New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-11
He Crushes Opposition to His blI'
Restricting Carrying of Dan
uerouS Weapons
"A BILL AGAINST MURDER
Tells Fellow Senators That Crime
Will Be Lessened, and Gives
Examples-Bill Passes
81 to 8.
tRr relorrarh to The Tribune J

cvercame logic in convincing fashioh TO-
dav when the Senate passed BIG I'm
Sullivan's bill restricting the posses
sion Of dangerous weapons by vote of
81 10 > Big Tim" wanted that Dill he
believed with all the force OF MS nature
that II would minimize reckless shoot
ings murders and gang fights. When
II was opposed he fought for it, man
fashion. i'm a characteristic speech which
s-inned every Senator and crumblcd the
opposition TO dust.
The bin makes II felony 10 carry
concealed weapon. requires the licensing
cf all persons who carry revolvers or
Guns which may be concealed. and COM
,els each person or concern selling re-
,.o,yers to keep record Of names and
occupstions Of persons buying them.
Senator Ferris. Of oneida County. in
ubose district are two arms factories.
attacked the bill a imperfect and un-
workable and unjust. Senator Bayne
seid il would prevent a mans having IN
ris own home a weapon for the protec-
,ion NJ that home Ferris declared That
Alabama had had such a law and re-
nealed IT. while in Italy with law
AGAINST concealed weapons there were
many murders. and in Germany without
such a law. very few.
Nc Trouble With Present Law.
.,rhe diffcultv is not with the present
,on." be said. It's with its enforce
n,ent Your magistrates fine men VINO
tote guns a cheap SO. They don't dare
-, won't enforce the laws. Let them
send gun carriers over the road for
Good long term instead Of Imposing
cbeap fines. and you'll find few conceaied
weapons"
"vyhv. I'd be afraid to talk against
this hill Ike that. on the level | Woulo'
rroke out Big Tim" at last after
O. cross- FIRE Of questions from FerllS'
There was q poor big fellow driving d"
auto truck up the East side the other
~t-bt lie nm over a little Italian o"E
be couldn't help IT, The boys tather
,..t control IF himself. and he shot that
.oo,. tjg fellow. He had children, ana
,ne hg ferer had children. That alone
ought to pass this bin. If 1t had oeen q
Ian. that Italian wouldn't have "au
pistol. . nos
Last saturday night there was .
coun1e n gangs hghting on the suee''
mother with a baby at her oreds'
came along. and she was shoI oe'''
That ought 10 pass this Dill
Now. 7 amt alone in wanting ,'''9
,,,le measure. There's lot ol
,aorle in the city club and the W.
cbsnts' Association and civic socleues
that think the only thing the 'ld''''
,rith the hin is that Tim sullivan eo'
q Here's p little list'-and ne Suo"A
q long. typewriter document at feIr's
soross the Senate chamber-"of some OF
those people who think we ought 70 pass
this hill don't know what you d caI'
,.ro b,,t down on the Bowery we say
they're a lot Of pikers' This with sar-
castle infection
Prominent Men Favor the Bill.
"rbere's the Merchants Association
nd The CITY club and District Attorney
whitman and Police Commissioner
Cronsev and the American Museum OF
Safety and Schiff-Jacob II. Sohin-and
Henry Clews and Isaac y. Seligman and
Rockefeller-John d. jr-a social ac-
ouaintance Of mine admitted Big
Tim" in an aside which sent the Senate
into A roar.
Then there's Nathan Straus-I sup
pose, maybe that man stands for good
eh?" went on Big Tim" while the Sen
ate and the crowds on the floor ana IN
the galleries listened eagerly to every
word. Down my way they think he
almost stands in the footsteps Of the
man who came on earth 1000 years ago
because of what he's done for the poor.
And there's ,tohn Clahin and Judge Fos-
ter and Judge Rosalsky and Judge Null
oueen-the judge Of every criminal court
In the city is for this bill. And there's
lots Of others.
This is a bin against murder. ! don't
know much about the Bible except what
I've heard Brother Bracket parlaying
On me for the last twenty-four years
and that's so much l feel as if / had
read the whole book But IL this bill
passes it will do more to carry out the
commandment Thou shalt not kill' and
save more souls than all the talk Of
an the ministers and priests in the state
Tor the next ten years"
Big Tim" sat down. his face flushed
Ferris had presented an amendment to
tlc bill seeking TO strike out Of II certain
essential features. lie called for a vote
and got four for his amendment. Then
tic bill was passed. Senators Bayne.
Ferris, Hcacock. in whose district Is an
arms factory, LOOmis and Thomas,
voting in the negative.