New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-19
SUPPLY BILL PASSED
Assembly Approves S4.150.00Q
for Deficiencies.
BUSY DAY IN LOWER HOUSE
Jackson Amendment, Clearing
Way for Employers Liabil-
ity Act, Goes Through.
lBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune /

Albany. July lS.-The Assembly to-day
passed tho annual supply bill Of the ma
jority leader. 4. 3. Smith. appropriatlnS
$4,000 for deficiencies in the appropria
ton bill. An hours debate preceded the
passage. in which the leaders of both
parties save the usual arguments charg-
ing each other with extravsgancc. In an
swcr to the criticisms Of the Republicans.
Majority Leader Smith said that the bill
was 100000 less than tho bill Of last year,
but Mr.. Merritt. the minority leader. de-
clared any saving in the amount provided
for in this years measure would 10 wiped
out long before the Governor got through
signing special appropriation bills.
The minority leader was caught mapping
when the vote was taken. While talking
with a friend during the debate he was
surprised 10 hear tho result of the vot"
on the BIZ announced. the vote being by
q rapid rollcall Ie insisted on a recon
sideration and another argument nnsued.
In closing il Majority Leader Smith criti-
cised the Republicans while in charge of
the states affairs. declaring that they
were guilty ~ business msmanaGement.
he also took occasion to rake Governor
the former Governor never consulted with
tho legislative leaders. and that no man
could be successful in rho Governors chair
without doing so. He said he wouldn I
accuse tho Republicans Of wasting money
or throwing ~ away, out they were care
less and extravaCant. which he believed
caused their defeat last fsll The results
Of this extravaganza. he said. had been
foisted on the Democratic party since ~
gained control
The Assembly also passed the ccnstitu-
tcnal amendment OF Assemblyman Jackson
which was drawn by the State Federation
Of Labor as a result of the decision Of the
Court OF Appeals i'm declaring unconstitu-
tional the employers liability act Of last
year \ similar measure. drafted 10y the
employers liability commission, has been
introduced by Senator Bavnn. and Is now
in the c-der Of general orders in tho Sen
ate. The Jackson amendment provides that
nothing in the constitution shall prevent
the Legislature from making provision for
the security and protection OF the lives,
health and safety of workmen, for COM
pensation FOR injuries 10 thcm caused by
accidents or otherwise arising out OF their
employment LOT insurance against acct
dents. sickness, invalidty and old age, and
for the good and welfare Of the state and
tho people Of the state
Assemblyman Wards bill 10 prevent the
indiscriminate use Of dynamite and bombs
and other explosives in furtherIng criminal
acts passed the Assembly.
other bills passed by the lower house in
cludo:
Senator T.. n. Sulliyans. giving the big
life insurance companies five years more
time In which 10 dispose NJ stocks and
bonds. the holding Of which is prohibited
nv tho insurance law.
Mr. Folcy's, making more stringent pro-
visions against the ms" of dark and poorly
ventilated rooms for living purposes.
ASST mblyman Pniiips's dividing tho state
into ten districts for supervision by tho
labor department. each district 10 have a
supervising inspector, and the number Of
deputy factory inspectors To be Increased
from sixty 10 eighty-fye
Senator Grady's. requiring freproot
rooms for moving picture apparatus.