New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-05

rs and 20 cent gas bills that the Iammahy
Senators had introduced. He made an urgent
appeal to the Democratic members to be con-
sistent in their votes. He was followed by
Senator Cassidy. whose Niagara power Dali
yesterday passed the Senate. He spoke IN the
highest pitch of excitement, swaying and wav-
ing his arms and tossing his head His speech
was almost hysterical in its tone
The proposition comes down to thls' ne
declared. you are acting on the principle thet
would actuate a keeper in throwing phce
of raw meat to a hungry lion in his cage You
are throwing 1000 stockholders TO the hungry
millions Of gas consumers. I am willing 10 oeS
all obligations OF party and of friendship IN
protecting the sacred rights Of property though
be called a boIter, insane and fanatic. /
tell YOU within ten years the time will come, as
q result of this procedure when the light or
The sun will not shine on Republican member
in this body"
The closing speech was made by Senator
Malby. and it was conceded TO be the most I'M
pressive Grafton Of the session. Holding VI
his hands a personal letter from Mayor McCleI-
Ian declaring the reduction in the price OF gas
to be essential and necessary, asking the legls-
Iatpre for aid from an intolerable condition.
Senator Malby turned ferceiy upon the Tam
many contingent
L want TO know who are the friends of the
Mayor" he said. You see what your Mayor
SAYS; YOU see what that honest, upright and
high minded public official says. Tell me- fell
low Senator's which among you is friend OF
the Mayor?"
COUNTING THE MAYORS FRIENDS.
There was a long pause and then Senator
Grady said:
It am friend OF the Mayor"
ANY more friends? That's one" sneered
Aalby.
Count me as another" said Senator Marks.
Just two; any more7 1 waiting. pur-
sued Malby, remorselessy.
But while two Republican Senators volun-
teered, the remainder OF the Tammany mem
bers sat silent. Senator Malby reviewed the
years in which the Tam.a.zay members had
brought bills to Albany reducing the price OF
gas He recounted the story of the progress OF
the gas legislation. He read more extracts from
the letter OF the Mayor, and, again turning 10
the Tammany members, he repeated;
Tell me again: how many friends has the
Mayor2 Are you going to write him down as
a pettifogger2 Are you going TO brush all his
words aside, and, waving in your hands the
brief Of the Consolidated Gas Company are
you going TO say that such brief counts Tor
more than the Mayors letter.
Then turning to his Republican associates, he
said. with even greater bitterness:
And you, my Republican friends, the people
of this State have furnished US with a goodly
representation in this body. There are thirty
six Of us in this body. If we cannot get 20
votes for this bill in that number, tell me, in
The name Of Heaven, how many would we need
TO get the necessary number. 1 tell you, the
people viii hold to strict accountability"
Senator Grady called for moment to explain
that the minority was not convinced Of the good
faith Of the Republicans, and that this would
explain any division in its ranks in the roll CALL
and then he gave way.
Then, amidst the inJensest excitement, the
calling Of the roll began. Senator Aids voted
for the bill, and Senator Amber, who had been
holding whispered talks with Louis F. Payne,
voted against the bill Mr.. Armstrong voted
for the bill. and then, amidst general excite
meut, Senator Bracket arose and made speech
that was sensational, when taken in connec-
tion with the rest of his conduct for the day.
He declared himself willing to vote for. the
pending bill. but as opposed to a commission
bill and explained that in order to beat that
bill he would vote against all the gas bills
SENATOR CoBB's VOTE A SURPRISE.
Senator Brown, who had been undecided and
late last night was declared TO have yielded TO
the appeals of his friends and of the Governor,
voted against the bill. and it then became ap-
parent that the bill was doomed without Demo
cratic support. When Senator Cobb voted
against the measure there was another sur
prise. II currently reported that he had
openly announced that he would vote against
the bill unless the Governor agreed to reap
point D. c. Middleton Forest Fish and Game
Commissioner, and his vote seemed to indicate
that his demand had been refused. Another
surprise furnished when Senator Davis, of
Buffalo. voted against the bill He had an
nounced last night that he would support the
bill was Mr.. Dooling Tammany member. and
he was quickly followed by Senators Grady
and Frawley.
In explaining his vote against the measure
Senator Human. Republican, of Binghamton,
declared that he had been informed on testi-
mony trustworthy as that of his own father
that this bill had been introduced to punish
gas corporation which had declined to put it's
contribution in the hands Of one leader as op-
posed 10 another at the last campaign. Senate.
Jacob Marks, who received a dispatch from
Mayor Mcclellan in the morning urging him to
support the bill, voted for the measure
Long before the end Of the rollcau 1t was ap-
parent that the bill beaten. When the re-
suit was announced it showed tie twenty
four Senators voting for the bill and the same
number against it. Those voting for the bill
were:
Senators Aids, Armstrong, Burr Carpenter,
Cooper. Cordts. Drescher, Elsberg, Fancher,
Gates, Goodsell. Lewis. Malby. Page, Raines,
SAKE. Stevens. Tully, Warwick and White Re
publicans-20-and Dooling, Frawley. Grady
and Marks, Democrats.
Those voting against the bill were:
Amber. Bracket Brown, Cassidy, Cobb, Cog
geshall, Davis Fechter, Gardner. Human.
LHommedieu. McEwan Prime and Wilcox. Re
publicans-I4-xand Cullen. Fitzgerald Foley
Hasenhug, Hawkins, keenan,, Kehoe Martin,
AicCarrea and Riordan, Democrats-10.
Two Senators were excused both Republicans