The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-19
THE CHARTER.
Coup de Main Of the
Seventy Solons.
NEW YORK RECONSTRUCTED.
Passage Of the New Charter by Both
Houses of the Legislature.
A CLEAN SWEEP OF CITY OFFICIALS
Comptroller Green and Commits
sioner Van Mort to Go at Last.
THE CHARTER ELECTION MAY 81.
Pleasing Prospects for Scrub Race
for Place and Power.
Cumulative Voting as an
Experiment.. (,
Pleasing Prospects for a Scrub Race
for Place and Power.
Cumulative Voting as an
Experiment..
Interesting Opinions Of City Wideawakes as Ia
How to Thing Will work-Hopes Of Reform
Democrats and Fears Of Conservative
Tammanyites- Short Talks with the
Knowing Ones Of the Wards
ALBANY, April IS, 1872.

ALBANY ApTl 10, l6IZ !
The Conference Committee on the New York
Charter reported to both houses to-day that the
Senate had rcceded from it's amendments retaining
the Comptroller, Commissioner Of Public Works
and the Board OF Assistant Aldermen, and that the
Assembly assented to the provision for tho
Office Of Chamberlain, and fixing the sala-
ries Of the several Offices. In the ASSEM-
bly,, when the Clerk commenced reading the
report, Mr.. Jacobs moved that it be laid
on the table and ordered printed, which motion
was lost Mr.. Alvord moved to dispense with read
ing the report, and that the House concur therein,
and on that motion he moved the previous ques-
ton. Mr.. Fields raised the point OF order that the
rules required that the report shall be In writing,
and that it shall be read through. He protested
against this mode of passing upon ques-
ton about which members knew nothing.
The Speaker was inclined to decide the
point OF order not well TAKEN there was nothing
In the rules which required the report Of confer
ence committee to be read through. Mr.. Fields In
sisted that an amendment had been made to the
rules, which contained such provision, and the
clerk referring to the journal OF the House, 1t was
found that such an amendment had been made,
when the point OF order was sustained and the re-
port read through. The following is the
REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
The Committee of Conference appointed the part Of
the Senate and Assembly upon the matter in difference
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New York have considered the same, and have agreed
That the senate their amendments provldI
oce the present comptroe and the commioner
wSss a1a safety fer By Rs
that the A,emy IN the as ssna ate
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qualifications; als9 ip the general amendments by tho
The committee have found it imprachcable to
each amendment agreed upon and therefore respect
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therein and not amended except as to matters in differ
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The question was then taken on concurring. The
vote was-Yeas 81, nays 49, as follows-
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In the Senate when the vote was being taken on
agreeing to the report Of the committee, on the
call Of the roll there but response down to
the name OF Mr.. Johnson, when he asked for ex-
PLANTATION. After explanations the call continued,
and resulted-Yeas %, nays 8, as follows:-
Yg.s-Messrs. Adams, Allen. Baker, Benedict, Bowen,
Dickinson, Foster Graham, johnson, Lewis, Lowcry,
McGowan Madden, O'Brien, Palmer, Perry Robertson,
Wagner, Weismann, winslow d. p Wood. J.. Wood and
Woodin-3.
NAYs-Mcssrs Chatfeld Cock, Lord, Murphy, Tie
manu-
Messrs. Palmer d. p. Wood, Madden and Dickin-
son stated that they did not believe in the BILL but
felt constrained to vote for It,
The charter now goes to the Governor for his sig
nature. There are conflicting opinions as to
whether he will sign 1t or return 1t with his objec-
tions