New-York tribune., 1872-02-28
ALBANY.
THE CHARTER PASSED BY THE Assv,,n,-
ANIMATED ONSET BIZ MR. PIELDs--vp ..,Dh
pisAPPkoVEs-MR ALvORD's ELECTION ,iLDxn
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBnyy, law

M onARrER PASSED BY THE AssENpr,
AkIMATED ONSET BIZ MR. FIELDs-NR Ia.
pisAPPRoVEs-Mh ALvORD's ELECTION i.15n ,iirDn
lBf TELEGRAPH TO THR TRrBUNEI
ALBALf' Tuesday, Feb. n In.
/ ALBANY, Feb. T.-Midnight-The As.sr.t,
passed tho Charter OF the Committee Of sevsn,.
spite Of tho constitutional objections and 80,
: ONT any further amendment, at 10 o'eloek -
night, by party vote OF 50 10 o. Tta
voted In the affirmative we're all Republicans e1eou.
Msssrs. osgoOd Of Troy, aud Psise OF NewYork IN
who voted In the negative were all Democratic &c..
hessrs. LoughraD Of Ulster, and Whitbeck o, So,, ~
MT. Twombly endeayored TO get excused ,ro,, IN,
but without succOss andiwassrccorled in tho ,s-~
ahye The opposition OF the Democrats h, -
sJiY based on the prohibition Of appron,,.,,'-
for denOmnationa Institutions, though Of cour,4 a.
pretend to find nothing In the Charter 10 sn;, -,
There was lntermiuablo discussion In which a..
1ilden, Fields, Mosely. Niles, Hustled, Hawkns -
ham, jacobs, Yedder Flammer and Foley par,co.,..
Tho speech OF the evening however was nada bv r.
Fields, and for acerbity, impudencc and racBes po,
superior has been heard In tho Assembly for rpanv -
He congratulated the Republicans on tho resto,.. !,
harmony under the leadership OF Alyord and eom,..
With great keenness the parte taken IN this r,,,
the Charter by Alyorl, Hustled, Hawkins Ssraha, -.
Tildsn. Tho Assembly Chamber was closely packed -,
Fields could not possibly have had a more spprei,sv
audience. The matter and manner OF h., a.
tory was indeed o great relief after The NINA,
gated dulIness Of most Of the speaken who ..
ceded him. Mr. Clden bored the Hous =.
over an hour with his remniseeuee, q,
race of great and glorious Democratic nov wellpn
extinct II was impossible TO tell whether bs ~,
talking for or against the Charter for abou. "A.
Charter he said very little. Fields, Jacobs. T,lsv
and Moseley who were the only other Democrat, ~.
spol ?; all loudly proclaimed their hostility to the smeD6
mems made to the 921 Section in regard 10 seet,,
schools but Mr. Tilden did not touch tbs am
iect at ali. Gov. Alyord said be sbopa 4.
compelled to vote against the motion TO rccoemit IA
bill TO the Committee on Cities but he frankly ayowea
that the Charter did not suit and be predicted IL ojd
be failure when put to practical operation He thought
that II did not meet the approval Of the majority q fhs
citizens OF New-YOr City but the opponents Of the Au
were divided in their views and he therefore con
PEELED to vote for the instrument as framef.
by the Committee Of Seventy. Mr.. Hldse
maintained in opposition to Fields that he
Legislature had the power 10 cut short tie terms Il
elected municipal officers He also professed TO be
favor OF mild experiment which could DO nelhss
good nor HARM whether proportional representa-
ton was practicable He thought the cumulative voting
was the most Objectionable Of all eounr
snces for minority representation. In 0.
past he had foreseen many great sylS
and had stood alone in his opposition to pernchush b.
novations in short accounts he liked the Con-
mttee of Seventy and their Charter, but wisdom, en-
perence and judgment matured by years OF SerVcaH
the State, warned him to be conservative.
The Charter now goes TO the Senate but 1t Is 10
likely in view Of the matters have taken, hsuy
essential amendments will be made TO II In that bOdy
with the Charter must be enacted good registry election
law and the draft of such law was introduced in heAE
sembly this morning. by Gov. Alvord 1t resembesinh 10
main features the Election laws Of 1870 but It's scope
enlarged so as to cover all the cities and towns tAs
State The bill will be printed Immediately II has been
carefully drawn and the intention has been 10 make
very stringent.