The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-12
Commissioner Van Mort To Be Leg.
islated Out of Office.
Tho Reform Aldermen to GO "Where the
WOodbine Twineth."
GRlN SWEEP OF THE NEW BROOM.
4 Petition from the Friends Of Erie-The Old
Underground Railroad Project Revived
Probable Reconciliation Of the Comptrol-
ler's Original BNl-canal and Rail
road Reforms-PubGc Printing.

ler's Original BNl-canal and Rail
road Reforms-Pubic Printing.
ALBANY, Jan. II, 1872
The return of several OF the Fenton- Greeley re-
publicans from New York to this city was noticed
h my letter Of yesterday, but 1t was puzzle to
many to ascertain why they had returned SO hastily
The mystery has been solved, however, and In o
day or TWO, probably tomorrow, little fight will
take place which win show, to certain extent the
deep-seated bitterness existing between the expo
nenrs OF the factions In the republican party.
Already they are 30 acrimonious that
they viii scarcely notice each other when
they meet on the street. But, to explain
why the Tammany republican lobbyists came up
this week. 1t will be remembered that Twombly
introduced bill on the first day OF the session pro-
viding for the removal Of the Mayor Chamberlain,
Corporation Counsel, Corporation Attorney and T.
O. Fields from the Park Commission. Previous to
he Introduction 1t contained, among other things
president OF Department Of Public WOrks.n The
appointment OF Mr.. Van Mort TO be the successor Of
Tweed occasioned change ana the title Of his
once was stricken out. The matter referred to
the Committee on Cities, and 1t soon became known
that Colonel Hawkins, chairman of the committee
intended TO have the bill reported as IL was originally
drawn up, and that In this regard he would be aided
the committee. This would never do So WORD
was sent to the metropolis, and along. came the
Greeley men-Hank Smith, Mike Farrell, Charley
Polhamus and others Van Mort came also, and Is
now very anxious lest his honorable position may
prove to be Dead sea fruit him. the resignation
OF Bradley, was supposed, would cause the strik
Ing out OF the portion referring to the City Cham.
beriatn but 1t Will not, as Hawkins claims that
Palmer, while President OF the Broadway BanG,
knew a. much about
TH1 WHOLESALE ROBBERIEs
that were being perpetrated, as did Watson, Wood
ward or any member Of the Ring. One fact Is
certain: there are persons here who remember that
some few years ago check for $17,5Oo, purporting
70 be drawn by the officers OF the then Board OF
Education, was presented and paid at the Broad
way Bank. The transaction was without precedent;
the heavy stealing was only beginning. check
for 30 large an amount had never before been pre-
sented The paying teller, "a most reliable per-
son" did not know the person to whom the money
was paid; could not describe HIM, although ne re.
marked at the time that !, was an un-
usual amount The check was declared o
forgery the moment it came for examina.
ttan TO the Board OF Education. but
the bank would not allow It, The teller who had
been so reliable, but was derellct as to pay 80
much money to person he did not know, was dis
missed the bank and could not be found to testify
when the case came TO trial. Mr. B0ese, who was
then Clerk of the Board OF Education, fought the
matter in the courts, ana the amount OF the check
was regularly charged against the school fund,
until Boese, who was Objectionable to the Ring,
was legislated out Of ONCE, when "compromisen
was agreed upon between the city and the bank.
Mr. Palmer, as President Of the bank, was party
TO the compromise with the Chamberlain. and should
such another occur Mr.. Palmer, the President,
could compromise with Mr.. Palmer, the Chamber
lain. But MIR. Palmer Is doomed as O city Official
and
THE sCYTHE OF REFORM
y to NOW him down with the other weeds in the
municipal garden. The new city fathers, too, Will
be but shorllved and all their squabbles over pap
and patronage will amount 10 little. The Commit.
tee on Cities-or some Of the members claim now
that there be little expected from the boards in
the way OF reform; that their composition shows
tSa hg e to T
ne c o%1g 0onoyep and the willy and wiry Wilder
was productive Of no sooo results. - ~ ''''''''
THE COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION,
% at present constituted, are to 60 by the board II
the bill Introduced BY Mr. Mackay should become
Pw. The bill names Cyrus Curtis Hugh Gardner,
Piqmentbai as Commissioners to discharge all he
duties devoving upon the Commission to hold
pointed BY the Governor. This Will create stir
around tie Castle Garden, where small fry pQliti
Clans have been running the minor offices and &C.
HsapposeS ~ aay sSa his I Bill mag
be regarded only as "blind,n or hint to
general Unlted States emigration laws which have
been 80 long threatened and by which the party 10
6estowing patronage. making power and profit for
the party and the politicians.
REFORM IN REAL ESTATE VALUATION
was preached, In memorial presented to-day by
Mr.. Jacobs, which wiz cause quite a nutter in every
section OF the State. The memorial asks that pro-
mo- Tn IN ACGa IN
assess real estate at the full market value report
this to the State Assessors and have the taxation
cannot ten what it is worth, but who
will find themselves In bad predlcament should
the measure asked for be adopted and be honestly
form Is going along quite lively. But this is not
I'll. ~ 70 DC confined to the Cities for to-day resou
surance to examine into the VIC oomm'''ee Oh In
CHARGES AGAINST THE INSURANCE suPERM-
and report on them to the House. superntendent
Miller has been making quite q spIlirge and as
serious complaints have been made against him and
his department In certain journals the matters con-
nected with hts administration are to be riQidy IN
vesgated. But while the reformers look occasionally
70 other portions OF the State they must needs
back TO the great bad city OF New York. They
claim that 1t needs as thorough cleansing as the
Augean stables and that the broom Of Hercules
welded by the reormcrs will 40 the work. They
are looking In every nook and corner, and find
PeiI to-day Introduced measure to do little OF
the sweeping as 1t Is TO repeal the law giving the
Mayor power to appoint poll clerks, and to change
the election districts In the city, Then Rapid Tran
STU Wnltbeck cast his eyes around In his neigh
borh0Od, and he found
tom FIELDS GAS
provisions OF last year, which made number OF
Tammany men incorp0rators In a gas company and
gave them power to lay gas pipes through the Cen.
tra Park gave them a monopoly or II and allowed
them most unlimited freedom In their business.
Nj. Wkitbeck has spiked that company's guns by q
bill 10 repeal their charter. Then Hawkins looxed
traitors ONCE, lately under the direction OF an
emlgrant from New Jersey, needed some regulating
Anybody VINO ever had any transactions with That
ONCE could endorse that finding. The Colonel has
introduced bill 10 compel the proper compilation
Of records Of that office and enforce the rule OF
having notices Of deaths filed there within twenty.
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