The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-30
.BAYNE ALBANY REPORT
APPROVED BY SENATE
Former Action Rcscinded. With
Attack on Brackett
Eliminated.
FINAL VOTE Is % TO u
Removal of Mayor. Commissioner OF
Public Safety and Police
Chief Favored.
FINAL VOTE Is % TO u

| ALBANY. March 20. The Senate adopted
| investigating committee which recon-
mends the removal of Mayor McEwan,
| Commissioner of Public Safety Cantine
and Chief of Police Hyatt and points out
| other grave allegations of abuse in the
affairs Of the administration Of Albany
, which is controlled by the political organ
ization of William Barnes. Jr., chairman
of the Republican State committee.
The Senate declined yesterday with the
aid of seven Democratic Senators. TO
accept the report. Six of these Senators,
Frawley. Cullen, Stilwell. the two Suli-
vans, Big Tim and Christy. and McAIanus
voted against the report and Senator
McClelland declined to vote. The Demo-
Gratis objecting to the report agreed
with the friends of Edgar T. Bracket,
Republican floor leader of the Senate,
that some reflection had been cast upon
him because he acted as counsel for Mr.
Barnes in the court proceedings sub
sequent to the investigation.
| Majority Leader Wagner agreed to-day
to eliminate the alleged reflection on
Senator Brackett and with the aid of a
| caucus OF the Democratic Senators the
consent of the ma jority was secured 10
receive the report Senator Big Tim
Sullivan, who from the outset opposed the
investigation. refused to attend the
caucus and voted against receiving the
report
Because of the widespread interest
in the report and a rumor that the Senate
intended to rescind its action and accept
I q, 81. ,lu
! crowded when Senator Bayne moved
that the report be- received. He explained
that some of the Democratic Senators
had refused to vote for the reception of
the report because of the reference to
| Mr.. Brackett. Senator Bracket jumped
up and demanded to know whether this
is new report or the same old thing"
| Senator Wagner replied il was "the
same old thing amended TO suit about all
of the Democratic Senators.
Senator Bracket protested against
the report and, while thanking the Sena-
tors for emilmating the reference TO him
! declared the document contained till
more severe reflection on Il former Sena-
tor, James i. McEwan. the Mayor of
Albany.
Majority leader Wagner insisted that
while the Republicans were asserting
that the report cast a serious reflection
on Chairman Barnes he had nothing 10
be ashamed Of" and that the report in
reality amounted to little.
! He declared that not one of the Bayne
committee went at the task of nvesti-
eating Albany until after he had been
urged repeatedly to accept that duty;
that nobody on the committee had any
grudge, political or otherwise. against
Mr.. Barnes. Mr.. McEwan. Mr.. Cantine
Mr.. Hyatt or any other official in the
Barnes administration
But this committee went to work con-
scientiously. honestly and fearlessly, /"
said Senator Wagner, "and it has done
no more than its duty. II is presenting
to the Legislature conditions in Albany
just "a they were found to be- and / be-
leve the people will not favor the atti-
tude OF the Republicans in attempting
to prevent the reception Of this report
There must he something in this report
that you fear or you Republicans would
not he fighting so hard to prevent the
Senate from getting it,"
senator Sage took up the recommen-
dations made in the report one after
another and endeavored to explain and