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legislative Proceedings Strange Deings On
the Senate.

legislative Proceedings -Strahge DoAnxs IN
the Senate.
tspeeial Dispatch to the N. Y. fribuns.l
ALBANY, Wednesday, March IL, 1889.
The Senate was in Executive Session until 0 oclk
last evening, when ID vas adjourned In an arbitrary
manner.
This morning Mr.. Tabor before reading the journal,
moved that the Senate 90 on with Executive ousi-
tess they not having, he commended, come out OF
n st ALL there being continuance OF The session
This was declared out Of order An appeal was
taken and discussion followed which consumed the
whole day. the Democrats talking against time until
A O'Clock, when Mr. Otis arrived and the Senate ad-
iourned without taking any question, Gov. Cnurcn
Giving the casting vote Mr. Tabor in the course Oh
his remarks In an sllesory, pictured the scenes Of
the sxscutive session last night. He said he had
heard that in some country say Persia, the sovereign
had chossd 50 men to act as Senators, supposns
them decent and honorable that 1t was portion OIL
their duty to elect certain petty officers, they being
convened fos that purpose. portion oil the Ben
atom did what we call :" talk against time" and
finally nding that such means were going to DO In
eectual one of said Senator'S teok the place OF the
prssiding officer Of said body, and in his own wall
arbitrarily adjourned said Senate in manner Who'll
" unauthorized and wrong. That on next day
those said individuals who had thus violated de-
cepcy and honor, were loud in their declarasions OF
love to their Sovereign, and his interests SAID
Sovereign, meantime, having been admitted 70
those deliberations and sitting by listening 70 those
remarks.
Judsing from the debate and general rumor out Oh
the Hall, We are free 70 confess, that within our
retaliation never has State Senate been 20 d.
graded a. IL was yesterday by the acts Of one man.
Yestsrday was the regularly appointed Executive
dsy. when the Senate was called upon 70 set upon
the nomin atoms Of the Governor. Two Democrats
vsr, absent Vanderbilt was confined to his bed ss
Coneress Hall, and Otis was sick at Poughkespsis
The scene enacted within doors was tAas pictursdo ~
m outsider In the evening 1t was manifest 70 the
Democrats that the nominations OF the Governor
~ou,d be confirmed unless some extreme measure
"a. resorsed TO- They had talked against ume
unti, thew were nearly exhausted, and would sosn
n. obliged to weld to the viii Of the majority II
..x,,l .over could alone prevent the consumms'
ron Of the act they had been striving to preven'
vhe Lieut. Governor, not wishing to incur 'ns
oSiun of acting the part OF dictator. yisidsa "
,he Chair TO Senator Pierce, who soon afseF "isas1
,h., rower hitherto kne wn only TO usurpers VI aes
po,s. and adjourned the Senate asaihs -.
tpovn and expressed wishes OF m~lon' -
the Senators then present, in msnne' So
unidentified, ungen.iemsniy, and III oso'"..s
,asu,h., Of he Senate. TIE STATE ssnAse an.
heretofore been looked upon as eng
Although m 4 ueers mas have di1eren' p".'''' =
vet the best feeling has bsea snisf'Aihsa y -
each Other But tbs tables were 'u'Ae' :" '''''