New-York tribune., 1871-04-21
THE ALBANY FARCE.

THE LAST OF THE TAMMANY JOBS DISPOSED Sp Vr
A WORD ABOUT THE "HAf-LOFr AM
CHEEsE-PREss" DEMOCRACY.
AtpANy. April 20.-The last of the lamm'liS
,obs-he bill for separate ballots and separate
representatives in Congress, state senator's "" -,
blymen-was passed in the Assembly 'nls "'o
80 ,he Gag nv n strict party vote This BILL II Is sup
,,osod will facilitate the election of Tammany mepo
f the Legislature The corruptioniss intehu W o"
a largo amount Of money next OCTOBER 10 secure i""
many majority in the State Senate Sho"'" '"eN "o
od The ring would be secure against any adverse leg
,s,a,ion until 1874 The Senate amendments 10 thc
Buffalo Police bill also cononrreo H. anu 'no pi ~
v.e the charter of Buffalo passed by party Vote'
Winaps voting against the Repubhcahs' An eapora'e
hill to proyide for the future regulaon vi he' nc'
health and casualty insurance companies Which meets
h .nroval Of several competent men who have care
en- xsmined it, defeated by vote OF 10 10 ~; ana
,io 90 reconsider was LOST, thus effectually killing
~, .,oas,,ra Messrs Scribner, Hustled ID. Barns, and
snoke in favor Of the BILL The Senate occupied the
whole morning in the consideration OF the supply Dill
~, ,mnortant changes were made Motions to strike out
tha appropration for the new Capitol ana TO increase
the amount above the s6500Co fixed last evening" were
loat An amendment adopted, however, author
i,iny the Governor TO appoint two additional Commits
oncrs who IL is understood will be taken one from
each political party.
The most significant occurrence In the Assembly, this
morning was the speech of Mr. Coon, VINO Processes 10
he an independent, anti-Tammany, Democratic member
from schuyler County Mr. CoOns speech was delivered
on the motion of Frear, that the vote on the Bunao
Charter bill be taken without delay, amendment OF de
hate that is that no member of the Assembly should
utter word or offer motion on most important DILL
Mr. Coon asking be excused from voting sald tha he
did not approve OF that way Of doing BUSINESS that ne
was utterly opposed TO It, and that the action OF the he
publicans in caucus, or OF the kepuoncah
majority in Congress, did not justify 1t. Mr. Coon
then voted with Mr.. winans for the application OF
the gag and handcuf, saying that he went win
s party This speech Of course was INTENDED lot 'ne
consumption OF the intelligent voters OF Schuyler County
However IL is worth recording that another sntlam
many Democratic member on being asked his opinion OF
Coons speech said that Coon had made foo OF him
self" that he he speaker for his part swallowed the
pill with his eyes shut" Mr. CoOn's failure to dousce
10 the interesting topic Of the position occupied by the
hsyloft and cheesepres Democracy throughOlt the
session suggests a few reflections.
The Democratic members of the Assembly very clearly
that their participation in the revolutionary conduct
OF the Tammany corrupionists during the last eight
days is destined to react violently against them nex
Fall. Not one Of them has lifted finger in behalf Of
freedom of legislation Not of them has cast avott
against the most extraordinary and sweeping appica
tions of brute force the part of majority eye
witnessed in legislative body Every o
them has voted day after day for bills OF the con
tents of which he utterly ignorant, snC
Of which he, in common with at leas
nineenths Of the members OF both branches of the Leg
slature. derived his first knowledge from the Newio
papers the day after the bills had passed both House,
and received the signature Of the GOvernOr They hay
assisted in this hdeous prostitution of the Legislature
New-York to the base OF the NewYork ring. Wit
out their the outrage could not have been consuu
mated. They are also well aware that the measure
which their votes have carried through are thorough
bad In private conversation they do not attempt TO col
cea their disgust They cloak their dislOyalty to tn
which manhood and their oaths as leglslato
dictated under the specious plea of political necess
In their view the numerical supremacy Of II
Democratic party, based VIGOROUSLY is on fraud an
corruption outweghs the welfare OF the State. The
consent 20 bring disgrace on republican institution
that, forsooth the selfish scoundres who rob NowYor
City may plunder a vaster scale and with more con
pete immunity This is the position in which the rura
Democrats have placed themselves. Let them extTicat
themselves il they can.