New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-07
Adjournment Delayed y
Split Between Senats
Leaders and Governor
Insurgents May Yield
Party Chiefs Trying to In.
Up Republicans on Whit.
mans Side
IRON . s,sr Correspondent q, m. rrsu.

From s'sT Correspondent n he rrsr.t
Albany, May 6.-Bsrring a Senss.
surrender or compromise on local m.
ton legislation, the Legislature seen.
further away from final adjournr,r,
now than it was a week ago. Also. n.
Senate leaders having split with C.s.
ernor Whitman, who has the Asssmk,
on his side, both houses face the pos.
bility Of an extra session. The Ca.
ernor told Senator Hill and AssemS,.
man Wheeler, authors Of the local a..
ton bill. that he would call the len.
lators back to Albany if they failed \
pass a satisfactory local option ma.
ure. Following the break with IA.
Senate on Friday, he announced IA,
the fight for the bill had just begun
1t is expected, however, that bess,.
the Hill-Wheeler bill is called up "a,
final passage Tuesday, enough ReppA.
licans will have returned to the Coz.
ernor's side so that the Senate amen.
ment, whlch q Objectionable TO the A..
sembly and the Governor, will 4.
stricken from the bill. The execu.i,.
committee of the Republican state ar.
ganization has been called uocn \,
bring the insurgents TO task, and n.
time Of adjournment depends upoa il,
efforts.
Brown May Lose Votes
The lineup on Tuesday will h.,.
new possibilities menacing to Senator
Elon R. Brown. majority leader. whsw
amendment halted the bill on FRIDAY
Sheridan, Democrat, and Marshall. R..
publican, who were absent on Fridss.
will Offset each others vote, for the
former will vote with Brown and the
latter with the Governors forces. Thi,
would give Senator Brown the REQUIRED
twenty-slX votes against any ATTEMPT
TO strike out his amendment, but Il,
Governor and George Glynn, state
chairman, feel certain that the four in.
surgents will not stand Dat.
The insurgents 80 Argetslnssr. OF
Rochester; Slater, " estchestzf:
Walters, of Syracuse, and Wiekx, =,
Oneida, all Republicans who refused
on Friday to vote against the Brown
amendment, showed signs OF wayerins
soon after the Governors snnouncs.
ment of fight" Argetsinger and WiSs-
voted for the Brown amendment snf
Slater and Walters voted present.
The local option split is on whetkr
the question submitted 10 local optsr
elections merely shall be "wets or
dry" or If four questions shall be sut
mitted which will permit people to ay
whether they shall prohibit salsops,
hotels, no-bar places or pharmscht
licenses. Senator Brown succeeded IN
combining the four questions In one
and the Assembly is against that prc,.
osition.
Important Bills Pending
If Senator Brown withstands efforts
TO strike out his amendment the ses.
sion's adjournment this week becomes
wellnigh impossible. II he is bestsr
the bill might be passed in one dsy
under an emergency message from the
Governor. Meanwhile both Senate and
Assembly have weighty cslendan 10
dispose Of. The burden OF importsrs
measures. aside from local option, nsv
liquor taxes and apportionment, b.
been shifted to the Assembly. The lxi.
ter must consider the following:
Local option again, new liquor tssss,
the Mills mercantile and manufsctsr.
ing corporation tax, the Brown ensr-
gency war bills, which are due for .
fight in the House; Senatorial and 81.
dermsnic appointments. the pubic
service reorganization bill and The
state convention bill. II is considered
unlikely that the Assembly will pass
either of the latter two measures. BE-.
cause the Governor is opposed 10 then.