The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-05-04

Board OF Ten Governors.
| APPOINTMENT OF suNDRY ADDITIONAL OFFICIALS AT
LARGE sALARIEs-ECREAsIN0 THE sALARIBs or
OTHERs--A SPICY TIMB-A WARN DEBATE-A
GLIMPSE BENEATH THE SURFACE.
The Board Of Ten Governors met yesterday afternoon in
The Rotunds and their meeting Of much interest
Governor Dugro the President occupied the chair, aad
all the other members with the exception Of Governor
PinchAey, were in attendance.
After the preliminary business transacted the fol-
| lowing resolution enered:--
Resolved, That the salaries Of tho Supply Clerk and
Clerk Of the Board, Warden Of The PeniteDuny and Aims
Ransals Island ana the Cty Prison be- and the Same
are hereby Fixed at the sum Of 81 $780, and the salary
Of the sorekceper Of Randais and Bacswels Islands
be and the same hereby fixed at the OF u $780, 10
| take effect on nd after the 10th instant.
| Governor sMnH moved to lay the resolution on the
table, after inveghing againnt at considerable length
The motion was lost by vote Of 10 3-ihoee against
being Smith, Townsend and McEroy.
Governor SMITH then moved to have the u $50 made
81 $50, which would be increasing the salaries $780, in
etead Of $780, but this amendment also lost, tho
members voting a. before.
Governor Smith finally moved postpone action on the
resolution for two weeks, but this motion also failed
The resolution then carried, by OF TO 8, the
members voting they had done in the other
The following resolution Wac next offered by Governor
| GryIHER.--
Resolved That there be appointed clerk a. Bellevue
| O 2
aDpum each and that the resolution adopted Septen
Der &c. 1885, be and the hereby repealed and
scnded SO far only al relates ~ the abolition Of the above
offices.
| Governor SMITH with energy Now gentlemen, you
begin to come from behind your covers Now you begin
TO 90 business with rush few weeks ago You talked
Of economy, and reduced some trfing salaries
mize, but the out. After passing
solution reducing the salaries Of some slightly and con
sideraby increasing those Of Others you follow
by attempting 10 create two and expensive Offices
To what purpose are We to incur this additional expease
han Nf hal
would not have dared to act in this way, but you
come out coptempaby THIS is conspiracy for favor
itm and patronage You are six conspraers, and beg
that the reporters will make known the public Such
Governor BREuSNe,uusxs (warmly)- beg, Mr.. Presi-
dent, to call the gentleman TO order cannot listen to
such abuse. He has no right TO call the six members Of
this Board consppstors He must answer for that out
| The observation-disclosures Smith ia out Of order, and
must speak in order.
Governor SAITH What have done or said that is out
| of orderp Mention IL, and will retract il.
| The PRElDEyT-You have said that six members of
| this Board are six coDspirators
| Governor Ssin-And ID 1t not as plain as a sunbeam
that you aes Are you not acting ike consprators,
squandering the public money without giving the least
reason Why 1t should be done? Is not
| Governor GUNrfnR-Iet him 60 on; will make him
out as the meanest white man that ever sat in this Board
| before all Is
Governor Sxr--Here you introduce important resolu
tons without giving the slightest notice. Such proceed
ing unprecedented have opposed the first resolution
but your programme was well fixed that you could all
sit like figures without replying TO syllable, and after
wards vote like machines You laugh, but before the
year out you may be sorry for such contempbIe ac
tion and the smrk may be the other side Of your
| faces.
Governor TOWNSEND argued against the resolution in
much the strain, but with less violence than Cover
nor Smith. He then moved TO strike out all after the
word 'resolved but the motion was lost by the same
! vote as that taken on the former resolution.
Governor SMITH then moved 10 lay the resolution the
table, which was ruled out OF order He then moved
decessors Finally he moved TO adjourn, failed again.
The adoption Of the resolution was then moved by
Governor OLIVER, and passed by Blk Alternatives TO three
negatives.
Governor OLIVIER then offered resolution providing for
the removal of N p Anderson from the Office Of store
keeper Backwels Island 10 the oerkshp Of the Lu-
patic Asylum, and John Fitch from the wardenship he
Penitentary 10 the Office OF storekeepsr Blacgwels
both removals 70 take effect on the l6,n instant
knew. Why remove Mr.. Fitch from Superior TO
an inferior position to create iavoritis without giving
measures? You heve roc reason TO give. Every Op
ofyou are mute. This is conspiracy, sn1 dissent from
the entire course the majority have pursued here To-
night. 1t ia unworthy Of body OF having SO much
entrusted to them by the people denounce it IN toto
and hope that common feeling Will 30 fer Influence
Of you as TO prevent the passage OF this last resolution
! move that it be laid on the table
/ The motion was lost by vehement noes.
Governor OlivNs-rhe gentleman op5oste has taken
everything to night with great spirit He dsapToves Of
everything but think that calling six conspirators
something too much TO be unnoticed. remember when
\ there q caucus appointed by the republican party
here TO carry certain measures in this Board and Mr.
| Smith will remember, be and were members of that
very caucus Can you deny that, Governor Smith
Governor Summit 10 false that ever lent my aid to
carry measures in that way. lis false (vehementy)
/ Governor OLIvER--When came into this Board there
clerk at Bellevue Hospital and another the Luna
tic Asylum, and Governor Smith was the very that
had these Offices abolished without giving the monuments
hearing, 30 that the present denuncatons come with
/ very bad grace from him.
Governor SMnH-n the caucus that the gentleman al.
udes 10 every thing said entirely outside OF obro.
ceedngs of the Board and think is ungentemanly
mention here What is said outside has no influence
Governor OlTER-lt is strange if gentleman should
oO,S outside TO vote certain nd then act ollie
| it what you do, Governor Smith?
Governor SMITH proceeded in loud voice to explain
but the Chair ruled the whole debate out Of order.
Governor SMITH moved to lay the resolution on the
table, but the motion was lost lie then moved to amend
it by striking out that part which referred to Mr. Fitch
but the amendment went like the motion
! Governor TOWNSEND moved TO strike all after Gre
solved, but the motion was camorously voted down.
The adoption Of the resolution moved and car
| ried-6 to3.
! Here Governors TOWNSEND and SMITH gave notice that
they would enter their protests against this passage Of the
resolution, in which their are to be stated at
| length and entered on the minutes.
resolution removing Joseph Keen, Superintendent of
the Workhouse to the office Of storekeeper Randas
Island, and Thos J. Marshall clerk at the Amshouse to
the Office Of clerk Of the Workhouse in place of Charles
smythboh changes to take place the 10th Of May
was carried after long acrimonious debate, in which
several motions to adjourn were offered, but lost the
Board being divided on all questions precisely they
resolution removing Jonathan Stems from the war.
denshp OF the Almshouse carried after much bitter
| discussion, in the same manner as the rcst.
| resolution transferring Thos. b. Tabbeny from the
Office Of warden at Randas Island 10 that Of clerk at the
Almshouse was also carried.
The Board then went ballot for officers To All the
I vacancies existing in the department.
| After Governors Smith, Townsend and McEroy had
given their reasons for declining TO ballot for candidates
Of whom they had no knowledge they left the Board at
TINS stage Of their proceedings stating the proceedings
to be wholesale disgrace From thus time forward there
was unanimity on every question.
Noses n Crasto was elected and appointed warden of
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