The New York herald., 1871-03-04
THE STATE CAPITAL.
The Lobbyists of the Legislature
Prayed For.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY AND THE IRISH.
THE FATE OF SHODDY TURNOUTS.
THE SENATORIAL sQUABBLE

ALBANY, March s. 1871.
Considering that every gentleman of the cloth,
who has pious political influence enough to be once
in while favored with the doubtful honor Of open.
ing the proceedings Of the Legislature with long
and unctuous prayer. gets only three dollars for
every time he Is so honored the meek and humble
Trojan who prayed 80 devouty in the
Assembly this morning must be set down as
o very courageous man. i do not mean to say that
any man who makes preaching and praying the
paying business Of his life has any risk to run
In turning an honest penny, after his professional
fashion in the Legislature, than he would have IN
any quiet church Of any quiet village; but is such
surprising thing nowadays to ind man bola.
enough to strike right and left
FOR THE LORDS SAKE,
even though he may hit best friends In doing IT,
that think the Trojan In question deserves more.
than passing mention for his prayer this morning.
And what do you think II was9 One Of the ordi-
nary style Of long drawls and emphatic monosyla.
blesf No; but 1t made mention OF new object for
celestial clemency, and that was the leprosy Of lob
byism. ! ask anybody who knows the power Of
the lobby, even In church vestries hereabOuts,
il it doesn't require courage for minister to rebuke
the power right In the midst OF It's strongho,di
"May the Lord" said the good man, $50 change
those men who loiter about these halls, with bribery
In their hearts, that they may the Of their
evil designs" Now, this may not have been quite
equal to the prayer OF one OF the clergymen the
other day, who prayed for
IA SHORT AND PROFITABLE SESSION."
and 1t may not have been received by the menu
bers with the same favor; but the novelty Of the.
petition to heaven startled, II 1t did not turn
them from their evil designs, and q prayer
that startles o New York legislator must have some
strength In it. The New York members, who pray
very often in secret when the object is profitable
one, looked amazed the words fell upon their ears;
the INDECENT countrymen, who are "for sale' at low
prices every day in the week grinned broadly, and
privilege OF the floor turned towards one another
with knowing smile, while the galleries Uttered
and the pages wondered whether the sudden silence
was ominous OF row. But not one even murmured
amen. Let good men draw their own conclusions.
GLITTER THAT IS NOT GOLD.
The livery stable keepers may be glad to know
that Mr.. lrvngs bill to protect them against fancy
chaps who havea pencadnt for sporting fast teams
paw for their own board, let alone that Of their
horses, was favoraby reported upon to-day by
People who have little or no means and
who VIII persist IN appearing as good as their better
IN tine mat matter o. tSeu @ must pv
instance, when the bill becomes law, Mr.. charles
team Of horses, by some means only known
to his own ingenuity or rascalty as the
tWo sass managed to Keep them free q COST
because he knew how to take them away from the
To- has sf ne
too much hereafter. Fellows like Charles Augustus
in times could snap their fingers I fsr a. their
about they win Win either have 70 settle or
ks ara cash % The Ri biii Is good one and viii I'M.
donbtedIy become law. People who despise
SaSs snS 10 VII Se %
from nuisance they often meet NOWADAYS and cam
s W
viii respectable people complaint
Tom Fields is an od Aha hama at legislation. yet he
sometimes makes miscalculation. At least he did
friends In the House, when he reported favorably
upon the holiday bill, after having made St
several p oes 1s o The
Irish birth are very indignant about the matter.
and declare that the 18th Of March was put IN me
another member after the bill was reported 'this
Irish voters by 1attery has gone about far enough
and 1t s high time it was stopped. They are not to
for Sas Sy
thing is being done. Hlshmen are not fools,
'a tssg
at the hands Of the Legislature they would long ere
this have asked fortt. As they have not asked for
i think they dom! want it. am opposed to this
therefore, that when the bill comes up for discus
sion ii VIII not pass without little fun. Several Of
the members expressed themselves to-daJ on the
subject fully as strongly as Connolly, and 1t may be-
that 2e,.ea 49,. es.s,, NJ ...-,. =
"a WARNING IN TINE >s-'
will not be thrown away BY those who should heed iS
flor their own sakcs. In this connection may as we'll
add that the b as reported, also makes the both Of
violent speech denounced this feature OF the bin on
the ground that fault had been found with the
strewng OF flowers on the graves OF the confederate
Dead and that "old sores should be healeO.N
and asked Jacobs II he wanted TO remember Bene <
dict Arnold also Speaker Hitchmans gavel pr 4
vented a reply TO this question, and the subject -
npped IN the bud. -
THE SENATORIAL souABBIE.
Some apprehension is felt by some people lest
there will be break in the ranks Of the democrats
In the SENATE owing TO the quarrel that TOOK place
yesterday between Genet and Creamer. need only
say that II did not occur in an open debate II Il
mad the importance OF the "ialing out" would be,
indeed, thing TO be carefully toned down py the
leaders; but 1t was mere side talk, and, think,
Will not be OF lasting moment. MIR. Tweed, whose
emergency, and who knows 30 well how
TO throw oil on troubled waters WI tn good
effect has taken the matter In hand. The result is
therefore, not an uncertainty, and by next week no
OF old.
The railroad bill introduced day by Mr.. Irving
rcpeas chapter S4l OF the law or 1887, which was an
amendment to an act OF 1929. The repeal it 10
claimed, Will give the Delaware and Hudson Canal
Company a heavy plow inasmuch aS by the law the
canals had the right to lease every railroad they
could possibly get good hold on.
MISSOURI INTELLIGENCE.