The New York herald., 1922-02-27
Conference to Be Held ON
Disposition of New York
City Bills.
HEARST UNIONS ATTACKS
Water Power Measure Seized
Upon as Issue-Expected
to Pass.

Special Dispatch to The NEw YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau
Albany, Feb. 20.
Insurgency is having as hard a time
getting started in the State capital as
s. Hearst's new Political Union to get
an issue and a foothold. Both appear
TO be fading. The little uprisings
started by the blocs have been fiat
tened by the organization majority;
the Hearst outfit Is fioundering for
lack of an issue. Tammany is little
better off as the minority organiza-
tion strives to make political capital
out of the legislative business.
With this situation defined clearly,
the leaders are prepared to wind up
the last three weeks of the session by
putting through all of Gov. Miller's
program Several Of the most impor-
tant measures have been enacted.
Others will follow in rapid order.
The opposition. to the administra-
TONS program is too weak to threaten
any important recommendation made
hy the Governor. The majority has
settled down to the simple task Of
doing what the Governor wars and
letting it go at that. H
Bills to BE PASSED..
Nearly a dozen important measures
remain on the Governors program to
be put through In the closing days of
the session These include the bills to
.t-l et1ac Cd a pan
TO set up a bureau OF standards in the
State government and to consolidate
the several engineering forces of the
State Engineers. Public Works and
other departments.
Then there is the proposal calling for
the investigation OF county expenses to
be done by the Davenport Committee on
Taxes. This inquiry will seek to de-
Y termine whether county and city ex-
penses can be cut proportionately to the
states The Lockwood committee Ia
TO have an extension of life for another
year. and bill recommended by the
Governor will be passed to- provide for
SSppraisal of all the States unused real
estate. This will be preliminary to dis
posing OF million Of dollars worth of
land never used by the State.
Voting machines are to be given New
York. much against Tammany's Wishes
and the bills giving women equal rep
resentatfon with men on the committees
of political parties will be passed. The
so-called uplift and blue law bills will
fade in committees.
Home Rule and other Bills.
About the only important question
not decided Is what shall be done with
New York's home rule and local bills
Measures dealing with many phases OF
n me- 1ayaf haUa haar,
laid aside with the understanding they
were to go to the special session some
time next summer and taken up In con-
nection with the report of the Charter
Revision Commission.
Now there is uncertainty whether the
commissions work will be completed in
time for special session. Tammany
representatives are laying the basis for
a political issue charging that the Miller
administration broke faith with the city
by refusing home rule relief in the
regular session on promise of charter
revision.
y To meet that situation the leaders
,are considering the wisdom of passing
the more important home rule meas
Tires now before the Legislature. The
sepublican leaders will confer in the
tlext few days to work out policy for
pandling the whole home rule and New
York legislative program.
The water power bill defining a State
policy for handling the whole subject
is one OF the most important subjects
before the Legislature. This has been
seized upon during the last few days
by the Hearst Union as its big issue.
Hearst Unions Accusation.
The Hearst union has accused the
Democratic and Republican organiza-
tions of trying to deceive the people
and grab the water power for the spe-