Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-01-23
Correspondence of the Herald

ALBANY, Jan. 10, 1910.
Inc operations Of the Governor, in the way of re-
w"d and appointment, not apd enough to satisfy
the cormorants, who here with their mouths open,
ciamoring Tor Executive bounty. The appointments
that have been made, and are to be made in your CITY
VIII meet the appreciation of the party hacks, who
sumo to dictate the course to be pursued The truth
is, the Governor very little for the mere pot.
eians OF New York. He knows that their Incidence.
bad management and folly, lost the city last fa and
he knows further that their blunder ring stupidity
will defeat his friends there fall and he there
fore has to the conelus that it is better to
select competent and proper men to fill the vacan-
cies that the interests Of the party require him to
make, than to reward a parcel Of Drawing, broken
down, bankrupt politicians If this judicous deter
mination is not oyerruled, the governor will win
golden Opinions from all sorts of people. think he
Will be under the necessity of sending Stone to Ans
terdaD unless the nonssnsical project of sending
man to grub among musty papers for that which is of
no value ii he should happen to find it, is abandoned.
No suitable and qualified person be found ac-
cept the mission for the mere pttance to be given
while Stone. whose sole aim is distinction noto-
riety-for he has cOniOunded the two since the
period when Sias +. Burrows fogged him in the
find hims elf.
John r. Bacon, who has been clerk of the Senate
ever since loi4 was removed today to make way for
samuel Andrews, of Rochester. There was
trnng turn-up On the occasion; but it amounted to
ho'hins. Both parties, with here and there an ex-
ception, act as though they were bound. under a
heavy penalty, to stuhify themselves, whenever an
opportunity is presented-aad, if this is the case
there is no danger of the bond being forfeited
Alter the usual business of the morning was com,
pleted MIR; A: b. Dickinson moved, that the Senate
go into an ele cton Of clerk by ballet This was re-
sisted by the Van Ruren men, on various silly pre-
texts; and defended by the wings grounds equally
silly Several very me lane holy attempts at wit were
made, on both sides, by the smaller lights of the
ssnate-and the motion finally prevailed as every
boty knew it would when it was made.
1t Is the heIghth OF folly, at this time Of the day.
for any party to pretend to deny that removals are
made Tor political reasons, and for them alone and it
10 childish and pifu for defeated parry to whine and
groan at events that liable from the nature of
things Mr.. Bacon has been faithful and competent
clerk. This is admittedly every body but he has been
a decided party man. and his friends are now in the
minority. hat is reasonable or more unsuitable
on the principles that have avowedly obtained all
over the country, than that he should be thrust aside
To make way for one of the majority! But the Van
Buren, men could not let him die without the usual
quantum OF groans and tears; neither could the wings
knock ham on the head boldly and manfully. They
must have long paavc and endeavor to evade the
responsibility OF doing what their constituents ex
pected, and hat was fore-' rdained.
Gen. Root, who is never meal -mouthed about
anything, and who always is willing TO do directly
and manfuly, what his coadjutors attempt TO accom-
plish by staagem and indireco put the matter on
the right ground in a few words.
Mr. Bacon, esaid he, is an honest and capable man.
We aege nothing against him but his politics 1t is
on that score tsatw remove him. he people de-
maha the removal OF the partizans Of the present
CHIEF executive of this nation, and we act in obe-
dience to their plainly expressed sentiments
This put an end to all whining and hypocrisy on
beth sides, and the matter was terminated.
he ii for the better organization of your Grim
NAL courts. came up for consideration in committee
OF the whole, in the Senate today. The necessity
tor re-organEation, and the provisions Of the bill
were briefly but slearly explained by Messrs. YER
pfanck and Tallmadee Some symptoms Of hostility
were manifested by Mr. ID. S. Dickinson but the bill
undoubtedly will be carried through.
Nothing else OF consequence came before the Sc
nate In the House, Mr. Roosevelt introduced a re.
solution respecting the Genral Banking Law-its
nature not exactly understood Nothing done OF
gene raj interest.