROHE'S Activity.
Legislators Who Would Like 10 90 Home
but Nlss Certain Envelopes OF
0nc Member Who sent Back Pass
$50 Reasons for Opposing Blli'

Onc Member Who sent Back q Pass
$50 Reasons for Opposing Hlli'
AlgAyY. Feb. ls.-The question Of tho
hour at the Capitol is not 80 much whether
the Legislature shall enact measures to
secure additional revenues for the State
Treasury a, whether the pess game has
been cut or permanently In the words
OF "A Statesman the situation ls thus
4 tell YOU if this keeps up another week
or tvs, thorn win be the biggest kind of
deficiency in the pocketbooks Of many
,,on,ber- or the Legislature. It costs me
$500 to go to aud from New York and that
il Tot oil money for me. il may result
in many members coming TO the conclusion
tbat they have more urgent business ~
Albany than at home, and thereby they WIZ
set ev with the railroads.
While it is known that there IA such
thing az e provision in the state Constitu-
ton which prohibit, member of the Legs
l,t,ro or a pubio official from using
PASS still somehow or other members on
Tho legislature havo been seen on railroad
trains with pieces Of paper which iooRsd
much ll,o railroad passes. The pass queS-
ZION has been ono Of great importance
every year,
\ few years ago a member from sc"
York city who was known a. etraleh-
forward and honest man-lht least ne was
always telling hi friends that he was ana
took every occasion 10 nave that TACT con-
viewed to the other members OF the Legs
leture-recciyei a Pullman pass one
dav tho question AZ Pullman passes came
no and this honest member resented me
inputation that he had one
No. sir; received a pass from the Pun
man people, but rover usei IT. NJ sac,
-What'd you do with it? send 1t hao@f
asked a mcmner who had no scrup'e7 ehouI
accepting such emolumcnts
NO. not exactly that handed 1t over
to my clerk and ne IA using y. don
nroposs, 10 Jet any corporation say that II
has evor granted mo favor was toe
reply
when the Pullman company wanted TO
cot bin through the Legislature authoriz-
iugit tosell liquors on its cars there was APP
rarnntiy no opposition to II until II came
i,n IA the order Of final passage in the IS
.en,blr. Tho chairman Of the Assembly
re,sse Committee was dumf 5unded ct
the display Of opposition that thereupon
occurred
what reason is there that tins ON shou'd
not passg' he demanded.
There are 100 reasons why this bill should
not pass, spoke up the Hon. Paddy Roche
then a member OF the lower house
The bin was laid over. couple OF days
later envelopes bearing the imprint OF the
Pullman company were laid on the different
desks The bill went through that DAY
without a murmur Of opposition to 1t.
Two years ago Assemhyman landoh
,thA
Roosevelt has appointed to Berlin con-
sllsbip. stirred up hornets nest by asking
the Acknowledgement if he had a right to
accept q Pullman pass. Mr. Landon found
later that il was a very ine1pedlent thing to
do Every one OF his pet bills was defeated
or permitted 10 die in committee.
That same year a New York member
received Pullman pass and travelled from
New York to Albany on it. When he reached
Albany his conscience troubled him to such
m extent that be sent back the pass to the
company with a check for the trip from
New York 10 Albany. That man is now in
an institution for the care OF the insane. One
member said he showed his first symptom
Of brain disorder in sending his check in
addition to the pass.
ltisa fact that while there are many MEM
not accept passes for themselves personally.
viii listen TO the cntreaties of constituents
and secure passes for hungry people who
don't want to pay fare. A pass cuts lot
Of ice with some constituents.
One well known Senator who had long
refused to do anything in this respect
finally yielded to the persistent and pitiful
appeals Of a constituent and secured pass
F.r ba aI 70 hn
SAID
Now. be sure. don't let any one see that
pass as / don't want to be bothered by
other constituents
The man promised TO do as directed,
but when he met the Senator again he was
much cast down.
Senator, said he, Il had to let one man
see that pass. ! got on the train and when
the conductor came along he asked for my
ticket. | told him | didn't have ticket,
that ] was riding on pass. lie asked
to -ce it, and refused, as said had been
told not to let any one see II. He got mad
st M and said: show me that pass or you II
pay your fare or get on the train and,
Senator. ! had 10 let him see II. But he was
the only one who did see it.
Thursday il the most important day in
the week for members Of the Legislature.
Every second Thursday is pay day and
furthermore every Thursday a trusted
messenger goes about delivering little
make their appearance a week ago until
late IN the afternoon and then there were
but few, and there was much woe over
thar fact
When the time to go away came and
the Usual number OF envelopes were not in
sight there were number Of members
who wanted TO go home who became almost
frantic over the thought OF having 70
lay railroad fare. Summoniug messengers
about them quickly - possible. they
leat up the town looking for the man who
looked after their welfare. They didn't
some waited here until Friday. expecting
70 md hin, but they didn't They even
,Hlesfaphed him-at his expense about il,
pul 10 didn't do any good.
Ana now there are some members who are
ASKING II it is really permanent anti-pass
crls1do on the part Of jerome.
Jerome viii want some legislation and
men maybe hon not be 80 active in med
q'lng with things that don't concern him,
rleiully remarked a member Of the lower