The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-04
HAS PRESIDENT GRANT INTERPRETED? :.
Dali Charter Debate In the Senate The Bill
4 : tho. Special Order for TUESDAY.
Legislating the Emigration Conn
missioners Gut Of Once. X
CITY RAILROAD MATTERS.

CITY RAILROAD MATTERS,
IS A'oaos az .Ao2 is4's ALBANY, April s. ss7s.
Since yesterday, however. the custom RSuse
people DO not seem to manifest "a much confdeuce
a. they did last week. Many OF them posted LAST
night to New York, and 1t IL said to be notable
Incident connected with this hasty hegra that the
President himself was due In that city during the
Same day The letters Of honest old Peter Cooper
the freely distributed rumors Of disturbance be-
tween the President ana his Custom House bench
men, ana the further statement made mere by anti
Custom House men that Mayor Havemeycr and the
Seventy" men intend to pay their respects to
the President during his stay In the city give some
color Of truth to che statement OF big scare
among them. Senator woodin says he is all at sea
with his charter. and his statement that the sub
stantia postponing Of 1t unttl Tuesday In necessary
for REORGANIZATION OF amendments already
agreed on and for the strengthening out OF crooked
clauses Ia taken with many grains Of allowance by
the reformers, who assert that another piece OF
the slate below has broken, and that the "Ring',
Is inharm0ni0us.. "A movement looking to the
abandonment OF the ''retaiDingr clause altogether
is already on foot and II peace can
be made with Mayor Hayemeyer 1t will
be so arranged. What General Grant
may have to do with the city charter Is pertinent
contest between the refornAers and the '.rng" fac
tions as TO VINO has his support Is enough answer
to that Indeed the ultimate shape and fate OF
the charter Ii yet an ins0lubie problem.
a THE CHARTER IN coMMIrTEE. a y.
The charter was again very tamely discussed In
Committee Of the Whole or the Senate to-day in the
presence of small and spiritless audience, Not q
sign Of any distinguished or influential Custom
House man was tobe seen: only Dexter A. Hawkins,
WI IN rfnrQ ma hfo mil An han.
was LETT Of the many factions that have swarmed
about the Capitol, working to fatten on these
Senator Benedict offered the following amend
ment 1T the end OF
THE SALARY SECTION. ~
It shall be lawful for any authority of the city or
county OF New York to authorize pay, and hereafter
&c ss SAID , s the
ogener With the salary paid BY tho STATE the sum q
+ Senator James Wood thought New York city
Judges ought not to get any more than Buffalo
Judges or Judges Of other cities OF the correspond
Senator Benedict thought they would get it n
they urged the Buffalo people to give It to them:
These country Judges got rich their salaries and
New York Judges did not. 1t was mistake to
''ff0'' THE DUTIES OF COUNTRY JUDGES
were more arduous than those OF the city. He be-
lieved at any rate judicial Officers should get good
pay: The celebrated Mike Wals, had once said i
States at dollar and half day than carry bod
for that; and doubtless we could get many men TO
Is no reason why we should refuse to pay them lib
orally.
mann, TO make $4,000 the highest judicial salary,
vat At tn the req request Of Senator woodin
TIE ONE HUNDRED AND rwENrY-sECOND SECTION,
referring TO the termination OF the terms OF once
Of the present incumbents IN the city, was passed
cative Of long and vehement debate. He gave no
tce tnat he would move to report progress. In
tinue. number Of anti.Cusiom House Senator's
we're anxious to continue the discussion and get
the bill into the Senate but It V legislative cour
viii regarding q bill which ne fathers, and they
could not, therefore. oppose the progress.
Several wholesale amendments were offered to
the article relative 10
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
mostly verbal, or for the purpose OF simplifying
tendent Of that department..
A discussion Of some length ensued on the Sec
ton relative to
ExBMpr1oN FROM TAXATION,
especially with reference to that clause which
n S no
ssS m sss'; special ssss sseS an
BY '1 tomorrow m morning The Senate then Went
into the third reading Of bills which have been
altogether '1s gsR sS s9s HAsss sYl last
Of AssemblynAn Busted came up ap g the first
81 o. 5 s to test the
democrats~ scoresby. Cock ana Murphy. Senators
THE CHATTER THE SPECIAL ORDER FOR TUESDAY.
In the senate tonight, on motion OF Mr.. Woodn,
the New York charter was made the special order
THE USUAL WEEKLY REcEss.
Senator Tiemann offered the usual weekly reso-
luton that when the Senate adjourn tomorrow IL
ton sprung up. Messrs. D. p. Wood, Lewis and
Within days Of the end Of the session. and
he thought they had weekly recesses enough. The
motion was carried, however. by lotos.
ny rnorEcrIoN or FACTORY cnrLDnsx
was discussed In Committee OF the Whole, and
the hours OF cndrens labor from twelve hours to
ten was mistake, both In reference to the welfare
OF the children and the welfare OF the manufac-
turer; that reduction Of hours generally was the
work OF demagogues and resulted to the injury OF
snS tine snd Of a NE &
their EFFORTS in behalf Of the harmless little Of
| this case had taken wrong direction. On his mo-
ton the bin, after some general debate. was pro-
SECOND AVENUE RAILROAD rKAcKs
| Tho bin to authorize the Second Avenue Railroad
| Company to extend their tracks was also under
the value or railroad franchises, said he had in hts
pocket an offer OF 100000 for q certain railroad
Senator woop-who sners it and what franchise
Senator T1sSAss-A. T. Stewart onerst for the
| Broadway franchise
| TO first approve OF the extension OF tracks was
| voted down.
q petition OF Brooklyn citizens In favor OF the road
| but Senator Benedict spiked that little gun by
showing that the petition was an extension OF the
track TO the Forty-second street depot which pro-
vision was not In the bill at all Weismann popped
In from the library with another petition ana the
energy VITA which those two little old men shook
the rival petitions at each other was the SUBJECT oil
| o great deal of merriment among the up-c0untry
six Hooters on the other side OF the circle. Finally
| progress was reported and the Senate adjourned.
| II BOARD or COMMISSIONERS or EMIGRATION.
| The Assembly this morning went INTO committee