New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-06
FROM ALBANY.
LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS.
THE NEW CAPITOL PROJECT.
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
From Our Special Correspondents.

From Our Special Correspondent;
ALBANY, March 5 1870.
The Assembly has been in Committee Of the
Whole ALL the morning and done large business.
A strong effort was made in the House on Ss.urta,
70 obtain an adjournment to Monday night. Oh The
ground that nothing would be gained by adJournng 70
an earlier hour. The amount of work. however. per-
formed This forenoon eiectualy disposes o. that as
sumption
Tie Bill TO require grocers and brewers who retail
beer to take ont license debated at length and
progressed" On one side it is claimed that the re-
taiIers of malt liquors should pay license ana mus
help increase the excise money the other sac hVd
that persons who now take q license had Dcuef De
charged higher fees in other words they thlh tne
charges for license should be increased raher 'ah
add to the number cersed.
PROPOSED NEW CAPITOL.
As the readers OF THR TRIBUNE are arescY ADVISED
a bill has been reported from the Committee OF W avs
and Means for the erection Of a capitol and ep-
propriafing $500 600 toward that object. IL s be
iieye made special orde. for TUESDAY 18th INST !
cannot think the bill will pass, as certain an II ought
not and for these reasons: 800
l. new capitol is not absolutely necessary ct this
time and if this is So good reason can be sssahed
for commencing the work. The old capto! WIZ a'l ~
wears vet and accommodate every interest just a wen
rs II has during the last 10 years The amount o. busi
ness transacted By the Executive and Legislative
branches of the Government has been greater during
the pas, five years on account OF the war, thah VI"
be during the coming hye
. A new capitol will cost probably not ess than
$1,000 coo now which is double the amount It would
have cost six years ago will hive years hence Inc
present therefore is time 10 engage IA the under
taking.
g. The State is too much involved to justify the Legs
lature liz entering upon engagements whereby or
taxes will be increased. An appropriation OF sS4go
this year will not be than one-twentletb OF tbe
amount required to complete the structure This TACT
should be borne in mind that If the Legislature hppro
PIRATES 800 900 this year, Ike sum VIII have 10 pe
raised every year for the coming 90 wears.
The idea Of the Alabanans Is to get the new capi.O
started TO get the State committed 10 the erection OF
the buding and then il will be said there must be no
backing down; that the public faith is pledged and
there must he no delay or interruption in the progress
Of the work. Let it that the pledge Is not
made this year at any rate.
Our taxes are already enormously high. Let Us LOT
increase them while we heavily burdened Will
debt. Let Us pay up some OF expenses before
embark in any new enterprise The present capitol
will do; at all events, If We wise. We vii! make
| 1t DO.
desire to call the attention of the people TO this
matter for after all II 10 they who most deeply IN
terested fhey do wish the State taxes increased
let them demonstrate, and in such terms that their
servants here will understand that they an dead
earnest.
THE SENATE
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