The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-08

road men and turnouts and switches are not, he
certainly would have been morally
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAhEATION OF THE GOOD
MANS TAKING OFF.
The idea IN the first place was terrble-of re-
ferring a railroad bill to o committee who are
supposed 20 know all about the lntricaces OF
the growth Of the carrot and the dubious qualities
or good sized head OF cabbage, butJ0 deliberately
take It out Of the hands OF men SO used to railroad
matters as to be able, at q five mile distance 70
tell the difference between q locomotive and lts
cOw-catcher was too mucn even for Persons good
Pierssn finally rose to debate the resolution, and
the cabbage judges snrunk WITHIN themselves
overcome by disappointment and despair c,.,o,. ~,
The Committee on Privileges and ElectIons oi
the Lower House went to New York to-day, and
will sit at the Filth Avenue Hotel to Investigate
THE CONTROVERSIAL CASE,
It will be remembered that Oakley Is the Assem-
bly, ''inn and Coggeshal 10 the out" Tne latter
he himselfin or course, oakley does not see mat.
ters IN this light and says ne Is gong IN 10 WIN.
aore BE the o.s rets in
wsrK, but 1t seems to be the general belief
here that Coegesha win not have occasion to
mttee gets back again. AS every member Of the
committee Is q strict temperance man, It is said
there was some difficulty in securing the rooms at
WHERE THE BAR IS SO HANDY,
and the recollections OF cid times committees
doings SO redolent, of smoking punches, cham.
payne cocktails and evenings at the opera; bur
the dimculty was Dridged over finally by an agree
e the vi
ceved therefore, be able to do justice to plaintiff
and defendant though the heavens fall
The Senate entertained itself to-day with its
annual debate on the subject OF recess The
proposition made yesterday for a ten days. ad-
cussed thoroughly, Senators taking this occasion
to tell their constituency how honestly and laborl-
Ously the Senatorial duties are performed. Amend
ments Of varied kinds and Importance were pla6-
tered to 1t, and then the original resolution was
lost by vote OF to Is. 1t IS not to be presumed
from this spasmodic show of zeal that the Legisla
ture has conscientiously abandoned all idea Of
THE REGULAR RECESS.
1t VIII yet secure the usual ten days rest but 1t
Ia working for record now. 1t wants constituent
cies to understand that when the recess Is finally
taken 1t done only after the due advice and consent
being up Mr.. Chatfeld moved that when the Senate
adjourned to-day 1t be until Monday evening at
half-past seven O'Clock; but Mr.. Lewis amended by
suggesting that when 1t adjourned tomorrow Sat
urdayl. it be until Monday at ten O'Clock. Then
ensued
WAR OF WORDS.
motions, resolutions, yeas and nays, which lasted
an hour and would have compared favOrably with
any disturbance OF the peace in Its noise and cOnf
count by IA yeas to 10 nays and Senators who were
| willing to go yea on the record were somewhat
main over. The iar-away country members who
cannot get home on Fridays favored the resolution
In revenge fer the defeat OF the ten days recess,
but they had hardly hoped to carry their point.
They stuck to 1t tenaciously when they found they
| had carried it, and
| BUT FOR THE WEAKNESS OF SOME OF THE OTHER
| who could go home they would have kept their
| point and the Senate would have remained over
| Sunday In the dull precincts OF Albany. recon-
sideratlon was proposed, but even that was lest
by yeas H. nays IA. The resolution was finally
amended so as to let Senators 90 home to-day and
return on Monday, but in the discussion OF 1t
amendments, points OF order, yeas and nays, state
ments OF question, explanations I by the Senators
Governor Robinson gave up. all pretence OF
keeping track of the question; Dayton, the
Chief Clerk, himself was "Inixed" little and
the united ingenuity Of Glidden and Pierson, tie
journal clerks, had to be called in to extricate the
Chair from the wilderness. In the midst OF the
confusion, Madden, who wants
ALL THINGS REGULAR (ExCEPT DRINKs),
tried to straighten matters out by stating the
question in his own way, but he too, lost the clew
and as final element Of discord Iiemann stepped
in with molten to adjourn. This would have
done away with all talk, and would have kept the
ate, despair OF getting out OF its embodiment let
things 60 as they would, and on a vote over some
amendment or other the Chair decided that the
resolution was carried, and the Senate concluded
that they would 20 home until Monday, though
half Of them felt convinced up to the last that they
had only adjourned until tomorrow.
1t Is quite likely that
THE DEFEAT OF THE TEN DAYS. RECESS PROPOSE
from the 14th until the 24th covers wish to make
the ten days later In order that Senators may visit
washington during the Inauguration ceremonies.
Palmer rather took the wind out OF the orthodox
RADICALS sails to-day by proposing recess from the
2Sth inst to the It'll OF March, but he Is not Grant
man and possibly did not intend to include the inau-
| Ruration days when he suggested these dates. 1t
would not do for the proposition to come from him.
however, as
THE TRUE REPUBLICAN ELDERS
want all that capital for themselves, aud they
voted 1t down. You will probably hear the SANG
proposition introduced by the regulars before the
next week closes. The Senate Will hardly attend
the ceremonies in body, though the present Is
not day for precedents, and such Innovations are
rather common than otherwise.