The evening world., 1920-04-26
Even as Beer Bill Brought
No Joy to Dispel Gloom
at the Wind-Up.
MEMBERS TIRED OUT.
Cheering Scenes of Adjourn
ment Conspicuous Only
by Their Absence.
By George buchanan Fife.
Especial staff Correspondent of The
EVENING Worldly

Evening Worldly
ALBANY. April 26.-MemberS OF
The august Legislature OF the State
OF New York finished the sessions
hbors and adjourned early yesterday
morning with their mouths, open.
Some had their tongues hanging out.
This eloquent gesture Of aridity was
more barefaced, as II were. in the
Assembly than In the Sanate, which
stickles somewhat for dignity, with
an accompaniment OF tail coats and
all that sort OF thing.
But there was good reason for II.
Had not the Assembly passed the
Senate's 2.75 Beer Bln7 Had not
. some elevated souls sung that pre-
historic folk-song, ''Glve Us a Drink,
,I3aftender!" for ringing moment
among the echoinE pillars and arches
OF the Capitors Midway" And also.
10 give n merry little humhp touch
TO the closing chapter. had not the
valiant Marty McCue threatened 10
bounce brass cuspidor Off the bean
of Mr.. Davey. counsel to the Anti
Saloon League? Yes. indeed. And II
seemed a very bad season for the
"Drys."
But, however cheering the lights
and scenes Of The waning hours may
have been for those fighting TO pre-
serve their personal liberty in alco.
hol, the open mouths and furry
tongues came OF none OF the things
, enumerated. The fact OF the matter
was that both the Senate and the
Assembly were "all in" when nd
1ournment OF the latter came at 2.25
o'clock Sunday morning.
MEMBERS ALL IN; END LIKE A
FUNERAL.
For hours on end the members of
both bodies had struggled impartiariy
with legislation and fatigue. They
had sagged down In their seats,
grateful even for the intervals OF rest
afforded by roll calls, and hoped that
the dronlng clerk would go on for
ever They had stuck their legs ana
arms this way and that, striYing to
get around the uncomfortable corners
2 Of their desks and chairs, and all TO
no purpose.
The upshot OF all this was that
the closing hours IN the Assembly
bore lifelike resemblance 70 a
funeral. The flowers, in vases OBJ
viously lent by the florists, which
decorated all the desks from the
Speakers rostrum TO the brass rail
Chand. not fooO at the back. ala
nothing TO destroy the Illusion. The
voices OF those members who shook
Off lethargy long enough to address
the brethren present had much OF
the huskiness one associates with
references to 'the dear departed"
And when. at 2.1O o'clock in the
morning. a committee of two march
ed mournfully in to announce that
the Senate had closed its dellbera-
tions and merely awaited the ad-
Journment OF. the Assembly. q stranE-
er would have sworn that they had
tiptoed in to ask Speaker Sweet
where he wanted the body placed.
CLOSE WATCH KEPT FOR EN-.
BLAMING FLUID.
So there were none OF the
.tumultuous scenes of other years; no
brass bands playing in the gallery
alo droll fusillade OF four-pound vol
nmes of bills. minutes and the like:
none Of the delights OF slapping a
ieomrade upon the back and leaving
Abe mark of your hand there for a
lWeek. No, the proceedings waned into
IL funeral ceremony, and when Speak,
Ter Sweet banged his gavel and de-
ielared the body dt was just the
lword 10 use) adjourned sine die
t"die" was a happy word TO use. too)
I'D sounded az II his spade had struck
ID stone as he threw the first earth
into the excavation. And after that
the mourners struggled into their
coats and beat it for bed.
There is no doubt the organised
iTdry" forces expected a very differ,
ent wind up TO the session OF the As
sembly. Proof OF II lay In the rumol
that flew about the Capitol about
.AAHMAhAAu NANLk AANN NNA~oeANNA
League had spies every where about
the big building, ready 70 note anS
suspicious hilarity and set theil
Scandinavian Eniff-hounds to IN,
task OF tracking Il tc its source. >Mrs
Rumor worked oyS:time for tn,
league. One OF the things she SCI
flying about the place was a repor
thai the "Dps" had enlisted the ser,
Vices OF corps Of busy young mel
who were frlsking about the CORR
aors and committees rooms disguised
Jas clerks. The disguise consisted o
the absence OF hat and the presenc,
OF a most business-llke air.
These sleuths were, so II was said
keeping their egEs and noses con
stantly opening kSd shutting To-
giimpHes and arom9 which would tel
their own damning Aetory. Also the!
iwene under orders W take periodical
whiffs Of the usedN paper drinking
cups 20 determine whetheT they haG
been put 10 any nefariops uses. Thel