The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-21
THOMPSON GETS
TILL JULY,.BUT
WITHOUTFUNDS
Senate Rejects Amend
ments Stopping Inquiry
and Paying Debts.
X
JUST TEN HOURS LATE

ALBAHy, April 20-Statc senator
George f. Thompson has until July |
to continue the taking Of testimony III
his committees Investigations OF the
public service commissions and corpora
tions. but he has no money TO pay the
expense of his committee. The Senate
refused to-day to Cuncu" IN the Nssemhly
amendments to the Senate resolution ap-
propria,ing $4,000 tr the expenses ot
the Thompson committee.
The Assembly had amended this r"so-
lutlon by providing that the Thompson
committee should end It's Investigations
at once md do nothing more than sub
init It's rcpor, to the Legislature and gave
the committee $4,000 10 pay it, bills
up to date. II had been expected the
Senate would concur in the Assembly
Amendments. but Senator Thompson
again was able Ia impress his person
ality upon a conference of Republican
Senators. who decided not TO end his
work abruptly.
II was more thar ten hours after the
time set fo~ final adjournment that the
Senat and Assembly wer. ready To wind
y vp their business at ? O'Clock Tonight.
There were the usual floral decorations
in each house and the presentation OF
JcWtllN anu 'NItl tDNtllN tlIl'liC NV 'hi
ers Of both houses. The Boys Band of
the Catholic Piotcctory had is annual
visit to Albany and played patriotic airs
about the Capitol during the recess OF
the Senate and Assembly IN the after
noon.
Thompson Bills Fail.
Tho Legislature did not pass any OF
the bills introduced TO carry out TN.
Recommendations uf the Thompson cu,n-
mittee OF any hut ono of the bills chang
Ing the public service commission law
favored ny The New York cit, Public
Service Commission which were intro
duced by Senator Eurlingame The one
Burlingame hill passed provides that :.
Jury may impose a penalty ui-on a cor
porition for violating orders of the Pub
lie Service Commission in any amount
less than $4,000, instead of being con-
nned 10 that maximum amount.
The most important Of the bills which
allied We're the Thompson and Slater
measures. taking from corporations tn.
right Of review by "ertiorari Of orders
Of the Public Service Commissions IN
rate cases. establ!sninc "A special rapid
transit commission IN New York city to
carry on the subway construction worn
n the Thompson rate reparation hill.
The only gas rate reduction bill passed
by the LEGISLATURE was the one e.,ah-
fishing an "a cent rate In the Thirt!tth
n Thirty-tirSt wards of Brooklyn, AL
though so cent rate bills affecting the
Queens and Bronx borutghs were on the
general orders calendar in the Senate.
Two important legislative PROPOSITIONS
were decisiNeIy disposed OF before ad-
Journmen'.
COnsOln tiOn for Teachers.
The Senate gave the New York city
school teachers some consolation by
passing their pension btll by "A vote OF
-. 81 to 10, and IT was hurried to the As
hembly. where a similar bin had al
ready been votcd upon ana lost iwic.
before. The Rules Committee refused ~
give the pension bill a third change.
The Assembly passed senator Mllls's
bill providing for the payment of back
pensions To New York city school teach
ers entitled to receive them. This bill
was rushed through the Legislator,
when II was found hat The compromise
pension bill was not 10 become "A law.
The Assembly also j, tedted the Sen.
ate bill proposing to establish IA State
constahulary by - Nut. of ayes -, noe.
81. Without opposition the Assembly
adopted the resolution giving Senator
Browns commute. investigating tn,
finances Of New York city AN additional
appropriation of $4,000 and continuine
It's existence throughout the summer. II
also adopted senator Wicks's resolution
creating a commission to look into tn,
butter and egg industry in the state.
The Assembly passed Senator Walters's
bill providing that in foreclosure sales
in New York county the Judge issuing
the order shall name therein the two
daily newspapers in which the sale.
shall he advertised. Now the referee
~designatcs the newspapers. and 1t I,
claimed an advertising agency has q
MONOPOLY on the placing of much o.