The evening world., 1921-02-18
Interests Will Rally at Capital
Next Week to Push
Miller Plan.
BOSSES CLEAR PATH.
Measure to Have Right of Way
in Legislature After March
2 Hearing.
By Joseph S. Jordan.
tStaff Correspondent Of The Evening
Worldly

H way IN Vne Legislature, no matter
what may be the final outcome Of it,
and no better lineup has ever been
seen here 10 make smooth the pass
age OF a measure. In the Senate the
bill has been read twice and or
cered printed. In both Houses IL
has been sent to committee.
To-day there will be hundreds Of
copies in printed form ready for dis
tribution, and it is promised that one
OF the greatest traction Hobbies that
over came to Albany will be here
next week to remain until after the
public hearing, which has been set
For the afternoon Of March ..
In connection with the Governors
message on traction and public utih-
ties there is a story going the rounds
about the Capitol which has to do
n with what has been given the title
1f the Conference in the Rose
Tlioom." It doubtless refers to a little
dinner given by or TO Gov. and Mrs.
Miller in the Rose Room OF the Hotel
Astor, New York, on Friday night.
Jan. q
Present at the dinner were Mr.. and
AIRS. Charles Evan Hughes. Mr.. and
AIRS. NicholasMurray Butler Former
Judge Of the Court of Appeals Will
lard Bartlett and Mrs. Bartlett. Mr..
and Mrs. William d. Guthrie, Gov.
and Mrs. Sproul of Pennsylvania,
Judge Almet +. jerks and Mrs.
jerks, Judge John Proctor Clark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan ]. O'Brien, Mr..
and Mrs. John b. Stanchfield. Mr..
and Mrs w. N. Dyckman. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles A. Boston, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred l. Smith. MI. and Mrs.
Charles S. Whitman, Henry w. Taft,
Mr. and Mrs. George w. Wickersham,
Adelbert Moot and others.
1t is said that after the dinner the
men Of the party adjourned to an
other room and went over the Gov
eTnors traction message, copies Of
which the Chief Executive had with
him, and that they expressed them
selves perfectly satisfied with the
proposed measure.
The Governors message was re-
leased for tho press in Albany the
next day, and on the following Mon
day night Jan. "a, it was submitted
\ 10 the Legislature. Senator Walker,
minority leader, complained then
gf the lack Of copies and declared
on the floor Of the Senate that copies
Of it had been seen in New York
city on Saturday.
Mr.. Hughes, who was at the con-
ference in the Rose Room, argued for
the passage of the Carson Martin bill
in 1919, and former Gov. Whitman
was credited with having received a
Tee Of $4,000 to aid in putting the
measure through. Some Of the word
ing Of the Carson Martin bill is used
IN the traction measure now before
ahe Legislature, and the Carson Mar
an bib was defeated in the Senate
by Senator George +. ThompSons
exposure Of a 100000 slush fund
which he declared had been raised to
effect It's passage.
The words OF the Carson Martin
bill used in 1919 which are used in
she present bill are:
Notwithstanding that higher or
lower rate charge or rental has been
heretofore prescribed by general or
special statute, contract, grant, fran
Dhlse condition, consent or other
agreement, &C.
This meant taking away from
New York City the control OF its
traction facilities, but the act of talk
ing it away was not as thoroughly
expressed as it is in the present trac-
alOn measure OF Gov. Miller.
N OF the other guests at the Rose
HOom conference Mr.. William D..
y Guthrie is the chief counsel for the
allied traction interests and John b.
Stanchfeld is a special counsel for
Lhe luterborough.
w. n. Dyckman Is OF the firm Of
Cullan g. Dyckman OF Brooklyn, who
are the allies Of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company and the big gas in
Eerests in Kings County.
Mr. Moot was one Of the Gov
crnor's correspondents who congrat-
ulated him upon his traction mes
cage, which he, Mr.. Moot, had read
at the conference in the Rose Room.
OF course, it may still be a coinCi-
dence that the memorable gathering
happened to have been held on the eve
of the Governors release of the mes
sage, and il may be a still stronger
coincidence that the gentlemen who
are more or less tied up with the
in voioing their satisfaction OF its
contents.
Re that as it may, these interests
GRE now among the strongest sup
gorters of the Governors traction
programme, and assurances are given
=. their representatives that the bill
VIII 20 through in It's submitted form
IT may have been for the reason of
the general satisfaction expressed
over the measure that the trainers
neglected 20 put any restrictions on
the traction companies; taking II for
Granted that the companies will ac-
cede gracefully to the provisions OF
the bill.
But Speaker Machold says that an
amendment covering this oversight
will be inserted. The bill has been
read a second time in tine Senate ami
the amendment hasn't peen aaaAe YeL
.yThe amendment may be made while
aba hin is still in the Assembly COM