New-York tribune., 1869-01-14
ALBANY.

,ro,t, DONE-RAILROAD JOBS INIkoDOC CED
TIE BROADWAY SURFACE UP AGAIN
A,p,Ny. Jan 13.-AlthOugh there has been IaIsS
IS;,, today to the crowd of politicians and an IN
rro,seJ amount Of talk, there is no real change III
s.os;,notion. Both llorgan's and FentOns friends
areyery confident and each charge upon the o.nel
.o,l,o.s which the accused party will not acknow-
ledge. Additions to the Congress delegation III u,
,orsors Of Mr. Van Aernam Selye Ketcham' ana
Hurlbnrd. were made to-day. All OF them "e
ot work for Mr.. Morgan, but your correspondent
cannoi see that they have accomplished as lnuon 90
they expected The Committee of both Houses u
tbe LEGISLATURE. authorized to call caucus met TO
nicbt hut without determining upon nign'' 'uoS
adiouraed until tomorrow. 1t is the generai op'iion
that tl,e coucus Will be held either on oatuiu"' "
,fo,,l,,. eveninr Mr. RObertss strength 10 Il"
co,si,, and II looks more and more prooaOio 'n'''
n,i,l candidate will come in and carry on INC
,,r,. s,id candidate being Mr. koOeI's "''
ven actively at work all day, ana tneir success
-, o,nareut when the caucus meets thah IL Is
ma roqnlar Albany lobby never worked
irl.r NOT even during the Eue quarrel thah tne9
d., and as they have been strengthened Dy 'le
Ty,sH,ng+on gang they manage to keep the members
pretty busy ....,o.,,ro ro,,,o;rod IN Sos
s;o, over half an hour to-day. The members DO not
co,. sbout doing any business so long as the Sena
to,l contest is alive Therefore. we may not expect
40 ee. either House in full working trim untll next
Wednesday
The railroad men are the only persons who seem to
f,rce the Legislature to do some work. The Broad
vav Surface folks commenced operations this morn
ing by senator Genet giving notice that he would
introduce bill providing for a railroad on Broad
WAY. Fourteenth-st. and LeXngtOn-ave. The bill Is
The same one introduced so often before but de-
feated by our Governors Its managers propose that
this wear they will make it law, and they
use the argument that as capital will not build
an underground il VIII an overgTOund which VIII
not be- one-tenth so costly. Then we are to have the
three tier road introduced again, taking different
route than that mentioned in the bill OF two years
ago 1t will run west of Sixth Seventh, Eighth ana
Ninth-aves crossing those streets at certain points
not vet named. Following in their wake we are
Threatened with another surface road, TO be known
as the CroSStown Railroad.
The Tax Commissioners Office still troubles the
Democrats. and they have through Senator Creamer,
given notice of a bill giving Controller Connolly ana
his SUCCESSORS the same power vested III Controher
Hawes namely, TO appoint four Commissioners OF
Taxes and Assessments in the City of New-YOrk.
The same bill was passed last year but Gov Fenton
refused 10 sign it.
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amendatory of the Code, providing that in those
caees where money judgmenthas been recovered at
Special Term Of the Supreme Court and affirmed at
General Term Of the same. the defendant shall be
compelled to pay the amount Of the Judgment, upon
the plaintiff giving ample security that il the deci
sion be reversed by the Court of Appeals he will re-
fund the money with interest. This bill is likely to
engage the serious attention Of lawyers throughout
the State
The Troy Times says:
''Immediately after the recent election. Mr. Grls-
wOld'S name was mentioned by prominent journals
pnd influential Republicans in connection with the
United States Senatorship. He was unwilling to en-
ter into contest for the position; he had Just come
nut of bitter canvass, having accepted the
includtlOns and only IN response TO strongly de
Veoptd popular sentiment. and he could not con
sent % undertake canvass in another field for
BnOthcr office whereby his motives might be misin-
icrprtcd and TO some extent at least the generous
svmpathes of friends who had lately supported
hin With hearty enthusiasm would become alien
pt@d Grcunving fLis honorable ground his friends
here and elsewhere have believed that, IN the
Bmbittered contest for the SenatOrship now going
Dn at Albany, a contingency might happen
Wherein Mr. GrswOlds name could properly be
nsei by the Republican members of the Legisla-
lure FOR the security Of party harmony. and with the
certainty too that his election as United States Sen
ntOr would insure for New-lOTk a representative in
the Senate of the highest character and of undoubted
qualifications for the honorable and dignlhed posi-
tion. Is lac not really acceptable 10 all Would not
his election heal the feuds of faction satisfy the
claims of integrity, and prove poetic justice as
against the party OF fraud which swnded the people
Of their honest vote by cheating him of the election
which they decreed by their ballots Not that Mr..
Griswold is a candidate for Senator, nor has be been
a candidate IN the sense IN which candidacy is
ally accepted. In other words. he has declined TO
make or authorize a contest IN behalf of himself as
against others. Yet this very fact renders him en-
lircly free from entanghng alliances. and all the
suitable for selection upon the basis Of conca
ton aud compromise.