The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-05

Mr.. AIvord wanted the rule which gave the
power. He asked for this again and again. The
poor speaker got more ana more confused and
declared that the question was really novel one.
The bill was Technically in possession OF commit
Tho House. A.
m Mr.. xIyoRp--wv., the Cna.r MONT out the rule
The Speaker Stated that vs. was Of opipion-
that the on may he refernd directly to the Commit
tee 81 the Whole.
resss soss s snss II s at sas sssa
there Is no report Of committee and no committee
to call IL FROM"
Hawkins had lost his rudder again and drif,ed
about so that he
SHOWED HIS HAND COMPLETELY.
intention to have this question referred to any
standing committee. Fields jumped at the point
and exclaimed. u anticipated just some such
manuuvre as that, so asked the Speaker II he had
referred the bill, and he distinctly repeated 10
that had referred it to the Committee on Judic-
Speaker Smith was o. much at . loss now as
Hawkins. He admitted that he mad made such
oas ed Haw1s con mis-
lesy to the Speaker and the House should
have checked the earnestness and lmpetuosly Of
Ssa Sscdea hs Dons wan On 'ns on'
hawkins WAVED wR0TH.
and answered most sal castically that he would be
sorry 10 attempt to ride over the Hduses and GER
HUs cs Cne 'as ysns o that
TINS broughs Q laugh At him from the whole House.
The debate was becoming o. warm and persO o al
Cency and hOnOr.n
The countrymen new 70 the business looked on
a0ape. The crowds In the galleries seemed highly
amused, and just as confusion was about TO com.
% men sss Speaker decided the point OF order not
Aivord, on question Of privilege. Stated that al
though this IN direct violation OF the rules Of
the House ne thought the decision was gwen with
honest intent and would not appeal.
u Fields though! II best that the adjournment to
The Speaker was about to put The question, when
Smythe, Of T1oga moved to adjourn. The adjourn
Ss s: vas HSyf as o4sS s called
latel" Hawkins was dumbfounded, sat down In
high dndgeon and acknowledged That this was In.
deed FIRST blood for Tammany.n
During the session DILL Was introduced by Mr..
Mackay: Of New York, providing Tor the establish
under directon Of a Hoard Of three Commissioners.
who are to serve without pay.
Mr.. MackV also introduced bill providing that
persons committed for criminal offences may carry
out going thereon to the General FERN q cfcut Of
e sas s C Se 700 poo sS
necessary costs thea the county to pay. An
waS ssss snat las s
to repeal the charter Of the Elevated railroad IN
New York.
sQUALL IN THE SENATE.
When Mr.. Benedict, day or two ago, introduced
that memorial from Mr.. Green, begging the Legis-
lature come TO his assistance In the hour OF his
about the matter particularly when the Senator
made motion that the subject should be referred
% aDa this @odest
with side whisper to the CLERK not to let the memo
rial fall INTO the mar, hands OF the reoorters;
70 inpugn the motives OF the New York
Senators, but when the gentleman who. seems to
metropolitan qnintet, appeared SO determined that
nobody should know anything about the contents
Of e there rev womb OF ~ sn
thing up worth looking out for when the bill OF the
quintet should make lls appearance. Benedict took
called to order THIS forenoon after the prayer
had been concluded by rising IN his seat and pre-.
troller Green. Thanks TO some good fortune
or other, the bill was printed ana copies Of
i had ead been lard to on me
It's pnrrort was, In introducing IL Mr.. Benedict
took occasion 20 recall to the minds OF his hearers
financial point Of view and then went on to explain
how absolutely necessary IL was that the measure
L before the eas
tnen-wen, the Lord knows what would not happen.
the Senate that New YORK would
GO TO THE DOGS
next week sure pop, II immediate action was not
taken on the bill. IL must be confessed that bene
dict performed the task assigned him very credit
ably, for he not only made very pathetic appeal
70 oyer 1t section by section, pointing out In each
the strong merits he found IN every Iiue. He then
ana there 60 Into commiiee Of the Whole on the
bill The monon was =, carried without Q
Mr.. Green's counsel were seated In the lobby
at this time, where they every once IN while ex-
Palmer let mis- seat ana took The Leutenant Cover
nors place Benedict gave knowing look toward
ar rn on mis- ace as much as to saw Just Won
look how quick this things going to be donen But
II the venerable Senator actually had the confidence
in the bis speedy passage that his looks seemed
to indicate, his disappointment must have been very
great indeed when Senator James Wood rose from
6ls seat and moved to strike out enactlng clause
Benedict took OH his glasses, wiped them hurriedly
aud put them straightway Oh again to get q better
look ut the gentleman VINO had the floor. He evi.
IDENTITY had not expected such terrible notion and
invosuntarily exclaimed,
"wHAT2 wHATY"
as he laid the bill down on the table and nervOusly
wheeled his chair ABOUT 80 as directly to face Mr..
WOOa. ~ move" said the latter again. after look
ing over e Sop p % the S liz ea Clause s orde
have some explanation Of this measure The latter
part Of this sentence, which Benedict had not
caught before, appeared TO afford him no small re.
llef, and drawing long long, breath, he rose slowly
Ss ws he Sa'e aea "a e. q But the be
il borne In mind, that this explanation touched ex
cusiyey upon the . money MOI inc city wanted the
paid, would ruin her credit n
THE EYES OF THE WORLD.
1t was really amusing to see the Senator 20 over
the bill section by section, and how careful he was
TO combine his observations from the third section
TO the last. One would have imagined that the prin
had omitted the first and the second sections In
the copy OF the bill he had In his hand Obvious
did he seem Of their existence after he had the
bill at the start from end to end However, he was
very reminded that there were other parties on
the floor who were not willing to take bis word for
granted to everything in the measu re, and Sem
0tor Madden was the first to convince him that
there were breakers ahead for Mr.. Green's little
hobby. In fact Madden made terrific onslaught upon
the bill as whole, and the first three sections In
with his theme, ''can the senator irom New York or
ANYBODY else guarantee that this honest Comp.
troller you talk so much about Is to live until the
3oth day OF APRIL when the powers granted by this
bill Will ceaseY for one WIN not support II, for
'0"S0s' uswoS USs SH OF Any HSs su ES
VINO has any regard for the future welfare OF New
York and who Is mindful OF the terrible past Here
are Senators from New York who have succeeded