New-York tribune., 1867-03-06
ALBANY.

THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS BuI,-OPP0sITI0N
FROM TIE RlNG-PAssAGE OF THE ASSEMBLY
CONVENTION BHIl-CORNEIL UNIVERSITY-THE
CENTRAL AND HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD Diff
CuLTY-REPoRT OF TIE INVESTIGATING COM
MrTTEE.
TELEeRAPH
ALBANY, March 5, 1867.
The Board of Public Works bill was up in the Sen
ate Committee on Cities this afternoon, and received
a scrutiny at the hands Of A. r. Lawrence, lawyer
for your City Hall Ring and Corporation Coun-
sci O'Gorman.. Mr. Lawrence was the first
to Speak, and occupied 80 mnch time
that Mr. OGoman had no chance to make any ex-
tended remarks. Mr.. Lawrence characterized the
bill 0 fraud upon the people OF your city and made
the same old protests against the Legislature
interfering with the vested rights Of the city
From the remarks of this gentleman u
was very apparent that the bill, if passed,
will be the hardest blow yet inflicted upon the
" Rngp Mr. OGoman made no legal Argument
against the BILL but simply protested against its pas
sage The efforts of these gentlemen did not avail
The Committee made no alterations in the bill, and
ms soon as the Senate convened it Yas reported to be
considered i'm Committee Of the Whole IL is hoped no
delayswill occur in the consideration 0t tins bll
The bill was considered III Committee OF the Wh0le
this evening, full Senate being present. Senator
Low led off in advocacy of II, showing IFS necessity
10 the taxpayers Of NewYoTk and all those opposed
80 corruption, and was followed by senator AHneWN,
who much to the surprise of ALL opposed the bill ON
the ground that there were too many commissions
now. Senator PersOn then took the floor and, IN an
argument of nearly an hour in length based on doc
umcnts of vOur Board of Aldermen and "a message Of
Mayor HOffman-whom he landed for his honesty
and inteQity-denOunccd this and all other C0nlmls-
siOns now in existence There has not been single
Democratic argument against these COMMISSIONS
that he did not in bis rehash, and yonr Ring
politicians c9nld not have srenSbcncd his speech IA
announced that it had convinced hlm the bill was n
good one, and that II sbou,d receive his support.
He showed clearly that amy Senator holding the
sentiments of Senator Pierson could rot De in sym
pathy with the great Union party. ms prompted
pcrSOn TO ask If be had beer read ont of that party,
and Senator White replied that he thought he had
read himself ont. Senator II. {. Murphy made the
legal argument against the BILL trying 10 sustain
himself by the Dougan charter. Senator Folgcr set
tied this point 10y asking the Senator ", when the
people accepted the charter OF lM7 they had not
given mp all former ones. No satisfactory response
was made, hut Senator Murphy asserted that the
control of the streets given IA former charters was
never taken away by the charter of 1871 Senator
Low quoted from the charter. aud also from decls-
ion of the Court Of Appeals, showing that the city
never had the high powers asserted by Senator Mnr-
ply, but that she has always been, and ~ now tie
mere agent or trustee OF The State Progress Was
then reported on the BILL and 1t was made The special
order cor Friday.
The Senate to-day passed great number of bills
which Mad been ordered Ia 9 third reading One OF
these WAS bill extending MadiS0n-aNe Ia One hund-
rcd-and-tcnfh-st bill was introduced by Senator
Thomas Murphy entitled An act extending the
power of the cntral lkirk Commissioners III pro
yidcs that the latter shall eNtcnd Ffth-ave. to
the Battery, and that they shall widen
Annr-st., even il the consent of the property
holders is not obtained. The fust proyisop of the
bill is the only Mr. Murphy IS responsible for by
The introduction OF the bill. The Senate made no
progress IN the Convention bill to-day. The Assembly
hill wa- however referred to the Committee on the
whole without first being placed in the hands OI the
Judiciary Committee.
The Constitutional Convention bill came up IN the
Assembly to-day for final passage. -Four Republican
Notcs-Mossrs. COVcll, Hasey, fnveiIs, and HOFFMAN
were rccOr1od against it, on 'hc ground that the
sertion allowing the selection Of delegates at large
was unconstitutional Mr. Ramon and jacobs were the
only Democrats who voted against the bill Mr. jacobs
did 10 because BE- did not think the section dlsfral
chising Rebels right lust. Mr.. Ready
was opposed 20 the same section, like
grounds, but he voted FOR the bil Mr.. Ransom
said privately, hc opposed to the bill on tonsu
tion grounds bat he did not state them. MessIs Parker
aud SclkrcF opposed the bill on the grounds their
four Republican colleagues did. but the House excused
them from voting 4 number Of members were absent,
and a number lodged The following n the vote: