The sun., 1908-01-23
NO CHANCE FOR LOCAL OPTION
ADVOCATES OF TIE BILL HAVE
DESERTED THE CAPITAL.

It Has Cost the Brewers SIOO 900 An.
nuaIly 20 Fight It and They Wound Lake
60 Know VINO Got tho Msney-A GrtSe
Of Blis Introduced IN Both Houses.
ALBANY. Jan. 22.-One Of the mysteries
OF the present session OF tho Legislature
is what has become OF the proposed local
option bill. About a month ago the agents
Of the Anti-Saloon League descended upon
the capital city and announced that they
were here for most active and energetic
campaign. Since that time. however. they
have not been heard from. A year ago
they we're about the Capitol as busy a. the
proverbial bee. Then they were hunting
for some one TO introduce their bill. This
year they have not been in evidence at all
The legislators who had taken an interest
in the measure and who had agreed 10 assist
in getting it passed cannot explain what
has happened. Assemblyman Lansing Of
Rensselaer, had expected to be called upon
TO stand sponsor for the bill. but he has
heard nothing from the league.
According 70 reports OF members OF the
brewers association it has cost the brewers
a tidy sum annually to fight the bin. One
brewer recently said that he had been CON-
tributing to legislative fund for some years
and he wanted to know where the money
went. He said that the brewers had raised
Annually 100000 for the legislative fund.
and he was anxious TO know how Il had been
expended. While it had been generally
known that the brewers were spending
money to fight the bill. there had been no
suspicion that the amount was so large a.
this brewer reported it TO be.
Even IL the local option bill should be
introduced the legislators are not at all
alarmed like they were for two sessions,
especially in the Assembly. The fear Of
the Anti-Saloon League has disappeared
and the leaders are frank to say that there
isn't a chance for the local option bill being
passed this year.
An appropriation Of s2sS. 900 for improv-
ing the Forty-seventh Regiment Armory in
Brookly rs provided for in a bill introduced
by Senator Foelker. Another bill intro
duced by Senator Foelker amends the
Constitution 30 as 70 provide for three
additional County Judges in Kings county.
The proposed amendment would extend the
terms Of the present Judges to fourteen
years.
Senator Gilchrlst introduced a bill pro-
viding for the appointment by Mayor
Mcclellan OF two extra Magistrates In
Senator Page introduced a bill making
the public sale or delivery OF bread. pies,
cakes and other bakery products on Sun
day misdemeanor
y
ner is designed to put an end to the packing
Of human beings In small rooms. The bill
provides that where two men occupy a
room each shall have $50 cubic feet OF air
Assemblyman Weimert introduced the
bill of last year which does away with the
supplemental enrolment in cities of the
first class. Last year this bill passed and
il was supposed IL had been sent to the
Governor for his approval, but when they
came 70 look over the bills that were sent
a. Nka,r - ana. AN
the number.
Assemblyman Cuvillier introduced a bin
providing for a station at Park avenue and
l25th street in New York city and compels
all electric and steam railroad companies
u stop their trains at the new station.
Aslemblyman Hackett busted himself
to-day. One bill that he introduced fixes
the price OF street lighting in New York
at SIS a year for each arc lamp, the present
price being SIPS year. For private con-
sumers the charge for electricity is not
to exceed cents kilowatt an hour.
Another bill makes it a misdemeanor for
permitting a fence to be erected for adver-
tising purposes more than eight feet from
the ground or more than four feet high on
the roof of a building. The bill also requires
persons permitting the use OF the sides
Of their buildings for advertising purposes
TO pay a license.
Another of Assemblyman Haokett's bills
compels the equipment Of all cars in a train
with such air brakes so that the speed Of the
train can be controlled from any car as
well as from the engine.
The Senate Finance Committee to-day
reported favorably Senator Armstrong;
biil appropriating SsSOOO with which TO
purchase a site in Duchess county for the
training school for boys TO take the place OF
the one on Randalls Island. Senator Arm
strong wanted the bill advanced 20 the
third reading. as the option on the site ex-
pires on April 1. Senator Cassidy objected.
Senator Raines interceded in behalf OF
Senator Armstrong. but Senator Cassidy
was obdurate, saying that as IL had taken
the commission three years to select the
site. the Senate should spend more than ted
minutes in considering the proposition.