New-York tribune., 1908-04-24

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Ter as presiding officer OF the Senate You nave
exhibited a diligence" Senator Grady SAID ao-
,z-essinr the Lieutenant Governor, which we
laave ia the PEOPLE Of the state for consloera-
.ion.' on behalf OF the Senate the minority
leader presented the Lieutenant Governor with
"a large silver flower basket
GRADY CALLED on TO PRESIDE
NJ Grady was then called TO preside ana
Senator Raines said the prosecution "o"lu
gin He Endorsed the words OF senator "''U'
and paid warm tribute to Mr. Chafliei'
In response. and exercising the priNlIege CIV"
20 Yrisoners TO speak in their own defence 'i'e
1to,..,srt Governor said that whatever future
ronors his life might hold none would seem
5es,er n him than the associations he had en-
5oved during the two years he nae f'esiueO
over the Senate
Senator Grady made a speech eulosizing SEN
rtor Raines and presented him. on behalI Oh me
Senate with large silver fruit pashe' "e'o'ot
white made the presentation speech IN "Ii'0"
-ba minority leader received large silver loV-
sng cup .,
The festivities closed when Senator McCarreT
on behalf Of the Cities Committee presented
10 Senator White a silver tea service
Earlier in the DAY. at an executive sesSioh oL
the Finance Committee. Senators Cassi"S anu
Grady presented 10 Chairman Armstrong TWO
piece silver service
Of Senators Armstrong and Aclroyd called on
hin, Ia inform him Of the adjournment OF the
Senate the Governor said:
I congratulate your honorable body upon Ihe
measures Of value which have been passed anu
regret that other measures which are OF great
Importance 10 the people Of the state nave
failo5 of massage In view Of your action with
regard To adjournment. ] have no furthe1 recon-
rnendatfo7s 10 make At This time
The Assembly in its closing hours covered
itself with glory 1t adopted the Cassidy-O' Brian
bucket shop hfll. which Senator CASSIDY Is sa'd
n have tried 10 XIII in the lower house. 1t
killed hy indrection the Cobb-FoUler constitu-
rionaI amendment giving 10 per cent on ClVh
Service examination ratings 10 Spanish war
veterans
The bucket shop bill excited little discussion
Afr O-Rrian explained that il was designed 10
eradicate q serious menace and was favored nv
legitimate brokers and not opposed by me
STOCK Exchange It passed by party vote.
over the constitutional amendment there was
= sharp fight. Assembyrnan o'Brian de-
bounced il IS undeuocratic. un-Annerican and
unfair - the average man. lie said it would
destroy the principles Of Civil Service utterly
aTr Shortt Of Richmond GDemocrat), offered
an amendment striking from its provisions the
men Who served i'm the Boxer instruction. He
said he hoped the organism of the state never
would be poisoned by such an affair Mr. Fowler
fought hand for the measure as it stood. but the
change was adopted. ~ 10 80, and as this neces-
STATED reprinting the whole amendment failed
The Assembly adopted the Senate Finance
Committees resolution for a legislative inVes-
1igation of New York City's finances by a party
vote Of IS 20 Al The Page bin providing for
al immigration commission was adopted.
STEIHWAY TUNNEL BILL PASSED.
Senator FrawIev's bnI permitting New York
City 10 buy the steinway tunnel. with the con-
sent IF the Public Service Commission, passed
without opposition. Democratic opposition 70
-he supply bilI brought out the fact that even
Assemblynan Merritt did not know exactly
what the hill contained nor its total appro-
priations . These approximate 100000.
The narfrest debate in the Senate was caused
hy effort of Senator Grady 70 obtain the
adoption Of the three platoon system in the
New York Police Department. At the opening
Of the session the Cities Committee reported the
Francis bill providing for this system in first
and second class cities on objection. II was
slowed away IN the committee Of the whole 70
die
Grady called up a notice TO suspend the rules
and discharge the committee of the bill When
he learned i had been laid away in cold stor-
he promptly challenged the report of the
Cities Committee on the ground that seven
voted on. The bill went back into committee,
and then Grady moved 10 discharge the COM
rnittee. This was done over the protest Of
Chairman White. The bill then was advanced
and passed It affects New York. Yonkers. Al
bany. Troy. Utica and Schenectady
SENATE GETS THROUGH EARLY
For the first time in many years. and for the
first time since Senator Raines has been mem
Ner Of the upper house, the Senate completed
all its business an hour or more before the time
/ 81 for adjournment. When the last regular ses-
y sion opened. this morning. the Senate faced
long calendar Of bills. but every Of over a
hundred vas deeisively disposed Of and nothing
was left Undone except what remained in COM
rnittee. IN TWO hours eighty-one bills on the
calendar were passed. number from the As
sembly were passed and score We're killed.
4 sharp conflict was caused 10y the passage OF
the {. T. Foley bill permitting foreign mutual
IRE insurance companies TO DO business in this
state and taxing the gross premiums collected
per cent. The bill was opposed by Majority
Leader Raines, but passed without vote
10 spare the result being 70 70 Is. Il now goes
TO the Governor.
without debate the bill of Assent lyman q.
H Whitney. prohibiting the pumping Of min
eral water from the springs of Saratoga. was
rassed and sent TO IN" Governor The bin, if
signed viii wipe out several Carbonic gas com
uanies which have invested about million dol
lars Al Saratoga since 1894 in the equipment Of
pumping plants These plants, Il is declared.
have dei7uded the natural springs, destroying
81 the oldtime mineral water companies
No objection could prevent the passage Of the
hill Of Assem- hlynan T. H Walters. amending
the public service law 10 permit trans
lett