New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15
SENATE OVERRIDES VETO.
Repasses Teachers "Equal Pay
Bill by 81 to 9.
TBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Albany May 1.-THE Senate to-day passed
for the second time the school teachers equal
pay" bill. The efficiency of the women who are
lobbying for this measure was shown by the
yote-37 to 9--by which the Senators registered
their approval OF the bill and disapproval of
Mayor McCIellan's veto. Having conquered in
the Senate, the school teachers Immediately
turned their attention to the Assembly and this
afternoon the familiar spectacle of Assembly
men parading the Hobbies with these women in
animated pursuit greeted the bystanders.
Little doubt remains that the measure will be
passed by the Assembly also the Mayors
veto, although just at present some of the As
semblymen who objected in the first place to
being dragooned into submission by the women
teachers are pedging members to vote against
the bill One man to-day declared that If the
Democrats stood by their guns the bill could be
defeated in the lower house, but this is unlikely.
Nobody here except the sanguine school teach-
ers though expects that Governor Hughes VIII
approve the bill, in view of many of the other
bills he has vetoed which invaded the spirit OF
home rule less rudeIy than does this measure
Several of the Senators expressed their optn-
ions of the bill freely to-day. Senator Raines,
IN the debate indicated that he believed Gov
ernor Hughes would veto the measure Senator
Page attacked the Board of Education decar-
ing that 1t so incompetent that 1t was act
ually ptiable
There ought TO be some body to take this
whole affair in hand in better fashion than the
Board of Education declared Senator rage
There Is 10 be a thorough revision of the char
ter next year. and / hope that the case of this
Board Of Education will be taken in hand then
and some efficient plan of administration de-
vised"
Senator White whose committee fathered this
bill and Senator Grady, who was one Of its chief
adherents when 1t was passed first defended it
to-day. Senator White declared his belief that
II II became law II would not be admins
tered by the Board of Education to give women
teachers the equality with men which IT was de-
signed TO effect.
But let them have care" he threatened.
abiding TO the Board of Education. I'm that case
there will be another day in court"
IN connection with his defence OF the bill Sen
ator Grady delivered a singing attack on Mayor
Mcclellan. which is of some interest because Of
the efforts on foot TO reconcile Mcclellan and
Tammany Hall
Il find I have TO differ from the honorable
Mayor" declared Grady in sarcastic tones, "and
I can't lay too much emphasis the honor
able If II were not for the high character OF
our Mayor might charge him with bad faith
in regard to this bill. He does not advance q
single original argument in his veto justifylng
his refusal TO sign the measure. Take the
speeches which Commissioners Stern and Harri-
son delivered before the Assembly Cities Com
mittee, and you will find there the Mayors
guments. line for line. I don't say. OF course.
that the Mayor didn't write his own veto mes
sage. but do say that he compiled It from those
speeches"
The nine Senators who braved the scornful
Cassidy. Fuller. Human. Mccall owens Page,
Raines and Tully. Fuller. Mccall and Owens
Democrats. Fuller voted against the bill
when II was passed first.
The Assembly Rules Committee reported the
White teachers bill tonight. This will precipi-
tate the fight in the Assembly. Tammany Az
semblymen in a quandary how to
the bill this time. 1T is certain" said one. ii
vote for It again wifi be inconsistent in
stand for home rule"
The bill will probably pass again. but by a
much smaller majority.