New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-20
Salary Grabs, Bills Violating
Home Rule, Attacks on the
Merit System and Special
and Private Bills Galore.
NEW YORK CITY VICTIM
This Session May Guido Tam
many's Notorious Record
of1911-At Any Rate,
1t Has an Earlier
Start.
BY Telegraph to The Tribune.


Albany. Jan. 19.-lf. the Democratic
leaders of the Legislature stick to their
announced intention of having good
legislature this year. they Will bring
anguish to the hearts Of many OF their
devoted followers Though the session
is still Young. there has been a Veritable
food Of measures. and i'm 1t many
vicious bills-salary grabs. measures
violating the principle of home rule, to
which the Democratic party Is COM
mitted. proposals TO break down the
civil service law and all kinds IF spe-
cial and private legislation of the kind
which Governor Hughes mathematical,
and even Governor Dix vetoed-some-
times.
New York City is the particular VIC
tim Of the payroll grabs and the bulk
Of the vicious anti-home rule legisla-
ton. The Tammany record of 1871 was
had enough i'm the matter of ripper
bills and tinkering with the city's char
ter. but this Legislature has started in
even earlier than that one did on this
road. As The Tribune recently showed,
the first Senate bill of the year is a
salary boosting measure which takes
control he compensation Of New
York civ employees out of the hands
Of the local authorities
This is the bill by Senator "Christy'
Sullivan. putting the telegraph chief
inspector, foremen cable splicers, cable
spiders. fOremen lnemen. linemen.
wiremen. batterymen, assistant bat
terymen and groundsmen into the uni
formed force of the Fire Department.
The bill if it became law, would give
these men an interest in the Fire De-
partment pension fund, which they
have not now. This fund is supported
without contributions from the men.
The employees Of the telegraph bureau
ase not subjected to the dangers at
tcndant on the duties Of the men in the
Uniformed force But under this meas
uTc they would receive not only the
benefit Of the pension fund. but boosts
in pay which would make theirs CORE
soord with that Of the uniformed men.
The hill asserts them carefully into
GRADES 10 correspond with those Tor
tic uniformed fire fighters.
Measure TO Aid Policemen.
senator Griffin. of The Bronx, wants
ii raise the pay Of the sixth and sew
\ cath grade patrolmen in the New York
NJ pslicc force without the consent of the
" Board Of Estimate and Apportionment.
The minimum sslary of seventh grade
ratrolmar is $500 and of a sixth grade
patrolmar 5000 a year. The Bronx
Senator would legislate all these men
into the fifth grade, with salary
which the Board of Estimate cannot
reduce below $1,000 year
Senator Duhamel, of Brooklyn. is
looking after the teachers in the Brook
lyn Disciplinary Training School for
BOYS. lie wants them to receive the
same compensation a is now or here
after may be paid to teachers OF sim
liar classes i'm the public schools.
lI.,bc they will. TOO. for the Legislature
regulates the salaries Of school teachers
without regard to the Board Of Esti-
mate. even when a bill like the so-called
equal pay measure adds s2,5OO,OOO to
the city's budget.
eenator Blauvelt, of RichmOnd-Rock-
land. and Asscmblyman Mckee of
Richmond, would take away even the
mower the Board of Estimate now
has In fix salaries in the Office OF the
sheriff Of Richmond County Their bill
removing this power names the amount
NJ salaries they would like 10 see the
favored ones get--s2.50O year for the
under sheriff and the counsel to the
sheriff. and 81 800 a year TO the deputy
sheriff.
Asscmblyman Cuyillier wants the
timckeepers Of the New York City Fire
Department to have the rank and pay
81. 400 yoar-of first grade firemen.
Reinstatement After Hearing.
There is COnSlueIdble itBlSldNIoh PNu"'
ing in the interest of men cropped
from city departments on charges who
want to get back. These bills provide
for reinstatements after a hearing,
which means anything or nothing. A
few years ago the New York City
charter was amended to permit such
reinstatements in the Police Depart
ment. The amendment was general
one lobbied through by the friends of
policeman who couldn't succeed in
getting through bill which applied tc
his case only. The result of such rein
statements has been shown by he tes-
timonv of Commissioners Cropsey
before the aldermanic committee. He
said that men fired by him had been
put back by Waldo. He said also that
political influence was the power usual
IN applied in the effort 10 bring about
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