New Britain herald., 1917-04-19
ENEMIES
 TASTE DEFEAT
Second Attempt to Pass Davis Bill Is Unsuccessful

< year and the boxing commission is to s continue doing business at the old stand. That was made practically 2 4Ond time the assembly failed to pass s the Davis bill. which sought the repeal sof the Frawley law.
 The bill suffered worse defeat than it met, when it lacked only two ] Of the requisite seventy-six votes to ! pass it. In the assembly last night. after a fight which Speaker Sweet waged and in which he threw his per- sona1 influence with force, but unsuc- $ cessfully. the bill received only 70 5 votes. to 50 cast against it. Several democrats who voted for the bill changed yesterday and with them went the two socialist members
 The Slater bill. similar to the Davis bill, still is in the senate. Speaker Sweet said last night he did not be- lieve that bill would be passed by the senate and thrust upon the house for sA third vote. although he was pre- pared to tackle it again if the senate passed the Slater measure. This was looked upon last night as extremely doubtful. The administration is tired of the fight and must put its efforts to other and bigger things in the short time before adjournment.
 McCuc Again in Ring.
 A good deal ~of the. credit for the success of the fight against the Davis bill must be accorded to Assemblyman Martin McCue, democrat, of New York, who Is a former professional boxer. McCue battled as he had not fought in his best bouts in the ring. He was all over the measure and then he took the floor against it. Assem- blyman John G. Malone of Albany, whose amendment to the Frawley law created the three man paid commis- sion, fought against Speaker Sweet and succeeded in getting many repub- licans in line against the speaker and Gov. Whitman.
 Lively scenes attended final dispo- sition and burial of the Davis bill. At the outset Democratic Leader Callahan protested against the bills being called up again so soon after it failed of passage Tuesday. Assembly, man Davis felt confident of putting it over yesterday and had assurances ; of the speaker that he would lend his aid to carry out the governors wishes. Supporters of the bill were keenly chagrined, however, when it began to appear in the course of the roll call that they were still lacking a sufficient number of votes to pass it.
 A score or more of assemblymen of both parties crowded into the we'll of the chamber demanding announce ment of the vote. There were enough republican assemblymen somewhere in the capitol" Speaker Sweet insist ed. who should be summoned to the assembly to vote.
 The sergeant-at-arms looked high and low for the missing, but in vain. Speaker Sweet left the rostrum and with pad in hand went personally through the assembly chamber check ing up this and that assemblyman. He obtained several who changed their votes from the negative to the affirmative merely out of personal compliment to the speaker.
 Hunt for Missing Members.
 There was delay of an hour or more during which the attaches of the assembly scurried about to hunt up the missing members who had not been excused under a close call of the house and who the speaker insisted were within reach but under cover and dodging the bill.
 While the speaker was endeavorinG to, get enough of the missing votes to pass the bill Assemblyman Law of Westchester was acting speaker. As semblyman Welch of Albany insisted upon points of order until the speaker abruptly resumed the gavel.
 "As long as I am speaker of this assembly," declared Speaker Sweet, 'l am game enough to take defeat as well as victory. but l want you to understand that there are members oi the assembly in the capitol who are coming in here to vote. If they vote in the negative all right; I'm good loser, but they are going to vote jus: the same"
 Speaker Sweet turned over the gave to Assemblyman Law again and re stunned his missionary work on the floor. In the final roundup there were but seventy votes on record fol the bill. Three assemblymen wht voted mo" informed the speaker tha they were ready to vote for the bil If three more could be converted The effort in this direction failed:
 Sweet q Good Loser.
 The republicans who voted agains the bill were Baxter Bell, Blakely e Bourke, Cheney, Danser, Dobson, Ell. lenbogen, Gardner, Gaylord, Kasson Kenyon, Malone. Marsh, N. J. Miller IT. c. Mitchell, Noyello, Perlman Simpson, A. Taylor, Welsh, Trimmer man. and Shiplacoff and Whitehorn socialists.
 Assemblyman Merritt of Sullivan was the only democrat who voted fol the bill.
 The absentees were Assemblymar Aranow, Burr, Donnelly, Donohue Goldberg, Lafrenz Larney. Levy, Nc. Donald. Schimmel and Parsons dem.