New-York tribune., 1920-03-31
Light Saving
Repeal Fails
In Assembly
Fowler Bill, Passed by
Senate, Beaten by One
Vote in Lower House; !;
Trading Tactics Resented
Belts Will Try Again
Measure Will Come Up
Within Few Days; Fed
eral Test Case Planned
From, a Staff CORRESPONDENT


ALBANY, March 30.--Aftcr holding
up the business of the Assembly to-day
for hours while an effort was being
made to get sufficient votes, the day
light saving repeal bill again failed to
pass.
The Fowler bill, which passed the
Senate last night by majority Of one,
amended SO that localities would have
the right to enact their own daylight
saving ordinances, reached the Assem-
bly, this afternoon. Assemblyman
Charles Belts, who introduced SINH
lar bill in the lower house, moved it's
passage. His bill failed of passage last
week in the Assembly. To-day it got
seventy-five votes, just one short of the
required number to pass.
Asscmblyman Belts moved to have
the vote by which it failed reconsid-
cred and the motion laid on the table,
and he will make third attempt to re-
peal daylight saving either later this
week or next week. He said afterward
that if the legislature did not pass a
daylight saving repeal bill he would
endeavor to get a decision from the
courts as to whether the Federal law
putting the nation back on normal
time basis does not take precedence
over the state law.
The vote on the Fowler bill was rs
to 67. Seventyone Republicans and
four Democrats voted for it and thirty
six Republicans and thirty-one Demo
Gratis against it. All the time the vote
- Ill l.
was circulating among members and
urging them in from the lobbies to
get them to support the bill While the
absentees were being called he found
that he had seventy-four votes. As
semblymen Pellet, of New York, and
Rowe, of Erie, Republicans, then arose
and announced that they would change
their votes from the negative to the
affirmative. This gave the reuired sew
enty-siX votes Before the vote was
announced. however, Assemblyman
William S. Evans. Democrat, of the
Bronx. jumped to his feet.
81 object" he said to the trading
that has been going on here to get
sistcntly for this legislation. but be-
cause Of the manner in which the vote
has been taken | now intend to change
my vote from the affirmative to the
negative"
This put the affirmative vote back
to 75
Marcus M. Marks, head N the Day
light Saving Association last night
hailed the defeat of the Fowler rc-
peal bill as paving the way "to the
speedy adoption Of daylight saving
law by Congress for TIE Eastern time
zone"
The National Daylight Saving AS
State Senators Alvah W. Burlngamc jr.
and Charles c. Lockwood for voting in
favor Of repeal.
HARTFORD, Conn, March so Day
light saving under local ordinance
has brought about so much confusion
here that Mayor Kinsella this after
noon said that If the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad fails to
rearrange it's suburban train schedules
70 aid the workers in the industrial
plants he will urge repeal of the
ordinance.
TRENTON, N. j.. March 30.-New
Jersey will not adopt the daylight
saving plan this week. it was made GER
tain tonight when the state Senate laid
over until Monday consideration of the
Mackay bill proposing concurrence in
the plan. Senator Mackay declared
the bill would PASS when put 20 vote.