The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-17
NALBY MAY SAVE His BILLS
IF HE CAN DELAY FINAL AD-
JOURNMENT UNTIL MAY 4.
0sdensburg city Authorities Have Until
April no to Return the Ripper Bills
without Their Approval n Malby
wants More Time to Repass Them.

ALBANY, April Ex-senator. George. N,
Malby is doing everything In his power TO
prevent the adjournment Of the Legislature
on April %. His two bills ripping up the
Democratic city government Of 0gdenS-
burg, which got through the Assembly last
week only after the holding Of practically
an all night session, will be returned with
out approval by the city authorities Of
0gdensburg, and they have until April 20
10 act upon the bills.
If the Legislature should decide to adj
iourn on April % and Senator Malby should
endeavor to pass the bills again, despite
the veto of the O~gdensburg city authori+
ties. he is afraid the Democrats might fill
buster and prevent their repassage, con-
sequently senator Malby refuses to con-
slider an adjournment Of the Legislature
before May 4, 80 as to give him ample time
to repaes his ripper bills.
The Assembly resolution providing for
final adjournment on April q Is in Senator
Malby's Committee on Finance. The Iegis-
lature has practically completed its work,
go that everything could be closed up by
April %, even including the Apportion-
ment bill, were 1t not for the attitude taken
by Senator Malby. He has the situation
entirely in his own hands, because his
Finance Committee has the final say on
the appropriation bills, on. which the
Assembly has practically concluded its
work.
Repeated efforts have been made to have
senator Malby clean up the work on the
appropriation bills so as to permit Of an
adjournment on April 2s, but so far-without
avail.
Senator Malby proposes to make good
use OF the closing days Of the session.
Knowing that not much attention is paid.
to the affairs of State during the closing
hours of the Legislature, he and Assem-
blyman. Merritt have introduced a bill
which is in the interests Of Adirondack
power companies, in which both st. Law.
renee statesmen have shown moro than a
casual interest. They have in the past
managed to get legislation through which
will eventually permit Of the flooding of the
entire Adirondack region through the Leg
tslature in 1908, they have been coming for
additional legislation to further increase the
scheme to create large storage dana in the
Adirondacks !and. PRACTICALLY lay. waste that
entire region m the interests OF power COM
panies.
This year all they want is to have the
State constitution amended by excepting
from the provisions protecting the State
forest preserve from devastation such lands
as the Legislature shall think necessary to
be used for the storage of water for public
Iti DDt i'NNli''iAAll WV - St''FN| w itaf
in the Adirondacks n series of large Teser-
voirs from which power companies will be
able to generate electricity. and it is to be
done in the guise of storing water to pre-
vent floods. ..N...
BY a vote Of 81 to % tire Assembly tonight
killed AsSemblyman Bernstein bill, which
In reality aimed to prevent the erection of
a monument to Ma jor Andre at Tappan-on-
the-Hudson. The bill, however, also pro-
hibited the erection of q monument to any
emperor king, sovereign, potentate, mon
arch or spy of any foreign Government.
The enacting clause was stricken out by
q party vote, the Republicans opposing
the bill when it came up on the order of
second reading.
Assemblyman Brennan's bill, compelling
the vestibuling of all street surface railroad
cars in Manhattan and Bronx bosSughs
during the winter months, passed the
Assembly.
The Assembly by a party vote refused to
discharge the Assembly Insurance Com
mittee from further consideration of Assem-
blyman Oglesby's bill amending the fire
insurance law in regard to the forms of
fire insurance policies. The fire insurance
trust was opposed to the bill, and efforts
to get it reported from A~ssemblyman james
t. Rogers's committee on insurance have
proved unavailing for some unexplained
reason.
Assemhlyman Stanley tonight, at the
request of a. Edward Woodruff Of New
York city, introduced a bill authorizing the
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consisting Of two senators and three Assem-
blymen, to investigate the charges of jury
bribing in New York city by the Metropoli-
tan Street Railway. An appropriation
Of $40, 900 is made,
Applicants for the position of metormen
on street surface, elevated and underground
railroads must pass an examination before
being employed if q bill. of Asssmblyman
Campbell passes. The bill creates a State
examining board of three members, TO be
appointed by the Governor. The bill also
prohibits the employment OF any man
undo 81 years OF age as a motorman.
The Assembly defeated a bill tonight
that gave District Attorney William Travers
Jerome the Tightt TO appoint a commissioner
OF records in. New YorB city The COM
missioner was to hold office fol. six years.
The bill came up on the order Of final pas
cage in the Assembly tonight and the
Tammany members opposed it, saying that
II there was to be an appointing power
conferred 1t should be given to a Democrat
or a Republican and not to one who had
Assemblyman Bohan endeavored to have
the bill amended SO that the appointment
should be made by the Appellate Division
Judges Of the First Department. This was
defeated. The bill failed to pass because
only a. votes in the affirmative could be
secured, 70 being redtired, while 81 members
voted AGAINST it.
Despite the Governors Veto OF two bills
providing for hall. fare for school children
g. on TdllTOdu6 III QuttIlb hhA hiOchiy "
oughs, the Assembly ADVANCED to a third
reading A~ssemblyman Wain%right's bill
providing for hall fare for school children
In Westchester county.
The Senate spent the entire session to-
night in considering the, perjury bill OF the
Armstrong insurance investigating com
mittee. The bill was opposed by Senators
Grady. Smith and Marks. Senator Grady
moved to strike out the enacting clause.
c~ontending that thu hill overturned the
entire rule of American evidence by plac-
ing the burden of proof Of innocence on the
defendant instead Of making the prosecu-
ton prove guilt. -, 49,,
He maintained that the existing perjury
law was sufficiently strong to cover all
cases. It was not until inst before mid.
night that a vote was reached: The bill
narrowly escaped defeat, receiving just the
required number of votes on the first roll
cali. Finally Il was parsed by a vote Of
2s to 10, or two more than was necessary.
The vote follows;
Ayes-Armstrong, Barnes. Brown, Burr,