Bruns department-of-public-works bill.... Did not vote.

LEWIS J. CONLAN. 14TH ASSEMBLY DIS

TRICT.

[14th Assembly district bounded by E. 14th St., 3d Ave., St. Mark's Place, Tompkins Square, 7th St., Ave. B, E. 11th St., East River.]

TAMMANY AND IRVING HALL DEMOCRAT. LAWYER; 81 New Street.

House, 126 East 10th Street.

Member of standing committees (1) on general laws, (2) on petitions of aliens.

He introduced one bill, permitting the sale of malt beverages and light wines after two o'clock on Sunday afternoons in the cities of New York, Brooklyn, Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Troy, Syracuse, and Utica (No. 676.-G. O. 514.- Int. 758).

He was apparently unfriendly to the merit system in the civil service.

His votes are :—

Comstock excise bill.

Nooney excise bill......

Aqueduct commission bill.

.No. .AYE.

. AYE.

Bruns department-of-public-works bill.. Did not vote.

WERNER BRUNS. 15TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.

[15th Assembly district bounded by W. 40th St., 7th Ave., W. 29th St., 8th Ave., W. 32d St., 9th Ave., W. 2 th St., and Hudson River.]

TAMMANY DEMOCRAT. LAWYER; 265 Broadway.

House, 408 West 33d St.

Member of standing committees (1) on affairs of cities, (2) on federal relations.

He introduced about ten bills. Among them were:"An act to consolidate and reduce the number of "bureaus in the department of public works" (Nos. 395, 686, 1028.-G. O. 307.-Int. 95). Known as "the Bruns bill." A brazen attempt to turn over to Rollin M. Squire, then commissioner of public works, the control of enormous patronage and vast sums of the public

money.

"An act to reduce the number of excise commission"ers for the city of New York" (No. 961.-G. O. 692. Int. 266). This measure gave temporary power to the president of the board of aldermen to appoint two excise commissioners. It was one form of the bill known as the Nooney excise bill,--a thoroughly bad measure, against which all the best men of the legislature were arrayed. This was part of the scheme which embraced the Bruns bill" mentioned above, and several others, to give the control of the city's affairs to professional politicians of a low class.

"An act to make the board of park commissioners "of the city of New York non-partisan, and to authorize "the payment of a salary to each of said commission"ers" (No. 399.--G. O. 311--Int. 98). This attempt to regulate the selection of city officials by their national politics is to be most distinctly condemned.

"An act relating to the counsel to the corporation of "the city of New York" (No. 401.--G. O. 313.—Int. 97). A very bad bill, making the office of corporation counsel elective.

A bill creating a board of education consisting of twenty-one commissioners and " providing for the elec"tion of the same " (No. 569.-G. O. 428.--Int. 650). A very bad bill, which as a law would tend to bring the common schools into politics in a way gratifying and profitable to the small politicians of the city and ruinous to the efficiency of the board of education. The commissioners are now appointed by the mayor.

Mr. Bruns was prominent in the assembly, and his record is probably as bad as that of any member. The success of the scheme spoken of above, which he introduced and pushed industriously throughout the session, would have reduced the city in a short time to the condition in which it was during the supremacy of the Tweed ring. The manifest tendency, and the undoubted purpose, of all the bills described above was to increase the number and value of the "hauls" of the worst politicians in the city. Mr. Bruns's desire to sacrifice New York to the greed of such men seems to have been unbounded. Fortunately, the force of public opinion prevailed against most of his schemes.

.AYE.

Bruns' department-of-public-works bill...

EDWARD P. HAGAN, 16TH ASSEMBLY DIS

TRICT.

[16th Assembly district bounded by E. 26th St., East River, E. 14th St., and 3d Ave.]

UNITED DEMOCRACY. PROFESSIONAL POLITICIAN.

House, 312 East 20th Street.

Member of standing committees (1) on affairs of cities, (2) on grievances.

He introduced about twelve bills. Among them were: "An act in relation to the benevolent fund of the late volunteer fire department of the city of New York" (No. 49.-3rd Rdg.—Int. 105). Became a law (Chap. 15, laws 1886).

Providing for additional appropriations for the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and for keeping them open to the public on Sundays (No. 189.—G. O. 145.—Int. 342),

Giving the mayor, the comptroller, and the commissioner of public works sole power to grant permission for the laying of pipes and mains for lighting purposes, etc. (No. 356.-G. O. 276.—Int. 106),

Repealing section 2 of chapter 276 of the laws of 1883, an amendment to the consolidation act (No. 358. -G. O. 278.-Int. 160).

A bill practically reducing fares on all elevated roads to five cents for all hours of the day and night (No. 420.-G. O. 326.—Int. 638).

Regulating the pay of uniformed members of the fire departments in cities of eight hundred thousand and over, above the grade of fireman. Chiefs of departments, $5,000; assistant chiefs, $3,800; second assistant chiefs, $3,300 (No. 857.-G. O. 620.--Int. 1081).

Providing for repaving part of East 15th Street with Belgian or trap block pavement (No. 892.—3d Rdg. 651.—Int. 1160).

To provide for the appointment of sealers of weights and measures in the City of New York (No. 972.-G. O. 710.—Int. 840).

To open, grade, and curb 111th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues, within sixty days after the passage of the act (No. 970.-G. O. 708.-Int. 964).

Incorporating the "Union Stage Line Co." of the City of New York. Route from the post-office along Chatham St., Bowery, and 3d Avenue, the route being the same as that of the Third Avenue horse-cars (No. 1040.-G. O. 775.--Int. 1286). This line of stages was started by the striking drivers and conductors of the Third Avenue car line.

"An act to facilitate the supply of illuminating gas "in the City of New York at a reasonable price," giving certain rights to the Standard Gas Light Co., and imposing certain duties upon it (No. 474.-G. O. 374. -Int. 691). Became a law (Chap. 248, laws 1886),