New-York tribune., 1911-12-30
Amid Wild Disorder, Measure Is
Lost by 80 to 81; Absentees,
2; Not Voting, d; After
TWo-Hour Fight.
CONNOLLY HEADS REVOLT
Fusionists Will Prepare Code
Now-"We Done the Best We
Could" Kenneally Says-No
Tears in Mayors Office,
Where Trouble Has
Been Averted.

Been Averted.
Tammany aldermen failed to put IL
across" They were defeated yesterday
In trying TO pass through the board the
proposed new building code, which mas
been attacked on all sides az showing
discrimination In favor of the hollow tile
business, In which Tammany men ara
said to be interested. At times there
were scenes OF the widest disorder.
dozen or more aldermen trying to talk
at once.
The final vote was "a in favor Of the
code TO 80 against It, 1t required only
forty votes for passage, and the Tam
many leaders in the Board OF Aldermen
thought they had them, as they have
controlled the board for two years. -Four
members did not vote. and two were
absent
Borough President Connolly Of Queens
and Alderman Dujat, the new Demo-
cratic leader In Queens. and Aldermen
Drescher and Hoertz, of Brooklyn. all
straight Democrats. voted against the
code. Aldermen Cole and Fink, Demo-
crafts from Richmond, refused to vote. as
did Finnigan, Democrat, OF Brooklyn.
The Democrats also lost the votes OF
Aldermen Ehntholt, of Queens. and van
Nostrand, of Manhattan. who have voted
regularly with them for two years, al
though elected on a Fusion ticket Al
dermen Mulhearn, Finley and Markert.
other ius'cnists, who have often voted
with Tammany, opposed the code An
other, Alderman Fagan, did not vote
The only member elected on Repub-
lican and fusion ticket two years ago TO
vote for the code was Goodwin. OF The
Bronx. He has been voting for the most
part with Tammany for some time.
The failure to pass the code was
great blow to Tammany men, who CON-
fidently expected to put 1t through at
what was the last meeting of the Tam
many board. On New Years Day the
new board will be organized by the
fusionists, and they will at once devote
themselves to preparing a code that VIII
meet the best judgment Of experts in
building, fire prevention and the safe
guarding of human life. while at the
same time discriminating III favor of no
material as against any other of equa!
excellence.
While the voting was going on James
Gaffney, a friend of Charles +. Murphy
was in an anteroom doing his best TO
encourage those who were trying TO pass
the code. Boss" McCooey of Brooklyn.
also had representative to keep his
men in line.
Alderman Dowlng, the majority leader
in the board, had the able assistance OF
Vice Chairman Bent, who was In the
chair, in his efforts to put through the
code. When it was all over both Bowling
and Kenneally, chairman OF the commit
tee that presented the code, showed how
thoroughly chagrined they were. They
did not acknowledge 1t in their speech.
however.
"vote Speaks for Itself" Bowling Says.
1.-THE vote speaks for itself" That
was all that Dowling would say.
"I have no regrets" said Kenneally,
who is Charles +. Murphy's alderman.
"I did not ask single man to vote for
the code. The Democrats did not stand
By us. AS to whether the new board
can pass a code, I would say that X
they can get the various interests to-
gether they will be able to do some-
thing. That. however, seems an almost
impossible task"
Unofficially it was learned that no
tears were shed in the Mayors Office be-
cause the code did not go through. II
saves them from the embarrassing task
OF passing upon 1t.
The lineup on the final vote. which
was for the passage OF the code. was as
follows: