The evening world., 1921-03-04
Miller APPROVES
MAKING TRACTION
! II PARTY MEASURE
Go. p. Bosses at Albany in
Panic, Would Halt Revolt
by Caucus.
BIZ Joseph s. Jordan.
ietaH Correspondent Of The Evening
Worldly


Worldly
ALBANY, n. Y. March 1.-The de-
fccion In the ranks Of the @. o. p.
over the Miller traction bill is spread
ans and t Is now limited that even
more drastic measures are to be APP
piled 70 keep the boilers from break
ine but OF bounds The leaders are
going 10 resurreet the caucus to bind
rho faithful" by making the traction
bnta party issue.
C3tV. Miller himself vent on record
yesterday in favor Of a caucus. He
said that II he we're IN the Legisla-
ture he would not hesitate to call for
3 caucus and make the traction bill a
party issue.
While thls does not read like ser
vice on notice on the legislative lead
ers. 3 wink Us as good as a nod to a
blind political mule and it Is taken for
erahied that the suggestion" OF the
Governor viii be carried out This
means that the C. o. p. has the
rranBest little scrap ahead OF 1t since
the split over the Hughes race track
buli
The leaders have set up pro-
rramme on the traction measure as
follows:
THE amendments will be consid-
cred BY the Public Service Committee
of he Senate next week and the bill.
Vita the amendments included. will
b. feported favorably to the Senate
durhg the week OF the 14th and win
~ passed the following week
An OF which means that this will
D. done II they have the votes; and II
they had the votes It would not be
.neoessary to hold a caucus
Making the bill a party issue would
mean that every Republican member
would have to vote for II, lndepend-
enl0 his location and irrespective of
the wishes Of his clients: or be auto
matically read out Of the party. And
81 q on this proposition. II an at
tempt to force a caucus is made, that
she BATTLE Is going TO start. More
tnaq one Republican to-day asserted
that he would not go into a caucus
that the old piratical custom OF LASH
ing men to the party mast had long
finct passed into decay and that they
Would not stand for its revival.
REPUBLICAN, SENATOR WON'T
sE LED BY THE NOSE.
Aiaepubliean Senator declared that
IL thc traction measure was made the
law M the face Of the opposition TO IL
from all over the State, the Demo-
cfaN would elect the next Legisla-
ere
al member OF the Assembly from
up-Snte said that the people Of his
section did not Want the bill, and that
hc would not only vote against IL, but
would fight Il on the floor OF the
House.
Another said that Gov. Miller might
know the meaning OF all the provisions
Of The measure, bet that he did not;
that the traction companies of New
York City might know all that was
hidden in II, but that the reople
throlighout the State didn't, further
than that II was going to take away
the Nights OF cities la their railroads
and the money invested in them.
Little time is to be given the legis-
htof9 TO learn what is In the bill II
the programme Of the G.. o. p. goes
thropsh, for when the bill comes out
OF the Public Service Committee there
will be small chance for the members
70 study the measure. But those who
are sludying the Dill as originally
printed are finding bugs" in It.
For instance attention is being
called to the. fact that the Governor
can summarily dismiss any member
OF the Rapid Transit Commission for
cause. or for no cause. The commits
sion may be composed OF three OF che
very best men who could be selected
IN New York. but II they don't do
what the Governor tells them to do
or WI so their heads
GOVERNOR ALL POWERFUL IN
REMOVING COMMISSIONERS.
The Governor will have complete
control OF the commission at every
moment OF its existence, which Is moi
1he case In the Statewide Public Ser
vice Commission, Gov. Miler's pei
commission viii be that which Is 10
rulo the traction destinies Of Greater
New orlg, domination over which Che
traction companies have been aiming
81 Tor many years. The bill reads:
"Ihe Governor may remove any
tomuIissioner for inefficiency, neglect
81 duty or misconduct in office, givinG
him 4 copy Of the charges against
him md an opportunity of being pub.
iiciy heard In person or by cOunse
So hla own defense, upon not less thar
cen days notice. II such commits
1ioner shall be removed the Governo,
shall file In the office OF the Secretarl
q State complete statement o
charses made against such commits
einnef, and his findings thereon, to
6ether with a complete record Of tn
Drocet ding"
ia Cen days the removal OF a com
missioner can be accomplished, an
thc Governor Is made accuser, prose
dutor. Judge and eXecutioner.
ON tbc other hand, with regard I
me Public Service Commission, II
bill reads:
"a Inember OF the commission ma
81 removed by concurrent resolutio
81 bolh houses OF the Legislature
f1Fo-hirds OF all the members electe
~ each house concur therein.
member shall be removed only 10
ciu8 which shall be entered on th
5enrnai, and shan be served with
statement OF the cause alleged, an
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