New-York tribune., 1866-04-23
Our STATE LEGISLATURE.

The late Legislature Of our State Is entitled to OF
least negative praise. 1t ADLER and far less cor.
rupt than It's immediate predecessor; 1t did not pass
a 1.-THE of the bad measures that were formidably
urged upon it, and the Governor brayey vetoed some
of the most Objectionable Of those it did pass; SO that
is volume of additions to the statutes of our State
will show but very little that decidedly Objectionable
Then, it did several decidedly good things foremost
among which, we rank the Health Commission accor-
dcd 10 our City, and the new Excise Board whereby
the liquor Traffic in this metropolis is to DO placed
under the legal restrictions which has
with impunity. Henceforth, if almost every corner
grocery shall be tppling ghouse and every Sabbath
day of especial drunkenness and riot It VIII be the
fault Of the Health Commission and the Police, since
they have been clothed with power to enforce what
has ALWAYS been the law, but what has never (save
for few weeks at rare ntervas been obeyed as SUCH
We reckon it will have TO bc, for at least year tom
The lst Of May next IT. at our next State Election
the Peopc shall decide to have Sunday thereafter
day of tipsy jollity, of fight and frolc, We must
submit, as the other sort never did But let them
make a square, open issue, and wc do not fear the
result.
As to general City Reform, a little has been DONE
and but little The Board OF Finance or of Control
was beaten, as it should not have been Had it been
passed il would have saved at least 81 900 900 per
annum from the start and ultimately many millions
to our taxpayers. 1t will be urged again and again,
till some effective barrier against gigantic peculation
shall have been exacted.
One of the chief obstacles to Reform is the char
acter Of the delegation sent to Albany from this City
The chief robbers are no longer satisfied with sending
adroit, cunning men to watch over their interests;
they 90 themselves and bargain with every project Of
yenal rapacity or rottenness 10 save their punder
To their ignorant supporters here they clamor against
Republican commissions and schemes to take patron
age and power from Democrats; but when majority
of tho Republicans offered to take on City Hall out
of the hands of its present "no party" or balanoed
managers and give it TO Democratic Commission
headed by the Mayor, srsy Democratic Senator helped
rofs il doon. What the Republican majority wanted
was to stop peculation; but this was exactly what
our Democratic members did M want; and they sue
ceeded We venture TO say that no bill proposing to
raise salaries build railroads canals or Increase ex-
penditure generally has passed the late Legislature,
which was not supported b. at least threeourths OF
the Democratic representatives Of our city. Yet, had
these very bills became laws. the people would have
been exhorted to vote down Gov. Fcnton and his
friends and put these Democrats into power, because
of the enormous pressure Of taxation.
We hear that the New Broadway swindle-saddling
on the City tho expense Of local improvement for the
benefit ola few spectators in real sle-was usgled
through If So it must be resisted in the Courts TO
tho last extremity.
Friends Of Reform aud Retrenchment let us not DO
discouraged This our first syslomatc effort and
we have achieved some decided and gratifying suc-
oesses Let us rally around tho Citizens Association,
and prepare to send better delegation to our next
Assembly.