The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-01
THE SENATE IN A DEADLOCK.
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Senate gave ans sign n ylelaina tosnlNha.
SENATOR'S fa lnes and ktsiby. VIM eFg hfhas
Ina chs reoprIlae tax bin. @y that tbsy
wlI nst gBaasns 10 the senate aoiaa tafs
Oeoessi orIsrs, ~ witch the btli h4s boea
c-,0alenrl, AMI Senators Paes sod 0eedYs
who arr kudlns thu ashi for the blh, fsfuas
10 psrinit Assembly biila 70 10 edvaeeNl
@si Tensral orisFs,
Az King ~ ssaat0f Hsines o0uid heep tbs
sana,e on the third rsadhe hs eotid pre-
vent the aeueral orders cakndaf from beiBe
fpaahed, and az tho ousaseOf the esssion b.
MINT ~ sho we'd that suehgaa hts lntertion.
Tho third reading ealsrsiar m,tat - ca
hausted spnis time; but senator Names
te-nlaht Instructed the senate clerk 70
proceed very slowly. and consequently
IhsFv were hong vll calls on svery bill
Il vas eiggeted Ia senator Page that he
spsp the Senate IN session until The third
reading calendar had heen diappaed OF
He bad che votes Ia prevent az adlournS
m@it n Il u the policy Of hts tofces 20 ~.
main In sepsion long enough 70 reach tho
SeaLe M. m1tIou 10 suspend the rule. In
order 10 pass the recording tar bill out OF
its order. But senator Page was hds
oided A. To whether or not he would pursue
Uioh r radical course.
That Il is tile temper OF Senators Rainss
and Mnlby TO harass and embarrHss soma
tor Page for his attitude was Indicated ~
the Assembly tonight The second blll
on tho Assembly calenda. WIS SENATOR
Pages, taking the power o. creating new
~slection Districts In New York city from
the Board IL Elections and transferring MO
the Board Of Aldermen Assembiymhh
Merritt, the representative OF senator
the bill laid aside when u was reached
He aaid his object in making the motion
was not q high one, but he made It because
Senator Page was obstructinR Assembly
billa In the Senate. Assemblyman. Bur
nett, Sc Iator Raine-'s white haired boy,
jsined with Assemblyman Merritt IN the
Assemblymen Prentice and Wainwright
pleaded that such should not be the case,
and Mr.. Wainwright said that this was a
dime for the supporters OF the recording
tax bill TO show their strength. but tue
Democrats are opposed to the bill and
when ARsemblyman Merritt subsequently,
withdrew his motion to nay ASIDE ana moved
that the bill be recommitted to the Rules
Committee II was carried by a vote OF
"a TO a..
In the Semitic at Senator Raines's sug-
Restion the Senate bills were first taben
up. 1t was hoped that either side In the SEN
ate would weld a point. The upstate
members who represent real rural con-
stituents appealed 10 the city members TO
yield In their deadlock Of the usine OF
the Senate and permit the West good roaas
bill, which Is in general orders. to be brought
up. They argued that the passage OF the
West bill is important for political reasons
to the Republican party upstate
49, lin NhaN fhA nitu mann.
beers cannot 20 back nome without pass
ing a bill which will wipe the obnoxious
mortgage tax law of the statute books,
and II was just as important Tor the sue,
cess of the Republican party that the PHI
be passed az the one Tor the benefit OF the
country meHbe III.
This was the situation when the calendar
was taken up in the Senate tonight, and
IA It was proceeded with there were no
evidences of the situation changing In
the least. ,
II was said that Senator'S Raines and
Malby were taking unwarTanted author1ty
upon themselves in holding up legislation
Even Senators who are opposed to the re-
are gong a step too far, that as me SEN
a:ors in favor Of the recording tax bill are
40 largely in the majority they, should
be permitted to report their bill and pass 1t.
At 1889 o'clock Senator Page peymitseed TED
the Senate to adjourn, as a number OF ms
followers requested him to adopt that
course 80 that they could get a good nights
rest and be prepared for the struggle ior
the remaining days of the session and on
the stipulation that they would, stand by
him tomorrow until the third reading
calendar was exhausted.
The Senate refused to pasa Senator
Brackets anti-pass bill tonight, only
nineteen Senator'S voting In favor OF me
prohibited the issuing OF passes by railroad
companies to others than employees OF q
railroad and their families and employees
Of other railroads or shippers OF live STOCK
who had 10 care for their shipments In
transit. The bill also provided thai, the
members Of the Legislature should be
supplied with railroad tickets, which are
to be bought by the State Comptroller
and issued TO members upon their sur
The senate passed the Assembly COM
mittee bill calling for publicity, in regard
to campaign contributions. All political
organizations must render, an accounting
Of how they expended their contributions
between the Belmont and the Corrupt
Practices Association oommittee's bill.
Gov. Higgins tonight sent TO the Senate
the nomination of DIR. Charles 7: Pilgrim,
Hospital, to be president Of the State Com
mission in Lunacy. TO succeed DR.. William
Mason, resigned. The nomination was CON
frmed at once. DR.. Pilgrim stands high
IN the meulCHl pTOltbSlon anu u ioBuiuet
as one of the best a~lienists In the State.
The Assembly pa ssed the probation bills
prepared by the Probation Commission
b. appointed asst year by Gov. Higgins. Their
provisions have already been printed In
THE Sun.
For several sessions Senator Grady ha
been endea voring to have passed Il bill
prohibiting discrimination on the part OF
shippers against the port Of New York,
This year he succeeded In getting the bill
as far az third reading in the Senate. To
night when the bill was rea ched on that
order he had IL stricken from the oalendar r.
He said that In order not TO I'm We his mo-
tive miscon strued In ina king the molten,
several Senator's had said to him TINT the
hill would affect the small shippers more
than the large shippers, He said 1t was
the large shippers he wa after and notthe
small ones, His motion prevailed and
the bill lie dead.
The Senate passed the bills Of the joint
legislative highway committee. One OF the
bills appropriates SIS 900 900 for good roads
to be spent this year under the authority
conferred last year by the voters to issue
$50, 900 900 in bonds for good roads. The
bills provide the manner In which the bonds
shall be issued and the money expended.
Senator Grady's bill permitting the de-
preston Of the elevated railroad tracks
on Division street, between Catharine and
Allen streets, and on Allen street, between
Il --l IN-.al 400 In Yam nEF