New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-01
A DEMOCRATIC DIATRIBE
ASSEMBLY. ENJOYS Johh'
Tom plins disks for Immediate i'd
jornment-Apparently Serious.
fpv Telerraph to The tribune. ]

Albany Ian 3l-The Democrats in the AS
senbly. led by Messrs. Palmer OF me
and Tornpkins OF New-York. MADE oi''ei pa" -
fight to-day attacking the Speaker anu
majority leader for the slowness WIN VIM
they said business was being trahsac'eu'
finally asking that the house adjourn siiie ulo'
The trouble began over the request VI T
bIyrnan Matthews of a committee 10 ih'es''e
indian affairs for an extension OF the time for
reporting The minority made party stump
sneecnes" TO quote Assemblyman Morelalo'
but the Speaker overruled the mouoh io' pc
rnanent adjournment.
Asserblvman Palmer speaking on the
Matthews resolution, declared that notwlth-
standing the urging OF the Speaker ana the
majority leader for the prompt lntroauc'oh
end massage Of the local legislation and in spite
~ their instructions on the floor Of the new
members no progress had been made he saio'
1rn ~ this time a month of the session gone.
there has hardly been calendar Tepolo eu to,
anv of the committees; and l 90 not 81, khU J
whether the bills now are sufficient to NIL the
calendar or not. l have been IN laNoI Vi VI,
ennial sessions. and the stFomsFsc Would ind
far In this session on that subject WouIu s niu
cate that the position taken by those IN ia. IaNol
OF biennial sessions was the proper poslllTJn -
take. The time has come wheil lhe ~ 49,
this State are expecting that the lou IepiS
sentatives about this circle commence 10 uo
something or get out. ,. ,,d
we come here and meet and adjourn, then Wh!
not adjourn now? So far as the mlhorIty 80 sae
concerned we are conscious or the fdct INA,
somewhere along the line we may ps 80 ne
by legislation. but if we are to De oone we
want to have IT come quick d;,- I,u this session
rut we do not want TO sit here day after Gay
with no calendar. I commend the proceu l,h g.
for know that each man ana every ine Ined
tere 7 nresurne requires the influence produceu
bv the most eloquent and deVout PLdy eis -
The session We have them every morning. a any
II 1 am not so sure, DuI
If there is to be no business done llliiiN '''''
we could get those elsewhere. ,, a
Soyr II the committees are not running reg
ularlv and properly. I suggest that the IaIAt us
Democrat on each committee pc aCT ;ns oo,,1
privilege of presiding ana ,6 Ta tbe Democratic
method would be with reference 20 nay tSa1
calendar And if you don't IKE II, NJ NII;y,icnai
give your friends from New-York the Mulliotll pc
S,-1ershin men one week or two weeks anu
see what they do in producing cal zen &c
for US And If you don't like that theh s tI1
o1,omrp and saw we have had an entire faliure
In an endeavor to do business at TINS sessio''
Assemblvman Moreland replied that the legls-
Iature had accomplished much work THIS SEES
sion as last year at this time-the Assembly,
had had as many bills introduced ana theS hau
made as much progress while in actual number
of hills passed it has gone as far as last year
save three bills This was the second opportu-
nitv TO Mr. Palmer TO make stump speech.
''It is not the quantity OF business put the
quality that the house desires ~ e'F
ple." said MI Moreland. I'VE have pledged
ourselves for legislation which will not only
hear the stamp of quality but that quality
which the people of this State demand
Nevertheless Assemblyman TOmpkins intro
duced the following formal resolution:
Whereas This legislature convened Wednes-
day January 3. 1906, As prescribed by the con-
stitution, and the Governor in his annual mes
sage 10 the legislature stated that harmony ana
should exist between the cO-OrUIIldle
hranches of the State government, and
Whereas Discord and internal dissension have
reigned in the councils of the majority to the
disadvantage of the people. and
Whereas The minority anxious 10 exercise us
duties to the electorate, has found il impossible
10 perform such duties and sees no prospects or
future opportunity under existing conditions,
therefore.
Be II resolved, That this house do now adj
journ sine die.
The Speaker overrued it.