The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-03

opening OF oWootSs
ALBANY, Feb. 2, 1872.
"Gentlemen on the floor Of the House will please
be seated. Page boys and others must not STAND
IN front of members Reading OF newspapers. dis
tribution OF documents, must be suspended. No
business wH be transacted until this order ID COM
Piled wlthn
About once every fifteen minutes during the ses-
sion OF the House the above orders are drawed out
by the presiding officer The order is introduced by
q fearful pound with the gavel on the desk;
then about five minutes are allowed 10 eapse
until o deatnlike quiet Is restored. Should that
deslderatum not be obtained, should some member
have the temerty to only lower his voice to whs-
per- the eagle eye Of the Speaker will spot him out
Then will come heavy double rap. the Speaker
viii set his lips together, and then.
LIKE A PRIMARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL,
viii ask, in whitening tones. "Does the Chair not
make itself sufficiently understood r' The innec-
tions, rising ana falling, are given with proper en-
phasis, and produce q good effect for about ten
MINUTES; then the usual huDbub will be recon-
menced, and in due time the lecture from the
Speaker will be repeated. In this way a
great deal of time is wasted and the
members come to consider themselves as little bet
ter than schoolpoys. True, the noise at times calls
for such interference, but it is impossible to
have men like the honorable legislators SIT con-
SANITY in their seats, with their arms folded like
children In a school gallery. But the noise has its
advantages as 1t often enables Alberger, Fort and
few others to become
ARTFUL DODGERS
when vote Is being taken. They and several
other principal "reiormers' endeavor as much as
possible to remain "on the rence' on matters which
40 not demand an absolute show of hands or a test
Of adherence to faction leaders. More time Is lost
IN calling absentees" on almost everything tnat IS
voted on by ayes and noes than would be necessary
to pass nalf dozen bills in day.
The chief topic to-day Is the investigation and de-
vel0pments in relation to
The PRINTING FRAUDS.
The facts and figures which were given exclu-
sively the HERALD a couple OF weeks ago had the
erect Of stirring up the reform spirit so that the
investigation had to be made. But further interest.
ING developments will shortly come to light and
among others may mention the fraud OF printing
thousands OF copies Of the report OF the Eclectic
Medical Society," with plates OF curious specimens OF
anatomy, including the portrait OF the President Oh
the society, and extraordinary tumors ana swell
ings and OF various kinds and colors which the
eclectians claim to have treated IL may DE SAFE TO
presume that the book VIII not be printed this year.
inasmuch as the President is member OF your
.reformn ( Board Of Aldermen, has been q
tion and has lately been appointed representative
IN the Senate OF some hitherto unknown reform
Journal and was never known TO have any hand In
F. framing or passing any OF the laws which have
been enacted here during the past fifteen years, the
greater portion Of which time ne has been here az
AN AID TO LEGISLATION
and "reform.u The testimony elected yester.
day was very damaging TO some OF the
ex-clerks and shows that the two papers
OF this town-one democratic and the
other republican-are In the same boat,
and that while they have both glOated over the
downfall OF Tammany. the exposure Of the FRAUDS
and the success OF the reform movement. they have
been quiet in regard to each other, and have con-
tinued making their "divvles' in true Tammany
ana ''Tammany republican" style.
The Committee on Public Printing in the House,
however, are determined that there shall not be
very much swlndIng done in printing extra docu-
ments as to-day they brought IN batch OF reports
on several resolutions calling for printing OF various
kinds, all Of which reports were adverse"
Among the resolutions thus reported on were for
printing reports Of Salt superintendent Quarantine
commissioners, q Normal School report and crimi-
nal statistics. The only given for the adverse
reports was that 1.-THE committee did not know that
the documents were OF any Importance" II might
be asked what the committee was Tor but TO inquire
into the Importance OF having matter printed by
the State, and IN order TO determine that 10 SEND
Tor any persons or OtnerWlse acquire any inorina-
uOn they might need. The report as TO the salt
superIntendent's report was disagreed with and
the resolution adopted.
THE RAPID TRANSIT THEORISTS
are here In full force and as mportunate as ever.
referred briefly in my despatch yesterday to the
hearing before the Railroad Committee. The Incl
awful Gardiner, the 6uknead and warehouse man,
had long harangue prepared, and seemed
determined To get IL on. Senator Madden tried to
shut MIN Of, but he would not be shut on: Madden
would interrupt him In the midst Of a nowery de-
script0n OF how badly the city and Westchester
pie annuity die in tenement houses, and would
say, "Well, well, Mr.. Gardiner, we admit all that;
We know all about the necessities for rapid transit
but we only want TO know how you are going to
get over the dinicalty." Yes" would Gardiner
reply, "tnat's all right; but 1 intend TO
New YORK, and bring those poor people who die In
those tenements out to Westchester county and give
them good ventilation and cheap homes. Gardi.
ner, after much crosse xaminlng finally developed
mis- plan, which Is simply the old Warehouse BILL for
when he says British banking house stands
ready 10 give Tim $3G,000,00 to get possession OF
tine water front. and to get the matter In q new
shape as a railroad Dill he has Incorporated as
THE ARCADE ABoMrNArIoN
under Broadway and any cross street, so as TO
connect the river fronts with the arcade under
the NOISE OF the hammer is heard no more, now the
spider weaves mis- wen In the Novelty Works, and
such like fearful pieces OF Intelligence. He was
reminded by the Chairman tnat ''llfe Is short and
death is certalnr but even this did not stop him.
He has pretty efectually killed his bill. however,
and tue pneumatic tunnel folks are SAID to be about
should they get their bill through.
GEORGE LAWS FERRIES
are creating considerable stir. Bennett, the VII
iiamsnurg representative, Is determined to push
through the reforms asked for, but George has
secured an old lobbyist 70 work Tor Nun anu has had
THE MEMORIAL OF THE Law ASSOCIATION.
The only matter OF interest 10 New workers. which
came az Today was memor,a, rom ,e par Ass ESQ,