New-York tribune., 1873-03-20
ALBANY.

CHARTER PROSPECTS.
,nEAp-LoCK IN THE SENATE COMMITTEE OVER
TIE TWENTY FIFTH SECTION.
fgY TELEGRAPH TO THR TRIBUNEl
L1RANY. March l9-The Senate Committee on
Cities has been hard at work all day and evening
retting the New-York Charter ready to report to-
morrow morning; but they now announce that by
no possibility will they be ready TO report 1t theh
They have been engaged this evening exclusively
On the Twenty-Gfth Section but can cone 10 no
agreement,
They have voted down the proposition TO leave
the section as il came from the Assembly, aso tne
proposition to vest the appointing power III 'no
Mayor and the Presidents of the two boaros OF
Aldermen also TO leave 1t with the mayor eACiu-
syel, also to leave il with the Mayor ana Alder-
men toqether tho former to nominate and the latter
a confirm In fact they have voted down every
nraetical proposition that could be conceived with
regard to the appointing power, and are apparently
M nearer an agreement than when they began.
Tho most probable conclusion of their labors viii
be 10 give the appointments to the Mayor with con-
ermation by the Aldermen, and to retain certain
heads of Departments now in Office, stated in
The TRIBUNE dispatches Of Tuesday.
THE NEW BROOKLYN CHARTER FANoRABLY RE
PORTED.
I8Y TELEGRAPH 70 THE TRIBUNEl
ALBANY March l9.-The Assembly Committee on
Cities re5orted the BrooklyA Charter framed by the
One Hundred this evening fayorably Mr. Gere
alone dissenting.
LEADING TOPICS AT THE STATE CAPITAL
IuE TWEED INVESTIGATION ADJOURNED TO
THIS CITY.
tyROM THB REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THB TRIBUNE
AtBANY. March 19.--The Special Committee of the
Senate Niessrs. johnson. Allen, Lewis, Lowery, and
Graham. appointed to investigate the alleged
bribery and corruption Of William NJ. Tweed, at
Albany VIII meet in open session in New-York, at
tbe Metropolitan Hotel, on Friday morning, at 10
o'clock. The Committee have agreed to employ
John E. Parsons as their counsel provided bis ser
vices can be obtained.
ANOTHER INSURANCE WRANGLE.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRlBUNEl
Albany. March l9.-Ihe Assembly fell into an
otber wranple this evening over fendees Insurance
bill ansing ont of a motion by that gentlemen to re-
consider vote by which the House agreed to an ad-
verse report of the Insurance Committee on his BILL
Hcudee INDUCED in repetition Of his insinuations
against the Insurance Committee, and said il was
"shmed over 10y the insurance companies Ihls
brought out the Chairman Of the Committee MI
Tobey who Iopeed the insInuatOns OF the gentle
man from Jefferson, and contradicted a state
ment made by him that he Qobey)
agreed 10 report the bill favorably. So far
refused TO have any conversation with Hendee
about his bill outside of the Committee. Messrs
Weed Van Cott, Wight and Jacobs, also OF the
Insurance Committee, defended its action against
there2eated assaults Of Mr. Hcndee, and said that
the Committee had reported a bill embodying all
the features asked for in Hendees bill, together
with others SIN more stringent against the insUr-
Ince companies. Mr. Jacobs said they had reported
Substantially the same bill that was defeated IN the
Massachusetts, Legislature through the influence of
he insurance companies, which was a sufficient con-
addiction Of the charge that the Committee was IN
heir interest.
Mr Heudee, finding the entire Committee arrayod
against him. IetTaccd his charges so far as to say
that lie disdaiued any enmty toward any member
Of the Committee OF any wish toimpugn their integ-
nty. After an hours wTaugiug vote was taken
on Heudce's motion TO reconsider the acceptance OF
the adverse report, which resulted majority OF
l6n favor Of sustaining the Committee
GENERAL PRESS DISPATCHl
The Insurance Committee reported bin which
provides for the non-fOfeituTe of policies on account
OF losses in the payment Of premiums; and also re-
uuires life insurance companies TO make a fail de-
tailed statement of their business salaries paid, ex-
penses, etc. annually, in addition to the reports now
required Of them.
RURAL TAXPAYERS GRIEVANCES - RELIEF
URGENTLY NEEDED.
TPROM THB REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THB TRIBUNE.l
ALBANY, March l9.-The most important develop
nent OF the discussion on the Bonds and Mortgages
Exemption bill last night is the fact that the
farmers Of the interior suffering severely from
heavy taxation, debt, competition Of Western pro-
duce and consequent depression in the value Of
their farms. They require some comprehensive
measure for their relief and do not recognize either
the exemption Of mortgages from taxation or the
repeal Of the C5ury laws as schemes which have any
tendency to improve their condition. Mr. Sylvester,
the member from Lewis County, said last night that
there had been depreciation Of 2j per cent III the
value Of farm lands since the close of the war From
the report made TO the Constitutional Commission 1t
appearhat the aggregate Of State, town, county and
city indebtedness in the State Of New-YOrk has
reached the astounding sum Of S2350OO0OO. The
annual interest Of this sum- excluding entirely the
burdens Of national debt and extravaganza, must be
fully equal to all other legitimate expenses Of town,
county, State and city government. 1t is
clear that with prices of grain, cattle and farm
products established by the cost Of growing them on
the fertile lands Of the West, such taxation as
nowrests upon the farmers Of this State cannot be per
manently endured. Yet there seems nowhere TO be
any movement in the direction Of econO-
my. If we may believe Mr.. Sylvester, no
member from a rural district can vote to
exempt bonds and mortgages from taxation,
or relax the penalties for receiving than
per cent for the use of money, without being repu-
dated by his constituents. The policy of bonding
towns for the purpose Of subscribing 10 the stock of
railroads, which have other capital than such sub
seripuons, and the loans which can be effected on
their mortgage bouds is also growing into disfavor
with the Taxpayers of the interior. The evils of a
Permanent debt are felt more keenly than the ad-
Tantages Of being situated on the line of some shah