The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-10
LEGISLATURE NOT TO-
QUIT UNTIL APRIL 10
Budget for Next Fiscal Year
on Desks Now TO Prevent
Last Hour Rush.
NO DIRECT TAX THIS YEAR

ALBASy. April 9.-Thc Republican
Legislature leaders when they return to
Albany tomorrow may be more anxious
TO end the legislative session than they
were before they left. for New ork city
on Friday to attend tho meeting OF the
Republican state committee.
Long Z the Assembly adopted a res
olution providing for maj adjournment
on April 6. and had the Senate ac-
qulesced the Legislature would have
been out Of the way before this meeting
and there would have beef less oppor-
chamber In shaping the vote Of the COM
mittee.
1t had been generally agreed a week
ago that the Legislature would adjourn
next Saturday. but for some reason the
session is to be extended over into the
following week and the adjournment In
not likely to take place until April 10
or 20.
The budget for the next fiscal year.
commencing July /. Is printed and on the
desks Of the members OF the Legislature,
and II IL not much of a departure from
the budget suggested by Gov. Whitman
either in construction or the total OF
appropriations.
Usually the appropriations contained
IN this budget are passed during the last
t~wenty.four hours OF the session without
being In printed form. n his IN a de-
cidcd departure from previous sessions.
when those interested would not know
Just what appropriations had passed the
Legislature until the bill was printed
a week after the Legislature had ad-
journed.
The Brown bills designed to relieve the
financial stress Of New York city will
pass the Senate. Assembly. and be APP
proved by the Governor this week. II is
believed.
New York city will be helped most by
tn, determination of Gov. whitman.
Comptroller Travis and the Republican
legislative leaders that n direct tax will
be unnecessary hits year. The L~gisla-
ture Is to pass bills this week to bring
In more than $4,000. 900 Of revenue from
Indirect sources. including an increase
In the liquor tax and the inheritance
taxes.
The Thompson Investigating Commit
tee and the New York city Public Ser
vice Commission are at l~oggerheads 1t
to just what amendments should be
made to the Public Service Commission
law. The Thompson committee wants
W tdh' Nv Cup"hN ''ibN' ~ ~
away from the Public Service Commits
sion TO provide that in all rate reduc-
ton complaints "a reduced rate shall take
eject from the time OF the filing OF the
complaint instead Of on the date Of the
inai order of the commission Akin, the
rate. while the Commission wants 10
keep It's subway construction work and
to take away from the public service
corporations the right a. 60 to th" courts
TO review a rate decision Of the COM
mission.
The upshot OF the situation may he no
legislation upon the question AZ AL In
view OF the fact that Nh. major ques-
tions a. issue raised by both the Thomr-
son .mmittee and the Public Service
Commission were discussed at great
length in the Constitutional Convention
committee on public service AS well az
on the floor OF the convention and the
convention refused to Civ the stamp of
It's approval TO such radical suggestions.
II Is expected that the woman suffrage
constitutional amendment will pass the
Senate this week
The Legislative reapportionnent hill II
abou, completed and u II expected that
the Senate and Assembly will come to u
ready agreement upon the measure and
that the passage IL the apporticnment
In tho Senate apd Assembly viii not
be the occasion of such strife a. marked
the passage OF legislative apportionments
In the past.