The New York herald., 1921-02-24
ASSEMBLY PASSES
DAYLIGHTREPEALER
\. Y. City Republicans Forced
Into Line Because of Cau-
cus--Vote 70 to 60.
BIG ROUNDUP BY MACHOLD
Speaker Stops All Business
Until Sergeant-at-Arms Brings
Back a Dozen Absentees.
Special Despatch 20 THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.

Special Despatch 20 THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Albany, Feb. %.
The Assembly took the first step to-
day toward repeating the daylight saw
ing law by passing the Belts bill by
a vote of 10 to Co. Without the help
OF Manhattan and Brooklyn Assembly
aen, who were bound by the action OF
DIE Republican caucus. the bin could
dot have been passed. Last year after
hree unsuccessful efforts had been
made to pass the bill the New York
Members went to the aid of the mem-
Sers from the rural districts.
( Speaker Machold realized that no
chances would be taken and he ap-
Piled the party lash to get unwlillng
members into the Assembly chamosr.
Thirty-four Republican Assemolylnen
flom New York, Westchcester, Erie
Niagara and Rensselaer, voted with the
Democrats against repeating the law.
= When the time came for considera-
don of the bill there were absent about
a dozen Assemblymen, whose support
vas counted upon, but who. it IS ao-
1pitted. were compelled unwillingly to
x1ve help because bound by the Repub-
lfcan caucus. Speaker Machoid refused
u consider any other business pending
the arrival OF these absentees, instruct
Ing the sergeant-ate arms TO produce
them. One Assemblyman found at the
railroad station was compelled 10 go
tRclz to the Capitol.
tNot until every nose had been counted
dad the Speaker permit business TO pro-
ceed. Satisfied of enough votes TO pass
the repeal bill he sanctioned taking IT
w on the order of final passage.
Two attempts at amendment were
made by James T. Carroll OF Brooklyn,
one providing for a referendum on the
repeal, the other reducing the time OF
the laws operation from seven to five
months i'll each year. They were beaten,
as was expected, as the caucus actions
had bound the Assemblymen to support
the Belts bill and none other The vote
against each amendment was the same
as on the final passage 10, while the
first amendment got So votes and the
second Co.
Little time was spent in oratory, as
the bills purposes were fully under
rtood, Minority Leader Donohue at
facking it on the ground that It would
deprive hundreds of thousands Of per-
sons in New York city of the extra
hour of daylight so necessary to tneir
health.
These Republicans voted against re-
pealing the law:
Bernard Aronson, Mario c. Dipirro,
Noel B. Fox, John c. Hawkins, Nathan
r.ieberman. Frederick H. Nichols, Ed
ward r. Rayher. Morris d. Reiss. Jo-
seph Steinberg, Sol. Ullman and Robert
b. Wallace Of New York; James f. BLY,,
LANES t. Carroll, James II. Caulfield,
Jr., John r. Crews. Leo V. Doherty,
Louis j. Druss, John o. Gempler, Fran
as X. Glaccone, James G. Moore, Leo
@. Moses, James J. Mullen, John A.
Warren and Frederick A. Wells of
Brooklyn; Ernest A. Frerichs of Rich
mond Ralph Halpern, Edward j. Neary
and Nicholas NJ. Petite of Queens: S. c.
Mastick OF Westchesters Hugh c, Nor
Iissey of Rensselaer, ". ". Franchot of
Niagara and August See1bach of Erie.
The New York city Assemblymen who
voted for the bill repeating the daylight
saving law are George N. Jesse of Man
haitian. Miss NJ. L. Smith of Manhattan
and Theodore Stitt of Brooklyn.