New-York tribune., 1922-01-27
Reject
Hylan Scheme
OF Home Rule
Conference Throws I. ln'o
Discard With No Cerc~
mony and Puts ID 'unpes'
on Hcarst's Ambitions
For Non-Paraisap Plan
1ndorsc Bills Giving Cities
Broader Rights Without
Shutting Out Legislature
Fron o star Corresponsc1.

FROM rLUD frTrtS1offfNt
ALBANY, Jan. 26--The state con-
ference Of mayors rejected Mayor Hy-
lan's home rule pan to-day when the
special committee appointed at the re-
cent Buffalo conference reportcd the
proposal was rot acceptAb Z. The re-
port was sShmlttcd at q meeting of the
Legislative committee held 10 take ac
tion on pending legislation affecting
municipalities
The report OF the special committee,
of which Corporation Counsc William
S. Ram, OF Buffalo, is chairman, urged
the conference to continue it's indoysc-
mcnt Of non partisan home rule leeis-
lation. as 1t has been doing for 4 mum
bor or years.
The Hyan proposal. which virtually
would deprive the Legislature Of at
jurisdiction over the various munici-
palitics in respect to charter extern
slons xnd amendments, WAS unccrcmo~
niously thrown i,to the discard with
out any one on the committee save
Mayor Hylan's representatives pro-
testing.
Blow TO Hearst Scheme
Democratic mayors who arc men,
bers Of the conference said that tho
rejection of the Hylan plan would be
q blow to The ambition Of William
Randolph Hearst to use Hylan as a
means of advancing his political dcs-
t.nies outside Of greater New York.
n continuing It's non-parLisan he nc
rule tight the conference announced
1t would support the bills Of Senators
Ward \. Tolbcrt, James J. Walker and
Asscmbiyman Charles y. Donohue,
now before the Legislature. The lat
ter two, although introduced by Tam
many Demccr Is, have no connection
with Mayor Hylan's home rule pro
gram. These home rule measures, as
is true Of the Tobcrt bill, parallel
somewhat the Pellet bill Of two years
ago, which embodied the Original
home rule plan OF the conference Of
mayors.
Under the terms Of these measures
We I cl'leS are given broader rig. IS in
c harter revisions and amendments
without deprving the Legislature en-
t!rely Of voice in the matter Under
the Tolbcrt, Walker and Donohue bills
1t would be impossible for the I.eeis
laturc to pass legislation applying to
any one city alone. The Legislatures
powers would be limited to general
legislation affecting cities Of the va
rlous classes.
Urge More Veto Power
number Of amendments, largely
OF technical nature, were propcsed.
The only orc Of Importance would
amend the rules governing action in
the Legislature in voting on a citv
bill which has been vetoed BIZ n MAYOR.
= mayors veto can now be ovorridden
by majority vote. The conference
would have this changed so that 1t
"a -
iifrhs vote to pass 3 bill over a navor's
veto.
The conference opposed the Iol~
bert bill empowering the Governor uu-
der the nIoreland act 10 INVESTIGATE on
his own initiative, local goyernn,ents
ard officials. Now the Governor can
act only upon formal complaint. The
measure was before the Senate last
year and carries out ono Of TIC rec
n adc by Governor Mil.
Ter in his first annual message. The
blll was not given considcrat. on last
year, as opposition developed and
Governor Miller did no, press il.
Housing Bills Opposed
The conference also disapprovcd q
number of housing bills, including the
puggan measure creating state and
Straus proposed constitutional amend
inents enabling the state and the varl-
Gus localities to extend their credit to
home builders. The Straus measures
we're introduced at the instance of the
New York State Association. All bills |
which would increase income tax ex-
emptlons we're opposed by the confer
ence
Among the measures approved were
the Cotillo bill licensing professional
bail bondsmen and the Judson measure
abollshing the personal property tax
law. The Endorsement Of the latter is
coupled with the suggestion that the
pltl be amended so tha5 it becomes
effective in November, 1923.