New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-25
KELSEY DELAY AGAIN.
ANOTHER WEEK LOST.
Senators Angry at Handling of
Utilities Bill IN assembly.
IBy telegraph to The tribune !

Albany. April 24.-Another weeks delay in the
Kelsey case added to the already long list
when the Senate judiciary Committee failed to-
day even to take up the Governors recommends
tiOn of removal The committee win have an
executive session tomorrow to consider the af-
fair. but will make decision TO Superin-
tendent Kelseys fate. leaving that until next
week After the committee makes a report az
least week will be consumed in the Senate
itself before final action on Governor HUghes's
message. While this case is hanging fire In the
Judiciary Committee. action is being taken
on the Public Utilities bill None will be taken
by the Senate Committee until the Assembly
Railroads Committee has finished it's deIibera-
tons and many say that the resultant delay
will drag the session well along to June l.
Some Of the Senators are wroth over the way
the Public Utilities bill is being handled. They
explain that in so important a measure It is
little less than affront to the august Senate
In the ordinary procedure. subcommittee os
the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Asseu1-
bly, Railroads Committee would have been dele-
gated to sit together to consider amendments TO
the bill. Having substantially agreed on the
amendments these subcommittee would repOrt
to their respective committees. which would take
up the measure separately and report it. Con-
siderable time thus would be saved both
houses could take up the measure for passage
at the same time This was about the proceed
ure adopted with the important insurance Iegi5-
Iatfon last year.
Instead Of this course. some Senator's COM
plain, the Assembly Committee has gone ahead
with the work. Senator Page, a member Of the
Judiciary Committee has sat with the Rail-
roads Committee. but this cannot in any way
expedite the Senate Committees discussion Os
the bill Members Of the committee have de-
cided now to wait until the Assembly Commits
tee has entirely finished with the bill before the
Senate Committee takes it up at all Some are
in favor of doing nothing with it until after the
Assembly has passed the bill If that cOurss /
were followed two weeks additional delay must I
result; but certainly the Judiciary Committee !
will not take up the bill until the first week In
May
The Railroads Committee held another session
over the bill to-day and agreed impOr-
tant amendment The bill as it stands now per-
mits one commissioner to exercise all the inves-
tigating powers of the entire commission. and
let's commissioner delegate all his powers to
the secretary. thus investing the secretary under
certain conditions with the powers of the full
commission At the hearings corporations pro-
tested strongly against this, and the Assembly
committee has determined TO limit the powers
Of the secretary in respect TO this. Much or the
bill still remains to be considered. and the Rail-
roads Committee cannot finish its work before
the end of the week
Governor Hughes refused to-day to go into
any details about the conference which he had
last night at the Executive Mansion with
MessrS. GTatwick and Pierce, of Buffalo, and
WINS and E. B. Whitney, Of New York. fur
ther than to admit that the talk of the
pending Public Utilities bill. He would say
nothing at all as to commercial organizations
which have been adopting resolutions in OppO-
sitiOn to the bill in its present form.
Legislators deeply concerned in the appOrtiOu-
ment situation discovered to-day that the plan
they were discussing yesterday of putting Rich
mOnd County with ROckland and shifting Put
Orange would Senate
district. and to eqUaIize this heavier representa-
ton in the southeastern part OF the state IL
would be necessary to eliminate district some
where in the central part
Somewhat Disconnected at this, they have
fallen back on the original plan advocated ac
the conference on appOrtiOnment-tO put Rich
mOnd with Nassau and Suffolk. stTaishtSn out
the New York County situation, and let it go at
that in fact. Senator Raines said to-day that
this plan had been put up 20 the Governor as the
best Judgment of the Republican leaders.
Governor Hughes still withhOldS any intima-
ton of what he win Go about the situation
that Is, he has not spoken definitely on the sub
jeCt But the close study he has given to maps
Of the state and the long talks he has held with
all who have studied the appOrtionrnent GIes-
tiOn closely shows his interest in il. The belies
is becoming more general that his decision will
not favor any makeshift appOrtionment no
matter how much a drastic appOrtionment
might tear up the present districts.
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