The New York herald., 1871-01-12
9HE SVATD CAPITAL.
The Agony About the Standing Conn
nittecs at an End and tho
Grumbling Commenced.
New YOrkeY.S as General
GrabalIs.
The Rapid Transit Question and the Many
Plans that are "Certain'' to Pass.
SAVINGS BANKS DEpOSTOaS PROTECTED

SAVINGS BANKS DEPOSITOaS PROTECTED
ALBANY. Jan. IL, 1871.
twas evident when the Assembly was called to
order this morning. that the excitement In reference
to
THE srANDINa COMMITTEES
had becn no wise lessened by good nights Sleep
In fact, but few OF the members had slept al all,
Judging from the carewOrn look Of their legislative
countenances this morning before breakfast.
MIR. Hickman had certainly slept very little. Not
that he was at oil miserable about who should
be on the committees but that the expectant COM
mitteemen were very miserable about him, and mad
tried during the night make HIM more 50 by their
endeavors to find out nom him beforehand what
great expectations" were not to be dashed. Flagg,
Of Troy, strobe into the chamber as straight as an
arrow, and laid his morocco leather letter case
upon his desk with a slap, as though he,
for one, had been told who would be the head and
front OF the Railroad Committee and that that par
ticular head was Q gentleman from Troy. Alec
Frear looked happy, OF course, for Alec had had
hand himself In plastering up the committees, by
right OF his being the father Of pretty little charter
last year. Jacobs, too, whose ways and means are
Of long years standing, also looked confident, but
he, like Flagg and Frear, was only joyful exception
OF gloomy rule; for the uncertainty of the majority
every one of whom considered himself entitled to
slice OF whatever spois the committees to be ap-
pointed might get hold OF, was almost as bad as
certainty that they were to get nothing at all. It
was quite painful to witness the
ANXIETY OF THE NEW YORK MEsiBERs,
for no matter what claims their country conneyes
may have to profitable consideration, they are al
ways certain to force themselves to the front at any
cost. Crumbs may be nourishable to the rural
stomach. but the city folks don't things In the
same light and, consequently, go for what's on the
table and not for what little may fail or 1t. This
rapacity was written on every New Workers. countc
nance during the whole sitting which preceded the
reading Of the committees. 1t in vain that they
tried to appear calm and unconcerned to laugh and
joke. The mask was too thin, and for the life Of
them they could not help talking "committee" to
one another,
Finally the long expected moment came, and Mr..
Hitchman got up ana announced that the standing
committees would be read by the Clerk. The list
was long one and took long time to be read; but
1t had wonderful efrec. on the members. Counte-
nances that were bright before became suddenly
darKened, scowls took the place Of bright smiles of
expectation, while those who had made up their
after all, been
LAID COMPLETELY ON TIE SHELF,
poked their neghbors under The ribs and laughed
aloud. OF course the greedy Gothamites, although
worth gg M no su' IN
blessing the committee manufacturers. The fact OF
Flagg getting the chairmanship OF railroads, which
got the dander OF more one New Yorker
up. and few Of them went SO far as
the reading had come to a close. The trainers of
the committees however. are old hands at the bust.
stiafng the grumDIings OF the Disconnected Dlsap-
pointed members know that grumbling sometimes
10 be senced felt in the proper quarters and what
has been done before, you know can be done again.
as good outside the House as they are in It when
people who hire entire parlors In the hotels have
anything to say about them. YET might It not be
which make members so desirous Of saddIing them
selves with extra work which they get no extra pay
Mr. MURPHY OF Albany, created quite commo-
listened to while being read. and evidently caused
s s of their ss
by q democrat. was Of course nothing
Sers M be sS mas ssan sm BY @ s
Of tho Committee on Federal Relations to which
they were referred, on motion OF Mr. Littlejohn,
who expressed his desire to have them scare.
fully digested.n The faot is, that the resou-
were to have been offered at the repub-
lican caucus some time ago, had selkreg not
there is suspicion that the democrats are not the
only ones who had hand In getting them before the
might against their passage II they do not prevail
upon the committee to smother them Then we will
have
THE OLD FACTION FIGHT
over again. with the democrats as spectators, who
Will only take part in the fun for the sake OF making
the general scene all the more interesting to the
general public, who can come to their own conciu-
sions about the Kilkenny cat strife In the republican
family. The following are the resolutiOns:-
ha ans Thatt tba
The state Of New York regard With feelings q
warrantabio and unprecedented attempt Of he fedei ad
to Ss TS % To o 4 and
the Territory q s the ssnss snss ssase.
the lawful and constitutional extension our national
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best Interests o. our country any anne1aton OF territory
out laws VI and
such senRsn
yond all question: BY the general welfare honor Of our
Resolved II the Senate concup Tha. the Hon. Charles
pn both o Il. ses pos. sitss
e II :. o s Sat-. % as he
which they recently resisted sndisnasd and
ss St. ss fsssFa to
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United States and to each Of our Senators aud Represents
SAVINGS BANK TRUSTEES.
So much tin tnkering l & Of the % laws IN reference to
years That the Legislatures nowaaays have to pe be
very careful as to the way they handle the bills thai
from time to time introduced, ostensbly fer the
protection OF the depositors, bur which turn
at all Mr.. Fields to-day took up the
cudgels for those who put their little earnings away
In savings banks in bill which gives the State sI
perintendent OF Banks very strong hold over them.
As the law now stands the trustee OF savings
bank, when found
GUILTY OF WRONG DOING
as trustee, can be removed only at the instance OF
intendent power to remove him by suspension. try
him and absolutely remove him II found
guilty. y also gives the superintendent the same