The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-08
fight FOR SENATE LEADER ON
LATEST LSNEUP ~ % FOR CORs
AND - ron Davis.
BIn An ending tire napla Transi' Act
Prepared ~ the Puhlls service Gem
ualsnIsa- nesela1lSa Adopted Urgaaa
PVomeGi@n ~ Gea. Danssl q. alchlea.

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! President pro ten OF the senate to sue
coed senator Aids. Another caucus OF
Republican Senators may be held soma
! NIGHT this week to select the President
( pro tenn. and the Republican leader Of the
senate. The plans tonight were to hold
thin onccua tomorrow night The lineup
to-night was a. follows:
Eor Cobh BrouRh Of Manhattan. All.
BsIrlinRame Gledhill sRd kissel OF Brook
i'm: Goats Of Franklin. Emerson OF Warren.
Grattan OF Albany. Grinath Of wayne.
Heacock % HerkiIner. Dewitt OF CayuEa.
Holden ~ syracuse. Plat Of S'euben.
Wainwright Ct wesiche-teT. WtteT OF
AIIeghany and Meade aud white OF Mon
roe Il;
For Davts-AIl.n ~ RsnsAaIaer. Bracket
Of saratosa. Cordts Of Ulster. Davenport
Of On@ida ia milton Of Chautauana. Hil
Of Tr,s Hinman Of Broome. Hubbs OF SUI
folk. MacEenyie Of Niagara. AGnsw and
Newcomb Of Manhattan. Rose Of Orange.
schlosaer Of Columbia and Travis Of Kings
H.
In. votes Of Senstors Agnew and
RurIingame were in doubt tonight
Ther- ere thirty-hve Republican Sena-
tori OF oourse Senators Aids and Con-
rer will not attend the CAUCUS and u ~
expected that neither Cobb nor Davis will
vote on the S-opcsit.on TO name a Re-
puI,licnn Ieadcr. Cobb and Davis did not
attend the oonss~ence last week
~ 10 understood that Senator Aids
will indicate in some manner to-mor-
row that ne viii not bC 4 candidate again
for President pro tenn in any event. and
this announcement will remove the OBJ
lee,ion Edvanced at the conference a
49, At -
iority leader az this time might prejudice
IN. pending AIds-Conger case.
senator Brough Of Manhattan. and
AssemblytnAE Warren !. lee Of Hinge
have introduced a hill amending the
rapid transit act. Tho amendments were
prepared by the Public Service Com
mission. One Of them makes Il clear
that a subway may be operated by NOV
ing platforms. Another amendment
allows the contractor who contracts
for equipment and operation Of the sub
way 80 purchase his eisctricity instead
Of building q power plant. The rights
Of the city &C the time when Il takes over
the subway are carefully guarded.
Another amendment allows the Com-
mission 70 rent real estate acquired Tor
rapid transit purposes in order that
revenue may he derived Tor the bene-
ne q the city between the time 81 its
uae for rapid transit purposes and 10
sale az public auction. The corporation
counsel may provide clerks a. ccndem-
nation ogiicers.
New York members 81 the ASSEMBLY
especially tho ITammany members. op-
poaed the bill ~ Assemblyman Cohey oi
" estchsater giving Mount Vernon ths
right TO tap the Croton acuueduct which
/ fnruiehe- New York city With water
Mayor Fiak ~ Mount Vernon headed a
, delegation TO visit the Legislature. IN.
stating that the measure was neSded
badly The hill was defeated after q long
debate Assemblymen Lewis StiIyvesani
3 Chanler and lance Oliver again breaking
away from the Tammany members 60
support the hill The vote on " was ~
noes 90 IN aye~. Mr. Cchey made motion
motion was laid On the table until TO-
morrow. When another effort will b. mace
to reocue the It'll
Majority Leader Merritt had . r~sol1l-
ton unanimously adopted by the A
sambly requesting Representatives trUSn
this State in the United States senate
and House Of Representative 70 give
their support 20 the tall authorizing the
President "a promote Major-tlen. Daniel
RdRar Sichles Ia ths grade 81 Lieutenant
? NsfuNfMl ana NNoNNuNhN N"fNFtu-ilN
D~mocrats and Republicans alike took
/ ocrmFion 70 praise Cen. Strikes. Sone ~
the membsrs announced that gave
I them SPECIAL pleasure TO add word fOT
I the RESOLUTION becauee " came from Inc
so0 o. the honored hero Gen. D.. A. MeT-
ritt. who served side by side in the civil
war with Gen Sickle- Mr. oliver ~ New
4 YORK. also referred 10 the faCf that the
| present Speaker % the HOUSE vas . grand
500 % the distinguished Gen. Wsd-vorth
ard that the Sickles resolution Waa going
through under patriot &c conditions highly
Xs.-mbIvman n. n Clarke 81 Sleeps.
head Bay gave the Assembly q laugh
fortnight when he offered a resolution
nrorOa~d TO appoint q committee u no
less than ten Senators and twenty Assem-.
blyTnen tn formally welcome the Hon
Theodore Roos~ve.t hack IN New York
city The resolution called for an Rp-
preparation Of roo. Mr. Merritt gave
the wink and u vas hustled To its doom
hi the Ways and Means Committee
When the ball Of Asssmblyman CaIlar
NJ Columbia 10 give the state Depart
ment OF Weights and Measures power q
insp4ot taxicab meters and attach hi'
aeal 70 them when m proper condition
was reached in the Assembly to-nigh
Amendments were shot into IL from ever
side. The ball In 10 original form merely
exempted New York city from the scrutiny
Of the sealer Of weights and measures
Half a DOZEN Assemolymen wanted thei
districts eliminated from the provisions
OF the ball. Finally an agreement ws'
reached 70 withdraw tho amendment.
now. advance the bill 10 third readins
and then stay 10 IN good shape when !
comes up for final IasSage.
This senate tonight passed Senator
Hubns's biIi doing away with tho op~F
season for deer on Long Island on the hrsf
two Wednesdays and the fret two , ridayI
after ths first Tuesday IN November Of
each year Ssnator Hubba's bill provides
that there shall b. TO op-n season for deer
on Long Island fc- . psriOd Of thr - yeArs
He inaiats that this law 10 necessary u ths
dear on Long Island are not TO be sx.
terminated. and he points out that II there
N A closed ~esson u also will mako u
! possible for game protectors 20 catch
poachera Who now operate because 81 ths
few dsys open segson granted for deeI
shooting on the island
4 bill introduced by Senator FrawIey
n 4 y +, !. +. Il, 4 ! \,