The sun., 1908-05-25
LEGTsLATURR MEETS TO-NTGHT.
Plan 70 Dispose of An I3iIis This week and
Then wait for the Governors Message.

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Plan 70 Dispose OF An BlTis This week and
Then wait for the Governors Message.
ALBANY. May 34.--Although both houses
Of the Legislature will meet tomorrow
night there will be nothing doing until
Tuesday Telegrams have been sent to
the members demanding that they be here
Tuesday morning.
The legislative leaders have again for
nulated q plan. and II is one that La intended
TO force the hand of the Governor to compel
him to send in his message on the anti
racetraak betting bills without keeping
the legislators here any longer than nee
cessary, Friends Of the Governor say that
he does not intend TO keep the Legislature
hasn't indicated what ne thinks 10 reason-
able length OF time. The chances are that
the Governor wants to wait for the recovery
Of Senator Foelker.
In view OF the uncertainty regarding
the time that, Senator Foelker will return
to Albany and resume his legislative duties
the intention Is TO dispose OF all matters
now before the LIE Sislature this week.
Then for the following week the Leyis-
lature will sit with folded hands doing moth
ing but just awaiting the pleasure Of the
communicate his further desires to the
Legislature or permit 1t TO adjourn without
acting on the ahti-racing bills.
While 1t had been the expectation that
Senator McCarren's bill designed to restore
him 70 the Democratic State committee
and to prevent repetition Of the OCCUR
rences at the last two Denocratio State
conventions would pass the Legislature,
change in sentiment has occurred. 1t
no doubt will pass the Senate. for Senator
worth has also approved OF the bill. but
the sentiment Of the upstate members in
the lower house is much against it and the
outlook for the bill is not an encouraging one.
The Assemblymen say that the bill brings
the Judges altogether too much into politics
and the courts would practically have the
say at settling faotional fights in the party
organizations. They seem to think that
the party conventions should have the
same right to judge Of the qualifications OF
their members as has either branch Of the
State Legislature.
The amendments decided upon by the two
public service commissions at O confer
ence held last December. when the law
was discussed and changes were decided
upon to perfect the law. are. viewed with
favor by the legislative leaders. The
amendments will be taken from the present
bill extending the powers Of the commits
sions to telephone. telegraph. stage and
ferry companies. and everything that tends
toward giving the commissions any further
power will Be eliminated from the bill.
The legislators say that either the COM
missions are incompetent or the law is Of
such recent origin that they are not familiar
enough with their duties to accomplish
anything and 1t is out of the question to
add to their authority. They therefore
feel that they should be charitable and give
the commissions the changes they think Will
help them in enforcing the law and let the
public see what the commissions can do.
After that there will be plenty of time to
think Of giving them additional powers. the
leaders say.
1t is settled that the bill providing for
mercantile bureau of inspection will pass
the Assembly. but its fate in the Senate
is in doubt. The fact that il is contended
that the position of chief inspector has
already been promised to Miss Florence
Kelly IL taken to mean that perhaps the
intention is to create additional places
rather than to aid in the enforcement
of the anti-child labor laws.
legislation this year and with it goes Herbert
Parsonss cherished idea of having an
official primary ballot, for the Governor
has refused to sign a bill providing for an
official primary ballot unless he can have
his direct nominations. bill with it.
There will be nothing doing about
legislative investigation of the operations
of Wall Street. Neither will bill be passed
authorizing the Governor to appoint a
commission to investigate the condition
of the unemployed. 4, This is considered
by legislators as Federal question and
play TO the galleries on the part Of Gov.
Hughes