The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-03
HORTGAGE TAX LAWREPgALED
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days INV Higgins viii HAYS n desermins
whsehsr NJ noe no wants mo b't Imposing
4 rroofdine tar m Mortgages n tahs ths
place NJ tho present annual mortgages tas
Law The tsgisLaturs this afternoon put 10
40 10 him. shCstiy after = o'clock thu
ssua,e. by q vots ~ NJ IN ~, pasasd M"
paas bill. which hiss been The causs ~ ~
much that has been unusual IN tha sans,s
for tho last five days An hour later Il,
had h.sn passed. by thu Assembly hy g
vote ~ ~ In N
The action NJ the Assembly cans almcss
AZ a surprise tn all who were not we'll In.
formed. and the action Of the Republican
leaders % tho Assembly IL construed As
heing nothing less than a direct rebuks
10 the highhsnded proceedings inauguratsd
In the Senate by Senators Raines and Malby.
The Rules Committee Ia In charge Of al
legislation in the lower house. This com
mites IL all powerful. II Ia composed Of
Speaker Wadsworth, Majority Leader
Moreland, Assemblynen Hooker and
Prentice, Republicans, and q, NJ, Palmer
and ~Shanahan, Democrats, The first three
were opposed TO the repeal Of the mortgage
tax law. voted against the first repeal bill
and were also opposed to the substitute
measure They could have kept the bill
in their possession until after the end Of
the session, as the proponents Of the bill
could not have mustered the 100 votes
necessary to nave discharged the com-
mittee from further consideration Of the
bill. But the committee decided that 50
long ne the majority Of members OF the
Assembly we're in favor Of the bill they
should have n right to vote on It. Conss-
quently, az soon az the bin was received
from the Senate, Speaker Wadsworth called
a special meeting OF the Rules COMMITTEES
and IL was reported for immediate con-
sideration. With the other thirty dav
bills il will be sent to the Governor. at the
end Of the session.
The bill has been amended 20 "a to meet
every objection that Gov. Higgins cited in
IlF hliht "'t' Nv w ~
original Bowling mortgage tax law re-
peal bill. Under these circumstances it can
not he seen how the Governor can rsfuss
to sign the bill. In fact. the Rules Com
mittee never would have reported the bill
to-day IL Gov. Higgins was unalterahly
opposed to 1t. The action Of the Rules
Committee Ia taken as a sure indication
hat Gov. Higgins will sign the bill.
After the stirring events of last night the
members Of the Senate are angry, and the7
insist that next year there must be a thor
ough housekeeping In that body, the same
az took place in the Assembly this yer.
They say the time has come when Senators
John Raines and George r. Malhy must bs
~relegated to the rear and taught to know
that they are not the Senate After the ro.
had been called on the Page bin in the Se1sts
and il was seen that there were only eleven
who had voted against it, tbs
thirty seven members who had been foroa
to go without their sleep the night before
and remain up all night while Senators
Raines and Malby made ~spectscles Of hem
selves we're decidedly angry.
The passage OF the bill, however, was n
bitter morsel for Senator Raines TO swallow.
He had been deserted by his henohmian,
Malby, who, seeing that he could
browbeat the Governor n
he for once could not have his own way,
had left the Senate chamber at $50 O'Clock
this morning and refused to attend the set-
sion to-day. He and Senator Riines have
had their own way in running legislation FOR
the past four years, and have become 10
pufei up with their own power and i'm
portance that they have entertained tho
that their will was the law of the Senate,
Consequently when they saw that some one
dared to try 10 pass Il bill to which they
were opposed they we're amazed beyond
mea sure.
Senator Raines had counted on keeping
the Senate o n the third reading calendar until
at noon, when the Legislature
is to adjourn. He relied upon his we'll
flibustering and dilatory tactics to
bring this about. And when he and Senator
Malby were called to time by Lieut.. Gov.
Bruce they were too angry for u~tterancs,
1t wa when the Bowling recording tax
bill was being considered in the Senate
some weeks ago that Senator Raines and
Lieut. Gov. Bruce had their first misunder-
1t was the first time in his history
az majority leader OF the upper House
mat senator Ihalueb ndu DeoH r'leu dRdInSl,
the Lieutenant-G Governor in refusing to
entertain motions made solely for the pur-
pose Of delay angered these two rulers Of
The Senate to such an extent that they
it was a high handed proceeding on thu
OF a presiding officer.
Completely worn out and exhausted,
Senators remained at their posts
all last night, and when the whistles were
in all the factories this morning
Tor the help to 60 to work for the day the
clerk read the last bill on the third reading
calendar. Senator Raines looked hops.
about. A sarcastic smile fitted
over his features as he saw Senators Grady
md Page look triumphantly at him. He
GOULD not think Of another motion that
would permit him to delay proceedings fur
her.
At 7:So o'clock Senator Page moved to
the rules to take his bill up out OF
ts order. Senator Raines was silent. The
was carried by n vote OF 2s to I. Then
he bill was advanced TO a third reading by
he same vote.
But Senator Raines had not abandoned
his fight, He moved that the Senate take q
'eCess.
before we take a recess" said <enator
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