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MAY Be AN EXTRA SESSION.
IMPORTANT BILLS TIED UP BY
SENATOR PAGES Tactics.

Unless the Opponents OF the Mortgage
Recording Tax Bill Allow II to BE
Voted On In the enate tic Good Roads
and Other Measures VIII Taye to Die.
ALBANY, April Ex-senator John Raines
the Republican leader of the Senate, fears
there Is a possibility Of an extra session OF
the Legislature. This will be the result If
the opponents of the bill providing for Il
single recording tax on mortgages or the
supporters Of the bill do not yield. Unless
the Senate goes into general orders bills OF
great importance will ave to die and If
the Senate reaches general orders Senator
Page will move to suspend the rules in order
to pass his recording tax bin out of its order.
Senator Raines wants to prevent that.
There is no doubt that il Senator Page
makes his motion IL will be carried.
Senator Pages course of yesterday
puts the Senate leaders in an unpleasant
predicament. Then Senator Raines sue
ceeded in preventing the Senate from
reaching general orGers. He Undoubtedly
did not expect that Senate Page would
resort to tactics that would imreril all
legislation. At this stage of the session
1t is always tho rule in the Senate to adj
vance assembly bills to third reading if
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vii not be referred to the committee of
the whole. Senator Page realized that
Unless he objected there would be no hope
of getting a chance to make his motion
for his bill, and he has tied up all legisla-
ton.
Neither side showed any signs of yield
Ing to-day. When the Senate met this
morning Senator Raines instructed Senate
Prime to move TO adjourn as soon as the
journal Of yesterdays proceedings was
read. Senator Page was or guard TO object
TO the advancement OF any bills. The
chaplain made his prayer and will receive
S.. The clerk read the journal. Then
Senator Prime jumped to mis- feet and
moved to adjourn, and the motion was
declared carried.
Assemblyman George B.. Agnew made an
effort to secure unanimous consent to intro
duce the mort ga ge recording tax bill. In the
Assembly during the last ten days OF the
session unanimous consent must be Sc
cured to have a bill introduced, and as
objection was made the bill is not yet before
the lower house.
When Senator Raines was asked to-day
whether the Senate will 60 into general
orders, he said:
We must either 20 into general orders or
nave an extra session of the Legislature. "
However, before Monday night it will be
decided what course shall be pursued. AS a
result of the stand taken by Senator Page
there were consigned to general orders yes
terday bills of the gravest Importance and
which the Legislature must pass before it
can say It's labors for the year are over.
Among them are the West good roads bill
and a number Of Apr opriNtion bills. The
Republican party must pasS the West bill,
because every rural board Of supervisors
has demanded that bill and che farmers are
clamoring for it. If Senator Page insists
on his position he could also tie up the bill
appropriating So, 900, 900 for good roads.
II the Governor would consent to call an
extra session Immediately after the present
body finishes it's work at noon on Thursday
opponents Of the mortgage recording tax
bill feel inclined to refuse to yield. The
Governor would mention in his call the
subjects that would be considered at the
extra session.
When the Senate Taxation Committee
reported the Page bill for the consideration
of the Senate it was believed it would be
permitted to be passed. 1t now develops
that the bill was reported so that a motion
could not be made to discharge the COM
mittee from further consideration of the
bill and pave It passed out of its order at
the time. for there we're enough votes to
l;eohorua the committee.