The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-15
The Agony Of Suspense Over the
Committees Ended.
The Lucky Ones and the Disap-
pointed Aspirants.
dGv the committees Arc Regarded and
What Is Said by the GrOWlers.
The Scenes and Incidents
During the Session.

The long agony Is over, and Speaker Hustled ls
Today the most unpopular man In Albany, with
4 majority of the Assembly men who in their own
estimation consider themselves deeply wronged
BY the way he, this morning, disposed OF their as
STATIONS to the honors OF chairmanships and COM
Portable places on "paying'' committees. The
delay OF last night In the announcement of the
committees only served to intensity the expecta-
tien Of the aspirants to-day, and long before the
House met every member was in his seat Many
who had oversight themselves hurriedly dressed
and left their rooms at the hotels and made their
way to the Capitol without taking their breakfasts
just as though their fate as committeeman would
be made a disastrous one II they were not present
In pr0prta persona when the announcement was
made. The result Of this general eagerness was
that not o few looked rather sleepy and hungry
and untfdy in dress, the shirt bosoms and collars
Of even three or four OF the leaders by no means
wearing their usual immaculate appearance, the
bosOms being soiled and ruined and the collars
crumpled and rolled up at the ends, as II. In order
not to be delayed in the morning in reaching the
Chamber in time, they had
LAID IN THEIR CLOTHES ALL NIGHT
But when the house was called to order imagine
the surprise and disappointment OF the 12s law
makers on seeing Mr.. Prime in the chair. Where
was the Speaker Had he been spirited away in
tatives who had learned by some mysterious means
that they had been neglected, then gagged, bound
and sent to Peekskill in dry goods box Or had
he himself, Disguised with the abOrs OF the week,
and overcome with dread at the storm he would
have to face before sundown OF the next day
nights, generally termed in the newspaper geogra-
pines OF the day as parts unknOwnT' There was
ana on n
he would have liked to openly ask. "Where Is the
6peaEerf" but was fearful lest his neighbor, who
90 n oa h0f IA
was really anxious about the absence OF the oracle
Of the day. half hour went By. and there was
body else that could act ;t as - 49, ''-'' - ~
BALM TO THE WOUNDED SPIRITS,
70 the Olsrk's reading Of the petitions
titles and bills presented. Another half hour went
BY, and the general expectation was becoming
npon the galleries, where the stunning Of feet ana
the moving from seat to seat and the occasional
ness, fatigue and impasience with the hui
Of the ordinary proceedings, which the upstairs
did tn mot to witness as For, be
fall rom the cnairmanship tables in the
just as several OF the members themselves, giving
mp all hope OF the arrival Of the speaker at all,
TO making tsmporary visit Visit to oo the
Congress Hall temperance counter, he was deserted
making his way through the crowd at the central
who were about to leave at once put
thei{ seats, while the expeorants in the galleries
On the back benches stretched out their necks and
tired to catch glimpse over the heads Of those in
Meath. Mr.. Hustled was soon in his seat, and when
the proper time came for the presentation OF re.
lators
A MURbUR OF EXPECTANCY.
But when as ne handed the document over the
desk, he announced 1t as che report Of some
asylum, the countenances Of the 1913 fell ss II
upon o'U every mothers son "f them. 9 Then
came another document and yet another, and
and as the announcement that followed It was not
what was wanted by the disinterested patriots in
ne o. sas 1e % mt
House. But at last. it came-the long wished Tor
roll Of foolscap-and as the Speaker uttered the
5s%m|ng and coUsSiS and GEARING S q shr os
5ra,s, settling into seats that must have
ssSa hem and cough s salutasion with Which he
just before giving out the text OF his Sermon All
this was followed by silence OF the grave, amid
when ana
and then was added "BatchelOr OF Saratoga" Q
buzz went over the House that ended as quickly
rs 1t had begun for oil were anxious to know who
the followers OF the leader OF the chief committee
were. In fact the silence from this tine forward
se ss On tne s
had been announced, except when now
and then some disappointed member in his high
dungeon changed his position suddenly and
n0isiy, meanwhile looking as though he felt very
much inclined TO indulge in short speech of 10
Words replete with strong sentiments OF an I'M
christian character. Batcheler smiled grimly as
his name was announced, and looked at the
Speaker stiiiy, as much as to say, 1T had TO be
least" Prince continued his writing, as II he
too, knew al about the arrangement which made
him one thing and Batcheer another. When
sCities" was reached Eastman's face beamed all
sELF-CoNTENT AND SATISFACTION,
but not 80 Spencer's. His lace flushed deep
scarlet which told but too plainly how he had
hoped 70 the very last that change might have
during the night come over the spirit OF the dreams
OF the committee trainers, and how the mention Of
Eastmans name bi0re his own had dashed his last
aspiration. Lincoln and Biglin and Alberger were
the three happiest looking men In the House when
their names were announced, and Wright and
G@s seemed 20 we sweetest w one tsee &
about bashfully from the direction Of the Clerks
desk and gazed, all bushes, up at the ladies' gal
lerlee, But II these and few others appeared by
their looks and actions to be at peace with all the
world, what can be said of the scores OF others
did not even get on the committees they would
have sacrificed their entire legislative pay to have
been made part and parcel OF Still 1t was the
HOPES DASHED AND PROMISES BROKEN TO THE EAR,
and an outlook for at least 100 days, presenting no
ferity in the backwoods, with, possibly, q Ger.
tainty Of going home next May downhearted and
out OF pocket, as well as in debt to the landlord
Mr.. Lincoln, indeed, did magnanimous
thing when he made q motion that the
House adjourn, which was carried by as
sad and solemn an "Ay" as ever
adopted resolution commemorative OF
some nonored dead. The adjournment gave
the disappointed ones, besides, speedy oppor-
tunity to open their hearts unto one another, 70
mingle their sympathies and their lamentations
and to extend to one another that consolation
which only one grieved heart can well give to
another. But time, they say, makes all Things
even and doubtless in week or two the wounds
OF the sore OF heart will have healed and the dead
past VIII have buried its dead.