The Audubon Societies 



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Member Politics District County 



Mr. M. Smith .... Rep. i Dutchess 



Mr. Staley Rep. Montgomery 



Mr. Surpless Rep. 6 Kings 



Mr. Thompson . . . Rep. 2 Suffolk 



Mr. Travis Rep. 2 Dutchess 



Mr. Voss Rep. 9 Kings 



Mr. Waddell Rep. Warren 



Wr. Ward Rep. 25 New York 



Mr. Waters Rep. 3 .A.lbany 



Mr. L. H. White . . Dem. Schenectady 



Mr. Whitley Rep. 2 Monroe 



Mr. Whitney Rep. Saratoga 



Mr. Wood Rep. 2 Jefferson 



Mr. Yale Rep. Putnam 



Mr. E. Young .... Rep. 2 Ulster 



Mr. Wadsworth . . Rep. Livingston 



Not Voting, 35 



Member Politics District County 



Mr. Bohan Dem. 1 1 New York 



Mr. Brady Rep. Greene 



Mr. Brennan Dem. 24 New York 



Mr. Conklin Rep. 21 New York 



Mr. Draper Rep. 2 Niagara 



Mr. Duell Rep. 2 Westchester 



Mr. Fellows Rep. Herkimer 



Mr. Fowler Rep. i Ulster 



Mr."Garbe Dem. 3 Queens 



Mr. Gluck Dem. 21 Kings 



Mr. Graubard .... Dem. 8 New Y'ork 



Mr. Gray Rep. i St. Lawrence 



Mr. Gunderman . . Rep. Tompkins 



Mr. Haines Rep. i Westchester 



Mr. Hamn Rep. Wayne 



Mr. Herrick Dem. 14 New York 



Mr. Hoey Dem. 13 New York 



Mr. A. J. Levy. . . . Dem. 4 New Y'ork 



Mr. Lewis Rep. 2 Oneida 



Mr. Manley Dem. i Oneida 



Mr. McKeon Dem. 8 Kings 



Mr. C. F. Murphy. Rep. 10 Kings 



Mr. Murray Rep. 19 New York 



Mr. Perkins Rep. Broome 



Mr. Reed Rep. Cayuga 



Mr. Schutta Dem. 15 Kings 



Mr. Silbermann . . Dem. 32 New York 



Mr. Spielberg .... Dem. 10 New Y'ork 



Mr. Stein Dem. 34 New York 



Mr. Stern Dem. 6 New York 



Mr. Thorn Rep. 9 Erie 



Mr. Todd Dem. i Queens 



Mr. Walters Rep. 3 Onondaga 



Mr. Weimert Rep. i Erie 



Mr. E. H. White . .Rep. i Monroe 



Speaker Wadsworth was on the floor 

 at the time, and stood with those (39 to 41) 

 who voted to defeat the amendments. 

 His attitude was one of the chief instru- 

 ments tending to defeat Mr. Francis' 

 second motion for the adoption of the 

 amendments. 



About two weeks before the adjourn- 

 ment of the legislature, the Audubon Bill 

 went into the hands of the Rules Com- 

 mittee, — Mr. Wadsworth, Speaker, of 

 Livingston county; Mr. Merritt, of St_. 

 Lawrence county; Mr. Phillips, of Alle- 



gany county; Mr, Robinson, of 27th 

 District, New York county; Mr. Frisbie, 

 of Schoharie county; Mr. Oliver, of 3rd 

 District, New York county. 



The Audubon Society feels perfectly 

 justified in believing that five members 

 of the Rules Committee were opposed 

 to the Francis Bill, because it will be 

 noticed that in the test vote on the amend- 

 ments to the Reed Bill, the only member 

 of the Rules Committee that voted in 

 favor of the Francis amendments was the 

 Hon. Mr. Oliver, of the 3rd New York 

 District. This gentleman deserves special 

 credit for the high civic stand he took in 

 this matter, inasmuch as he did not let 

 politics influence him to defeat an impor- 

 tant economic measure that was intro- 

 duced for the best interests of the entire 

 citizenship of the state. 



In this connection, the Audubon Society 

 desires to thank, and does thank most 

 heartily the members who voted for the 

 substitution. They were acting for the 

 best interests of their constituents, and 

 were on a plane above being influenced 

 by political pressure. 



The members who voted against the 

 Francis Bill, the Audubon Society charges 

 with acting contrary to the best interests 

 of their constituents as well as the best 

 interests of the state at large; the members 

 who did not vote at all, if they were 

 present, were not courageous. A repre- 

 sentative should always have the courage 

 of his convictions, either for or against 

 a measure. 



The Francis Bill, not having passed 

 the Assembly, did not reach the Senate, 

 and, consequently, we have no knowledge 

 of what the attitude of that body would 

 have been; however, it is probable the 

 same political influence that was brought 

 to bear upon the members of the Fish and 

 Game Committee, the Rules Committee, 

 and the Assembly itself, would have been 

 used in the Senate chamber. 



The fight on the Francis Bill is now 

 history. The efforts of the Audubon So- 

 ciety to stop the traffic in wild birds' 

 plumage, irrespective of where the plumage 

 came from, whether within or without the 



