New-York tribune., 1906-04-11
INSURANCE BILL DELAY
PL4N TO KILL FAILS.
Measure Dealing zoith Perjury Re-
committed for amendment.
tRr telegram to The Tribune l

IBy Telegraph to The Tribune
Albany April 10.-Whiie two of the insurance
reform bills were passAd sy mo Senate to-day
without any opposition and win go now to Gov
ernor Higgins. the relating to perjury IN
reports was recomnitted after a violent debate.
Senator Grady led the opposition. An amend
ment which he suggested adopted by vote
of "a to % Lieutenant Governor Bruce voting
for the amendment to break the tie. This
amendment Senator Armstrong declared. while
not changing the bill in any important particu-
lar, seemed to be dictated by mere captiousness.
The recommittaI of this bill for amendment
will delay it's passage in all probability until
next week. There will be four other bills OF the
investigating committee to take up this week.
but Senator Bracket has amendments for the
| bill amending the general insurance law which
will hold the passage of that measure also until
next week. This measure and the one directed
against lobbyists are the only bills which will
arouse much opposition.
When the perjury bill came up Senator Grady
moved to recommit it. The present law. he said,
was good enough to obtain convictions for per-
jury in cases similar to those to which the bill
was meant to apply.
Eyes and one of them an insurance presi"
dent. Lambert" interposed Senator Brackett.
''Yes, DR.. Lambert" assented Senator Grady
land to give all the credit where it is due.
mony and services of the late John A Mccall.
then a clerk in the insurance department.
After further debate in which Senator Arm
strong and Senator Hinman defended the Dill,
Senator Grady's motion was lost, 20 TO q. Then
he presented an amendment to prevent any ma
teral statements being used in a perjury case
unless 1t had been signed by the man against
whom the action being brought
well, if this amendment will satisfy any of
those who are opposed to the bill.' said Senator
Armstrong, II will accept it, But If IT will not
facilitate the passage Of the bill cannot accept
It, nor will the committee. l don't believe IL
will aid in any way the perfecting of the bill.
and can't see why it should be presented. IN
less in captious spirit"
Senator Grady Immediately flew into a rage
You can't bulldoze me on this he shouted
swinging his fists around wildly. "I'u treat this
sanctihed legislation just I'd treat any other.
You may take your Republican colleagues into
room and whip them into whatever frame of
mind you want but you mustn't try to come here
into the Senate and shove US into taking this
legislation under threats and insnuations such
as have been whispered around the chamber.
For my part. I'd make nothing less than Grim
inal act presumptve evidence against man.
I'll never vote for the bill in such shape, but
that shall not prevent me from seeking to per-
feet It,"
Senator Armstrong declared that he was not
trying in any way to coerce his colleagues The
amendment was useless, he said, since 1t did
nothing that the bill unamended did not do
Senator Hinman quoted long extracts from the
bill, setting forth specifically what Senator
Grady was contending for, but on a rollcalI the
result % to %, as follows: