The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-27
s1onid take precedence over all other matters.
The debate now assumed the shape OF


in the public mind from the belief by
some people that there was q possibility
any action upon this matter OF the Judges. He was
quite confident that the Judiciary Committee would
here inquired whether, if the House sustained this
resolution, 1t would not be bound to enter upon
proceedings OF impeachment, even II the commit
Judges had not been sustained by the evidence.
Mr.. Prince replied that 1t would not, even suppos
biities Mr. Hin further asked whether the judi
ciary Committee had agreed upon their report to
that he did not consider it proper to tell What had
ranspired In executive session OF the committee
Hill then desired to know whether this resolution
was presented by the Judiciary Committee, and
Prince replied that 1t was not presented by the Ju
dietary Committee as such, but that 1t had been
bers of that committee In conclusion, Mr.. Prince
made short appeal to the House to sustain him IN
dcnce in the Committee on Ways and Means
and in the Committee on Canals, and he hoped It
would now show its confidence IN the judiciary
to carry on this important matter decently and In
order, and according to the precedent that had
OLD SALT ON THE JUDICIAL ERMINE.
Mr. Alvord now made last attempt to defeat ea the
single tenable position. He deemed 1t altogether
wrong for the House to resolve to enter upon pro-
ceedngs for before the report Q, the the
report had been finished, and without particle OF
evidence before the House tending to show the me-
under the constitution and the statutes OF the
State, after the report should have been presented
report to remove the Judges by concurrent resoiu-
ton, or to order trial by Court Of impeachment.
could be entered upon until after the report Of
the committee had been presented and
Se HI wOu vote to to asss
all other business II the report should be presented
to-day but he deemed It due to the high character
cerned due to the people Of the State, and due to
the highest OF all earthly postions-that Of the
right and wrong-that the House should proceed
carefully to see that the fountains OF justice are
at the to ms the sefs Of
those. Judges, Or BY. imputation cast any slur or
ndignity upon what should be held most pure
and sacred among men. For these reasons ne was
utterly opposed to the resolution.
THE CLOSING SCENE.
After few remarks nom Mr.. Miles, motion to
lay the motion to reconsider the table was lost,
and the previous question having been moved by
Alvord the Clerk proceeded to call the roll upon
| the motion Of the Speaker to reconsider the
and which now really the test question OF the
whole matter. The scene in the Assembly Chamber
who witnessed it viii long remember. suppressed
excitement prevailed In the galleries and on the
floor Many Of the members were comforting with
here n0s and there f' among aS the
sunlcent strength to sustain the action of the
| House. Several members changed their votes be-
fore the result had been announced, and these
changes were nearly all against reconsideration.
BY unanimous consent Mr.. Tilden was given an
to make ts ama ne ed
he was clearly Of opinion that the House had ac-
tually entered upon proceedings for impeach.
been referred to the Judiciary Committee to
investigate. Consequently he dlssented entirely
transact ' other business pending proceedings fof
impeachment and he held that whenever part Of
ce e the the pay Of N
100 days was abrogated. Mr.. vedder, In explain
ing HIS VOTE distinctly defined the difference be-
| tween proceedings "for" and proceedings '.n" i'm.
preliminaries and the other Of the trial BY the
| Court. The result was at length announced, and
THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER WAS LOST
by vote OF Al in the affirmative and 6s In the mega
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THE NEW CITY CHARTER.
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swarms, are still on the anxious seat about the New
York charter. They have been working like beavers
the past day or t two to strike line Of
to what the Governor 'intends to do about 1t ?; but
they have been so far utterly unable to obtain any
| thing definite. The Governor Is as lose-mOuthed
an oyster, and even his most intimate political
friends friends have given en. up the pumping" work in
Seventys delegation, is still on hand and is making
the most of the time that remains before the ex-
Of the legal ten days to the
even he has no idea what effect his efforts and
arguments have had, and he Is not likely to before
not veto 1t in the meantime Wheeler, how.
eyer, does not give up. the ship, and
that ' WIN is end The gnS
suspense next week, he stil persists In the belief
that the bill will be allowed to become law, II not
t6e-hole principle, This beliefs founded simply upon
his earnest hope that the charter will not be
ton that he has obtained from the executive ofce
for, as said before, there is not o soul In
Or out Of Albany, except the Governor him.
fate OF the charter will really be- The
0FFICE-HOLDERs FROM NEW YORK
seem to be just now the worst scared people for
miles around about the subject, and, Judging from
the general talk they indulge in as to the upshot Of
the whole matter, they are only waiting for q GER
tain sign in the heavens to 'Jnmp Jim Crow'' in
way that will enable them to hang about the old
There is scarcely q department in the city that
has not some kind OF representative here to
post MS fellows In New YORK as to every
rumor that looks reliable concerning the Cover
nors intentions in reference to the charter and to
watch the movements OF the looming men" Of the
reform party, who have the upper hand Of things
just now In the wirepulling line among the "out-
sders II they have 1t not in the matter Of control
ling legislation for the actual good OF the people.
One thing is pretty certain. The Governor will not
take any definite action az to the charter until next
week. Tuesday Is generally looked upon as the
"day OF days. when the great mystery will be
solved for as the bill was sent to him last Satur-
day, the ten days will be up on Wednesday, II the
two Sundays are not included.
THE CITY AND COUNTY CLAIMS BILL.
The Governor has signed the bill providing for the
payment by the Comptroller OF certain claims for
advertising against the city and county OF New
York. An effort was made by certain parties who
were unsuccessful In getting alleged swindling
claims they had an interest In included In the pro-
visions OF the BILL to induce the Governor to veto III
but as they had no other argument to use against 1t
than their own disappointment they OF course
utterly failed in the attempt certified COPY OF
the bill was taken to New York to-day by Mr..
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