New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-04-14
A Dirty Trick-Dcfented

Being IN the Assembly on Saturday, We had The
pleasure Of witnessing the defeat Of Loco-Foco
fraud so patry and yet so lrnPudent thai We doubt
whether anv himblerg exploit OF the most sklfu!
practitioner IN the Empire Club ever outdld II
During the morning hour. tr- I. <. LEE OF
Westchester reported from the judiciary Commit
tee bill Z" in relation the resuiatian Of the Po-
Ice OF the City of Newly ork-on what petition or
representation founded, nobody gnderstood-waich,
along with other bills he moved TO third reading
Nobody objected, as business was being rallied OH,
and nobody knew what il was about. Pretty soon
''Third Reading of Bills was announced, and
this one was read by the Clerk among them, but SO
read that nobody understood what Il meant or Pre-
posed 10 DO Il was IAN act 10 amend On act sn;l-
tied an act" and barely specified that section
something CT title something of such act, should
be repealed or modified. The moment the reading
was completed, The Clerk began 10 call the names
OF Members, and almost every body voted Yea,
as Is uniformly the case OF iwo-thIrd bill. as II Il
supposed to contain nothing which any body can
object 20, or i, would not be brought up for vote
where So Yeas are required 10 pass II The House
had no suspicion that II was voting fof any thing
else than bill which had originated with the Com
mon Council OF this City and been unanimously
approved by the Judiciary Committee. But some
thing aroused the suspicious o! MI MORRISON oil
The City Delegation, and he rose TO ask wta; this
bill meant. No answer was gwen, but all discus
sion was declared out OF order. 4 motion TO lay
on The table was SO pronounced; but request Tor
all who were not in the TO vote against the bil!
soon brought the poters 10 thelr bearings, and The
bill was lsd on the table by consent AS soon as
the third reading of bills was concluded,
Mr.. Wheel rrose to question privilege. This morn
ing petition presented Tor some AFTERNOONS u. NV
Police regulations OF SewYork. The Chairman o; the
Judiciary Committee (MrT K Lee took upon ha.sef in
his place to report TN FROM that Committee Ihfee
rnc,nars of that Committee had told linn that they ma
had no notice Of meeting or OF such SUBJECT bc before
them This bin was TO third read.s ana The FIRST
ne heard Of IL was when upon Its passage On e
animation. found that this was bl most
in prircipe and detail. He felt bouns to make this eS-
nanation in duty TO himself and his constituents That II
should be known that he knew nothing whatever Of this
subject lie left the question ior the decision oil the
House.
Mr.. Worden hoped the Chairman OF the Committee
would explain.
Mr. T. r. Lee said be had heard nothing Of question Of
privilege He could only say that majority OF tie Com
mi,,cc had assented 10 the bill, as they tod him.
Mr. Wheeler moved that the bill be recommttcd, and
that the Chairman be requested 10 oXpia n lie under
stood that his rights member OF that Cornnlite had
been violated and this he considered was question OF
privilege.
Mr. Bailey thought the House could no, compel man
to sneak unless he chose SO do. He moved HAT tie
Committee be instructed 70 rcpo!; the bill complete
After some farther talk, Mr.. Lee admitted that
this bill was founded on petition presented that
morning, that there had been no meeting OF the
Judiciary Committee, and no notice TO Mr.
Wheeler, who, as the Member Of that Committee
from this City, mad an imperative night 10 be heard
upon it, In short, the whole business was base
fraud, and lis object the empowering OF the newly
elected Common Council TO turn ont the Municipal
Police appointed for specified term under law
of the very last Legislature tLoco- Foco) and put,
Loco-Focos IN their stead This plot could only
be carried through the House by trick, as two
thirds would mol vote fori; but, once through the
House, it would have defed all opposition IN the
Senate-Bul the plet was discovered, and the bill
sent back to the Committee, where ii may as well
remain.
There is deliberate purpose evinced by the
majority Of the House Of sighting and tramPllns
on the Delegation from this City. II will harm only
those who are engaged in it. On the question Of
Nativism, our Delegation is wofully in minority
here; but on nearly every other question II this
day truly represents the majority of our citizens
having been elected by the largest vote ever given
to any Delegation from this or any other City. The
party in power will make grave mistake If they
act on a different presumption