The New York herald., 1922-08-03
Citizens Union Says Democrats
in Upper House Did Better
Than Assemblymen.
LOCKWOOD MOST USEFUL
Commendation Also forStraus,
Walker, Tolbert, Meyer
and Simpson.

was almost as good on the average anu
in some instances was better than the
Republican. The Citizens Union gave
that as It's verdict IN summing up the
individual records of the members or
the upper house Of the Legislature for
the last session.
Senator Charles c. Lockwood Of
Kings is picked by the Union as the
most useful city member. High praise
for courage independence and effective
ness also goes u Senators Tolbert.
Meyer and Simpson. Republicans. and
to Senator'S Walker and Nathan Straus.
Jr., Democrats. The report on the SEN
ate says:
"The bad influence on the records of
minority members resulting from sup
port of the Hylan administration propa-
ganda measures was not 80 noticeable
In the Senate as In the Assembly. Wnile
the Republican Senators had on the av-
erage a somewhat better record Of votes
than the Democrats. Senators Walker
and Straus made better records OF votes
than most of the Republicans and on the
other hand several Republicans rank
little above the lowest Democrats.
Records of the members from the sew
eral counties in the city, with the d.
and R.. indicating Democratic or Re-
publican party and the figures their dis
tricts, are summarized as follows:
New York County.
JAMES ]. WALKER Cd. 12th)-
Unique position as minority leader which
he uses effectively in public interest and
for partisan purposes. Deserves credit
for his tactful handling of the home rule
issue and other important measures.
Good record of votes.
JOHN J. BOYLAN Cd. 13th)-Long
experience and some capacity. but linn
tied usefulness. Very poor record of
votes.
BERNARD DOWNING Cd, 14th)-
Useful and effective legislative critic.
Character of legislation not high. Poor
record of votes.
NATHAN STRAUS. JR. Cd. 15th)-
Conscientious and independent Excel
lent record of votes. Only minority Sem
ator to vote for Port Authority plan
and only city Senator to oppose election
printing grab"
THOMAS 1. SHERIDAN Cd. 1sth)--
In his first year paid close attention 10
his work and gave some promise OF fu-
ture usefulness.
SCHUYLER NJ. MEYER (R.. 17th)--
Ability and energy. Opposed many bad
bills Made excellent record Of votes on
important city bills. Character of bills
introduced high.
SALVATORE A. COTILLO Cd, 18th }
Capable. conscientious and inclined 10
be Independent. Character OF legisla-
tion showed Improvement. but record OF
votes was below the average.
WILLIAM DUGGAN (R.. 1sth)--
Some capacity and usefulness. Still
careless about character of his legisla-
ton. which was poor.
WARD V. ToLBERT (R.. 2oth)-In-
troduced much important legislation
Deserves credit for his work for home
rule amendment and opposition TO much
bad legislation. Made best record OF
votes of the session.
Bronx County.
HENRY C. scHACKNO Cd. 2ist)-
Clever and intelligent. his services OF
particular value in committee. Record
Z votes not so satisfactory as last year.
EDMUND SEIDEL (Soc.. 22d)-Ear-
nest and sincere. but ineffective.
JOHN j. DUNNIGAN ID. 23d)-
Experienced and busy. devoted almost
exclusively to his district and borough
his usefulness limited by this fact.
Kings County.
MAXWELL S. HARRIS CR.. 4th)-
Considerable ability and usefulness. The
character of much OF his legislation
poor. Record of votes above the aver
age.
DANIEL +. FARRELL ID. 5th)--
Remains inconseauential. Record of
votes and character of legislation intro
duced both bad
WILLIAM T. SIMPSON tR., sth)--
Worked hard for his legislation. which
was above the average in character.
Made. one OF the best voting records OF
session.
CHARLES c. LOCKWOOD tR.. 7th)-
Continued his able and highly valuable
work. His effective efforts in several
fields Justify his continued recognition
as the city's most useful legislator.
ALvAH w. BURLINGAME. JR.. tR..
Sth) Experienced. welding consider
able influence as chairman OF an Inn
portant committee. Capable and intelli-
gent. BUT made a poor record of votes
on city bills.
JEREMIAH +. TwoMEY Cd. 1Oth)-
Worked hard for his own bills Other
wise not effective or influential.
ABRAHAM l. KATLIN (R.. 11th)-.
Occasionally independent, but influence
slight. Devoted himself actively to
blue sky" legislation aimed at destruc-
tlON Ol DuChtl bilOpS. INbSOIu OF VOTES
above the average.
Queens County.
JOHN l.. KARLE (R.. 2d)-sone
capacity, record OF votes disclosed little
independence.
PETER J. McGARRY Cd. 3dl-Idt-
tie capacity. Worked hard for legisla-
tIon affecting his borough. Very poor
record OF votes and bills introduced.
Richmond County.
G. ERNST SMITH Or. 24th)-rn-
tellgent and sincere. Fair record OF
votes. Still inclined too much to narrow
partisanshlp.
Records Of the Brooklyn. Queens and
Richmond Assemblymen also were pub
lished by the Citizens Union. The ma
jority are first year men and are dis
missed with the line "inconspicuous.
medium record. little can be said" or
some OF the older' and more prominent
members from Brooklyn the report
SAYS:
JAMES r. BLY, (R.. 11th)-Active