New-York tribune., 1906-05-04
YEARS RECORD GOOD.
Insurance LasUs Chief AcEievement
of This Legislature.
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Albany, Nay 3s-FTith q shower Of mutua,
felicitations in the Senate. and a similar shower
in the Assembly. which was delayed somewhat
by bitter fight. the legislative session OF 1905
came to an end to-day. The record Of gOOd
legislation passed by this Legislature was high
one. while fewer Objectionable bills got through
than In any session in recent years: Though a
small number Of the legislators did their worst
to spoil the good work. the session Of 1906 viii
be known as a "clean year.
The final days work IN the Senate was short
one. marked by the passage Of the Hook Noun
tain bin. the killing Of the Prentice COMMITTEES
of Nine BILL and the natural death Of the local
option measure. In the Assembly. the actual
session was taken up by the bitter debate over
the increase in Justices In the Sth judicial Dis
trict. but the significance OF the day really lay
in a few Of the bills the Rules Committee dld
not report.
Insurance legislation, which was passed. thanks
to the Governors Intervention at critical mo-
nent, substantially as the Armstrong committee
drafted it, was the paramount achievement OF
this Legislature. That it was passed so quickly
and so well showed in marked degree the
responsiveness Of the Legislature 20 the public
demand for such reforms
Possibly the measure OF Importance next 60
these was the repeal Of the mortgage tax. twice
passed under the most trying circumstances. In
acouiescence to the great appeal for the sub
stitution Of a recording tax Bills regulating
labor conditions in factories; the Employers
Liability bill. applying to railroads: the Trust
Company Reserve bill. and the Prentice BIN
abolishins "fake" Raines law hotels. are amons
the important general measures TO the credit of
this Legislature.
NEW YORK CITY FARED WELL
New York City Jared well at IT'S hands. Tha
passage Of the sO-cent gas bill OF course. was IN
obedience 10 the Governors insistence. but Il re-
quired hard work by Senator Page and his sup
porters to push the measure through The
massage OF the EIsberg Rapid Transit bin. with
subsequent supplemental measure. was hard
blow az the transit trust" while the Saxe-Stan-
lev Eleventh Avenue bill was the severest shock
the New York Central has received recently
from its former favorite. the Legislature OF New
York
In fact the supicion and aversion with which
corporations we're regarded. largely as an out
growth OF the insurance disclosures formed q
feature OF the years work Il was this feeling
which dictated the death in the Assembly RuIes
Committee OF the Cooper Ferry BILL the COsse-
shall sVVest Street Grab" bin. the bill extending
the franchise Of the New York and Brooklyn
Railroad Company. the "bObtaiI' right to build
tunnel under the East River to the Brooklyn
shore owned by Joseph H Hoadley ct al. and
the bill enabling the Queens Lighting Company
to get more than s5OO,OOO from the city for the
light furnished under the Low administration
A much condemned bin which died in the SEN
ate Committee OF the Whole was the Young
measure providing that the city should pay
claims for damages sustained by the building OE
the subway. OF good bills OF general imDOT-
tance the only one which failed was the III fatod
local option measure. The BTackett Anti-Pass
bill went down, much 20 its IntroduceF's soF-
row. The Cassidy bill against racetFack gam
bling. while the principle was approved By al
most all the legislators. died because Of unfOrtu-
nate associations.
After the work Of the day had been finished
the Senate took up merTymaking. Lieutensns
Governor Bruce was escorted 20 the well Oe us
Senate. while Senator White told how much
the members appreciated his fairness and uns-
form courtesy. Then the Republicans gave him
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