The New York herald., 1871-03-03
Fierce Encounter Between the
Republican Lions.
LlttleJOhn and AlvOrd at Dag
gers Points.
THE NEW LIFE INSURANCE BILL.
CONFIRMATION OF NoTARrEs

selves the two leading republicans OF the lower
house (Aivord and Litteiohnl have been
| AT SWORDS POINTS
ever since the first day Of the present session. II
would, OF course, be unlustlnaple TO charge either
OF the distinguished gentlemen with anything like
selfish motives In their rivalry, inasmuch as the
minority, as a matter Of course, nave TO play the
| second fiddle from day TO day in mat
ters OF legislation, whether they like IL or
not; but the fact stands ont In bold relief,
that for all that there Is screw loose the ma
chnery OF The opposition which has at last destroyed
| Its working powers In way that must be very &C.
! ceptabe to the other side. Being eade s, AlvOrd
| and Lttlejohn have each their trnsty followers in
the House. What is gospel to one side is heresy to
the other, and as the majority do not snap for
either the gospel OF the one or the neresy of the
other, 1t is net difficult matter for anybody TO un-
derstand the situation OF the two parties under the
| circumstances. Although 1t was no disguised fact
| with either the democrats or the republicans that
there has been all along such a thing impassa-
BILE gulf between the two facuons, every care was
! taken by the moderate men OF both factions to
| avoid, as far rs possible,
| PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF THE FACrIoNlL FEELING.
But all their cunning and planning and comproms-
| Ing came to an end to-day, ana the quarrel broke
our openly with such ferceness that even the demo-
| Gratis became alarmed before II had ended. 1t hap
|
struction OF the "Lake Ontario Shore Railroad ana
to amend the several acts in relation thereto y came
| up Tor consideration III Committee OF the Whole
one OF Its sections eXcepts the village OF Youngs
| town, Niagara county, from being bonded for the
construction OF the road, ana motion was made
to strike 1t out. This touched Littleonn on
the raw, as one OF his Midland Railroad
branches has profitable right of way in the neigh
borhood. or course he made speech against the
n n aJa
other way. Then IL was that Littlejohn got his
dander up, and for upwards OF twenty minutes he
kept the entire house spellbound with speech
which, Tor vndctiveness and bitter SATIRE posi-
tively terrible. Alv0rd was the object or almost
every word OF II and he was not spared. Littejohn
spoke came Kissing out Of his mouth as
though > he I,,,r felt ell. t that each one was
| was needed TO make 1t deadly was the Hiss OF The
serpent itself. ''Why is IL that the gentleman from
| Unondaga always opposes almost every measure
propose with arguments that cannot stand for an
hour ~ he cried at the close Of his speech. ~ have
! kept quiet but too long, and now there must be
SETTLEMENT RIGHT HERE-
| The members friendly 10 Lttlcjohn appiauded
| the plaudts. 1t was then Alvords turn. He had
sat quietly IN h,s seat with his calmly rolded
beginning to the end of his speech, and had never
| made a move to interrupt IT. But he had now got
family quarrel hugely, and who had the good
| sense to let the thing go to the bitter
way or the other-seitied themseves hens "aHu more ore
comfortably in their. seats, knowing that
the battle was but scarce begun Alvord tired to ap-
pear unconcerned, and opened by taking sarcasti-
caly ABOUT the '.vehemence' Of his antagonist and
the sew words'' he intended say nnseIf but he
had been stung to the quick, ana the wounds he had
received were TOO near the heart 10 be healed over
| with honeyed words and mild expostulation. So
| he had not proceeded lar before lie, too, got ex-
cited, anc 1t then became Littleohns to VINCE
but was terribly bitter and evidently gave rse' rs
| OBJECT no comfort. When he took MS seat
the applause m from his faction was loud and long,
and the democratic chairman again showed his good
policy In letting the republicans show their weak
ness without Interruption To say that the quarrel
created eommotion would give but slight Idea
OF Its real etiect upon everybody present. Little
John, satisfied that the Governor would veto the bl
way and progress was reported upon it, but the
matter was moi ended there. Alvord left his seat
ana Went over TO Llttleohn and Tor several minutes
THE TWO HAD A PRIVATE TALK,
which increased IN It's boisterousnass to slch de-
gree that the Speaker had 10 call for order. What
each said 10 the other could not in the confusion or
the moment, be heard; but one thing is Ger am and
that is that neither one invited the other 10 dinner
need hardly add that the open rupture between the
factions is looked upon by the democrats as an i'm
mense thing for themselves: for Alyord ana Little.
john had no warmer aopauders during the delivery
| OF their philippics than the democrats, aud no
leave everybody judge for himself or the sincerity
and the motive which prompted both their applause
and their congratulations.
THAT LIFE ASSURANCE ELL
or Flaggs, which has created such CONSERVATION
among the various companies, was ordered to a
| thlrd reading to-day, by 81 to "a, which
| shows the way the House will deal with the other
bills " when they come up for final disposal scrib
ner, OF Westchester did his best retard action in
tne matter out ne drew forth such a strong opposi
despair Una. Hused ana ad Havss TO q New Tor uo in
scathlng In their remarks about the frauds and in
Justices committed by some companies. The former
contended that the business was done false
| and improper basis, and declared that he would
vote to have policies made non-orfeltable and
strength or weakness OF the constitution OF the in
sured. Hayes asserted that there were ten or
te tn core, who make It business to dc
fraud policy holders, and grow rat and
victims when the biz comes up for is final pas
sage II win be amended, SO that when any company
part of the insured getting his policy it shaI re-
lund to his heirs with seven cent interest, all
DONE" said Mr. Hustled In his speech. ito punish
| the company for not making thorough investigation
into the insured party and family record so as to
nave made the obtaining Of policy through iraudu-
| lent representation an impossib,y.n
"lou can't mud out everything necessary abont
every mans family and constitution before he gets
| out his policy" exclaimed Scribner
"iet you manage to ind cut all about it after he is
II you can do II afterwards ~ was Alyords reply.
( rms Is where the lauga came in and Scribner did
not explain. Tne following Is the bill
Sas pS G ss M sM % @ sasa BY
foreign corporation Of fe insurance doing business within
made m The said Insurance company SO sued shall no.
SEs9'' policy wa. osained BY fra"d aa
or msrepresentaion on the part OF the ar.
sured and on the trial OF said action said shall
be densred from offering evidence OF fraud nre
on he trial Of said sSa, such
pany or companies the continuance Of such
policy, Notwithstanding such fraud MISREPRESENTATION
| original application
SEQ. O. This act shall take effect Immediately.
Mr. Tweed offered In the Senate bill lncoTporat-
| ing the New York Advertising Company. IL author
| izes the corporators. under permission from the
Board OF Public Works. to erect advertising columns
In The streets nine feet high and three feet broad.
pillars, make and file In the Comptroller's oitce n
statement OF receipts, upon which they are to pay
| i've per cent 10 the city yearly.
CONFIRMATION or NoTARfEs
The Senate, In executive session on Thursday,
confirmed the reappontment of very many notaries
also the Following new appointments
Robert Kelly In place OF Samuel Huntington;