The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-06

yancement A broad policy would indicate
that some arrangement should be made where
by there may be no tax whatever levied upea
what is the greatest blessing to us.
The Doings at Aibany--What WIN sto Ce~.
stitutienai Convention Dor
The Convention now in session at AIhsnv
does not in its opening proceedings give much
promise Of good works. Up to this time Tho
whole business has been badly botched by he
politicians. When majority of one hundred
thousand, out Of poll of over six hundred
thousand votes, decided that the constitution
Of the State needed revision and amendment.
the partisans Immediately set themselves =
contrive how they could best make capital for
their particular organizations out Of the busi-
ness. The republicans of the Legislature
made party question Of it in the bill to pro-
vide for the election Of delegates The demo-
cratic leaders made party question Of l.
first by their bubbles regarding the consisu-
tionalty Of the vote ordering the Convention,
and next by refusing in some instances to
nominate delegates or to take any share In
their election The republicans, under Greeley
and Alvord, kept up the partisan action when
the Convention met by calling caucus and
Selling upon all the Offices, from President to
page. The democrats, under the Brothers
Brooks and Confidence Cassidy, have followed
on the same tack by holding caucuses and
refu ing to take any share In tho organization
OF the Convention.
Under these circumstances ii il no wonder
if the people look with very little hope for any
proper reform Of the organic law at the hands
OF the body now assembled at the State capital
Yet there are sufficient number Of able and
responsible men in th, Convention to frame Q
good constitution, if they will make up their
minds to set to work and do it The altera-
tionsneeded are few, if made in herght direo-
ton. The extension of the suffrage to all cihr
zens Of the Slate, irrespective of color; the 70
modelling of the judiciary So as to take the
judgeaout of the influence of politics, and rem.
d n them independent OF parties the restors-
tion to the Governor Of the proper executive
pc wer, so that he may be enabled'to securss
an d be held responsible to the people for, the
hol hest and efficient government Of the whole
Sta te good system of seltgovernment for
all ,political divisions, cities, towns and coune
ties, and the restriction of the Legislature a.
far 8 possible to the enactment of general
laws. These are about all the points neces.
sary, to be touched upon, and william honese
desir, or the part Of the delegates to perform
their ,dutias the work could lie finished in
month, or six weeks, and the heavy expense o.
Al,oC Ian ho 10 tho, Of
State.
But in order 10 accomplish this, II there
should be- any real desire on the part Of
sufficient Number Of the del legates to de so, tho
Convention must at once n lake up its mind 70
taboo Grealcy. He has pm owed himself an in
tolerable bore and stum bling block In the
way Of the work Of the Convention already.
His mind rms upon quibbh ,s and is full Of small
notions. His idea Of refor m lie limited to re-.
s!rictng tho number Of po or little page boys
employed by the Legislatu re, and cutting down
the expenses Of the red b ook. Outside these
picayune retrenchments hi IS one hobby Il 10
" sell the canals" He las an overweaning
desire to arun the macI line;" however, and
cannot keep his seat on Z my occasion. If any
real, solid work is to be done. by the Conven-
ton, they must pay no a ttention whatever to
the eccentricitiea Of Gree ,ley any more than to
the pOliticaLtricks Of tho last of the copper
heads who have found their way intoths body,
but must proceed steadily Nth their business,
submit good eonstitut on to the people, to b
voted onEext November r, end 90 homs. The
sooner they get out Of Albany the better. II
they fail to make such q reform in the organic
law as the popular sentiusnt and the, interests
Of the State demand, the people will take the
matter into their own hands and work oat
their own reconstruction at the polls noxt fall
1t win then be quito clear that nothing is to DO
expected from the old Political organizations,
and will be the fitting time to throw them all
overheard and establish: pexty Of and from
the people.