The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-01
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senate gave any aign ~ yie piine t"-nieht'
gsnutora ne ipes and w. Ii,y, WIN afs hshas
Ing tho recording at lll sby that they
will mt wnaant w. tho sem,ip going into
General orders. ~ which fbs viii has hsgn
e~onaluned, AMI s-nst0rs Paee AMI Grady,
Who arc hgidiug the dshf for thstiii, refnss
TO permit Assembly bills ~ - idvasoed
past general oriera
A. bong ~ SENATOR Raibes cpulll keep The
senate on the third reading he ODuld prs
vent tho ssneral orders calendarfrom being
rs0obed. and nj tho OUTSET ~ the session tn
night he sho we'd that such saa his hsention
Tho third reading calendar mri-d hs sx-
hausted spms time, but SrnatcE' hainss
tonight Instructed the Sanatc clerk a.
proceed very slowly. and consequently
there we're hong roll calls on s~vpry,bill.
II was suggeted t0 senator page'that he
haep the senate IN SESSION until tie third
reading calendar had been dt-ppaed Of
He had The votes ip prevent an adloInnS
ment II II h the policy OF his forces 10 re-
main In session long enough to reach the
order Of business that will permit hln to
make his motion 10 suspend the rules IN
ogdor 10 pass the recording tax bth out OF
its order. But Senator Page was undo,
cided a. 10 whether or not he would purs,IeI
0soh n radical course.
That il il the temper Of senators Rainss4
and Malby to haraSz and embarrass SeDa =
tor Page for his attitude was indicated in
the Assembly Tonight The second bilt
on the Assembly calendar was Senator
Pages, taking the power Of creating new
~election districts IN New York city froms
the Board of Elections and transferring TITO
the Board of Aldermen Assemblyman
Merritt, the representative OF senator
Malby in the lower house, moved to have
the bill laid aside when II wat reached,
He said his object in making the motion
wa not a high one. but he made II BECAUSE
Senator Page was O~bstructlng Assembly
bills in the Senate, ~Asselnblyman BUR
nett. Senator Raine4's white haired boy,
jsined with Assembly lyman Merritt in the
Assemblymen Prentice and Wainwright
pleaded that such should not be the case,
and Mr.. Wainwright said that TINS was u
time for the supporters OF the recording
tax bill to show their strength But tine
Democrats are opposed 10 the bill and
when Assemblymnn Merritt subsequently,
withdrew his motion TO lay aside and moved
that the bill be recommitted TO the hules
Committee IL was carried by u vote OF
81 to a..
In the Senate at Senator Raines's sug-
Restion the Senate bills were first, taken
up. IL was hoped that either side In the Sen-
alo "ONNld NNA' - HOa'hf
members who represent real rural con
s~tituents appealed to the city members to
yield In their deadlock % the business OF
the Senate and permit the West GOOD roads
bin, which Is In genera orders, to be brought
up. They argued that the passage OF the
West bill is important for political reasons
to the Republican party upstate.
They were answered by the supporters
OF the recording tax bill that the city mem-
bers cannot go back home without pass
ing a bill which will wipe the abnozious
mortgage tax law of the statute books,
and II was just a. important Tor the sue,
cess OF the Republican party that THIS oili
be passed "a the one for the benefit OF the
country members
This wal the situation when the calendar
wasjtaken up in the Senate tonight, ana
n as II was proceeded with there were no
evidences of the situation changing In
the least. =,
II was said that Senators Raines and
Malby were aking lmwarranted authority
upon themselves Ia holding up legislation.
Even Senators who are opposed TO the re-
cording tax bill feel that those Senators
are gong a step too far, that as the sen
H.ors In favor of the recording tax bill are
40 largely in the majority ,ieV, shodiu
be permitted TO repor their bill and paks T..
Al lO. 81 O'Clock Senator Page pOrmltted
the Senate to adjourn, as u number OF ms
followers requested him to adopt that
course 30 that they could get a good night's
rest and be prepared for the struggle, Tor
the remaining day 81 the session .ts AND H Hn
him tomorrow until the third reading
calendar was exhausted.
The Senate refused TO pass Senator
Braokett's ahti-pass bill tonight, only
nineteen Senators voting In favor OF the
bill 10 twenty-five In opposition, II bill
prohibited the issuing OF passes by railroad
companies to others than employees OF a
railroad and their families and employees
Of other railroads or shippers Of Ilve STOCK
transit. The bill also provided that, the
members Of the Legislature should be
supplied with railroad tickets, which are
to Be bought by the State Comptroller
'eH IN & mate passed the Assembly com.
mittee bill calling for publicity, in regard
to campaign contributions All political
organizations must enaSr an aee9unilne
in excess OF SO, This IA a compromise bill
between the Belmont II the Corrupt
Practices Association committee's bill.
Gov. Higgins tonight sent to the senate
superintendant OF the Hudson River State
Hospital, to be president Of the State Com
mission In Lunaoy. 70 succeed Dr. William
Mason, resigned, The nomination was CON
n me- m as HSUS' profession and Is regarded
as one Of the best alisnists In the state,
The Assembly pa ssed the probation bills
prepared by the Probation Cominission
appointed last year by Gov. Higgins. Their
provisions have already been printed In
, THE SuS.
For several sessions Senator Grady has
been endea voring 10 have passed Il bill!
prohibiting discrimination on the part OF
shippers against the port OF New iork'
Thfs wear he succeeded in getting the bill
as far as third reading In the Senate. To-
night when the bin was rea ohed on that
order be had it stricken from the calendar.
He said that in order not 10 have his mo-
tive ~misoonstrued Ia ma king the molten,
several Senators had said 10 him that the
bill would affect tho small shippers more
than tho large shippers. He said 1t was
the large shippers he wa after and not the
small ones. His motion prevailed and
the bill IL dead.
The Senate passed the bills Of the joint
legislative highway committee, One OF the
bills %appropriates S. 900 900 for good roads
to be spent this year under the authority
conferred last year by the voters TO issue
$50, 200, 900 In bonds for good roads. The
bills provide the manner in which the bonds
shall be issued and the moneN expended.
Senator Grady's bill permitting tho de-
preston OF the elevated railroad tracks
on Division street, between Catharlne and
Allen streets, and on Allen street, bet%eon
Division and Canal streets, in New York
CITY. passed the Senate. This bin IL the re-
suit AZ a compromise between the city al-