The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-02-12
LEGlSLA' .URE OF NEW YORK
n. .TH WEEK GONE, AND THE
LCISE LAW STILL INTACT

the Ubconstitutionnl Court Of spsci,
sessiens-Is Anybody BIsckmaiIins the
Insurance Companies s-shsiI . Deputy
sherin Of Saratoga County be Hs used I
No Cemmissions for Broek,yp.
ALBANY, Feb. u.-Col. NJ. @. Murphy, from
me Committee Of Ci,:.; favorsby reported ,h. bill
S,S abolish .h. Court " Special e...Ion. II. bill
,ss the mouse early next week, hotwithstsnd.
ing the fact that the Ring and Justice Downing op-
pose its passage. But opposition from this source
s all that Is now necessary to secure the success Of
any measure.
The Insurance Committee Of the Assembly will
resume their investigation into the Affairs OF life
insurance companies next Wednesday lin the Capt.
tol II has been currently rumored that the Com.
mittee's purpose is simply to blaekmsn the insur.
spce companies and to them to pay $4,000 or
$4,000 TO secure o whtewsshing report Mr.. Dennis
Burns the Chairman Of the Committee. emphatically
declares that these and similar charges cslumnes
insgatsd By interested persons Ths life insurance
companies say that they arc blackmaied By certain
newspapers, which. by threats Of exposing their
Affairs. compel them to pay tsoo . month for adver.
snR. II Is said that last year the foreign Insurance
companies muzsledthe Insurance Committee by pay.
ing $1,000 Mr.. Burns has subpcnsed several sdi.
tors and reporters OF New York city Journals, who
have published in,inustions against the committee
and viii require them TO make good their assertions.
The proceedings are to be private, although the
stenographer OF the Assembly will take down the
testimony and furnish It TO the correspondents.
AN UNPRECEDENTED ARRAresNESr.
Next Wednesday morning has been selected as the
time for the arrsgnment OF Judge Potter ofthe Su-
preme Court, and the District Attorney and Deputy
Sheriff OF Saratoga county, at the bar OF the House.
to he dealt with the House may der for violating
its privileges by arrestng Mr. Ray, of Its mem
bers, and by force OF arms kidnapping him from
Albany 10 Saratoga. This is the first time such an
MIR. Ray desires the Speaker OF the Assembly to give
the Judge good scolding, impose = heavy hne on
the District Attorney and hang the Deputy Sheriff.
Mr.. Ray hates the latter, for II was The Deputy
sweetest slumbers, and dragged him out Of bed by
the toes.
SENATOR MURPHY As A STUMBLING BLOCK.
The Senate has deferred further sction the FL.
else law until next Wednes sday. How much longer
does this body intend to trhe with the people Ne1t
week both Houses will doubtless take their custom.
AIRY recess and yet no action has beeu taken on the
Excise law the Conspiracy law. As Senator
Hardenburg arked IN the last Democratic caucus
the Democracy talk too much and do nothing. Henry
G. Murphy who thinks himself the greatest lawyer
that lived Is constantly placing obstacles 10 tue
objections, on which he talks by the hour. Senators
Creamer, Genet Norton and Tweed ought to tut
him short, aud redeem their pledges to the people
who elected them.
BROOKLYN TO BE LIBERATED.
The caucus Of Kings county politicians held in the
rooms " Mr.. Jacobs conclude to amend the Brook
lyn CITY Charter by abollshng al the Commissions
aud enlarging the powers OF the Mayor and Common
Council
senator woodin introduced a bill authorizing the
North American Lie Insurance Company TO Issue
scrip to policy holders. SOL.