The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-22
BILL TO PREVENT GRAFT
RESTRICTS LEGTSLITORS az
TTITTIES TO LAWN tKING.

ALBANY. Maruh H.-Asaemhlyma
Robert =. Conklin Of New York city in
trOduced q bill in the Assembly tonight
90 meet souns Of tho situations created by
the Aids trial and by the insurance in
ve~t'gation nov in progress in New York
NJ. CSSEs:S's Sin spPsiSs 10 this State
the Federal statute prohibiting any mem-
Der Of the Legislature during HE term Of
ONCE from practising Law for any Stat.
department or branch Of the State Govern
ment. The bill would make the drawing
up OF hill for any corporation violation
Of the Law: II would likewise prohibit
any member Of the Legislature from
serving a. counsel for any State inssitu-
ton and In general max 60 IL misdemeanor
for a senator or Asssmblyman TO take
money for services performed outside Of
his immediate duties a. q legislator.
ScAroely had the Conklin hill been
introduced when Aasemblyman william
NJ. Bennett Of Nev York city put in .
similar bill, but made IL broader In scope
and provded for q legisAti tive commission
to consist % two Senators. three Assem-
blymen and fve persons 10 he named ny
by the Governor TO investigate generally
the extent TO which members Of the LeGis-
lature have already served the State In
capacities outside Of their immediate
departments Or In any other way have
accepted rstainers or compensation Of
any kind -fOr promoting or opposing the
passage Of balls in tbs Legislature Mr.
Bennett would give this commission an
appropriation Of s7OOOo and empower 1t
TO do practically a. Il might see IT, to
rearrRnge the rules Of the Legislature. to
restrict the authority % the Commute
on RuIes and treat this COMMITTEES as
the National House - Representatives
treated IT,
Mr.. Bennett gave out q statement in
which he said he was forced 70 take issue
with Speaker wadsworth and insisted
that n general investigation should he
had And in addition 20 the most exten-
sivs investigation thus far suggested.
Mr.. Bennett would have the Committee
on Rules changed. he says. 90 that it
cannot become a committee for punish
ment and reward
The demand for an investiEa ton. :
concluded Mr.. Bennett's statement. rs
Statewide and I Am % the opinion
that the Governor should he given the
power to appoint part 10 the inve~tiga ting
COMMITTEES. provision having been made
for the appointment % the Senators nv
the Lieutenant 0overlor and Assembly
men bv the Speaker
The introduction 81 the Bennett hill
which m - found its way To the Assembly,
clerk as n Concurrent resolution. aroused
serious consideration only among the
Assemblvmen who have been rtsadfastly
supporting everything that came from the
Executive chAmber.
Many other m emberu Of the House took
the Bennett measure IN a less serious
vein and aaid that Mr.. Bennett got q
peck at the Conklin ball coming up ON
the train from New York to-day and
concluded quickly that II Conklin was
going to start anything Of this nasIIre
he wOuId 90 biz further and add the
Investigation clause 10 = similar ball
The biIls we're referred 10 committees
without comment
Asasmhlyman Charles Har~ood IDemo-
crat of Kings had something to say on
behalf Of Mayor naynor when As~embly-
man Conklin's ball 60 give the New York
charter investigating commission an mp
prOpriAtiOn of SIS ms came up ON the
second reading calendar Of the Assembly.
Mr.. HarWG5d aid that the work Of max
ing q charter for the city should progress
no further until Mayor Gaynorz views
were gwen some consideration. Mr.
HarWOOd insisted that judge GaynOT
should bs consulted now and then and
the commission should give som. svI-
iencr Of the fact that they, knew ia.
Mayor and the city officials " New York
were on earth and had a great intere-;
in the charter buildlng business
Majority leader Merritt Haid Mayor
Gaynot would have plenty Of opportunity
to inspect and rule an all the charter
hills before the Governor acted On them
Minority Leader FTisbie said that
Mayor Gaynor. that great example ~
Democracy, should not he ignored.
several 81 the Tammany Azs"mblymsB
nat a word ia for the minority members
20 the commission and aaid they were
not anxious to put anything over on the
Mayor without his having rOtn- knowledge
Of 10.
The hill was dvaECed 10 third reading
Th. l4=t~lsfive COMMITTEE which ~ -
yisinR the New York city Charter has de-
mAnded that the only salaries which are
to be fixed in the charter are those Of
elective officials and Judicial officers and
that the salaries u all the city officers and
employees shall he fixed Wv the local
! authorities without coming to the Legs
Iature. Two-thirds 81 the proposed New
| York CITY Charter - already Asgfahs tho
Legislature having been introduced by
chapters. and the remaining third will bs
! introduced by April Beginning TO
Cities Committees of the two houses on
the diIerent sections u the Charter and
| thsss hearings will continue each Tues
! day for the next fOuT OF Ave weeks.
senator George n Cobb tonight re-
| qIested the chairmen Of SenAte commit
tees 20 set dates fpr hearings ON all bills
Of unusual public interest and he re-
quested the committees to gs.t TO work
! promptly and make zap for lost time
| senator CAferty tonight again nitro
] ducod his uti-polSce mTxgIng bill.
Lengthy arguments we're Tnsde in the
| Assembly tonight on the bill Of Assem-
! blyInnu Green giving Federal Govern
menf employees tho right Ca he &C -ried
over on the registration hooks and vote
! without going homo TO register and
| AasemblymAn JoseDh's bill to check
! extortiOn Of the loan sha-ks
Mr. Frisbie thought commercial travel
| lera ought to have the same benefits a.
GOysFnmsnt employees under the Green
I bill.
Mr. Walters OF OnondRgo $40 " there
WIS = d0sire to hit the lOR1 sharks the
Joseph hill ought 10 bs amended 20 put
them out Of business. not 90 merely check
their graft. The Joseph bill wes passed.
In WOW Of the fact that New York city
IL spending over Q million dollG-s a yea