New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-07
AGuIDE FOR THE COMING ELECTION.
Record Of the Legislature OF 1860.
A PICTURE OF CORRUPTION.
Who Voted For Stealing and Who Voted Against It.

When the memo able Legislature Of 1850
assembled at Albany in January last, it assumed
such an air of virtue and talked so glibly of econ
omy ret,enchment, reform, honest legislation, an
the like as to cause the old stagers al the capital
10 ,miIe, and TO daw from prominent member Of
the lobby the remark that IL would be ssfe TO
swatch this Legislature; such protestat'ons OF
+" honesty in advance mean something. think
" smell rat"
Before the organization Of the House, the Rspab-
leans held caucus or the nomination of Speaker,
CeIk Sergeant al. Arms, &c, at which the ollo~-
ing resolution introduced by Mr.. Milken Of West
chester, was '0pted:
Wherea srOu, have ont Of the practice Of
voting 1ira naon other ofes Of the
not only not authorized by lsw bat expressly forbidden
Rsirss Tia, We ~il di.co.nsncs aud oppose al cIsr.
giants ioI srvce, Performed dining tie prs;so Sc 0n ana
and i nominating such Clerk snd ether oc we do 80
s allowed BY law will b s,i.sc'o
Of this and ths In eptng sueh h~y re-
nG'. md y o Ps d
subordinate. than are soued BY law except they .es
been authorized 80 70 do By vote Of the Assembly spec
fyng the tfces to be hlled"
The mover of the resolution stated that one of
the objects he bad in view in presenting it to the
caucus was to place the matter fairly before the
nominees for officers of the Assembly, that they
might know exactly what to expect should they
see fit 10 accept the proaered places.
The question Of tue appointment of subordinate
officers came up in the Assembly on the following
day. when Special Committee, of which Mr..
MlGken was made Chairman, was appointed to re-
pot TO the House what subordinate officers should
be appointed, and at what compensation. The
Committee reported in favor of appointing the same
lumber of additional officers as had been appointed
by the last previous Assembly, but that no extra
compensation be allowed.
Mr.. Cover of New-York, from the minority OF
the same Committee, reported in behalf of the
Democ .scy, in favor of the appointing the same
number of officers, with the same pay as IN 1859
that il, the same gratuit es in addition to their
regular pay. After lengthy debate, in which
Mr. Coz King cal ed special attention to the Act Of
1853. prescribing the number of officers to be EN-.
ployed, and their pay, but providing that they
sh uld receive 40 extra compensation the report
was referred back to the Committee with instruc-
Ii. De TO report by bill, so that the additional Of
fcers, if we must have them, should be appointed
in pursusnce aud not in violation, OF Law. Ia the
mean time, the Speaker aud Clerk were author
lied to appoint, temporarily, the same number of
officials "a in 1859
Dir. Miken's other public duties were 80 press
ing that be did not fod time during the whole SEES.
sion TO report bill, in compliance with the order
of The House. So the supernumerary appointees
held th-ir places during the entire hundred days,
and, in addition to their regular and liberal pay,
received their extras, as matter OF course; but
still not without struggle the part of the few
Republican members who had not forgotten, or
chose not to Iguore, the law aud the Caucus Re-
| soI.o already quoted. Mr. Flaoler. the able and
efficient Chairman Of the Committee of Ways and
Means, turn ed deaf ear to all importunities for
inser,ipg extras in the annual Supply bill, and
reported bill, which was model OF Its kind, end
which, because it was a proper bill, produced a
universal howl among the patriots who were serv-
np the State as Clerks, Librarians, Sergeants at
| Arms. Postmas,ers DOorkeepers, Messengers, &c.
IT, due time, the bill was considered in Committee
| OF II g Wkoe. when all the extras were added by
| way of amendments.
| NDtU IDt Dlu CnuIc up iuA u iiuo iSHu'bS ~ tHN
| Assembly, Mir. Conkling moved to recommit, with
Instructions to strike out the items of Extra Com.
peIsaton. A division was called for, and tue
question was FIRST taken on striking out the item OF
$500 extra pay to DIR. Richardson, the Chief
Clerk, which was lost, As to 81, as follows
YFAs-M, .sr. n Allen O. Allen Barlen Bsruett Beebe,
Bsby Cad,-cH chsnden Collins, COnkng Gulver Diekin-
@ D sdeam lI moah JaoRasy 1
Nc, Merritt Miken Morgsn Peck, Perry, Plumb PoH
ii Er,d,on Rider Robinson Savage SoaTles seryis H.
18th NJ suith, StisOn Ta6er, Van AistJpe Van born,
payiaH, Wiisms-S
la Republicans, A Demoerats.l
NAys-Mesrs 4reaiay!as bingham, Borrnon Bigss Burnt
Buh Carter Coi, Cook C"oE-r, Coae@d" Ctsn6 Cio ser
Doyep Decker Dosch EsIl Ellsworth tuitJn. Gou,r hd"
Hosh Hubhen Jsqnss Jyhotd,, Jenni'.; Je~et' yons
zen Natbrr Manson M.fsel, Miller. Mlngton Moolt9n
Myers 4. Myers ORoEike, Payne, 7. lion rsn't f9nd
B;oa5 81 John slinseriand A. Smh w NJ Smith, Tucker
T1mIyt IooI6e.s, Ualsh, Hsbsta WhPpe Wiley, " o0d
| rtF, feny-bl.
80 Republicans, Gin Roman;) rs Democrats
| Gin Haiies.)
The question was then taken on striking out the
proposed extra compensation to tho Deputy Clerks
| and other officers of the House, which OF course
| was lost also: Yeas AZ; Nays 81, (neary the
same az abOve.) Then The messenger boys (pages)
had their extras voted alsO-75 to 40. Aud so tue
Initial attempt OF the House to reform itself went
out in sttIch of general corruption at the close