ASSEMBLY TEST 78 TO 22
Boylan Warns of Danger of
X. Y. City Forming a New
State if Measure Be
comes Law.
WALKER SEES WEE JOKER
Believes Transit Commission.
Will Pose as 'Local Authori
ties' in Disputes Regard
ing Fares.
i Upecial Despatch to Turn Swrx Tonic Hkhaij.
New York llerulri Huretiii, 1
Albany, March 13. {
The Senate advanced the transit bill
to-day to the order of final passage
by a vote of 28 to 18. The Assembly
Republicans In party conference voted
"8 to -2 to support the Goveratio!'-*
, mranure. Passage of the bill is as
sured. Before the end of the week the
document probably will be in the Gov
ernor's hands.
The record votes tuken to-day are
rock bottom Republican strength.
Leader* of the two houses still place
the Senate's ttnal vote for the bill a
about thirty and the Assembly's at
more than eighty-five.
New York's delegations-, in both
| houses split. Support for the measure
from the metropolitan district Is
stronger than the Governor'.* friends
expected. Five city Senators stood up
; on the motion to advance. Twelve As
semblymen cist their votes for the
1 bill In their conference.
The five Republican Senators who-??
positions were doubtful and who voted
with the majority are Maxwell M.
Harris of Coney Island, George X.
| U'-lschmann and William T. Slmpso-.i
of Kings, Schuyler M. Meyer of Mhji
b sit tun and C. Erneat Smith of Rich
mond. The New York city Republic;
Senators opposed to the bill art- Ujj
gan, IXK-kwood, Burllngame, ICiitlin,
Tolbert ard Karle. There was no roll
call. merely a rislnsr vote being taken
1 on the motion to advance. The pr<
{ gramme is to move to-morrow for
flna 1 passage.
