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PASSES MALBY'S BILL
AFTER M ADMITS IT'S FOR THE
POWER COMPANIES.
II Amends the Constitution So that Reser.
yolrs May he Buut Oh State Landslide
Marriage License Bill Also Passes and
Grady's RaiIr DAD Bili Goes Thr OuEh.

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yOirs May Be Butlt on State Lands-Th
Marriage License Biii Also Passes and
Grady's RaiIr cad Hill Goes Thr OuEh.
ALBANY, May l.-Senator George X.
Malby came out In the open to-day
and admitted what has been charged
against him repeatedly. Senator Malby
and Assemblyman Merritt have peer try
Ing for years to get through the Legis-
lature acts which would permit the food.
ing Of the entire Adiro ndack region and
the building Of immense reservoirs for
generating electrical power. They have
always denied this charge. however, and
ha We tried to get their acts through the
Legislature on the plea that the bills were
In the interests Of public health and public
need AMI such like expla nations.
About two weeks ago Senator Malby
introduced a bill amending the Constitution
30 as to authorize the Legislature to set
aside State lands In the Adironda cks for
the purpose Of constructing reservoirs and
large dams 30 that water could be stored.
To-day the Malby amendment came up
for final passa &c in the Senate and Senator
Malby became bitter in denouncing the
opposition to the bill by the Association
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He said that this association was standing
In the way Of the impro vement and the
development Of the Adirondac ks and ad-
mitted that the building Of these dams and
reservoirs was for the purpose Of generat-
ing electricity.
The resolution was introduced at a late
hour in the session 70 as to divert atten-
ton from 1t. Although a hearing was
asked for. the bill was speedily reported
from the Senate Judiciary Committee, and
to-day 1t was passed by a vote Of IS TO 0.
These Senators voted against the passal , Of
the resolution: Senators Elsberg, Hill, Hin
man, Pape and SAKE (Republicans). and
Grady, keenan, and Marks (Democ rats
The absentees were Senators Drescher,
Hehoe and Quinn.
This Is the boldest effort on the part OF
the Adirondack power companies to grab
of the A~dirondaoks. In former years
everything has been done by stealth. 1t
was even intended that this should be lone
In that manner. In order to hide the pur-
DOSE OF the measure efforts were made to
get a representative from New York city
TO introduce the bill, 30 that 1t would faoili-
tate the acquisition Of a water supply for
New York city from the Catskills. This
failed.
Last October Senator Malby and As
semblyman Merritt appeared before the
State River Improvement Commission as
attorneys to secure permission to dam
Raquette, Saranao and ~Sacandaga rivers,
They wanted to promote public health
and safety but 1t was shown that the
object was merely for the purpose Of
generating power. At the hearing on
their application the Association for the
Protection OF the Adirondacks showed
that the State Constitution prohibited
such consent being given and 1t would
permit the flooding and destruction Of
State forest lands. Failing TO get 1t, be-
cause the Constitution was in the way,
Senator Malby and Assemblyman Merritt
have taken the'step to'have the Constitution
set aside in order to. further r.ownends.
Fearing that II he went to q vote on the
bill TO secure an additional Supreme Court
Justice for the Sixth district that Senator
Cassidy's bin would be defeated, Assembly,
man James T. Rogers this afternoon moved
to adjourn. To the surprise Of all, the
motion was carried, This created quite a
feeling in the Assembly, for the calendar
had barely been touched and no business
had been transacted.
On the calendar was the wainwright local
option bill for cities. which ii had been hoped
to pass to-day, There was a belief that the !
to adjourn was made to dodge
coming to a vote on this bill, bu, Il was
later learned that there were enough votes |
to defeat the Cassidy bill, as we'll AZ Senator
Brackett's and Senator Davis's bills, which
provided for additional Justices In the
Fourth and Eighth Judicial districts, IL the |
bills were pressed to a vote to-day.
The local option bill goes on to-morrow's
calendar in the Assembly and it Is said that
there are enough votes 10 pass il. Parlia-
mentary points concerning the form Il is
in are to be raised and the people who are
opposed 10 the bill are preparing to obstruct
its passage. The Senate hasn't acted in
the matter a. yet. but Senator FULLY believes