New-York tribune., 1869-05-11
ALBANY.

THE TAx-LEVIEs PASSED By BOTH HoUsEs-AN
INCREASE OF TWO MILLIONS FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS OYER THE SENATE BILL
SENATORS WILLIAMS, VAN PATTEN AND
NATION VOTE WITH THE DEMOCRATS
ALBANY May 10-After disposing Of a number OF
vetoes this morning in which the Senate concurred
with the Governor in every instance, Mr.. Iweeu
called up the tax levles, the question being on con-
curing with the amendment. Mr.. Folger made tne
point of order that the Committee on Conference
having failed to agree and both Houses having
adopted the report the bills are dead Inc
Chair decided the point not well taken, anu
from this decision Mr.. Folger dissented Inc
vote on the question, Shall the decision ol
the Chair stand the Judgment of the Senate was
16 Yeas and 16 Nays MattOon voting with the Dem
ocrats in the affirmative. The Leutenant-Goyernor
voted AYE" whereupon Mr. Folger raised the point
that the Chair had no right to vote to sustain his
own decision, questioning it not only in parlla-
mentary sense, but as a matter of taste Mr.
Murphy and Mr.. Nichols defended the Lieu
tenant Governor the former quoting the action
of O previous Speaker and the latter the acuon
of Lieutenant-GOv. Church Then debate
arose on that part of the levy setting apart ~
per cent of the Excise money for the support OF
schools not entitled to the Common School fund'
Mr. Morgan characterised this an attempt to sup
port parochia schools of the Roman Catholic falth'
and said they should not be allowed. Mr. Van Pet-
ten was also opposed to this provision, but Creamer
MattoOn, Murphy, and Nichols defended 1t. lhe
motion to strike it out was then Withdrawn, ana
Mr.. Murphy then moved to appoint a new
Conference Committee, and it was carried. Messrs'
Folger ODonnell, Crawley, Parker, and Morgan
very plainly ntimated that, unless bill similar to
that of the Senate should be agreed upon, it would
not receive the sanction of the majority They would
not compromise on the House bill. no matter who
urged it. The Chair appointed on the Conference
Committee Messrs. Creamer, Genet, and FOlger The
latter declined, did also Stanford, and Van
Petten. Mr.. William was then substituted,
and he accepted but he repented of it afterward,
and positively declined to serve. There was great
deal of interest taken in the proceedings OF the
Senate. MattOOn remained with the company he
was in during Saturday. Not single Republican
Senator went with him, and the Democrats saw that
they would have TO compromise. The Committees
were out until o'clock and then made their reports.
In the Assembly tho reading of the City Levy
occupied about half hour, and then the report was
adopted, Yeas A; Nays II. Mr.. Selllreg said that
in the past two years he had voted against these
leyies and while he objected to many things in this
one still he knew there had to be q compromise and
as this report had received the sanction Of Judge
Campbell and Mr.. Ia Ban and others, he should vote
for it, The Nays were Messrs. Allaban, Barse Berry,
Cook, Day. Hackett, Hixon, Hustled KIlham.
Mcleod. The County Levy was then taken up and
passed-Yeas IS Nays, 10. Mr.. Hustled pitched into
the 100000 appropriation for the County Court
House. Mr.. La Bau replied by attacking Hustled,
and saying that the appropriation necessary and
bad been considerably reduced over the original
amount started for The Nays were: Allaban,
Hustled, Barse Selkreg. Mcleod, Benz. Day. Hixon,
Kilham, Root, n. p. Smith, Cook, Wright Kendall,
Hackett.
Then the Levles were sent 10 the Senate, where
they received little more consideration than they
did in the House. The question coming mp on the
adoption of the City Levy Van Petten made some re-
marks as an excuse for voting for them which so
incensed Senator Crowley that lac and said
that it was very evident that Senator Van Pe;ten
did not know what he talking about
Folger said these remarks TO pave the way for
vote on the levy Then Van Petten quoted the lines
that il was hard TO part when friends are dear"
and Foger wanted TO know II the latter referred to
the price Mr. Williams tremblingly stood In his
seat and tired to answer questions OF Mr Nor
gan about appropriating 20 per out OF the
Excise fund for the support of schools IN
New-York, but il was evident he was very Ignorant
on the subject. Mr.. 0Donnel arose and said that II
was very evident that Williams was deserting his
party, ana bnOulu DC OstldCHcu' DuI lho pOhhtVi
gave as his excuse that he was merely stand
ing on the ground taken by Judge Campbell and Mr..
La Bau Mr.. Crowley put one or two shots into
Van Petten and Williams after which the roll
was called, and every Democrat, with Van Petten,
Mattoon and Williams voted in the affirmative.
The vote on the County Levy was the same. Judge
Campbell and La Bau were unquestiOnaby honest
in their votes but there was not man or woman III
the Senate who could say the same of Van Petten
and Williams. Their falterng manner and lame ex-
cuses convicted them before they were minute on
the floor. Two more such unmistakable
towards could not be found in Al
bany and no one smiled at their
cowardice more than Senator MattOoD. After the
session was over the latter made the particular re-
quest of your correspondent to state that he did not
like the company he wasi in. He wanted some one with
nerve which they had not. Now il may stated that
the compromise City Levy is about $l,JOO,0OO less
than it was in the Hodges BILL and the County Levy
100000 less than it was in the same bill. The
appropriation for the Courthouse is 100000. IL
should be stated that Senator Stanford was absent
tonight, having to go home, but Senator Kennedy
announced that if he had been present, he would
have voted with the majority of his associates. II
should also be stated that there were
two Democrats in tho House, Messrs. j.
b. Pea1sall and Tilden Of Columbia, who
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