New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-18
SHALL WE HAVE An HONEST STATE


Gov. Dix, for very good reasons, has vetoed
the Newspaper Claims" bill for unauthorized
advertising done under the rule OF the Ring,
for which payment had been disallowed by
the Board of Audit. 1t now becomes an in
teresting matter for inquiry, by whose votes
did this bill passi We have already ex-
pressed our opinion that the most important
object to which voters can direct their atten-
ton this year is the election of an incOrrupt-
BILE Senate-by no means an easy task. Out
of thirty-two Senators composing the present
body we have named fourteen who ought not
to be reelected OF these fourteen Senators
we find that ten voted for the Newspaper
Claims bill. We now propose to take another
look at the records of the Senators, and to
give three divisions instead OF two, as we did
before. We lay down the following rule !:
Whatever name, printed in the following lists in
CAPITAL letters, appears t,oice NTH the
MAJORITY, and not once Cih the minority,
should neuer again be on any honest rOters
ballot for any public office
|. On the expulsion of Senator James Wood.
April g. 1872, on motion of Henry G. Murphy,
it was resolved by the Senate, in the matter
"That the acts with which he now stands
Charged are not offenses against the Drivi-
"leges of this Senate, and that the further
consideration of the resolution Of expulsion
abe indefinitely postponed" And indefinitely
postponed it was by the following vote:
For THE MorIoS-Messrs BENEDICT. BOWEN,
DICKINSON, Foster, GRAHAM NARROWER, LEWIS
L4RP MADpEN nWRPHY Te%ann WAGNER
TIM on Raj
Chatheld. Cock. johnson. Lowery, MCGOWAN, Palmer
Perry, Robertson, d. p Wood-l2'
An amendment offered by Senator Palmer,
"that Senator Wood be requested to resign
CHS seat,n was voted down by precisely the
same division as that given above.
III. On the passage of the Washington Market
bill, the most colossal job of the Legislative
session of 1878, which was promptly vetoed by
Gov. Dix:
For THE WASHINGTON MARKET Jop-Messrs. BOWEN.
Chatled, DICKINSON. GRAHAM. NARROWER, John
son LEWIS, LORD, MADDEN, MURPHY, 0'BRIEN,
AGAEsr the wnsnlso1os MARKET Jon-Me,srs.
Tlemann. ID. Z. Wood-2
III. On the Newspaper Claims bill. This bill,
though passed in much less Objectionable
shape than it bore when introduced, was sup
ported by most impudent lobby:
For THE NEWSPAPER CLAIMS BHL-Messrs Adams
Baker, BENEDICT, Cock, GRAHAM, NARROWER
sCOREsBY, Tiemann WAGNER, WEIsNANN, VINE
LOW. j. WOOD, WOODIN-ls.
AGAINST THE NEWSPAPER CLAIMS BuL-Messrs Allan
Bowen, Chatneld. Dickinson, Foster, LOWS, Lowerv'
Perry, Robertson, ID. p. WoOd-lo.
During the session of last Winter, Senator
Johnson moved for the appointment of COM
mittee 20 investigate the truth of the allega-
tons in the newspapers and elsewhere, that
Mr. Tweed had Corrupted members of the
Legislature. and by the use of money secured
the passage of laws by which he was enabled
"tO control the entire municipal affairs of the
getty of New-YOrk, and rob and plumber the
"people of the said city to the extent of mil
"lions of dollars" Mr.. Woodin, who had served
four years with Mr.. Tweed in the time of the
latters power, being President pro tenpore of
the Senate, appointed on the investigating
committee, to serve with Mr.. johnson, two
Senators who are believed to have been under
Tweeds influence in 1871, at which time both
were members of the Legislature. 1t was like
appointing Cakes Ames to investigate the
Credit Mobilier. A few days later, on the 18th
of March, Mr. johnson created great breeze
in the Senate by moving the appointment of
Messrs. LOwery and Allen, two men of known
integrity, as additional members of his COM
mittee. The following named Senators had
the shameless hardihood to vote against this
motion:
Messrs BENEDlCT BOWEN, DICKINSON. LEWIS,
WAGNER. WlN5LOW. WOODIN-I.
Messrs. Allen and Lowery were added In
tho Committee. but MIR, Tweed Immediately