The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-28
Only a Few lTnimpOrtant Amendments
Made to the Bill Yesterday.
Conscientious Members Explain Why They
Voted For or Against.
Rumors About the Charter After
It's Passage.
The Bill Received in the Senate and
Ordered To Be Printed.
The Assembly Resolves to Take Recess,
but the Senate Refuses.

but the Senate Refuses.
ALBANY Feb. q, fs73.
At last the Assembly has got rid Of the charter,
and by such a decisive vote that the Senate Will
not be very likely to attempt to so alter it as vr
tually to defeat it, as some of the wise men In the
Hobbies think they will.
THE AMENDMENTS
made to the bill to-day before 1t was carried were
of no great Importance. with the exception OF one
that provides that the Deputy Comptroller cannot
after his appointment act as Comptroller more
than three mouths in any one year. Weed offered
an amendment that the Charter should be submit
ted to the people of the city, at election to be
held on the first Monday in April The Speaker
opposed it as impracticabe, and then made a
motion that the bill should be progressed
then and there. Here "Denny" Burns took
the floor. and before the motion was
put by the Chairman, managed to get in a few
parting shots at the majority, closing by declaring
that the amendment which provided for the draw
ing up OF another charter by certain officials Of
New York showed that the republicans had no
confidence in the present bill. "There isn't brains
enough in the party here" he exclaimed, "tO get
up good charter, and yet know two democrats
In the city who could, in week, draw up a charter
that would be supported by nine-tenths OF the
people," Fortunately for the majority denny
sat down after this outburst, and the committee
rose after progressing the bill.
The moment the Speaker took the chair Mr..
Pierson got up and moved to disagree with the
report OF the committee and that the bill be
ORDERED TO A THIRD READING
The yeas and nays were called on this, and the
vote stood 81 to 80, Abbott and Voorhis demo
crats voting with the majority. Pierson then
moved that the bill should Immediately have its
third reading. This motion. of course was stoutly
opposed by the minority, Smith, Weed and Jacobs
cOntending that according to the rules, the bill
could not be passed the same day 1t was ordered to
third reading unless by unanimous consent.
Hustled then got mixed up in the discussion. and
after
AN EXCITING DEBATE
the objection was offered by Mr. Weed that the
bill was not correctly engrossed. Jacabs took the
same view and q war OF words ensued between
him and Weed and Hustled that created immense
excitement. The Speaker contended at first that
q twO-thirds vote could put the bill on its final
passage, but afterwards receded from this position
and declared that Mr.. Weeds point Of order, that
the bill was not properly engrOssed, was out OF
order Hustled eOntended that as the bill had been
engrossed after the Committee on Cities had
reported 1t complete iC was properly engrossed,
and had not lost its place on the order OF third
reading of bills. Batcheller explained that when
he, the day before had moved to have the bill
referred back to the Committee OF the Whole, he
had been careful to add that it should retain its
place in the order of third reading OF bills. The
Speaker decided Husted's point of order well
taken, and by
A STRICT PARTY VOTE
with the exception OF voorhees,, who voted with
the republicans, the motion that the bill should be
at once put on It's final passage age; was carried The
OF the bill, and then, at the request OF Mr. Beebe,
was about to read the third section, when Mr..
Weed demanded that the bill should be read as the
constitution OF the state made 1t Imperative that 1t
should be read-irom beginning to end. The
speaker promptly ORDERED tne Cierk 10 read the
leaders eXcepted) settled themselves down in their
seats for comfortable nap OF two hours. Weed
had waded through three or four amended sections
so. without objection, the last section of the bill
THE VOTE ON IT'S FINAL PASSAGE
took place. with the following result the names OF
the democratic members being marked in talics) =
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SAysaNessrs AI,ea 5ssSe, Blessing Bla",saS, Burns
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Mr.. Blumenthal and Mr. Prince and Mr.. Deering
rose and explained why they voted as they did
IT was generally en- raj supposed thar n PRINCE would vote
for 1t, and in explaining his position he said:-
Mr.. PRINCE EXPLAINS.
asked to be excused from voting for the follow
ing reasons :-On the one hand am ardently de-
slrous OF aiding In giving to New York reform
in
satisfactory at home and creditabie abroad, and
thus crown the work OF reform IN which her
years. With this view | heartily supported the
charter OF the Committee OF Seventy last year,
the second reform charter OF 1872 which also failed
to become law. consider the first and greatest
duty OF the present Legislature to be the passage
OF such charter, and have locked forward almost
impatlently to the day when that duty should be
accomplished. The bill before US contains very
many excellent provisions which are certainly
great improvements to the existing law, and
which commend themselves entirely TO my judy
ment. All these considerations lead me TO vote in
the Affirmative. On the other hand 1t Is with the
most sincere regret that ind In the proposed
charter other provisions which 1t is impossible Tor
l may state that am most especially opposed
to the twenty NTH section, which provides Tor the
Seeine contrary TO established ana approved pollt
cal principles destructive to otrcial responsibility,
conducive to the formation Of dangerous combina-
lions and in violation OF good faith to the non.
partisan reform element in New York. l had
hoped for the amendment OF these provisions In
Committee of the Whole, but was disappointed
These considerations would naturally lead me to
vote In the negative. But recognized the fact that,
II this charter should not pass 1t may result in an
entire failure OF the needed reform, and do not for
get that this bill Ia still to go to the senate for Its
action. Unwilling by any act to impede the pas
sage OF what I trust win ultimately be made
altogether satisfactory reform charter and In the
confident hope that the Senate Will preserve the
beneficial and reject the improper provisions OF the
bill, I therefore withdraw my request to be cx-
cused from voting and vote "ay."
THE CHARTER AS PASSED
stands almost precisely as IL did when IL was re-
ported complete from the Committee on Cities last
Friday. and then advanced TO third reading, with
the exception Of the new clause relative TO the
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