The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-21
TWO CENT FARE BILL
IN ASSEMBLY AGAIN
Measure Revives Rate Rcduc-
ton That Was Vetoed
by Gov. Hughes.
BULL MOOSE INDIGNANT
Sight Of Sulzer Alone on Pet
Social Welfare Committee
Grieves Them.

ALBANY, Jan. 2o.--Both houses OF the
Legislature met and adjourned In n few
minutes to-day and probably will mark
time for the rest Of the week. the actual
business beginning next Monday night
when the Assembly will take final action
on the adoption of new set OF rules
Assemblyman John L. sullivan OF
Chautauqua introduced a bill prohibiting
railroads from charging more than 2
cents mile for passenger fare. but
giving the Public Servic' Commission
power TO exempt any read from the
measures provisions If It can prove to
the commission that II cannot carry pas
sengers for 2 cents n mile.
Assemblyman sullivan also introduced
a bill amending the full crew bill passed
last year by giving the Public Service
Commission authority to exempt from its
provisions any railroad that can show
that the law is unjust In its specific case.
Senator Foley and Assemblyman knight
of Wyoming introduced IA bill providing
| for injunction proceedings to close dis
| orderly houses The bill defines such
places as nuisances and provides that any
, person or official may apply TO supreme
Court Judge for an Injunction closing the
| place, and IL the nuisance is proved the
house cannot be used for any purpose for
| "A year.
Another bill by Assemblyman knight is
designed to do away with oral book
making at racetracks.
Progressives Are Sore.
| The Progressives do not take kindly
to the fact that William Sulzer IL the
only man elected on their ticket who has
secured a place on the Social Welfare
| Committee of the Assembly. This com
mittee Is new and was advocated by the
Progressives In their platform. They de-
clare now that the Republicans stole thelr
thunder. and then Speaker Sweet added
| insult TO injury by not naming regular
Progressive on the committee as Sulzei
calls himself a Progressive Democrat
A score of the Progressive Assembly
men called on Gov. Glynn to-day in
body 10 ask him to designate Justice
Samuel s. Seabury OF New York city a.
an Associate Judge Of the Court OF Ap
peals to succeed Judge Hiscock.
The Assembly committee which Is e
determine the action on the various invcs
! tigation resolutions which have been intro
duced In the lower House will meet mex
Monday with Majority Leader Hinman
! who issued II call to-day. The big ques
II ton to be settled is whether the com
mittee can be organized and permitted
spend the States money by the Assembl,
alone or whether action will be required
| by the Senate too. Section Il or TIT
legislative law provides that no appro
priations shall be authorized except b,
| concurrent action OF both houses. whil
section So permits either house to au
thorize a committee TO spend money 70
hearings or Investigations outside the cit.
OF Albany.
Would Amend Sullivan Law.
Assemhlyman Conkling Of New Yorl
introduced n bill to-day giving captains o
police in first class cities authority 4
issue licenses for carrying concealed weap
ons and eliminating from the Sullivan
gun law the provision making II mis-
demeanor for person over ls years o
age to carry n concealable firearm with
out n license.
Mr. Conkling also introduced bills pro
hibiting the issuance OF chauffeur
license to any person convicted or
felony. requiring operators OF automobile
TO be 81 years OF age. and making a
automobile owner guilty OF a msdemeano
II he hires chauffeur under age.
, Senator Foley of New York has hi
giving women teachers In the sevent
and eighth grades Of New York school
the same salaries as male teachers.
! Legislative leaders told to-day Mrs
Harriet stanton Blatch. the surfrag
leader. and her daughter. Nora Defores
that they saw no objection to the passag
OF the bill permitting women TO act a
watchers at the polls when their const
tuticnal amendment In being voted or
This will be in November. 1915. II tn
| next Legislature passes the amendment
Mrs. Rlatch and her daughter saw man
leaders, all Of whom said they expecte
the bill would go through.