The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-13
Proposed Change in the New
Capitol Commissioners.
ALBANY, April IL, 1871.
Il ZONE HUNDRED DAYs,,


now and is determined to make up for lost time SO
that by Thursday night next at tho latest the good
bys win have been spoken and oil
8 THE LITTLE DIFFICULTIES .
OF log-rolling legislation settled all round. Both
houses, therefore, went to work to-day with will.
Over hundred bills were DISPOSED OF in the lower
House, and in the Senate clean sweep was made
Of every Assembly bnl that had been on the clerks
desk since yesterday. Mr.. Fields endeavored mate
rally to aid the plans Of the early adJournists by
moving to-day to confne members to two minute
speeches instead Of ive and gave 1t as his opinion
that II members strictly adhered to this rule they
might be able TO shake the dust OF Albany from their
feet by Saturday night. doubt very much myself
II the business Of either House can be wound up
satisfactorily by that tme speeches no speeches.
unless three sessions day are held and an immense
number OF country bills are given the go-by II the
'.Boss" should succeed in getting through the Tax
Levy, the Registration BILL the Election bill and the
amendments to the new charter by that time he will
Certainly K 90 than most people in these parts
- SHORT OF 4 MIRACLE.
1t is rumored, however, that the BOSS" will not
press any one OF these bills with the exception OF
over the eys Of the too susceptible Constituents Of
Un but Seeye so a.
they could find no excuse for "going over the bor-
dern body, soul and breeches.
p" THE ''sTRIEING" BILLS
have so far been nearly all disposed Of either by the
victims coming down handsomely to save them
the hest strikers after they had scented Veto rom altar
and were too chicken hearted to face the music Of
their own rascality. 1t sometimes happens. how
ever, that 0 striking bill during the rush OF bust
ness gets through with flying colors even against
the wishes OF the fellows who desire to make
was given to-day on the passage OF the bill .lor the
protection Of stockholders In express companies"
it honest in his intention but learn that 1t
drawn up by lobbyist who expected 10 make
nice thing oat q the Tact was aes u as
up here and XIII It before 1t was ordered to third
reading, but the
ts that as no publicity was given to the fntroduc.
ton Of the bill, the companies did not put in an
honor OF the Fellow who drew It up. The great
blnnder he made was TO make 30 good bill OF II
that everybody was in favor OF it. The mann idea
OF the measure Is to make express companies file
an annual report In the ONCE OF the State Engineer;
but certain OF It's provisions were made SO exaoting
That 1t was considered certainty that the c0rnpa.
MES would, rather than be hedged III by them in
their operations, spend few dollars to nave tho
got its quietus today in the Senate as 1t deserved.
sure. Iis death was due to the harl knocks it re-
ceived AT the hands OF Hardenbergh, who made for
On start Ss vng 70 bx oae e Vo nGs'
l3 when Kennedy tried to have the bill amended so
that an alien could hold pNpcrty after having de-
went under. The bill was finally killed by the fol
lowing votc:-
NAYsBowsn Bradley, Brand; Chapman. orsa%e, Hard
Parker Sanford Scott Thaysr wn'Ow w9Sa ass ra
Murphy, e. T. Norton. Tws.d wOOd-io n'''~' ''''
THOSE CLAIM BILLS,
which the HERALD has denounced from the start,
are getting particular fits from the Governor. He
trod on little Harpending's toes to-day by another
veto OF one of Them In fact he sent IN two vetoes
claim for building bridges and the other for dam
ages to q canal boat As to the latter claim which
the took the ground the state was not an
insurer Harpendlng's wrath WI, doubtless, scare
his full little height when he heard about the veto
message and denounced the veto power as an
abuse, inasmuch as it transferred The Legislature
Chamber. Besides, he coudn't for the life OF him
the force OF the Governors objections to the bills,
as lie did not base them upon constitutional grounds,
but merely policy. Harpendlng's policy and the
Governors are evidently two different things. The
people win, doubtless, side with that which does not
the SUPPLY BILL,
which was made the special order for this after
ance'' with the exception OF claim which, as l
Informed You last sunday would De the
pGaya I and the
pirates $a6D,oO0 towards its construction. The
Commissioners mentioned In the bin are Hamilton
Gnauncey N. pepew Deies Dewoif and Edwin A.
Merritt Harris, q republican, and Rice, democrat
preparation for the new Capitol last year was mil
lion dollars 1t VIII be seen that the reduction this
year Is a very important feature.
The Discussion ON the Supply Bili-S25O,C GOO
for tho New Cspitol-I.ist Of the Interesting
Items, Zig and Littie-How the Clerks Of
the Two Houses Subsist on Three Dollars
per Day-Republicans CaucussinE in Favor
Of a United Front Against the Blandish-
mcnts of Tweed.
ALBANY, April 12-Midnight.
The moment the bill was brought up for conside-
ration, at four O'Clock. 1t became evident that the
House was determined to keep at 1t until they
had ordered It to o third reading, and
as It covered thrty-rour large pages every one
knew from the start that the work would be tedious
and prolonged lar into the night. The result shows
that the fears Of the easy.going members on this
score were not unfounded. The bill was taken hold
OF
and everything went smoothly enough until the
question OF giving the State Geologist $4,000
for his work was reached. The debate on 1t
was very bitter, Alvord, in particular, taking
Hall to task severely for trying to make the
state pay him 100000 for q geological collec-
ton made by him as State ofllcer. The item
was finally stricken out. The next thing that raised
rumpus was section appropriatlng $as,394 for
work being done with the approval Of the Commits
sioners OF the Land ONCE In repairing and improv.
ing the Executive Mansion, Geological Hall and
other buildings belonging to the State This was
Understood rightly to be to pay the proprietor Of
Congress Hall for the addition pqpt 70 the hotel
y YG t-7Si ss,s.;y SHARP TAX rs..s..!ss. 4.
| ensued upon the subject, and insnuati0ns were
| made by many members that certain committees
had splendid rooms fitted mp In the hotel and faret
| was collision somewhere between certain In
| nuential members and the proprietor. TIT
| tune, and the item was finally stricken
| out, but this action was afterwards rec0nsidered
and the appropriation was allowed TO stand. An old
claim OF Richard Calrow, Ir., for q, 900 for wori
done In the construction Of the Arsenal 10 the city