New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-12-07
PROSPECTS AT ALBANY.
THE LEGISLATURE AND THE UNITED
STATES SENATE.

THE LEGISLATURE AND The CNllED
STATES SENATE.
INQUIRE FOR sPEAKER-KERNAN FOR UNITED STATES
sEvAroR-rIIE MOHAWK VALLEY BIG ENOUGH FOR
BOTH sENAroRs-THE GROwLs-THE GOVERNORS
PRIVATE SECRETARY.
rFROM oCCAsOSAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBt Me-
Albany, Dec 6.-The recent gathering Of lead
ing Democrats ar Utica proves to have had a
mission. Its business 10 arrange for the organl-
cation of the Legislature and the selection OF a
Senator and the details of its work are beginning TO
creep out
II Il definitely settled that Mr.. Jeremiah Mcclure
of Chemung County is 10 be Speaker. 1t Is not a
bad selection although Cornell University VIII not
approve it. MI McGuIre was the leader In the de-
mand for an investigation of Mr.. Cornell ; land
transactions on behalf of the Universityl The
special significance of the choice, however, Is that II
satisfies Mr. McGuires tier of counties. and, as the
managers think leaves the coast clear for another
senator from the Mohawk Valley. Gov.
Seymour having declined, and having in fact taken
the pains to call on Mr.. Herman and assure him OF
his support u is believed that the latter Is fairly IN
the field and that his more distinguished nelghbor
has declined once too often Tor his own advance
ment. The Utica meeting agreed upon herman as
the candidate for the Senate, and 1t Is under
stood that this is now the programme
of Gov. Tilden, John Kelly, Tammany, and
the ruling elements which expect to control the or
| ganlzation and election. There Is much growing,
however among the adherents OF Church, Allen ana
Others. and Mr.. Henry c. Murphy is likely to be so
! much dissatisfied as to make himself an uneomt0rt-
able member of the party for some little time 1t Is
even limited that Murphy feels ugly enough to make
mischief and that he has the power TO do 1t II be
| wishes.
! Outside. however Of the feelings of disappointed
candidates. the choice of Mr.. Herman Is to pro-
woke sharp criticism. Why, argue many, should
! New-York and Brooklyn, which furnished the ma
! iorities be ignored in the Triumph Why should
the Mohawk Valley monOpoze the representation
of the Empire State the United States Senate Is
! a pent-up Utica TO contract our boundless powers
| New-York City people, who have been with
! ont a representative in the Senate for a
good while, are likely to be specially dissatisfied.
They are busy declaring that metropolitan interests
are entitled to consideration and a representative,
and that if the country takes Senator this city
or BROOKLYN might fairly claim the other. L not
the advocates of geographical distribution still
! insist that at any rate there some other parts
of the State entitled TO consideration and that II
would be best to scatter the senators little
II bepins TO be understood among the DemOc
racv that Gov. Tilden does not mean TO be
tilurehead but has clear ideas of the require
ments of his position He means TO have a distinct
policy of his own, and Is likely 10 Use Whatever
power he may possess TO enforce II. 1t will be
rather new experience in late party management on
either side but if any man can carry it out Iilden
can.
The session promises TO be shorter than usual The
Constitutional Amendment doing away with so
much special legislation will prove great econo-
mist of time. newspaper space and money. We shall
nav our legislators far more get far less from them,
and he far better off for IL.
Great satisfaction is expressed with the selection
Of a private secretary by the incoming Governor.
Mr. Charles Stebbins of Cazenoya, who IS now one
of the Commissioners to Revise the Statutes OF the
State resigns 5000 office to accept the Office OF
private secretary at a salary of $500 He does It
because the salary is less of object TO him than his
desire to be connected with public affairs at crisis
which seems likely to prove so momentous, botn TO
the Democracy and to the .ry. tie Is man OF
culture and Of large experience, lawyer OF excel
lent standing, not Ottce-hunter, and not man
who believes in politics as a trade. He will add
dignity to the office, and prove most valuable as
sistant to the Governor.