New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-12
TROUBLE MAKERS BUSY
PLANS FOR ATTACKS.
Some Folks in albany Sitting Up
O. Nights to Get Eren.
LBy Teleggaph % rhe Tribans- ]

Albany. Jan. 11.-Before the legislature ad-
Journed to-day il became known that early next
week resolution would be introduced in the As
sembly calling for investigation Of the State
Banking Department The appointment Of s.
Joint legislative committee like the one which
mas just completed the insurance Investigation
will be asked for. The introducer Ct the measure,
IT. is expected. will be a Democrat
Twice recently charges have been preferred
against Superintendent Kilburn in connect on
with the Merchants Trust Company failure and
with the German Bank of Buffalo. Nothing came
OF them- Superintendent Kiiburn is a close
friend of Governor Higgins. and this attack on
him will be virtually attack on the Gov
ernor. it Is said here. Some of the legislators
say that the resolution will serve nicely the
purposes of Ex-Governor OdelI. VINO does not
feel kindly toward Governor Higgins because
of the steps taken by the latter toward general
Republican "housecleaning."
Any such attack on the Governor or his friends
in the departments will find considerable
port just among the disaffected Repub-
licans in the Assembly. who not unlikely to
join forces with the minority. Among the dis
appointed seekers of good committee places
much ill feeling exists because of the Speakers
selections. Even some of those who received
good treatment in the readjustment may not
prove strong allies If there should critical
division on a measure affecting the two wings
of the party. Assemblyman Merritt, whose close
friend Senator Malby. is one OF Ex-Governor
OdeITs champions in the Senate. has announced
his complete Independence and intention not to
be held responsible for anything they do
Assemblyman Apgar thinks he does not QUE
the majority leaders anything. Messrs. Wade
and Fish also much hurt. though not SO
outspoken In their declarations. Assembiynan
Bedell, it is expected. will be in open revolt.
Mr. Apgar said to-day that he hoped every,
one understood that he had nothing against the
Speaker only against his hackers.
''I went to them and told them wanted to be-
reappointed to Electricity. Gas and Water Sup
plv." said he They said couldn't have II.
wanted to know why. They seemed to be very
reluctant to tell me- but wanted to know. and
finally they said I'd been too much connected
with corporation legislation Very good I
said There's my record open. Go look it over
and see what you get on me I've never
heard from them but didn't get the COMMITTEES.
and they put me down committee led last
year by man from my own county thrsa years
my Junior in service"
Reports were circulated that Mr. Fish, who
was deposed from the judiciary Committee. in
tended to resign from that Internal Affairs,
where he was placed. He denied these reports.
saving that while he felt a great injustice had
| been done he always had been friend of Mr.
| Wadsworth and would try to uphold the
| Speaker as long as he felt he could do so con-
| sistentIy 1t has generally been considered that
| Mr. Fish was retired because of his stand on the
! Hooker trial Some legislators have said. no"
ever. that it was because he introduced the bill
designed to repeal the charter of the Merchants
Trust Company of New-York. Mr.. Fish said to-
day in commenting on this that that bill was
| handed n him by James C. Graham. then Gov
| ernor OdeIIs secretary. who is now an AS
sistant Attorney General with the reques. that
| he introduce it, The bill he said SO far as he
couId see merely affected a warehouse company.