The New York herald., 1862-03-17
NEWS FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.

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Congressional APportionment-Resoiu
tfons Com pliment 40 MI. Ericsson and
the Omcers of the Monit6r-Insurance-
Ravmond's Grinding Committee Orr
dered-The Safeguards aced Around
T,-Nothing to Prevent Their Passing
the Wa ashington Market and Gansevoort
Jobs-General Rejoicing I'm the Lobby
special Leg isla tion Now the Order OF the
Day-Matters OF Pubiic Interest Second
arv-The Niger Always In the Local
Biils-How 10 Avoid the Disgrace OF a
Grinding Committee-Reiief OF the sol-
diers Having shotdy Uniforms-Red
Books, SSc., &c.
ALBANY, March Is, 1862.
find that the Appor,ionment Committee have finally
agreed upon the first nine Congressional districts COM
prisng Long Island staten Island the city of New
York The First Congressional district is as
night with the addition of the country towns Of Kings
county The district comprises the counties of Suffolk
Queens Richmond and the county town Of Kings county
The Second Congressional district made up OF the First
Second Third, Fourth, Fifth seventh, Eleventh, Thir
teenth Fourteenth and Nineteenth wards OF the city OF
Brooklyn The Third district comprises the Sixth, Eighth
Ninth Tenth Twelfth Fifteenth Sixteenth, Seventeenth
and Eighteenth wards OF the city OF Brooklyn The SIX
districts OF New York tho same as teegraphed last
upon there is such contest them that they
may be changed at future meeting Of the committee,
and prediction OF the probable result can hardly be
made. There is, however, but little doubt that
Ulster and Columbia will form district, and Albany
and Schenectady another Every asprant for Congress
has district to suit himself, and this, as matter of
course makes many conflicting plans and spirited
troversy The first districts may therefore be said
TO be the only districts fully agseed upon By the
mittee
The Ways and Means Committee at the request Of Mr.
Loutre have agreed to send for Benz Brady Of New
York, who has made himself famous in sngrossng on
parchment for the purpose OF making arrangements with
him for engrossing parchment the resolutions Of Mr.
Loutre compmenting Mr.. Ericsson and the officers aud
crew Of the Monitor.
But little done Of general interest in the Senate
this morning. A majority Of the Judiciary Committee
reported adversely TO the bill relative to the premium
notes Of insolvent mutual insurance companies. Tho
minority Of the committee reported another bill SUBJ
sttuto thus leaving the still opsu for future dis
cusson That branch of the Legislature adjourned at
early hour until Monday evening
This being the last day for introducing bills every
member introduced all that he had hand to close up
that class of business. Bills may, however, be hereafter
introduced but cannot be considered except by unan
nous consent until after those presented on or before
ths 18th day OF March have been considered.
IT.
for the appointments Of grinding committee, OF,
have styled it sitting committee called up to-day
tbs door, 10 defeDd his banna The resoou wss
favored by Messrs Raymond Alvord and Stetson, and
finally adopted amended only in one particular The
following copy OF the resolution, finally adopted
by vote of "a ayes TO 10 noes-those voting the
negative being Msssrs. Books;aver, Coddngton Cosy
kenney Laor, Loutrel, Pierce, smith and Wells
Resolved That select committee Of nine be appointed
60 which referred Orders with power 10
select thererom such bills as they may deem proper and to
report the same complete.
Provided That the committee shall take no action
bill except at regular meeting Of said committee
joy OF the members thereof being present and necessary
Tnat the yeas nays shall committee
upon s T report any bin M Of tn,
committee, including record OF the vote upon every propo-
% g House use 1spo ns
ha aH G . be oe
Journal committee shall reported complete, except
Thai no BIN making any appropriation Of money out Of
ns s . any on se e e
ydusls Or companies shall be reported complete by the
The IN ss q d % Bs
esal moi Se assa @ until report T
That bin reported complete may when the question
the Committee of the Whole upon the demand Of thirty
Resolved That the committee be authorized 10 employ
ssrE at s,ra Of - day during each day he may be ae
This one Of the measures that every session Of the Ie
gsatue is forced into by the OF business One
year kind Of grinding committee adopted another
something else; and thus they change from plan
smother facilitate business the close Of the
II Is from these machinss-for such they are-arse
nearly all the evil legislation that the State is inflicted
with The passage of such bills the West Washington
Market and that class is the direct result OF these grind
ing committees and. with all the honeyed phrases in
these resolutions, there nothing to prevent the commit
tee from grinding out bills OF that nature and there
any such the files the public may expect them to
suddenly turn up One great fault Of oil these committees
10 they place the special bills ahead and their pas
sage, to tho detrment Of bills of public interest and
importance. The result will be that shall have
upon our statute books food OF local, special
and private bills, about onethrd OF which will have
to be repealed next year This at least is the result
OF the past And it Is accomplished to che detriment Of
public business and those bills which necessary for
public interests are allowed 20 go unscted upon. II the
members desire 10 really do justice 10 the people Of the
State then they should order the appointment Of
mttee to select from ths general orders ali such bills
Of general public Importance and interest and refer
them to the Committee Of the Whole with provso that
other bill shall be considered until they disposed
Of But the trouble is, almost every member has some
local bill which he about the passage OF than
he does those Of public nature and hence they 20 in
the grinding committee, aud the state is always
cursed with too much local legislation. Until we
have q radical change in our rules Of legislation
this evil will he sprung upon every year
10 comes regularly in some form or other, and will
continue TO make It's visits disgracng every egs
lature and adding chapters OF corruption their
.nss until the constitution - changed giving 70 the
Of one hundred days session, and allowing them 10
main here 70 attend to the business dsesnty aud in
order. With that change no person could have the face
o. rise In his place and propose grinding committee;
there would be no to justify such move The
trouble is the hundred days session gives men,
bers excuse TO vote for grinding committee, and
then slip through all the jobs and stealing schemes,
der tho plea that they are local bills when they could
be fully examined in the House they could not pass
Yes they local bills the niger is always found in
the fence OF local bills; they n the bills
Of general public interest, for everybody is watching
them but he quietly finds his way into these local bis
just such bills this grinding committee of Raymonas
consider. These "bg things" 10 the common
phrase here yet in the background They have
kept back for Just such moves as this aud Raymond
has proposed plan and seventy four members of the
Legislature have voted for it, 10 put them all through We
shall hsvs grand rush In thslcbby. Those already
here whose faces have been long the moral law,
and bittsr In their lamentations that times dull and
no money are now leapng with Joy. ready 70 bold ju
bse over the passage OF these resolutions. The resolr
tons should be named resolution fer the relief Of the
Albany lobby; for such Is, such will prove be
IN reality before the session adjourns unless better
committee IS appointed than has been the IN the
paat