New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-05
Albany.
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS,

CIErY."
LsSoN THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRiBVNEI |
ALBANY, April 4-The Senate spent the |
morning session in discussion Of more than usual
ability on senator Johnson's hill 10 REGULATE raroao
Gelshts. As nimaod by your correspondent some 'en
DAYS ago the bill Is detective, the reason that II may
he interpreted 10 hamper tho through nheS IN ''
competition fol Western freight IL consists OF s'Ie
prohibition agaiIst charging more tor carrying Heihn'
over a portion OF o railroad than over us ch'no
length Mr. Adams wished 10 amend II so as 10 eNcuoe
from its opera ION freight received OF delivered IN loaded
oars from csnneCs!ng lines This amendment, which
would have made the bill Just and proper one was
vote-a dowH Nj. woodin aftcrward ccntended Tor an
amendment OF similar puIport, but was defea'ed oy
vote Of Il TO IS The bill lost by vote OF IA to IL
10 the the discussion considerable excitement
wac oce siord by The production Of check list showing
how the would divide on the question: ana some
what open insinuaton that agents of the railroad eohpa
mics had lol engaged in influencing the action OF oen
tors The OF or two Senators has beeh per
Gaps Bailo suspicious this question: but as ior eN
aence of bribery there is absolutely testimony aces
sh.e wteh would sustain such charge. On the whoe'
the Threads have got OF with very little expense ts
Eessoa. Perhaps the best test vote was ina. taHe ~
the motion Of Mr. Woolin to rceomnit the bh 10 "o
Railroad Committee. with instructions to report Win an
smendip, restrict the scope OF the oiI' u lo'
freight The following are the Yeas and NAYS:
For hi motion: Messrs. Adams, Allen Bowen, Dl E
mann mann S"1 Wood LG and w GSG r"''y
Aga s.st me motion: Messrs Baker Cock Foster Iler-
rover Madden, Murphy OBren Perry wagner "eS
mann W,nslow, and James Wo0d-lJ'
Sci afoF Johnson in his able arsumentin support 81
che sI read letters from merchants manufacturers auu
othlrs, which were abundautly sufficient 10 esUo-
Nsh the existence of substantial grounds for COM
plsIp Z The freight on IoS67 pounds OF dye
stu1s from New-YorE TO Seneca Falls, over the
Central and Hudson Road shown by freight bIiS 10
have been IS cents per 100 pounds This was OF -h"
ID ls, On Anil 81 1871, the rate on an invoice 81 t'
"a NJ a.
Ier TO- posnds. Boston being so miles iul'hcr us"O
than York IN 1872. the rates charged ON wool III
hal. IN Seneca Falls have been 10 cents per 100 pounds
from Bo .on and 'he same rate precisely from Troy
IN the hearnc before the Assembly Railroad Commit
zee f w DAYS since the railroad magnatcs stated that
Tic n yer refused 70 ms Ike special reduced rates with
IN. -, OF large quantities Of freight Nh johnson read
corr .Snon4ence ng'%'.n mr I LII }icb srr6
-J rates asked and refused, the freight agent
=. thy Central and Hudson Railroad Iuan'alnins Ihat
tis ), al charge low the company could al
fond Mr. Woodp slowed that the Central and Hudson
v-~t ,, hl it, hhod"rs. aud maintained that the n
si1on uroht Of Ui road must Ue made on either their
rs, Cu-ers their Though freight, or Iheir local fci%h
~ was tod. lc said. that the profit ON through freight
small accom-; oi the comp tion or other roads
al Icstrctel T. Two cents mile who're else could
l.rte the si,0o0 paid in dird,n clc1 year
sO.he from. IL u,, from Tie 0cai freight! III. LOWS
moo GOOD point when ne argued that the effect o the
YorB and Iuiilo. But. not 10 dwell Longer The dis
:nssio ne .;ci, are these; i IS hf 20 10 Tg
iect he people is not to be solved by tie Reform Leg
iatuTc.
The Senators also had little brush ilds moun over
she Beach Pneumatic and Central Underground bills IL
4. pertecty clear now that underground railroad viii
be Dut Ncw-IorH by private capital unless It can
40 under Broadway Both the above roads want Broad
Wv Tie senate insists giving il 10 the former and
The Assembly 10 the later Between these Two STOOLS
underground transit idils to the ground vote was
nrgrcnu6 IN" VhchiSstr in fic Of p TO - T6e
ar.aVr Wa. 10 L.
10 mas The Ccir, underground bin through the Senate
After the reading of the Journal tins morning. the
Assembly again resolved itself into debating society,"
and resumed the wearying discussion III regard to the
appropriations certain asyums, and other items in
thc supply bill Some debate. in regard to this bill par
Ieuary is doubt useful and necessary, bat disqusi-
tons inemperance and the peculiar1cs OF insanity
might dispensed with this late stage Of the session.
The useessnes not 10 say absuTdity OF much Of what
has been seid appears 10 be dawnng upon the House
for OF the greatest bores opened his irrelevant re-
marks TINS morning with the observation that he
much surprised al the drift which the
speeeh Vita the remark that he hoped this discussion
would stop somewhere" To such an extent has the de-
what said. no matter who speaks; one member. who
yena liable for his silence in general, having under
taken 20 say few words. was obliged to ask the Chair
Dissolve the town meeting on his right, in order
That hc nigh, be heard Finally ut ITO, motion being
ForIvcy made That debate on this subject shall
end BEYOND the 81 day Of July vote as taken on the
apprcq alton Of 10000 to the lnebratc Asylum at ng
hglo,on, which vas passed william amendment that the
COlnu OneTs Of the Land once should have power to
Iii property II they deemed il advisable the de-
t closed az 70 that only 10 begin again on the neEiten
tho appropriation for the Asylum for Insane COnvcts.
speaker smith novel TO strike out the item appropriate
ins S}577 80 10 Murray Goodwin for hthographDR 80
Of Tor the House the ground that there
authority 10 create any such liability After
long debate amendment adopted that the amount
% hc paid should not exceed such sum should appear
the Controller 10 bea just remuneration for the
done. not 70 exceed III The aggregate $500
EVENING sIs~IONs or BOTH HOUsEs-THE PRO
RATA FREIGHT BILL RECONMITTED FOR
MISUNDERSTANDING PROGRESS Op THE
SUPPLY BILL.
icy TELEGRAPH TO TIE TEIBUNE1
ALBANY April 4.-This evening, quite unex-
NeeedY. Senator johnson moved reconslde the