The New York herald., 1870-01-13
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Passage Of the Conspiracy Repeal Bill
in the Assembly.
The Plan TO Restore Municipal Gov
ernment to Cities.
THE RELIEF OF BROADWAY.

ALBANY, Jan. IL, 1870.
The bill repeating the Conspiracy law passed the
Assembly to-day In an amended form, Us notified
you being accepted yesterday. 1t is entirely in
the interest OF the trades unions and is regarded
by all parties as fair Interpretation CT the original
law There was not one dssentient vote, ninety nlne
voting IN favor Of the bill In the Senate it did not
go through but was REFERRED at the desire OF H. G.
Murphy, to the Judiciary Committee; but there rs
very little doubt that 1t VIII Gnally pass.
AS preliminary to the legislation to take place
with regard 10 our metropolitan government Mr..
Jacobs offered the following resolutions which were
adopted:--
cdei that radical change in the Of the govern
| mens Of municipalities should be eGected and
meet with prompt and satisfactory respoass from he Leg
Resolved the Committee the Affairs OF Cities be
directed to report al the earliest day such plan as IN their
| absolute control OF their local government
owen Cavanaugh's bin to extend the time for col.
lecting excise license fees until the lst OF May
read third time and passed by vote OF II to 81,
the republicans generally voting against It. IL pro-
vdes also that no license shall be revoked for nom
| payment OF license by the Excise Commissioners
| during that period. Tho object OF the law Is OF
course to protect the liquor dealers from unneces-
sary oppression until the doomed Excise law is re.
peaed which viii be before many days.
Another effort towards the reller OF Broadway can
be found IN the bin introduced by Mr.. James Irving
TO extend Madison from Twenty third street
10 Union square. glance at the map Will show
that by opening these intermediate SIX blocks
communication VIII be formed by this
Improvement from that portion OF broadway at
which point railroad crossings and the Instructions
OF all the iilimtable lines Of stages the crash OF
carts and wagons, and al the hotel business con-
centrated In that vicinity, almost cut OF the pas
sage 10 Fltn avenuol IL is 10 be enjoyed with any
comiort-either TO the pedestrian The travellers
in private carriages. our people must reach Fifth
avenue from down town by some CONVENIENT route.
Az present It is next to an lmposslbllty to do So
but win an open avenue which would not be OBJ
sructsd o the rush Of ordinary travel the end could
Contested elections in the House this year are
very lew. Probably the resolution adopted yester-
DAY that the defeated contestant shall pay
MS own expenses, instead OF the State footing
the bills as was the former pleasant custom,
Is said that the seat or Mr. L. d. Lawrence OF East
Chester tdemocrati IS ABOUT TO pe contested by
Howard Z. Cady, OF Rye republican, candidate
Tor Assembly IN the Westciiester district. Mr. Lazy
renee was very popular member last year, and
did such Good service to his district By the assist
ance OF both democrats and republicans on the door
thaG his nomination for reelection was made by
accaination Tor me first time IN this dsrlcc; the
result tnag his friends hardly tooS the trouble
10 go to the polls his election being retarded as
certainty. His majority was II, although there
"a falling or according TO Official returns OF $50
votes. II the contestant is prepared 10 pay hts own
expenses therefore he win probably press his case.
The judiciary Committee have before them a bill
Is to apply the Eight Hour Labor law OF Congress
70 The pubic institutions OF THIS state, with penal
clause attached, making all parties not in olliclal
position laple TO fine and Imprisonment for engag-
Ing Workmen for more than eight hOars u day, aud
suDJecthg olncias 10 dsnlssai Tor tne same offence.
80 lar, understand, the bill ls not regarded Win
mucn favor. and Will probably be clipped of its penal
clause before IL comes 10 pe leSisiated upon.
There are now two propositions OF Mr. l.. ID. kier-
ran up ior considerations which VIII excite some In
tefest III The city, one Is bill TO remove the APP
putntment OF marshalS from the SUPERVISORS 10 the
nands OF the Shenu, which, should IL pass, win
cause some ColnIaotton In the former body. What
Mr. Klernans oDect is can only be OWNED by hls
Known actlyity III making startling changes in the
metropolitan BODY poLtic whenever lie gets 1t
chance. The otner proposition IS an excellent one
which nobody VIII regret TO see carried out IL is
resolution 10 the eecI That the wharves and piers OF
New ofG are d disgrace to the country, and that
the Committee on Commerce apd Navigation be
Instructed 10 frame and report bill for their entire
reconstruction plan commensurate with
the necessities OF our imperial maritime City. MI.
Nachtman offered somewhat similar resolution,
showing t1at both OF these gentlemen comprehend
one OF the leading wants Of rne CITY OF New York.
Demands for writs OF Q.to toaranto are in order
here just now. Judge Connolly spreads his 1alr
proportions 10 the eyes OF the AIbanians in this
cause. lie ls here to BACK up Henry Murray, who is
looking for II quo ica7roato III the case OF Judge
Coulter, declared elected to the seat which Judge
Connolly formerly occupied aud which MIR Murray
says lie was counted ouD of. Murray Is here In the
interest oI the cause and TO the terror OF counters
out. The probabilities are that he VIII obtain the
writ from the Attorney General and that
result there VIII be lively time IN the courts John
Foley, the defeated Supervisor Is also after Harry
shape OF another quo I1alyGnt0 II he can get 1t,
WITH the AID or senator Genet, who is said 10 have
some interest In the matter.
The appointment OF Health officer, l have the
best authority Tor saying, VIII not be made this
week though there was some rumor that lt would
have been made Jo-day. a good deal OF embarrass-
ment surrounds.uhi appointment both for personal
and political reasons. III may be Of some advantage
the 999 applicants for the twenty nine places or
harDor masters 10 Know mat nothing will be done
b. the Governor 1Or two weeks ut least.
The serious illness Of Speaker Hickman Is unlver-
sally regretted here. HIS place allea to-day by
Mr. J. q. JACOBS. Out OF regard 10 Mr.. Hlchman the
Assembly adjourned at ha!fpast Twelve O'Clock The
Speaker, however is much better tonight ana Will
soon be abe 10 resume MS duties.
Governor HOFFMAN has appointed Mr.. A. Melville
OSBORNE, OF CalSESili, as County Judge OF Greene
COUNT, TO hli the vacancy caused by the death Or
Mf. John Olney.