The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-29

LOBBY looked rpcn aud ma.atalred. niglt so an
enumcrse the names Of the various Legislative agents
M Corporate OF pubic interests Scores are here ready
Attach themselves 20 sny question .st w.i pay-avays
10 tns market and work for the highest bidder Some OF
Ssvsn ~ oo @ were Becoming eoldedly hungry esd
| poor I'D
| The Machinery or tho Albany Lobby.
| THE NEW POLICE BILL-THE EXCISE COMMISSION
! oAKsY HALLS TACTi0s--IHE SEVENTH AvENUE
SAiLkOAD-0REBLEY's PARTICIPATION In IT. ETC.
TO TUX SDroR or HERALD.
NEW YORK. Narlh %, 1850.
How is it Cant your Albany correspondent has not put
you in possession Of facts which the subjects
daily talk in the lobby at Albany little nnesse and
little probing would ha shown him tho whole machinery
recently sought TO be set 70 motion BY A. Oakley Hail. who
has been playing eporeo Greeley and John A. Kennedy
as we'll as 10 several other oI male political bswds, two
Of the present black republican Police Commissioners bs
ing mixed up In the dirty scheme.
Kennedy Kerre and their choice associates In the So
venth Avenue Railroad plumber bl not only rcpres mt
themselves the proposed oorporaor but Others oodsrs
whose Names from prudential motives, have been kept
secret but yet whose influence needed get the
sure through. Among these may DO counted Greeley,
Simeon Draper and that facet0us dunderhoad, Dana
Of the 1iib~we James b. Swain, OF the Albany
Statesman knows this, and in letter 70 the Tribune pub
lished few days ago. charges directly the proprie
tors Of that reasonable concern. He Is met By fshy
instead any and declares that no editor that
paper has insrcat them. OK course not the interest
lies in the Seventh Avenue bionc bil-represented by
Kerr and Kennedy and the other ward politicians, who
are named as corporaors, and choice lot they
Kerr and hs democratic associates the most In.
money have engineered the matter for three years. and
to carry il through would sell out, body and breeches
ihDg; gave promise Of millions, and Greeley and the
others smoucbed themselves into IT, Hall being the work
log man At Albany during the winter Of 1852 THIS sssn
ing Of the legislative campaign Of 1850, Hall again weu
to Albany and during the greater part OF the session could
Library at The city charter, railroad bills, the po
Ice bill, and various otner sehemes com nitied to
This winter, however, Hail found himself weak. His
ban hI opo took 100 broai range; he akcd
ior much all lns which p-oscsssdt TO
have the gooa Of his party in view, found to point
at last Ike the uB6s'afbed m3suetc needle TO the pole
towsrcs A. Oakley Hal, Esq Hence something was need
ell 10 give him Little TO- ceH and show OF strength
and this is the 10 which proposed TO he done
Kerr was ore Of The Excise COMMISSIONER aud ia that
noi over the 10 SEQ holes OF the city. They
graft withhold or anDul licenses at pleasure; they
cose mp nny BARRON 10 The city Tor cause, whether ii
censed ornot Hail saw the advantage which might be
taken OF this state OF facts benefit the republican party
lreuce at Albany TIE first step was TO cite the Excse
Comscners &c appear before the Board OF Supervisors
and sye an account Of their doipgs This Kenuedys
rsrl CT The proarann.e The next move through
Pall-Kerr kept ont Of sight-wbich bring the
commissioners before Senate committee this done
Kerr Lext sci memorial to the Senate, in which ne
POINTED out grave an The part OF his CO Commits
and thus the way fully cd for bringing the
New York Conmis scD into tisrepute
During all this time Hall working away and among
other Thugs remodeipg the police b his emerta
items being iuma,eria except in two points OF viewlst,
the number Of commissioners restricted to three, to
be appointed by the Governor I'd, all the excise powers
contained In the Of 1857 10 be vested these
three commissioners Oakley Hall, OF course to be
their counsel therefore virtually fourth commission
Thus these four would bold In their bands tremen
eoos political powerthe whole police force the city
and the 10 sec rumhoes, averaging at least four votes
EACH reaching average Of over as 600 votes, 10 be
controlled by these persons Their VIII ard interests
might dictate glance at the stringcncy OF the Jaw OF
1867 will show how completely and easily all this could he
done with trucking and plant pc ice ready TO obey The
slight hint that drcps from the motion o crooked finger
snd report all places in their districts which mEht chow
signs OF restveress be deemed doubtful OF control
II Mr.. Oakley Hall should succeed In this, il will readily
be perceived that he at once becomes power In the
State and which the grave Socns nj Albany cannot
well disregard. Hence The ways OF every scheme, the
Kerr and Kennedy bill included. would be creased
frt the stocks TO the water and he could launch them at
his sovereign pleasure Is true that the democratic
party may be defeated by this In this city In the
coming contest and thus the State be given Seward
but what the democratic corporaors for that What
does Kerr care 20 long as he can be able by adding to
Halls Probabilities and power to get ha rail Dill into
law Z As for Greeley and wooden nutmeg Daus, they
kill two birds with stone and hence you found them
mute mice about railroad schemes and corruption until
George Law came I'M and By coup dc main sent them
flying higher than kite Then they squealed, but not
till then and they had good reason for Il, they not
called upon to apologize