New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-15
From Ouaown Correspondent. ,ooo
ALBANY, Wednesday, March Ia, 1901

From OuriOwn Correspondent .o.o
ALBAsY, Wednesday March Ia, 1901
THE GRIDIRoN SMASHED.
The proceedings in the Legislature to-day have oeon
interesting and important. The Gridiron haoad ine'
with frjeht.ul and fatal accident in the House tu'
morning /. Is as dead as julius Caesar. Tbs Gnoiron
was brilliant idea in its inception; it was brisnty
carried through the Senate and brilliantly squelchedin
the House, and is still brilliant wreck; for " u
ssincks and shines and shines and stncks like rotten
mackerel by moonlight
The Personal Liberty bill was the special Greer lot
oday Immediately ailer the reading OF the journal,
Int the spec order was suspended or postponed Tor
one hour, when Mr. Pond, from the COMMITTEE on
Cities and Villages reported adversely on the AFORESAID
Grdiron Railroad bill.
The question before the House was on the adopuoh
ofthe report of the Committee.
Mr. Collect moved to lay the report on the table,
which was negatived, 50 50, as follows: --u,...
D. Gas : s sonsas es
Finch Egr m 5sSgss SSH Sasss s Nsa
Newell Peck. Pows Richardson, St. John, soarie' serT
s NS9s taSSss b. Alien Allen Barnett Bisby Bowman
Butler GOqne Coogs f cS1s ps sysT
Gray sy. B Rei:sJ hi as%iu hiSse
i pa1nsp Psyne Peon Plumb Pond Robinson A Smith H.
smith, NJ smith Speaker TsEgs ITSne ssn
risn, Voorhees, Walsh, Wiley, WILLIAMS "oOdtun
The question then recurring on agreeing wish the
Committee in the report MIR. Van Horn moved the
nrevous question: which sustained, and the report
WAS adopted or agreed with by the House, by the
strong vote of 70 to 10 as follows:
ran Briggs Butler Chtte1den D. CIsrl CLARK c9 n
nn Cooper p1 Fuller son Cover
Harris HOlcOmO HOuah HuSbe JstTsy JaGneT JsG,Si
5ssg:onM sth s. ka :z ks1SSsSs H'!s
MhIen Mnon Austin Myers A A %yS 1 SfSs
Singer sSns P Ps%f s s 'si'fs1
Tsbef Tsggsrt Tucker Van Horn, Vssn Voorhees, WASH
WAY NSAYs"Ms..s. Bsfden Cocot Cook Cornelius, Crane,
e1ysT FSsR' d rTih R S
When the name of MIR. Callcot was calico, ne asheo
to be excused from voting but the House refu'ed to
excuse him, and he voted No.,
Mr. Cover moved to reconsider the vote when was
lost-l4 to 80. The following members vojng in the
affirmative, viz: 81. ~.
Dorsch Finch Gibbs Cray Kennedy Moulton POWELL sefV
Republicans In Roman, and Democrats IN itaue'
THE PERSONAL LIBERTY BILL
was taken up after this summary disposal OF the Grid
iron, and was discussed IN Commtee OIL sne 0 mhoe
sueecR in support of the bill, which was an exceed
ingly eloquent and cogeDt argument Tor kepnoncan
nrincples He examined and refuted every Objection
babants from Slavery. His speech is to be published
in pamphlet and should have wide circulation.
Messrs Smith of Chautauqua, and Barnett OF madson'
also spoke with force and ability on the same side
Kings County We are to have session this after
noon for the further consideration OF the bill, when
Messrs. Arcularius of New-York, and johnson OF
Delaware, and perhaps Others VIII speak.
ToLLING RAILROADS.
The Assembly bill TO levy tolls on freight ttans-
ported over certain railroads came up IN the Senate to-
day as a special order, when Mr. Sessions moved 10
recommit the bill to the Select COMMITTEE on taI suo
iect with view to amending 1t IN certain respects,
which was loet Ii to II as follows:
YEAs-Me1srs. Abell ood Coir,s Connolly GeLalre,'
Grant HillhOuse Kelly Lapre"ee ManieHe' j. d. hTP"s'
HAYs-Sessrs. Bell Ferry, Fiero, Go:s Hammond hetch'
Prosser Ramsey Richmond RObeIOn Truman and wafnef
Republicans in Romans Democrat in fGtie.. hill.
Mr. Grant moved to amend the clause which pro-
ydes penalty of $40 600 per day for any railroad COM
pany which shall fail to comply with the law, by the
of TOLLS to give the companies ten days
grace, which was carried. =,
be levied for three years only. Messrs Sessions and
Hammond advocated this amendment, and Me, 5rs
Goss and Prosser opposed it. Mr. Spino'a also spoke
against the bill.
Pending Mr. Sessions's amendment, the Committee
rose reported progress and asked leave to sit again.
II was MADE a special order Tor TO morrow, Immed-
ately sitter the reading of the journal. The indcl-
tons are that the bill will pass the Senate; but per-
baps with Mr.. Sessionss amendment limiting its opera
ton to three years.
CENTRAL PARK.
The Senate Committee on Cities and Villages listened
to lengthy speech by Mr. Strong last evening" in IA
yor of the Assembly bill to provide means for the
pletion of the Park, to which ex-Commissoner HoSg
replied this morning. calling in question the capacity
and fitness of the present managers of the Park for
their high trusts. He not opposed to the appro-
pration of the go 600 provided for in the BILL but
conended that experience had demonstrated that the
present managers not the proper persons to con-
time the work and dlsburse the funds. The Commit
tee re ported the bill this morning without amendment
and it was subsequently referred back to the same
Committee with power to report complete.
The bill to permit members and stockholders in
religions and benevolent societies to vot, by proxy
was ordered to third reading the Senate and the blu
authorizing the Board of Supervisors of the City and
County of New-York to lay tax for county purposes
and to regulate the expenditure thereof and also TO
borrow mOnsy in anticipation of the collection Of said
tax was read third time and passed.
oHoSDAGA SALT SPRINGS.
The following statement from the Controller, show
ing the annual amount of gross and net revenue
ceived from the 0nondaga Salt Springs from the year