New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-16

$iS3 1874 14--ihee four judgments ionce how that
saSgment vas obtained II You occupy my d he
ana Won let them TO the gentleman mex. " an the
nav; YOU the rent can sne You ahd Ieoa ,ecsiyed
he b.: paid yGp e sse m gens which the City Of
Ssw.York had already got for The use ~ ;.o
nremises or what it was reasonanly w. Rot r.ao.
was liable 10 Taylor a. Brennan, lor uIuei .s he,
49,; Tbase referees reported, upon their oatn, mat
these premises were worth Sos 900 year; and tney
gave iudUaept at that rate Wel genIenS", n0
we are; Eere are Judgments against the Ilty " No
York amounting to over 1853 oOo, IN favor OF day,os
4 brennan. on the docket. There they stand ana
T.vlor g. brennan have lease 70 run three months.
There we are in the Autumn OF 1908 anu a. 'no
commencement of the session OF iooV' lDeie
we are when Mr.. LittlejOhn 10 made SPEAK
er. with absolu power TO appoint the
Committees Just as he peases. don know bnt that
statement need. come qualification; that LOBBY IL
powerful body of men. Its head is sometimes lie ne
Di tator" Bot there we are; this property own'o py
the State, worth g., C00, 0O0 and TAYLOR q Brenna
have judgments under their leases for $65y ana
upward. We go into the Legislature under 'Iis s,"I
Of things. What do yon suppose now 9ke'
want yon 10 reconcile this conduct Of MI LtteyouI
with legislative purity, with leghl alive decency,
Won have tie means-if you know how. Here Is an
at which is entitled, If the Court please, Az sct 10
euthorize the sale Of certain ands oeiohemg ~ WIG
State, ind TO empower tie Corporqv"@ y! -
New.York to purchase the same, passed APin ~
1850, Notwithstanding the objections Of the 9overnof
GThe counsel read from the West washington MhIke1
iii referring parti ularly 10 tie seventh clause
That bill is what the learned gent, man last Dlght
called the "West Washington Market I'LL. iha'
bin pased on The Sd OF April 1860. Taylor Bren-
nan were there with their whole following wheetoey
had been during the entire Winter iaoo,lng ioi tno
passage OF this BILL aud incidentally no doubt i9r me
other bs-tha railroad acie the propo, al pr'paoy
ves with the master Of the Lobby aud Mr. Lnie)ohn,
GDont You oppose my bill for paying my JUDY ment-
and won't oppose your bi for getting 'nc
franchses" AZ al events such apropOsiloh wa
- A,As tpayxp
y ad pleasant in their lives and in their death
they win not be divided. They went INTO the Lep,a
| TUE hand in hand they succeeded on tbe sse uay
their bills stood aide by aide in the pubnc ehves u
| the nm lie prints fortune fSvor'd tnem alike, hnAe
| tr;nnpb,nt over the Governors veto, alte slceu
through by Mr.. Littejohn, with tie AID OF al vic
Lobby machinery aud Lob a ss po,"
left the Speakers clair 10 advocate their pa,
sac. over the Governor veto, Ia both instances sc1
uS the Governor alike voting for both op tbe same
Now what excuse Mr.. Liiilejohn may nave 10, Inls
conduct shall not attempt 20 c0tlectoTei Rave
bst IN him and his able though sensitive and troubled
council; il is their duty to expalo, pail ave Jns'yh
they can. will tell you one or TWO dnhsuihes III .ne
way of getting through with any railo. a. usiicon
of that Till These judgments against the city were
obtained through fraud 90 grost that th"y were re.
aside by mosI indignant order Of the Supreme Court
of the State Of New-Yoik-as obtained by fraud ana
nothing elee but fraud. They We're GOV " oeispl
the city did not defend for resson or oiher Ihty
charged il upon Corporation Counsel but he wasih
the interest of Taylor 81 Brennan: II ainasvits are
true WIFI we here, they either prove or lha'
he was crippled Lis defebse by the Comm Sioners
| of the Lapd-Ofs,e. On the Sd Of Apil teese bills
came np before tho Ho for tassage hr. ConkhhS
and other good and true members o. lhc Legislature
had presented protests and Uemorsls-Dut DO" VAN
| Why talk 10 men who Lad all UiDgsi 10 use thii
| own phrase liked" "fr dr. They were told that
tie nd,msnts were ooluHive ard corrupt, and ought
no, 10 lie psssed-tbat proceedings were pendns 70
Tense against the ac,iuns Tho Corporation Council,
Judge Bronron sa,s there IL perfect defeuse. foa
know Judge Bronson, VINO Lr.tded over .le supreme
Court for many years. Mr.. NJ, Neon tn3s lhey aio
corrupt and cannot be stained MIR. Conklug quotes
a ,bese high authorities. What did Mr.. Lietohn do'
tie cAme down frpm that place, where you remember
you him sitting go efty, and 81 serene ana seem.
ingy 80 tpO Leslie down and look the moor oi
the ouse and there stated in the hearing N the coun-
try that .hese judgments were good and valid ludg-
nlents; that the Controller OF the CHy Of YORK
favored the payment Of them; that Judge bronson
id tbey wee valid Judgments and ought TO be paid
81 know about this matter, was his exclamation
knew aDout this matter" woro tho words lie u-ed
They were s.ked by Mr. Conkling, why NOT leave II
in The d,nrsiion aud make il the Duty Of the Con-
trollrr TO pay there Judgments motion 70 TO
modify the bin yoed down. and the imperious ni-
rscon retained. Such legislation canrot be found on
another statute book, either in England or America
And il wos stated by council Mr.. Evarts said II,
that the Controller, under that act, could have been
compelled By maHdamns to pay these judgments; s.,
| thar the judgments were fraudulent, and toon SGT
ASIDE ard vacatedby the Court for fraud. No compro
, mise WIS offered or made until they were yet aside
: Bot alter they wero Get aside, Taylor a. Brennan,
knowing the matter would bear the test OF Judicial
investigation, came in aud had q cOmpromise. Mr..
Littleiohn was told all this was, and would be- yet
. | he came down. and by means OF ttatemente which
had no foundation in fact, tbeso bills were passed
! The next day letter written by Judge Bronson
? TO tie Governor iu which Judge Bronson eApresret
| tie opnion that they were fraudulent, VOID sn'
ought not to be paid" He referred TO the Statement
The Speaker and branded il it deserved, and b
mics that be said that the judgments Were vaC
or ought 10 be paid He denied that in an affidavit
a copy Of which have here; Controller HaTs debiet
that he ever said he in favor OF paying them, o.
thai he ever said that they ought TO be paid but perth
naoutly insisted that they were absolutely void io
b.. signature he declined to tign IL. He returned II
with this extraordinary message which you have
card read In that message be extracted the pa,sags
from Juoge Bronson letter 70 when ha'e r.ieried'
lie stood firmly supported By one man leaning upon
one man, WHO stood that support, relying upon
H. for be felt that IL honest faithful, earDeet.
He knew the He sits over there. Pointing TO
MI. Greeleyl 1.-The counsel read the Governors IN.
sage from S,ndts Journal page S66 Now, gentlemen,
on the 18th Of April the bill az have said,
turned with this message; this message with the
from Judge Bron:ons letter was read 10 the pre-
seuce and heniiog Of Mr.. Ltlejohn and after it
read Mr.. Littejohn lett the Speskers cn1ir and
down again in the and advocated the passsge VI
| the bill Now, il be carried the bill on tbe Sd Of
April by stating that the Judgements were valid ,h and
ject on the pretended statements Of Greene C. Bronson
! and Mr. Haws, If he then believed that statement,
be certainly was doabused Of that by the Governors
message, where the Governor quotes from Judge
| Bronson the language which has been read 10 you.
| Gentlemen, don't know what were Mr.. Litlejohns
| motives in making the statement he did make
| when the bill first passed; whether he will claim
he believed the Judgments were good and valid
because he relied ON the Judgments aud opinions
Of Hsws and Bronson. II he does, wonder
| ful change bas come over the spirit Of bis dream