The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-11
The Five and the Thirteen.

Just a ray Of sunshine on the political
buncoube which has been printed in
number Of Republican and Democratic
newspapers concerning the vote last
week in the Senate at Albany in explana-
ton Of the failure to give a seventy-hve
or an eighty cent rate 70 the consumers oil
gas in New York City.
CHARLES +. MURPHY is boss Of the
Tammany organization and GEORGE b.
MCCLELLAN is Mayor Of New York city.
Mr.. MURPHY SAYS he urged the Tammany
Senators again and again 10 vote Tor
seventy-fve or eighty cent gas, and
fair play requires that his statement
shall be accepted unless il can be def
nitely disproved.
Mayor MCCLELLAN on Thursday sent
in ample time to be effective the follow
ing telegram to the Tammany Senators:
q believe the Interests OF the people OF the city
Of New York require the passage OF the bills for
cheaper gas and electric light, and mos, earnestly
urge you to support them.
"GEoRoH B. MCCLELLAN. Mayor.
INV YORK May Z. 1905"
Five Tammany Senators, FITZGERALD,
FOLEY, HAWKINS, MARTIN and R1oRDAN,
refused to heed the commands Of Mr..
MURPHY or TO respect the views ex-
pressed in the Mayors telegram. On
the other hand, GRADY, Tammany leader
in the Senate, and DooLING, FRAwLEY
and MARKS, all Tammany Senators,
voted affirmstively for the seventy-hve
or eighty cent gas rate 20 the New York
city consumers.
BENJAMIN y. ODELL, Jr., is boss OF
the Republican State organization and
FRANZ WAYLAND HIGGINS is Governor
Of the State Mr. ODELL sailed for Italy
on Feb. IS, after declaring that the Legis-
lature would send a gas investigating
committee 10 New York city this winter.
Governor HIGGINS forced through the
legislation which resulted in the appoint
ment Of the committee.
Yet the following Republican Senators
refused on Thursday last TO vote for
seventy-five or eighty cent gas for the
New York city consumers as recon-
mended by the Republican investigating
committee: AMBLER, Brown, CASSIDY,
COBB, CoGGEsHALL, DAVIS, FIGHTER,
GARDNER, HINAiAN, L'HoNTMEDIEU,
McEwAN, PRIME and WIJCoX-thirteen
in all.
In other words, while MURPHY and
MCCLELLAN could not control FIVE Of the
nine Senators making up the Tammany
delegation in the Senate at Albany,
ODELL ond HIGoINs could not control
thirteen Of the thirty-six Republican
Senators who represent the Republican
State organization.
Yet but few moments later, when the
bill 10 establish the State gus oommis-
sion came up in the Senate, it was passed
by a vote Of IS TO 20. The twenty-eight
Senators who voted for the State gus
commission we're all Republicans and
included seven Of the thirteen Repub-
ucans who had voted not to give the New
York city gas consumers seventy-hve
OF eighty cent gas, as follows: Brown,
DAVIS, FIGHTER, HUMAN, MCEWAN,
PRIME and WILCOX.
All the Democratic Senators voted
against the State gas commission bill
and with them six Of the Republicans
who had voted against cheaper gas for
the New York city consumer, as follows:
AMBLER, CASSIDY COBB, CoooEsHALL,
GARDINER and L'HoMdEDIEU.
Finally. while the Odell and Higgins
Republican State organization had the
votes handy to pass their State gas COM
mission bill they we're shy Of votes when
il came 10 giving New York CITY cheaper
gas for the consumers.
Few, very few, behind the scenes have
been or are being fooled. Let us have
little less partizan nonsense and more
facts concerning the gas votes in the
upper house at Albany,