The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-12
MORTGAGE TAX BILL PASSED.
1T REPEALS TIE TAN Law PASSED
LAST SESSION
And Substitutes 4 Recording Tax on Mort
gages-VOte in the Senate Wa SO to Ia
Tho Bill Now Goes to the Governor
Strenuous Enorts to Delay Its Passage

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ALBANY, April 11.-Charges that il the
mortgage tax law Of last year was repealed
and the recording tax for mortgages sub
stituted was passed, the New York Central
Railroad Company would issue a sl00, 900, 900
mortgage and the Delaware and Hudson
one for $6,600,000 were made In the Senate
to-day. 1t was also charged hat the cor
porations had the bill introduced by Assem-
blyman Bowling.
From 11:20 O'Clock this morning until
500 o'clock tonight the Senate wrestled
with the Bowling bill, and finally, after
tedious debate, the bill was passed by a
vote Of SO to IS and now goes to the Cover
nor. 1t was the first time in the history
Of the Senate that the city members were
able to defeat the country members, Twen-
ty-two Republicans and all of the Demo-.
cratic Senators voted for the bill.
Senators Raines, Malby, Armstrong and
Lewis led the opposition to the bill and
were defeated at every turn. The bill
was o2red for by Senators Page, Grady
and Dlsberg. When Senator Raines saw
he was a beaten man he said that no haste
should be used in passing the bill 80 long as
its friends had the votes to pass it.
That's it," said Senator Grady, we
intend to pass 1t at once. We want the
to have this as a ten day bill and
not as a thirty day bill, so that if he has any
objections to 1t in its present form he can
them to the Legislature while
1t Is in session and not discover his objec-
after the Legislature has adjourned"
Immediately after the opening Of the
session this morning Senator Page moved
TO suspend the rules 80 as to pass the BOWL
ing bill out Of its order. Senators Rainee,
Malby and Lewis endeavored to prevent
this. When the rules had been suspended
Senators Raines and Malby began to play
for delay and threw all sorts Of obstacles
the way of taking the bill up on the
order Of final passage. The most inter-
Asting episode Of the day came when Senator
wanted Lieut.-Gov. Bruce to rule
hat the bill should be reprinted, because
he word mortgage" appearing in one
should have been "mortgaged."
Usually every point that Senator Raines
is supported by the Chair, but to-day
Mr.. Bruce decided against him. He de-
,ided that it was only a typographical
and Senator Raines grew very angry
md declared that it was a most absurd
He had made his objection under
90.
Lieut. Gov. Bruce replied that he was
'orry to have to decide as he did, but that
vas the way he felt about it.
Possibly" said Senator Elsberg, Sen
Raines was decided against because
lie brought up Rule 2s."
Every Senator knew what that meant.
even lothian Pathfinder Aids smiled.
At 1920 o'clock Senator Raines moved
to tax a recess for luncheon. But Senator
said he intended to go to New York
n a late afternoon train and wanted the bill
Of before he went away, and he
successfully resisted taking a recess. Then
motion to adjourn was made and lost.
Malby found fault with this. He
aid he was hungry and for an hour enter
the Senate with tales of his appetite
nd the necessity of eating. Senator
alo implored the Senate to let him
% and eat. But Senator Elsberg was in
and kept the Senate right at it.
All motions to obstruot the passage
I the bill were overwhelmingly defeated
nd finally 1t was seen that no good could
ONE trying to impede the passage Of the
Ill and the debate on the merits of the
was undertaken. The most sensa-
Ional argument against the bill was that
was favored by the corporations, that
he money lenders we're behind the bill
nd that 1t was in their interests and not
/ the interest OF borrowers.
At $40 o'clock the closure rule, which
debate, was adopted and just be-
IRE 8 O'Clock the Senate was ready for the
ote. 1t was known all the time that the
would be passed, but the weakness OF
le opposition expressed on the final roll
was somewhat surprising. The vote
as: I
AYEs-Senators Barnes, Bracket, Brown,
urr. Carpenter. Cobb. Cooper. Cordts.
avis. Drescher. ElsberG, Fechter, Gardner, {
Hill, McEwan. Page, Prime, SAKE. )
evens. Warwick and Wilcox, Republicans. .
I'd Cullen, Fitzgerald. Foley, Frawley, }
rady. Hasenfug. Hawkins. Keenan,. Kehoe, '
arks. Martin, McCarren. Quinn and Riordan. !
emocrats-3o.
EoFs-Senators Aids. Armstrong, Cassidy. {
,ggeshall. Fancher. Gates. Human. Lewis,
Hommedieu, Malby. Raines. Smith and {
lily. Republicans-15.
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