The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-07

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KNOW NOTHING MOVE IN THE sENATE-sENAT0Bl
GOODWIN AND THE NATURALIZATION Laws
CHURCH TENUREs-THE LETTER wRITEas-THE
OFFICE SEEKERS, ETC.
ALBANY, March 6, 1855.
SAM made his appearance in the Senate this morn
ing, and made quite autterng amongst the members
of the Seward section. II the occasion OF Mr.
Goodwins Offering a joint resolution requesting our
members Congress to their influence in endeayor-
ing to procure the alteration Of the naturalization laws
80 that foreigners shall not DE permitted to the
right Of suffrage until they have been resident in this
country twentyone In offering the proposition
be asked that its consideration be made the SPECIAL
for Thursday.
it was finally agreed to make the special order for
Wednesday, the 21st instant imme lately after
tive session. Senator Goodwin bears the reputation
OF being an intelligent and able DICTATOR and t is the
first time Of his speaking in the Senateand will likely
be the last-an audience will doubt be collected OF
many hundreds to listen to exposition OF OF
" Sans" peculiar doctrines
cuped the entire session. MT BROOKS led oil favor Of
the BILL qnong history long way back, entering some
what deliberately into the church property practice OF
Catholics in the early He was attentvey listened
to by very large and highly respectable audience.
ing TO show that all the bills which the Legislature
pass cannot interfere with church discipline This did
senate relates only to the holding Of real estate tam
poral matter entirely
tor has Jet spoken against it, still must be tried IN the
political furnace, ana If the party divide against 1T in
order TO secure the Catholic VOTE viii bs killed In the
House, II it does pass the Senate Has Mr. Putnam re-
Hected upon this
several Of the reporters and letter writer's the
capital have been hauled the coas in the House
during the session, whether for justifabe cause
other wise, the "deponent knoweth This morning
Mr. OKeeie discovered paragraph in the Times of yes
terday, which reflected upon his conduct a member,
and he called the attention OF the House to it, upon
privileged question. The article SPEAKS of the motion
made by Mr.. O'Keefe yesterday and carried, asking
discharge the Judiciary Committee from the further
sheraton Of the New York Police BILL and that IL be
red to cit an
O'Keefe read
"Mr o'Keefe think YOU will search the books in vain
for justification of auch trckery, and know you have
doomed yourself and gained only temporary
Buoonery IA sometimes tolerated for the amusement af
fords-bombast,c eloquence is commonly endured-but
deception and fraud will lose you the confidence of your
associates and the respect OF all mem
Mr. 0Keefe said he to call the attention of the
House TO this matter and to vpdcate himself from the
HagTapt wrong committed his personal character,
police bill was smothered the Judiciary Committee by
trickthat committee desired to have nothing TO do
with it. He then read an extract from Mayor Woods
letter, when
Mr. Boynton called to order and stated that he was
discussing the question OF privilege.
The Char Mr. Batch,ord) The point Of order is we'll
taken.
Mr.. Petty moved that permission be given Mr. OK. to
Mr.. O'Keefe-I have only another paragraph to read.
Which he gave, in which Mayor Wood ntmaes his inten
speakng:-The Judiciary Committee did not want
TO examine the s police eh ~, and upon the
they Tine was .h.rs
the bill ought to 60 to the New York delegation,
and that was the motion he made and was unani-
mOuBIy carried. He denied using deception.
On the floor Of the House, anywhere else, no man
can accuse him OF practising fraud He believed he pos
His honor questicned and dare do it
here he characterized the article false from begin
OF New York in his efforts at placing the city under
good government. The matter then dropped.
toe sns
to the certainty OF the hsrbor masters Neither the