New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-07
FROM ALBANY.
From Our Own Correspondent.

ALBANY, Tuesday April 6, 1873.
Mr. Stow made an elaborate speech in the
SENATE to. day on his bill providing for the holding
of State Convention to revise the Constitution, or
rather to make a new Constitution. MIR. Slows
objections to the Constitution are radical. He hnds
in that instrument very little of anything winch his
Judgment can approve. beheve Mr' STOW was
member of the Convention which framed the present
Constitution opposed it all through, voted against
it on its final passage and refused, as member of
the Convention to put his signature to 1t. 1hcre
are others who think the State has Outgrown It's
clothes; but MIR. Stow does not acknowledge that
they ever fitted. He objects to the election by the
people of State officers other than Governor ana
Lieutenant Governor, is opposed to an elective Jl-
dietary and would have eight Senate IT'S, each
electing four Senator'S instead OF the single district
system, He would have Judges appointed dur
ing life or good behavior, competency In snort,
Mr.. s. thinks we are growing too fasf, ana losing
the conservative element essential to the stability
of a governm ent-that the present system tends 10
confuse the people and beittle the State, &c.
hardly think the objects for which MIR. STOW would
call convention are those which would induce the
Legislature to second him or the people 10 ratlil Ills
proposed rctrograde movement. -,
The Senate, in Committee of the Whole cOnsd-
cred the bill to pay interest on unpaid drafts 0i the
Canal Commissioners, reported prOgress, and re-
frrrtedthe bill TO Select Committee OF Five to report
complete aud went into executive session on the
Governors nominations for Police Commissioners IN
place of Messrs. Bowen, Stranshsn and Cholwell.
1t is understood that the two former gentlemen
were renOminatcd, and that the name OF Thomas Is.
Stillman was sent in as the successor to Mr.. Cho-
well, Would not Mr.. Stillman's resignation as one
of the Supervisors of New-lork seriously disturb
the political equilibrium of that Board Or can u
man hold the Office of Police Commissioner aud gu
perysOr at the same time
In the ASSEMBLY to-day, on motion 0i Mr..
WHINE, the bill authorizing the construction ot
railroad in certain streets parallel to Broadway was
taken from the table and after brief contest was
put on its final passage, on which the vote was -
to 30.
Mr.. DAYTON moved reconsideration, which
was negatiyed BY vote of "a TO 65. The bill will
probably pass the Senate aud become law
The Senate bill to repeal the half-dime act WAS
received in the Assembly and referred to the Rail
read Committee to report complete. The bill to
authorize the running of sleeping cars on the rail-
roads OF the State. and to charge an additional fare
therefor. also passed.
The bill TO authorize the establishment OF Quar-
antine on Orchard Shoal had been made special
order in the Assembly for certain hour to-day, and
when the hour arrived motion 10 dispense with
the special order prevailed, and as the House re-
fused TO make the bill the special order for any
other time, it may probably be considered as good
as dead for this session
The motion will be made 10 reconsider the vote
by which the bill to authorize the Common C0uncll
of New York 10 lease Reservoir square to the Crys
tai Palace Association, or to purchase the building
the Association for the city and Is thought that II
will prevail, and the act may yet pass tie Lessla
ture, as il should
The Assembly passed the bill to confirm the Off
cial acts of j. G. Talmage as sole Loan Comnls
sont of Kings COUNTY.