The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-25

Critic Metcalie Noteu III HSS'""'
Despite paradise JlnlnS'sN H''"cN'
A,aaNy. April "a Thursday May IS
alto o'clock noon, is the date fixed Tor the
dnal adjournment of the Leglslatu re. inc
senate Finance Committee decided thaC
fms afternoon and will report the Assembly
RESOLUTION which provided Tor hhai aa-
ioiIrnment on April 81, so amended, TO
: tbA Senate Tomorrow. 1t Will be adoPIeu
In both houses.
THE chances are that the lie Sislat ure
v,;II drift along until the end of tho session.
Thoro are hut few measures of i'm portance
pending.
In yew of Gov. Higgins's message on
the racetrack gambling proposition IL Is
taken as reasonably certain thaC thcre
via be a determined effort to pass 'he
Cassjdy-Langing bill at this session, and
the people behind the bill now count upon
the influence of the Governor TO heip 'no
matter along. ..
The local option bin for cities Will also
engage some attention and VIII hNely pass
In the form to which it was amended ns'
week in the Assembly
The reapportionment bill VIII be mtro-
duced within a few days and this Will DO
solely a political measure, so that there
isn't likely to be a fight over 1t.
To-day the Senate showed no disposition
m transact business. With a fifty page
calendar it adjourned for the day shortly
after / o'clock this afternoon. However,
the Assembly spent the entire day III dis
oussing legislative matters.
III, general insurance bill as amended
IN the Senate will be disposed OF in the AS
semblv tomorrow and the amendments
made in the Senate will be concurred IN.
The bill was called up for such action To-
day. and Gov. Higgins sent an emergency
message to permit OF the adoptioh ol ~
decided to wait until tomorrow IN oruer
to permit the amendments to be received.
By a vote of 20 to 20 the Senate amended
Senator Brackets bill prohibiting the is
suing of railroad passes by, provldlhs tndC
the State Comptroller shall FURNISH each
member of the Legislature. with a session
pass good from Albany to his home. Sen9-
tor Bracket tried to prevent the atnehuI
ment's adoption, but the democrats Fo'eu
uolidly against him.
Paradise Jimmy Oliver made an attack
upon James S. Metcalfe of Lire, declaring
he had shown himself to be an rrespotslDie
person. Mr.. Metcalfe had said that EiS
rim Sullivan owned the Legislature ana
Jimmy resented that. However, Assembly
man Charles f. Murphy,'s bill which Is
: designed to permit Mr.. Metcai1e 10 Saln
access to theatres passed inc Assembly
by a vote of 50 to II: A..
Senator Stevens's bill in regard to the
securities in which savings banks may m
vest passed the Assembly by a vote OF 10
10 IL. This is the bill which legalizes the
bonds of a railroad company which mas
been acquired by a holding company as
& In the case of the Rock Island railroad.
senator Cooper's bill empowering New
York city to establish in Brooklyn borough
a free college, to be known as the Hrooklyh
n College, and authorizing corporations con-
Quoting similar educational work to pc
merged with the college, was passed IN the
Senate.
The Senate also passed Assemblyman
Weber's bill fixing at s $500 the salaries OF
the county detectives attached 70 the hlhgs
county District Attorneys once, Asselh7
blyman Rocks, establishing a recreation
pier at the foot of East Forty-nluths street,
and Senator Brackets, providing that no
foreign corporation shall have power to
receive deposits OF trust money, SeGuI''ieS
Assemblyman Prentice's bill, compelling
State employees to file a statement each
December showing now much they nave
III contributed for campaign purposes, 1alIeu
to pass the Assembly. ,
~ After repeated efforts on the part OF
Assemblyman Carnochan Dem, RocklandI
III to amend the bill, Assemblyman VAIN
wright SUCCEEDED IN having tLe AnStlt 10y
pass his bill providing for the acquisition
II of Hook Mountain in RocAland county,
as part of the Palisades preserve me
money for the property is to be rToFlucH
vi by private SuDSCriptlOrS.
Assen,hIvman Franois's bill, permitting
New York city to I'LL III land Under water
aiong Riverside Driy- for the use OF thG
Motor Boat Club Of America for piers ana
q club house. passed the Assembly,
The Senate passed Asscmbiylnan stan
ley's bill compelling the introduction ol
voting machines in New York city at mex
falls election in eight Of the Assembly
4 districts. The machines are TO be bought
on recommendation of the State commission
5W tn examine voting machines.