New-York tribune., 1910-05-26
SHORT BALLOT DEFEATED
Assembly Passes Only One OF SIX
Dana Amendments.
LONGER LEGISLATIVE TERM
Senate Kills Measure for New
Board of Pharmacy-Other
Business at Albany.
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Albany, May 25.-Assembiyman Dana oi
New York. to-day succeeded in passing only
one Of his series of six proposed constitu-
tional amendments affecting state officers
legislators and legislative sessions ne
measure which passed increases the term
of Senators from two to four years ana OIL
Assemblymen from one to two years. All
amendment of Assemblyman OConnor to
make the term of Senators only two years
was defeated The short ballot amenomeht
was the principal one of the hvs defeated'
1t provides that the only elective state OIL
GERS shall be Governor, Lieutenant Gov
ernor and Controller and that the Ateofheg
General, Secretary of State, engineer anu
treasurer be appointed by the IoFefhoi'
Assemblyman Dana. In speaking for the
measure. said that the average voter TOOK
no interest in the candidates for STATE OF
fees except the three at the head OF the
ticket. and that the others were merely Oh
clerical nature, anyway.
II disagree with the, proposed amend
ment.' said the majority leader, Mr.. Mer-
ritt ITO have the names of lot of candl-
dates on the ticket increases the interest OF
the voters. It educates them 10 be able 10
discuss the names of these candidates in
their clubs and other places. This proposi-
ton was beaten at the last constitutional
convention.
The minority leader Mr.. Frisbie. spoke IN
favor of the measure. The vote by which 1t
was defeated was Sc to 25
The other bills beaten increased the terms
of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor
from two to four years provided FOR pieh-
Ilial sessions of the Legislature. ana also
the compromise measures. providing for
long session one year and session or foft!
days the next.
Lonoer Season for Duck Shooting.
Actor defeating a substitute offered by
AssembIvman Lupton, the Assembly passed
the Forest, Fish and Game Department
measure. generally amending the game law
The substitute, among other things, pro-
vided for the extension of the duck shootns
season to January is, particularly Tot 'iie
benefit of Long Islanders.
Other bills passed were:
| Senator Cobb's increasing the salary OIL
the State Superintendent OF Weishts anu
| Measures to $500 a year and making MS
term of office five years
| AssemhIyman w G. Millers, creating
commission to inquire into the present dls-
+r;bution of population throughout the state
| of New York
Assemblyman Walterss, allowing the soie
of SKINNED milk. SKINNED milk cheese ana
milk powder in New York and Kings coun-
| ties.
| Auonr batch of measures put over
until tomorrow was the Agnew anti-orai
| betting bill.
The Senate to-day, by vote or % TO
~ defeated the bill providing for a new
state Board of Pharmacy. This measure
| ma ssed the Legislature last year, but was
! vetoed bv the Governor, because of certain
| changes in reference to the sale or I'M
pure and improperly labelled drugs, which
were cut out this year. Another attempt
will be made to pass the bill in the Senate
| tomorrow.
In spite of the opposition OF Senator
Grady, the Senate passed the bill of AS
scmblyman Brennan increasing the max
limum amount which certain henenclarfes
of the teachers pension fund in New YORK
may receive. 1t now goes TO Mayor Gaynof
for his approval. The measure provides
that the superintendent. district superin-
tendents and examiners may receive sum
equal to one-half their salaries. Senator
Grady's objection was that similar pro-
vision was not made for the women teach
ers.
Again, despite the protest of Grady. the
| Senate suspended the rules and passed the
| bill of Senator Agnew providing for bet
! for Identification of voters in New York
C,itv A similar bill by Assemblyman Ward
was defeated in the lower house yesterday,
but the vote was recons1dered to-day ahd
the bill passed by vote of S3 to 40
The Senate passed the Fowler bill re-
stricting the right of appeal to the courts
for the liberty of supposed insane persons
confined In state institutions. This is
known as the Harry Thaw bill.
The Allen Insurance Department DILL
which removes under certain resricuons
| the s150 600, 600 limit now placed upon the
amount of insurance that may be written
annually by life insurance companies was
passed without division. and now goes 10
the Governor.
| Another important measure that passed
wss the c. w. Phillips bill amending the
tax law by increasing from 81 to 50 the
minimum organization tax of stock cor
| nora tions which are taxed one-twentieth
of per cent upon the amount of capital
| stock.
Draper and PaIsts Disagree.
The bill which would permit the State
Historian to make copies of old records
filed in the Offices of county clerks was de-
faated nv a vote of 16 to Is. The Senators
who opposed it held that It would give the
State Historian too much power. The bill
lis designed to permit the historian to CO.
ordinate the records of counties as we'll as
Those of the state. In connection with this
measure there has been revealed a conflict
between the State Historian and the State
commissioner of Education. Commissioner
DRAPER believes that the historian should
be attached to his department, but State
Historian PaIsfts takes the position that
his work is entirely distinct from that of
1.-THE state Department OF Education.
BY vote of 50 to 4 the Senate passed
the bill of Senator Harte. refmbursing Fred
erick Skene for liability incurred by him
when, as State Engineer. he accepted In
ldemnity from automobile manufa cturers
for damage TO state highways when the
lBriarcliff races were held. The bill, which
was introduced and defeated last year. was
severely criticised then because of the
form in which it was drawn
| Senator T. D. SulIivans measure incor-
porating the Worlds Bible League was
also passed by the Senate. 1t makes the
league self-perpetuating and gives it broad
powers. 1t was opposed by several Sena-
tors, who said that while it might be the
object Of the association TO print and dis
tribute Bibles, the latitude given for other
business was too wide.
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