New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27

Will provide for a suitable measure for
! the correction Of primary abuses and
thus respond to what / believe TO be a
! just and urgent demand of tSe people OF
the state.
Plenty Of Informal Comment.
There was no formal comment at that
time, although informal comment was
plentiful and profane.
Has he lost his head. 81 he ever had
one?" queried one legislator.
Hughes has gone crazy. But watch
us hand it to him." declared another,
with long string of comment
Hostilities did not begin, though, for
couple of hours, during which time
some of the Assemblymen were getting
angrier and angrier. Then at last the
Cobb bill was handed down by the
Speaker. and the Assembly almost
howIed in its anxiety TO get q blow at It,
chorus Of objections went up.
AssemblyInan Green pleaded for de-
lay in consideration of the bill until to-
morrow, saying that no printed copies
were available and the Assemblymen
ought TO have a chance to study IFS pro-
visions Mr. Merritt, the majority
leader, brushed away the suggestion,
saying that printed copies could not be
obtained before adjournment, and the
House had too much other business to
waste time with that bill
I'm view of the inordinate haste of
the Executive to veto a bill not yet be-
fore him. / think we should make haste
to dispose of this bill" shouted Foley,
of Tammany Hall.
Il consider the action of the Governor
a piece of inpertinence," declared Hoey,
FoIey's bosom friend. God help the
people" he continued, while even Dem
ocrats like Oliver tried to shut him off,
eff, as justice of the Supreme Court, he
decides the Oil Trust and Tobacco Trust
cases before they properly are before
him.
Copies of Measure Net Availabie.
Mr.. Bennett tried to show that printed
copies of the bill were available. That
proved TO be a mistake, but he urged at
measure be printed on the calendar and
considered tomorrow in connection with
the last edition, which was in print.
Mr.. Conklin. of New York, asserted
that the Governor attempts TO browbeat
a coordinate branch of government,
which has passed an honest opinion on
piece of legislation"
Ice tod .r,,c S=>I7+
give him all he wants here and now.
said the belligerent Conklin.
I'm Supremacy amused at these re-
marks about pressure" retorted Mr.
Green. There's not q man here who
dares say the Governor ever has treated
piece of legislation which came before
| him except on its merits. He never We
/ tced bill because of the attitude of It's
| intrnducer regarding his recommends
tons Not even his bitterest enemy
would dare say anything else. Pressure.
who here feels uncomfortable under the
pressure which results from the Gov
ernor's speeches TO the people? If any
/ body does, it's time to change our sys-
tenn of government There's another
/ kind OF pressure in use here, Mr.. Conk-
| lin a very different kind from the Gov
/ ernor's."
Closure Rule Shuts Of Green.
AT that moment, under the closure
rule. air. Green WAS shut off from fur
i Their speaking, somewhat to the relief
OF his opponents. who did not want
specifications about that other kind OF
pressure.
/! Mr.. Green has been running around
1 this chamber all the afternoon threat
ening that if we don't pass this bill We
I shall be called back in extra session,
declared Assemblyman Jesse Phillips,
land now we hsIe the extraordinary
! spectacle Of the executive sending a
message indicating what he will do on
a bill which has not yet reached him.
He might just as well sent that MESA &c
at the beginning of the session. / don't
want TO talk about the pressure exerted
in favor of the Hinman-Green bill by
men commonly called bosses. 1 don't
want 10 name the members whipped
into line for that bill
Assemblyman weimert, of Erie.
aroused the Speakers ire by declaring
that the Rules Committee hadn't actu-
ally and formally reported the Cobb bin.
Mr.. weimert is mistaken replied
the Speaker with some heat He went
into q detailed account Of the Rules
Committees action
Mr.. Green's motion TO postpone con-
sideration of the bill until tomorrow
was lost by q vote of % to SO
Then Just as the bill was about 70 be
nassed. Mr.. Bates sprang his surprise
He called attention TO the fact that I'M
der the rules bin should be considered
section by section. He insisted on that
being done, and the Speaker reluctantly
was forced to cencede that Mr.. Bates
was within his rights.
Il am perfectly willing to stay here all
night" said Mr. Merritt. We're here
because we're here Go it: / shan't pre-
vent anybody from talking who wants
| to-
Il want the Speaker TO be sure that
nobody is excused" shouted Smith, Of
Tamrnany. as the other Smith twin, the
clerk. began a weary task of reading the
49, page bill.
REST assured that nobody will be ex-
cused,' replied the Speaker. There are
13S men here who can stand this as well