New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
P. s. MEASURE PASSED
NIGHT KILL POOLROOUS-
Bill Ertends Jurisdiction to TeLe-
graph and Telephone Com paHies-
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune 3

Albany April 2f-Having survived a I've
hours fubuster by Senator Grady which taxed
the nerves OF every member almost 20 the break
ing point. the Senate passed today the Page
bill placing telephone. telegraph and ferry com
panies and stage lines under the Jurisdiction OF
the Public Service Commissions The vote vas
80 10 l.. practically party lineup KNAPP
Republican voted against IT, while Conaian'
Fuller and Taylor. Democrats. voted for II
Passage Of this part OF the Governors Tro-
sramme by the upper house leaves Us IaI7
squarely with the Rules Committee of the As-
semby. headed ~ Speaker WadsVortn lHe'7
seems TO be not the slightest disposition IT that
body 70 enact this legislation. wlich was man
eIed so badly by the Committee on Electrlcl1E'
Gas and Wafer Supply a short time aSo IheI
Asssmbyrnan Wainwright its sponsor. alS-
owned il. There is growing in the Assembly 4
bitter feeling against the senate because uL -N7
holding up OF many Assembly bills Lhl7 Is
been shown by the slaughter OF seVesal iNito-
taut Senate bills But more than that tle '-l-
terness against the Governor is 50 intense ''a'
to-day for the first time III many years tAe.e
was a roIIcaU on a motion % pass over MS '-'0
q bill OF no Importance whatever in itself
The progress of this bill through The F,--es
Committee may be accelerated somewhat by d
statement issued by Senator Page to-flSll III
which he showed that its defeat would XIII one
OF the surest methods Of wiPing out So'--'''-l9
devised in q long time The Assembly P,-- '-7-
ON record by an overv heIuing vote for the a2''-
ishrnent of racetrack gambling, and the 'l-'> "a
ments were that the Agnew-Hart o---S "'---
not affect poOIrooms-
SENATOR PAGES STATEMENT
Senator Pages statement follows
yy-5+b The control over the telegraph and r--e-
phone business delegated 20 them oy this on
rne Public Service COMMISSIONS Ap.'.' % a''''l-
to prevent the use of telephone and saiesllp-
sz-rice [.oaT-lo-le would be unable 70 exist This
j. the first effective method devised OF l-'''--
ing the pooIrocms. and 90 fail 20 adopt -Ll,7
method is t0 save the Q"o-ro'a's -E-l-- 1l
The reason telegraph and telephone t'-'. s--
can and do serve the pollrooIis u1l-. t.-e-
by devices is that their secret contracts - 90
memoranda and the information NllAll --7-s
Tos5es-IOu not subject q" ru super -7l'-. 't
auv public officials BY t1ls DIE h5"-'7 '7'. 1.-7
companies arr required tp fife with the c.IlFl7-
sions schedules showing the rates and ghaE-+S
fo~ a11 -Iass1s of service in the form 70 be pre-
sc~fbed b7- the commissions In-5 must t-7'
Ill comics of ever. contract aE--e-ueu- and az
rangenleut in writing relating IN any way 90
the maintenance or use '1 q tsle='4p- -- -,
rroue line or d service by 1r over such INES
In addition. the commissions VIII nave super
vision with power TO investigate and eA1-l--l--
ti0n and franchises. but also as % tAe manner
I'm rrfeh they operate or conduct t1er business
not alone with respect % adequacy anu t--l'--
mediation Afforded but also with re spec- % --.
compliance with all PROVISIONS = -a@ 81. -
companies are prohibited oy a" rom . ------lS
abettfug the commission OF sucn crimes =
gambling The commission may examine a.
books contracts. records. documents ana papers
of such companies. and may prescrloe ne Iori1L
81 records and memoranda TO be kept bE such
-l--1s-5es and thev are prohibited from keep
- ,.t----- yy-7ar a commission Is oS the
opinion that the rules regulations or PT@-,l,sS
Of q company are. among other tNlL~- i--iblyt
or when company is doing any -ll.HS o- a-'---
u do anything or perm lI-ll-- az - ---- - =
10 permit anything t0 b. done CONTRARY '- --
violation of Jaw. II shall direct its col-ESet %
commence an action for q Hlandtl'-.'7 '- -
ZION against the company. and such proceed
ing mas precedence In the courts o. a'- '--i--
actions excepting election cases
There has been a great deal of talk II both
houses OF the legislature parJlcular-y on re
racing bills concerning the evil OF me Po9.-
rooms No more effective way % DO away WIN
r,oaT-oer-s can be found than 70 give 20 the Puo-
lie Service soUrlisSions the powers contained
e. -,--,Js-s ~ he 4sSar1bTv realize their sig
rf1cerra there VIII he no hesitancv jH the OH
being reported and passed
VICTORY GAINED BY HARD WORK
This victory for the amendments in the senate
was obtained by hard work on the part of Seua-
tor Page. who by his motion t1 take up the bin
out of its regular order saved it from uutirlely
death IN the Judiciary COMMITTEE Even when
ra had accomplished his purpose. though. and
tre bill was under discussion Grady endangered
if hr 2 fIibu-t4r 70 save an insurance law Of his
own He started out to hold up every bill On
the calendar to bring this about and probably
would have sent many bills ro death because p
adjournment on THU-s5av Il the Senate had ri'r
yielded
FIe moved last night 20 r-conlmit a Love in
-urance bill repeating q law enacted - himself
some years azo Ii was frustrated by senator
tohb 5rho raised point 0f order and insisted
an if The Lowe bin was on ch- for-y-s-yenth
r7ee or the -aI-nd4r. and to-day Senator Grady
starred out 90 prevent the SENATE from getting
that ar-re@ore adjournment TIu-sjay-
The first thing that came in his way vas the
motion Of senator Page 70 suspend the rules
and discharge the Judiciary Committee OF fur
rhe- consideration of the pu1Iie service bin
after this had been accornpli=hed by force -
numbers. the vote being - t5 Il. Grady settled
down 10 long battle on All The provisions -
.HA hill He offered eight different amendments.
and -bev were voted down fast as h- ~uz-
gesred them. The members refused ro stay n
the chamber during the four hours the minority
leader discussed The bill and three different
times h. raised the question or ~ quorum. He
US abo-rr 70 do II again. when the presiding
officer. Senator Raines. forced the rule that the
question of a quorum could 70 raised only once
an hour Grady then began insisting close
calls and each time several minutes were con-
surned in hunting up absent members
AT > o'clock. after aa had been on The firing
line for four hours. and wirh every prospect
that he would keep it going all night. the Pc
rubItcans persuaded Senator cobb 70 withdraw :
IN relation 10 the Lowe bills. This done.
and after the Lowe bill had been recommtrted
Grady Immediately withdrew from the field and
allowed the Page bin 10 go 20 a vote
The vote was follows
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