The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-14

director can a minority coterie OF stock
holders get recognition and access to
the financial affairs Of the corporation.
said Mr.. Marshall.
MIR. Breed of Breed. Abbott 4 Nor
gan attorneys for New York city fnan-
cial institutions. declared the sueCes-
lions were revolutionary and tina, tbers
was no demand for such n violent
change In the law governing corpora
lions.
Mr.. Marshall admitted that cumulative
voting bills had failed in the Legisla.
ture for several years.
Gerry society wins Fight.
The Gerry society and other private
charitable organizations are not to be
brought under the inspection OF the state
BOARD OF Charities. The committee on
charities. OF which James w. Wads-
worth Is chairman. decided to-day by a
vote or ? to 4 to table the wadsworth
amendment favored by President Will
lam Rh~inelander Stewart Of the State
Board OF Charities which would require
the board to visit all societies and aseo-
CITATIONS under either public or private
control and all societies., whether in
corpora;ed or unincorporated. which
shelter or otherwise deal with dependent
or delinquent minors or those without
proper guardians. including all reforma-
tories and institutions for the mentally
deficient. including e~pileptice.
The State board thus would have had
power to report on the receipts and ex-
penditures OF these private societies and
institutions. The Gerry society vigor-
ously fought the amendment. declaring
that II was an attempt to override a
Court Of Appeals decision that the Gerry
society was without the Jurisdiction OF
the State board. Representatives OF
various private institutions opposed il
also. including the Masonic Home at
Utica.
The committee decided to report favor
ably the Steinbrink amendment continu-
ing the State Hospital Commission as IL
exists and giving IL the management
and fiscal control Of the State hospitals
for mental diseases"
This action indicates that the COM
mittee is not in favor of n board Of con-
troll to supervise charitable and insane
institutions. az well as State prisons and
reformatories. A subcommittee. with
Russell Virgins chairman. was appointed
to GO over pending amendments affect
ing the State Hospital Commission with
a view to determining IL any of their
provisions should be incorporated in the
Steinbrink amendment.
Raise In Legislators Salaries.
Chairman Edgar T. Brackets COM
mittee on legislative organization de-
cided in favor of a proposed amendment
increasing the salaries of Senators and
Assemblyman from $1,000 to 81. 500 and
allowing each legislator travelling cx-
penses between Albany and his homo
once a week instead of only once in a
legislative session as at present.
There was a sharp debate on the
fnntinp Sanafnr Rruckptt- tho chairman
who opposed IL. said:
This increase would mean an ad-
dition of . 600 a year. and I don't
think you can load the constitution with
many such increases II you want TO have
1t adopted by the people"
The committee voted down a proposal
to double the length OF legislators
terms.
The proposition to give each OF the
sixty-two counties at least one As.
semblyman, no matter how small its
! population. was adopted. 1t was de-
! cided that county lines shall be retained
in a%pportioning Assemblymen among the
counties.
These two LIST propositions were Wig
orously fought by Alfred +. Smith and
other Democrats on the committee.
To-day's action of the Bracket COM
m.ttee makes it apparent that all eff
forts TO treat New York city fairly by
the Republican delegates have been
! abandoned and the city Is to continue
to suffer from overtaxation
The proposition to give to every
county at least one Assemblyman,"
said Assemblyman A. f. Smith. who il
also a member OF the Bracket COM
mittee. operates to reduce the repre-
sentation OF Greater New York in the
Assembly by at least a dozen Assembly
men. The 1910 Federal census shows
that twenty-nine upstate counties each
have less than so, 600 citizen population.
yet w are asked to continue tn policy
of giving each Of these counties an As
semblyman.
1.-THE Republican county of Jefferson
has a population OF SO,291, st. Lawrence
has SO. 0O5 and Duchess 1851. yet each
county gets two A~ssemblymen. while the
Democratic county of Richmond. with a
population of S.. 900. receives only one.
so that any way you take 1t this con-
dition is against the interest OF New
York city"
After ~favoring higher salaries for leg
i~slators the committee in a spirit Of
economy voted to eliminate from the
constitution the present provision which
Compels the Legislature to have an emu
meration of the inhabitants Of the State
every ten years. The plan Is that leRis-
lative appointments hereafter shall he
DdSeu uUOH ne FeutIdi tSbSuS, ar 'fle
present State cnumerations cost about
$500. 900. which Assemblyman Alfred r,
Smith insisted was al absolute waste
of the peoples money.
A hot fight is promised over the pro-
posal to extend civil service favors to
Spanish American war veterans, who
have been seeking the same recognition
under the constitution AS Is accorded
to civil war veterans. The convention
committee on civil service has finally
decided to give Spanish American war
veterans preference for appointments
when they pass competitive eXamina-
tons and get on the civil service list,
Rush Rhees. chairman OF the committee
on civil service. and George w. Wicker
sham voted against giving this prefer
ence and will fight ii on the floor of
the convention. Thu committee, how
ever. voted against giving II additional
preference in promotion or retention In