The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-01
THE LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS
CLEAN UP THEIR
CALENDARS.
Assembly, ssses the Eleventh Avenue Hill,
hut Refuses to Pass h Public Service
Law Amepdments-Many Local and
General BUS Sent to the Governor.

afternoon in the Senate and shortly after
4 O'Clock in the Assembly. The clocks
In each house were stopped at a few
aainutes to 4 O'clock. the hour set for final
adii surnment.
Tbs Senate cleaned up its third reading
calendar The public service commits
sion lay - reported by the Statutory
Consolidation Commission early in the
session. and introduced by Assemblyman
Phillips was passed Ivy the Senate and
now goes 10 the Governe- for his sigma
ture. 1t is the original public service
commission law rs passed two years
ago. but put in the form Of a consolidated
law, With MP changes in substance from
the original law.
This public service law amendments,
whiehsiseluded the New York city trans
fer question and which passed the As
eembty, wore not passed by the Senate,
but we're left in committee Of the whole
Senator Newcomb to-day succeeded in
having a motion entertained so the bill
could be passed out OF its order. but this
was defeated by.a decisive vote.
Tho New York Central Railroad bill
psruittns TITO remove its tracks from
the Suffacsiof Eleventh venue and
Senator Brough's~bin providing for the
threa platoon police system in New York
city; Sere among the bills passed by the
Assknbly III the closing hours.
The various joint legislative commit
tees authorized to investigate and report
to the Legislature On the New York
Charter, direct primaries and public
service law changes will not be appointed
by Heut.-Gov. White and Speaker Wads-
worth for two or three weeks yet.
When the members Of the Legislature
quit to-day they felt that they had per-
fortpsd their duty. They were in accord
with Speaker WadsworthIs statement
thatsthey. bad done it well. There were
crowds' az men and women and boys and
girlsFn6t tba regular field day enthusiasm,
Attending The closing hours Of the session.
Tho circus on the last day Of the session
b always in the Assembly. There. during
q twenty minute recess. a mock session
wsS held. when Assemblyman Eagleton
Lrosided a. SpeA ker and Assemblyman
MCInerney as elk rk. The in
whish Eagleton ant McInerney portrayed
the parts of Speaker Wadsworth and
Assembly Clerk Ray b. Smith aroused
the laughter Of the throng. The boys
band from the. Hebrew Orphan Asylum
In Manhattan was stationed in the gallery.
When q bill was introduced legalizing
football basketball and baseball every
day Of fhe week and three times on Sun
day tho band broke out with Take Me
Out TO the Ball Came and the Assembly
crowd joined in the chorus.
= Wagonloads OF flowers were sent to
both Senators and Assemblymen. The
desks Of Lieut.-Gov. White and Speaker
wadsworth were typical flower gardens
and pretty tokens Also adorned the desks
Of the legislative leaders OF both houses.
There were a few presepts handed out.
Majority Leader Merritt was presented
with q handsome zane n a similar
token was given 70 Assemblyman Frisbie.
the minority leader. Eulogistic speeches
Of everything and everybody followed
and the final windup found the crowd in
the best OF spirits.
Frnncis J. Mcclure. rector Of st. Pat
nckts Roman Catholic Church Of Albany.
offered the prayer OF the closing session.
he has performed this service for the last
thirty-seven closing sessions Of the Legis-
Enough Republicans voted with the
Democrats to prevent the consideration
Of the Herbert Parsons election law
amsndments. which were drafted with a
view Of further handicapping the voters
OF New York city in view OF the approach
ing Mayoralty election. Only half OF the
Republican Senators supported Senator
tAEney. There were eight OF the Parsons
Assembiyman Ward at Mr.. Parsons's
suggestion and but ,one OF them got
through the Legislature.
Senator McManus after a hard fight
suooeeded in having the senate rules
suspended. and the Hackett Assembly
% ~ es siae Of Msn + tax passed. passed. oil 'A'
Senator Frawley's bill giving the local
authorities of New York the right to
determine whether contracts shall b.
forfeited for violations Of the eight hour
law was defeated by a vote Of ~ to So.
quired to pass it. the Senate passed As
sAmblyman Sheridan's bill permitting
the New York Central railroad company
TO straiehten the curve at Kingsbridge
and TO bury its high tension electric feed
wires and permitting the railroad to use
four feet OF the Bronx Park where the
road passes there to bury its conduits,
passed Senator Travis's bill providing
FOR q new court house in Kings county.
The Assembly wound up its business
with d long and bitter fight yer the bill
Of Senator Grady passed by the Senate
yesterday, giving the New York Central
railroad company the right. with the APP
proval Of the Public Service Commission
and the Board Of Estimate and Apportion-
ment, to construct a combined subway
and elevated line on Eleventh avenue to
take the place Of its surface tracks.
All the Assemblymen through whose
district the tracks run led the opposition
eembSyman Bohan declared it was any
thing but what their constituents wanted.
Majority Leader Merritt said he sympa-
The bill passed by a vote OF IS To 81.
Senator Aguew fried to have his New
York city inebriates' home bill passed,
but Senator McCarren prevented it., re-
ma fking that shis bill merely provides
for a CITY home for duInks."
The Senate passed Assemblyman Fo-
ley's bill changing the law concerning
the. acquisition of title and fee Of lands
for streets and parks: Assemblyman
Hoey's, providing a monument for Thomas
Dongan, New York's early Governor,
in New York city; Assemblyman G. F.
to exchange lands in connection with the
construction OF a sewage drainage canal;
Assemblyman Klein's, permitting New
York city to compromise taxes and as
in the old towns OF Newtown,
Flushing, Jamaica and Hampstead: AS
DeGroot's. making the Office
Of the Queens county Sheriff salaried;
Assemblyman Bates's. making provision
for the expense Of administering the New
York school teachers retirement fund;
A~ssenblyman Green's, changing the land