New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-07
ALBANY.

SPEAKER HUsTEDs ADDREss-PROPOsED LEGIsTA-
TION-IMPROvED CHARACTER OF BOTH SENATE
AND ASSEMBLY THE COMMTTTEEs.- CURRENT
TOPIcs-BROOKLYN REFORMERs AND Mr.. BRIrrON.
fBY TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUSEl
Lieut.-GiOv. Robinson will probably announce the
Senate Committees tomorrow. In addition to the
leading Chairmanships mentioned yesterday, TObey
will be at the head of the Insurance Committee.
The Committee on Privileges and Elections, which
was appointed to-day will Immediately take mp the
contested seat of the Xth District, Madden
agt. Abbott, and hope to be able to
/ make their report by Thursday of next
week. They intend to coniine their inquiries
to the simple question of the right of the Board OF
Supervisors to throw ont the vote Of district for
informality in which the evidence will be all
documentary and the question simply one OF Legal
ity OF custom. This would exclude all testimony as
to the general conduct of the canvass, which Abbott
claims would be very damaging to Madden. The
statement in The Erening Journal tonight
that Mr.. Youmans does not intend to contest
the seat of Thompson of the XXIIId Dis
trict IN denied by Yo~mane who is in
town. Mr.. Woodin will probably be reelected
President pro tem of the Senate. Senator Middleton
voted uniformly with the Republicans in the organ
jzation which confirms the statement that he in
tended to act with that party The Assembly will
adjourn tomorrow but the Senate may sit on
Thursday. Among the new arrivals at the Capitol
are H. c. Duell. NJ. c. of Cortland; Marshal Sharpe
Gilbert c. Deane Col. L. b. Lansing, Archibald
Bliss, Alderman Healy, Timothy Campbell, and
William Ashman.
]. w. Prentice and John W. Hartman, the Com
mittee of the last Board of Supervisors of Kings
tta of fha RrOn lVn
Commissioners of Charities appeared before the
Governor to-day and submitted their report, with
the intimation that charges would be presented as
soon as they could be drawn up. The Governor
asked many questions of the Committee, and showed
great interest in Brooklyn affairs generally. The
Committee apologized to the Governor for present
ing the case to him the ground that the eorrup-
ton of District-AttOrney Britton rendered 1t I'M
possible TO secure action against the Charity Com
missioners Britton is here and before the Commit
tee went into the Governors room approached
Supervisor Hartman and assured him that he should
have the Commissioners of Charities indicted some
time this week Subsequently Britton told Brook
lyn reporter the same thing but requested him not
TO saw that he Brtton was authority for the state
| ment.
The dispatch announcing the presence here of Col
Julian Allen of the Brooklyn Committee OF Fifty
has been construed to that he was here for the
purpose of urging the removal Of Distrct-Attorney
Britton of Brooklyn. This is not the fact. Col.
Allen, whenever spoken to concerning that matter.
gives full information respecting il, but is content
to leave the Governor to act upon it.
lysoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRrDusE.l
ALBANY Jan. 6.-BOth Houses of the Legislature
assembled at II o'clock this morning and organized
u A. cd nm IN
the Republican caucuses last evening. The speech
of Speaker Hustled on taking the chair wasvery well
received by the members elect Of both parties as
well az by the large outside audience that had
assembled to witness the organization. and drew
forth at its close a round of applause. Mr.. Hustled
had the good sense to omit the "clap-trap" OF his
predecessors for tho last two three years about
"iaform" in connection with the great Republican
party and to leave the present Legislature to prove
its clam to the title of reform body
by its acts at the close OF the session
rather than by its promises at the
beginning. The new Speaker illustrated his faculty
of dispatching business at the outset by getting
through with the election of Clerk and minor Of
6cers and the other routine business preceding the
reception of the Governors message, in less than
half the time it took to do the work last year
or the year before.
The message was read in detail by the Clerks OF
both Houses; but as every member was supplied
with printed copy of the document very little at
tenton was paid to the reading, and majority left
the chambers before it was half finished. The only
things done by either House at the opening session
touching future legislation were the introduction in
| the Senate of bills to repeal the usury
| laws and exempt bonds and mortgages
| from taxation, and in the Assembly of
a resolution, offered by Mr.. Coughln of New
York looking to the relief of unemployed laborers in
| that city by furnishing employment on the public
works The resolution directed the appointment of
a committee to draft bill to be introduced early
| for that purpose, and Mr.. Coughln said that he
offered it as the result of consultation OF all the
| New York members, who, without distinction OF
party unanimously approved it. The resolution could
oply be entertained under the rules by unanimous
consent, and Mr. Alvord Directing, it lies over. In
making his objection Alvord said that the principle
involved in the resolution required discussion at
least he desired to discuss it, and that very fully.
The general appearance Of the new Assembly in
dicates body superior in point of mental capacity
and culture to any Of its predecessors for several
years past The only danger is that there are too
many good takers, or men who think themselves
such, and it will probably DO found necessary to
make an early application Of the five-minute rule.
The new Senate is also vast improvement in abil-
ity over the last and it generally thought that
the Democratic side will WELD the heaviest artillery
in debate. The addition TO their ranks OF Ganson,
Jacobs, and Parmenter is not counterbalanced by
any trio of new members the other side although
selkreg Tobey, and Kellogg are certainly an I'M
provement on their predecessors Of the last two
years.
The Legislature will adjourn tomorrow or next
dsy till Monday to give the Observation-Disclosures
and the Speaker time to make up the Committees.