The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-03-12

Snow The committee reported progress "a the bill, aud
was made the special order for Tuesday next at II
RsOsss to ~ o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
The Senate reassemblsi At IN 2 NJ and went into
Con piee of the Whole the Kansas concurrent reso
lutiops
Mr.. spincis Mr.. j. D. Willard and Mr. johnson spoke,
when the Senate adjourned
Assembly.
ALBANY, March IL, 1855
Tho morning session occupied debating the bill 10
amend the International Bridge charter by ssoshog the
clause obigiog the company TO keep tug a. the
draw, ana TO open the draw at all times to passing
vessels.
Strong opposition WAS made by Me-srs. Hutchinson,
vn,borp, Dayton and others
NEW YORK runIIc SCHOOLS
Progress wss r-pot~i "D the DILL 70 extend he time OF
lie schools in New York and then ordered to third
reading.
o.ss1IE GARDEN INVESTIGATION TENACIOUS
Mr. HORTON, lam from the Committee 10 investigate
the management 1t the EmRrant Depot Castle Gar
roee TO q.ssro Of privileges. He stated that certain
witnesses .@SSsU0e1 by the committee refused TO be
sworn Hs e; HsaTs ofhred a resolution that the Ser
ss Of and Joba Ssaus
for their c:tempt the House IN refusing 70 bs
sworn or answer questions unless in the presence OF
invest gate the management OF the Fmgrans Depot al
Ca tie Garden
opposed the resolutions, and warm and exciting debate
sprung up.
Mr. BAKER charged the Committee with being "Star
Cbumber COMMITTEE with refusing 10 allow any person
10 be 10 the but Witness and with refusing TO al
low the persons implicated in the charges made the
preamble and resolutions forming the 70 appear
by Counsel
Mr. HORTON denied that the Committee excluded all
ptrops They only adopted resolution 10 examine one
Mr.. EAKEI: denied that the House had given tho Com.
mi,tee that power.
hat III cha,{t
know If they had no power to make witnesses testify
they tesi ed 70 know It
tee, held that everything had been conducted By the
Comm ree legally hororably AID justly II they had to
neS sr To- be- 10 70 s tho
miitce might well be discharged. The CO nmt zee de-
sirec to at the truth, and he thought that they could
do that better through witnesses than through
awyc No charges had been made against individuals
but institution Noperson, therefore, had right
ipsist beg heard by COUNSEL any right
to testify unless by doing he would himself
In refusing 20 he the parties in contempt
of the committee Alone but ia contempt of the House
also. He read from the resolutions TO show that the
House empowered the committee send for persons and
papers, and called the House to support the
m''ee IN the exercise OF that power
Mr. HAGGERTY (dem.) called the attention OF the House
TO the Manual in which the power Of committees
defined The parties named IL the resolution had been
called Witnesses and when the oathiwas offered them,
had refused to take it, They were clearly in contemp; Of
the aouse
Sir. wnR, (dem.) held that the action of tho
committee in examining only ole witness at a
time, excluding all others, had virtually placed the
the committee were therefore, not authorized
10 refuge the counsel He ceemea them usaet
fnspg tes,ify hoped aouso would never con.
firm such arbitrary power on the committee
Mr. MCNETT (dem) justified the committee in conduct.
ing the Investigation as they deemed proper, but he
witnesses counsel
MIR woorroRp (rep said the members OF the commit
Tee he'd stated that person excluded FROM the
hut the ~oesses He cba ged this statement ss incorrect
for two members Of the House had been excluded.
Mr. CnANLKR, (dem said the question was "what Is the
power Of the Committee, and have they transcribed tns
poseIf He read from the Revised Statues prove tho
specific powers conferred on committees Of the Legsla
,nre They had power equal to tina. of The
House, and in fact a condensed form
Of the Legislature itself In accordance win
their powers the committe had subpnnaed certain par
ties to appear before them II did whether
The persons subrGbsed were or were not implicated In
the charges mace in the resolution forming the Committee
OF lnvestRaton The truth what right No
specf cnsree was made against the gentlemen sought TO
be pot under arrest, AMI IN refusing to be sworn
The committee should not be charged with "Star
chamber process. They had done nothing than
and unn any. IL 1t were done no member hereafter
would serve on a Committee OF Investigation
Mr.. MooRE, (dem) stated that he had been excluded
from The meeting OF the committee
Mr.. DEsNEy, (dem said that he also excluded at
the same time but understood for only while the
commtee arranged their plan Of acton.
Mr.. Esr. (rep a member Of the committee while
differing from the majority on these points felt bou0d
honorable
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