The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-28
THE STATE CAPITAL.
The Constitutional Amendments
in the Senate.
THE SUPREME COURT JUDGES
The Abbott M adden Contest - The Com
missiOners Of EmigratiOn-The
Canal Commissioners.
ALBANY. Ian. 81. 1914


honor or being members Of either the Senate or
Assembly, and who have, ever since the .'Bald
Eagen from his eyry in the Speakers chair, the
9Th Of the present month. foretod just how every
thing was arranged in regard to public and private
matters-sO that the affairs OF the Empire State SO
lar as the Legislature was concerned, were to
be so unprecedentedly short, sharp and de-
cisive that every member would be legally paid
before he went home, for his services as public
servant-have all OF a sudden come to the conclu-
sion that they have. like o great many other
people Of good intentions, realized the fact that
'great expectations" as with the unfortunate
young man in ''Our Mutual Friend" are not always
realized. The fact of the matter is that we have
already been in session exactly three weeks and
appearances now indicate that we are to have
long and wearis0me session.
THE SUPREME COURT JUDGES.
The following is the full text OF the very impOr-
tant bin which Senator Kellogg has introduced rel
alive to the Supreme Court judges. Some people
speak of 1t as q slap IN the face to Governor Dix;
but the Senator, says he had no such intention
when he introduced it,
Laws of 1870 entitled relating TO the supreme
Pleas the and county oSpl New
senate Assembly do enact as follows ep '''"''' -
viii ssd Of 1871
SEC $M ~, Goyernor BY writing to be fled in the
he Of .hIs dessnats from yheis num-.
20 Compose General Term therein After such hnai
ss1S s .isss'f 'f'fs:
and pe om time To m sa Be be
and S, That other % and
other and further designation shall be made by
presiding justice shall such bis s1ssia term
xs Ss'; S$
IN ssss s as All nss
ard associate justices e II such
terms ANY associate Justice may be promoted
signing his once sf Justice q ths Court and
had nsS "sf Been
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justice o. justices 81 the supreme Court to Sold with
hm ss% such xSs
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GoSrt shall act as presiding Justice until the
SaSe the
shs he tie
70 ny e WITHIN be c
hold such adjourned general deciding
to hem and said sees nav IN their dsoron hssr
motions and causes argued any such adjourned
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
have at last been disposed OF by the Senate The
amendment to the fourth article, in which
NEW YORK AND KINGS COUNTIES
were so vitality Interested, and which, II adopted
by the people next November, will prevent the
two counties from ever having reapportionment
of the Senatorial districts so long as new con-
stiturion is provided Tor, were adopted by the fol-
lowing vote:-
M HSa Middet1n SEEK reg Thompson,
Rays. '''
Gle was then announced; whereupon
Mr.. Lord moved to strike out the first section.
thing to say on this article he had not succeeded
In making himself understood by the Albany Jour
naL Mr.. Lord then read an extract from Satur::
days Journal, and explained that the Journal had
held that the democrats were anxious to put or
the responsibility Of the amendments upon the
not be done. What ne (the Senator} meant to
be understood as SAYING was that the RESPONSE
republicans and would be put upon them II their
votes passed this article. The democrats OF the
would f vote solid against the with
seventh lMr. BradleyJ That gentleman having
would stand by their work. That commission had
been organized to carry out the peculiar ideas of
out fear OF contradict ion that when Governor
Holman put forth the ideas embodied In CHS
arSe IN his he failed to be
5% ss s's INA, bad '1 mem had
OF Tweed. did not mention him. Mr.. Lord then
said that he was radically opposed to this article
Ii ADOPTED party IN power could perpetuate It.
In no
article because 1t meant Capitalization.
The discussion then became general
The amendments to article were adopted
yeas 6. nays 20. as fOllows:-
o Abbott BSoh Bradley Coe Cole Con
Tqssy Ess SsSSi Lord
ter-a f'N' '"''''' '0""'0"' -0'"' r"''"en'
Mr.. JOHNSON then moved to strike out the entire
article. Lost-yeas 0, nays 49,
Mr.. LORD moved to insert "COmptrOllern in Sec
ton s. Lost-yeas IL, nays Is.
Mr.. BRADLEY moved 70 refer article back to
the Judiciary Committee, with instructions to
The amendments to the article were then
adopted-yeas 81 nays 6, as follOws:-
AbbS Bradley COs Cole Con
King Lowery sessss Tfh omp
NAYs-Messrs. Johnson Ledwith, Middleton, Ray Well.
man-6.
structlons TO strike out section IL, which was
l0st-yeas 0, nays 19.
lie ameuQmentS I'd article 3 were then
adopted-yeas 20, nays Gas follows:-
YEAs-Messrs Abbott, Booth, Bradley, Cole Connolly
Dickinson, Dow, Gross Keiogg, King, Lord, Lowery,
Thompson, Tobey, Wagner, Wellman, Wood Woodin-2S
NAYs-Messrs Coe, Dayton, Fox, Jacobs, Ledwith.
Ray-6
The amendments to article 10 were then adopt
ed-yeas 30--as were also amendments to article
IL, as fOOws:-
yxAs-Messrs. Abbott, Booth, Bradley Cole, Connolly
Dayton Dickinson, Dow, Fox, Gross, kellogg King Led
with, Lowery, McGowan, Middleton, Parmenter. Raw
Robertson. selkrcg. Thompson, Tobey, Wagner Well
man. Wood, Woodin-26
NAYs-Messrs Coe, Jacobs, johnson, Lord.
The amendments 10 and 10 were then adopted
yeas rs.
MT. Welman then made motion to refer back
article to the Judiciary Committee, with instruc-
ton to strike out section 10, which was lost and
this ended the struggle.
THE ABB0TT-MADDEN CONTEST.
The decision given to-day by the Committee on
PRIVILEGES and Elections In Senator Madden's case
excited no surprise. They undoubtedly intended
to do their duty as best as they knew how but, as
the report was written by gentleman who isAn0t