The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-15
THE STATE CAPITAL.

Idle Assomblymcn-The Washington
Market Bill Ordered to n Third Read
in%-Grecn Must Certainly Go-O'Don-
ovan Rosa Looking for Seat I'm the
Senate.
ALBANY, April IA, 1878.
The two houses reassembled this evening with
barely quorum. The Assembly, as usual on Mon
Gay evenings, fooled away its valuable time In silly
debates, "just for the fun of the thing" and made
its greatest points OF stale wit over bill to sup
press the sale Of prize packages, and this right
in face OF the fact that the hun
dred days will be up next Wednesday.
Before the session had come to close
THE WASHINGTON MARKET BILL
was dragged into Committee Of the Whole and had
plain sailing until the eighth section was reached.
This section gives the Washington Market Com
pany the first option TO lease the ground which
the stands Of Washington and West washington
markets are located-in fact prohibits the Commits
soners appointed to take valuation 0the property
to lease 1t until after thirty days notice In writ
ing TO the company. Mr.. voorhis. of Rockland
denounced this section as an outrage. and claimed
that the property should be sold to the highest bid
der and used for commercial purposes. Ii was
not now, he said, good place for q
market, and yet the bill makes 1t
imperative that the property shall not be leased
for any other than market purposes Mr. Clark
stoutly championed the cause OF the present mar
ketmen and advocated the retention OF the section
in the measure The bill was finally ordered to a
third reading by a vote OF 40 to %.
The bill authorizing the construction OF
AN ELEVATED RAILWAY
in Church and other streets was also brought up,
but was strenuously OPPOSED by Mr.. Healey so it
was only progressed.
THE CHARTER,
as passed by the Senate, has been printed, but as
not be sent to the Assembly till
tomorrow afternoon. or on Wednesday. There
are really no new developments concerning the
way the Lower House felt about the Senate amend
ments. 1t is certain that the bill can never pass
the House in It's present shape, and that con-
ference committee will have to be resorted to.
1t is equally certain that the conference
committee OF the House will insist upon Green
backed up by a large majority Of the Assembly, so
that if the Senate does not feel like giving way to
the stand the Assembly intends to take 1t will
either have to choose between
GOOD CHARTER, WITH GREEN OUT OF IT,
or no charter at all. It Is generally believed that
OF defeating the bill altogether, simply to crafty
the ambition OF single individual in New York
city.
O'DONOvAN ROSA CLAIMS SEAT.
In the senate the President presented the follow
ing communication from O'Donovan Rossa-
New YoRx April II, 1873.
HosoanD The Fourth Senatorial district is unrep
and William weeds lawyer 4 resi.ted ted that
drawn from that POSITION and submit THAT
the august body over which you worthiIy preside will
the district at when
tweed that whom he could
made my humble effort to arrest the tide Of Tammany
Not your hands My ad before you by
for me and
t has ssna % ,o right sto the seat
consistent with its dignity and with its desire to do
appeal to YOU for it and Solicit the decisive
their labors come to a close.
~ JER. o'DoNovAN ROSA.
The communication was referred to the Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections
QUESTION FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
bill was introduced by Mr.. J. Wood providing
for submitting to the electors of this State at the
general election to be held next November
the question whether the officers OF Chief and AS
sociate Judges OF the Court Of Appeals or Justices
OF the Supreme Court, OF the Judges OF the Superior
and the Court of Common Pleas In the city OF New
York, Of the Judge OF the Superior Court, Buffalo;
OF the City Court, Brooklyn, and OF the county
Judges in several countless shall be hereafter filed
by appointment, pursuant 10 section H. article Ii,
OF the constitution.
THE CANAL FUNDING BILL
The action of commercial bodies in New York,
and petitions from all parts OF the State, have
called attention to the lOw-tol, free canal policy
recommended by the republican State Convention
and endorsed by Governor Dix In his message. Ex-
Congressman Israel 7. Hatch is here pressing his
canal views on the Legislature, and insisting upon
the observance OF the constitutional requirements
by the Canal Board and Comptroller, which render
IL necessary to pay the debt tax the people for the
money, or fund the debt. The latter policy is the
course advocated by Governor Dix and Mr..
Hatch Comptroller Hopkins hesitates in his choice
and is in dilemma He has to pay about five mil
lions this Summer, and has no funds. He would
probably resort to the plan OF taking the money
from some unauthorized source and escaping the
necessity of extra taxation, but tue strict
constructionists are at mis- heels and threaten
injunctions should ne attempt this mode
of escape. The canal ring are urging
this bridging over policy, in order that they may
still have placer to deplete; but 1t is not likely to
prevail, and the chances appear to be that the
whole ten million canal debt will be funded in
forty years bonds thus lifting the present oppres-
sive weight from the State canals and insuring the
lowest rates of tolls, and In brcadstuis probably