The New York herald., 1864-04-06
Improvement Of the Manhattan Square
and Canal Repair Contracts
in the Senate.
Communication from Mayor Gunthef 10
the Legislature.
ALBANY, Aprll4. 1864,
myAroHrAn CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.

sEyAroRTAL CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.
Every session OF the Legislature has striking pc
euIarty which furnishes cognomen title by which
Is known from all Others Thus the session Of 1850
known the "Grdiron Legislature' that OF 1863
~ the Dummy Session." The Legislature OF 1864 has
tts cwn characteristics, which bid tar make il .
famous any Of its predecessors lhis-especiay the
Senate or npfer brarch-is known as the session Of
weak kneed candidates for Governor We have a few
Of the Gnbcrnatoral candid ties in the Assembly, who,
taken in connection with the asprants for the
0uberna,orial chair 10 the Senate bid fair TO give
this Legislature the title of 'rhe session OF candidates
for Governor These candid numerous that
they succeed many instances IN dsposing Of lcgisla
sson solely upon its bearing upon their chances
ing the nomination. On this point the aspirations OF
these gentlemen opsp 10 criticism, and sub ects
for the pen Of him who records the the times
On the democratic side id the Senate are
.kieufenaDt Governor Jones and Henry G Murphy,
Saxs are anxousy looking for and rrnying
that the Gubernatoral mantle worn by Governor
seymour will fall upon their shoulders on the reprbli
can side we have James Cook James G, Bell, H. Bailey
end Charles j. FolGer in the same predicament 1t may
b said without stretching the TRUTH that some OF these
Senators Il viii not say ally have the Governorsbip
the brain With great danger Of its striking in and be-
coming serious ts effects. When enter The
q aspirans for important positions they their
own actiors holding before their view tho position that
they are looking for Their votes all gauged
70 the accomplishment OF that object. This rule
applies with double force to Of the Senatorial clnd
aatss for Governor. several instances have trauspred
where have been about to be brought
up for consideration in the Senate which those asp
rants have trembed like aspen leaves not growing
which side TO tke 10 help them TO secure their nomna
uon The result In the Of many bill disposed OF in
that body would have been different had IL not
Of the senators Of the efec. ,ha, il would have on
their nominations. Among these bills is the Hnrlen-
Broadway project Had there been no Governor TO elect
noxt fall that bill would not have met with so
summary defeat as il did. has become the common
TAX hero that certain Senators are arad OF their sha
dowe this winter and that they often vote against their
convictions all for the sake of being nominated Tor Gov
During the past week those frightened candidates
FOR Governor have been seriously troubled about other
We oil supposed that when the Harlem Broad
way bill disposed OF they could sleep o nights, and
shat their would longer he troubled with bug.
bears that threatened TO defeat them pomn atug
convention. But there Is an old aying-There is no
rest for hewicked'whch appears To apply in certain
quarters with full force at this time Within the
last ten days three OF the Senator's who known
O candidates for Governor included in the foregoing list
(snd IN this three do not take all from one pariyJ have
appealed TO friends 10 kill certain bills before the
assembly, and not permi, them 20 reach the senate
Senators answer. Somc OF our friends, say Tho Sen
asors 'are Interested IN those bills We cannot vote
against them without incurring their opposition and n
We vote Tor the bills are afraid that II will injure
our chances for the nomination, by misconstruc
secret-he oadstone that controls legislation the scale
IN which questions Of public Importance weighed
TIE nomination tor Governor Is placed in side Of the
SCALE and the opposite the TO be considered
and just the effect s ia balancing the II de-
cded. You wed imagine how Senators placed In such
position seriously affected by every current Of air
that strikes them. Unstrung nerves, frghtfu visions
and night must follow a natural consequence
with rsttng OF the knee joints equal 10 the .raiing OF
tho dry bones OF the valley" spoken OF in the
prophecy 10 the Bible Imagine, for instance, a
btate convention in session. and four I've candidates
climbing hill to reach the hall where IL is sitting,
bearing upon their countcnances fear. their
knees shaking and trembling every STEP their hearts
nutermg like aspen leaves. and IN this predcamcut
Sv All or" Of ,bsr na,s os & s
will not stub their toes and fall and you faint
Idea OF the condition o ai least three candidates tor
Governor now occupying seats in the Senate OF this
State
II l,s public desire weakkneed men IN the Guberna,o
rial chair they different from what they have
The Gag for who afraid OF their shadows past
The public want men who know thcr duty ard are
ready TO take the responsibility though the heavens
may fall. We want no who are afraid 10
public questions aud desire TO hk their responsibility
Tor Governor IN times like these. such pcrsops dis
grace Co the OF man, TO their race and
and bad better az once put on the pettico,s aud Vet
their places be aled by men VINO do not see uberuato
rial ghosts and hobgoblios everybi presented to the
legislature The next session will be different affair
those aspapts for Governor will al to get the nomna
Sion, aud will cpmc back next ycar much slmmercd
eown, aud the measures that they afraid Of viii
% tue hrst sozcd'upon such Is politics 10 this age.
soLnIEas' VOTING.
The bi providing the mode and manor OF rccev.
nE .ne soldiers vote was considered in Committee OF
,nc Wnoie tnis morning In the Assembly. IL was
what amusing 10 action OF different partes over
TINS question was handled very gingery all around
and In fact even the republican members acted as
shey mad an elcphant on their hands and aid NOT kno
wat to do with IL The democrats a general thing
remained quiet and let the other side AZ n mn TIC
amount OF II Is, there has been great noise made
about the soldiers votag for the purpose OF making
party capital, and that they have come dov,,,
" tue real out neither sdo knows what TO The re-
publicans would shirk II " they dared do So and
sot wide ~ the mark when state that the leaders
81 thu republicans would De willing 10 pay large sum-
II tho Governor would veto the bill, that they could
et the party capital and against the democracy and
let the soldiers vote In fact that admission has been
made 70 me within the last fortyeight hours The bill
based voting by proxy and sending the vote by mail
the inspectors OF election in the district where the
sold resyied before ho Joined the army, was gone
through. Several slight amendments 20 the
dctse OF the b but none 20 the principal leading
proy,s0ns II was finally ordered to q third reading
wiihou, any particular opposition.
The bin extendun pier on one side OF Hoboken street.
which, Ia suppcsed " desired TO be done for the beue.
a. OF an unimportant ino steamers no for third
reading Mr. Curtis moved 20 recommit u TO the Com