The Roblnron water power bills were
indorsed by the conferencc and passed
later by the Senate at the evening ses
sion. It requited an emergency message
from the Governor and a sot la 1 order
to get these bills out of general order*
and to passage. There was a long de
bate in the Senate to-night on the measj
iirfs. Senator Walker and other Demo
crats assailed them as vicious, repeating
ill the old charges that tlioy favored
the private Interests, and thev made an
other plea for the Democratic plan of
State development of water power.
The assertion was made by minority
members that the bills gave t'.ie corpora
tions now holding water power fran
chises nn advantage over other com
panies as that they constituted a fa
vored few. This was denied by Senator1
Lusk. Senator Robinson and other Re
publican members.
Important bills which the eonfcrence
decided to leave in the committee, which
means their death, permit women to sit
as jurors, authorize the Legislature to j
Issue bonds for housing, create a State
milk price fixing commission and pro
hibit the cutting of timber on privately
owned lands within the forest preserve.
Crime w<ive bills and measure* to
speed tip the machinery of the criminal
courts in New York city are being [
passed In rapid order by the Legis
lature in Its closing days with District
Individuality it n characteristic that is built
into every pair of Whitehouse 8s Hardy shoes.
