New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-29

| the judiciary Committee 10 report spcOih "'o
clothing the Governors Commission with full power
will doubtless be passed at an early day, and VIII re-
lieve the matter of all uncertainty.
| THE INTEREST IN THE CANAL CONTEST.
A PERIOD or QUIET AFTER THE WEEKS EXCITE
| MENT-MOST OF THE LEGISLATORS AND CANAL
CONTRACTORS OUT OF TowN-OPINIoNs As TO
| FUTURE Observation-Disclosures AMENDMENT
IN TIE SENATE TO THE ASSEMBLY COMMISSION
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CONTRACTORS AND THE
wELLAND CANAL.
| lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
ALBANY. March 2s.-The usual Legislative adjourn
ment from Friday until Monday has given check
for a time to the skiTmishIng in and about the Cap
| itOl over the great question of canal REFORM Inc
city seems almost empty of stir and hustle, and the
silence and quiet which prevail IN the hotels anu
which cnwrap the public buildings as with mantle
are in strange contrast with the fever Of excite
ment and agitation which moved the whole city
after the publication of the Governors message and
of The tribune disclosures. The canal contractors
and nearly all OF their law-making friends took
advantage of the short vacation and departed. and
the corridors and paIors of the hotels and the spaces
of the State House are bare of their eager ana
anxious presence. The few As>cmblymen and
Senators who remain here no longer greeted with
sudden efiusion of friendship by men who are ad-
versey interested in legislation Tor canal
reform, and invitations to the bH-Ioom no
longer beguile thirsty Legislators. The be-
lated traveller, who goes to his loom at
the Delavan House in the small hours Of the morn
ing ~ not now surprised by the rafting OF poker
| chips These sounds were of nightly occurrence
| during the days when the canal fight was raging
and will undoubtedly be renewed when the Legis-
ffspar IN =
for it's action together again for the members
| of the Canal Iing might well merit the words APP
nlied bv the late Mayor Havemever TO the members
| of another famous ring They work all day to
cheat the people and stay up all night to cneat edc
other"
But the contractors and nearly all Of their friends
went away on Friday, leaving JARVIS LORD ana
Speaker Mcclure III a rather lonely position These
two gentlemen have remained here, but apparently
not for the purpose of consultation OF OF making an
effort to influence future legislation Az least they
have given sign of activity in that direction, al
| though Mr. Mcclure spent several hours In Mr
Lords rooms this evening. Possibly JARVIS Lcrds
object in remaining here was that he might rest
from the fatigues and anxeties Of the past week,
aud might have leisure to nurse Lis oft-repeated
longing for as thorough and searching an lnvestEa-
ton as possible From the action Of the Senate on
Friday it would appear that Mr.. Lords professed
n
! wishes are in n fair way OF qualification. fIs
thwarted desire for investigation as he called It,
and the other troubles of lis position, seem TO have
preyed on his health somewhat. In his face md
manner there is less bluff sefconiidence and energy
than formerly appeared and his gait has lost elias
| ticitv When an investigating commission, ap-
| nopted by the Governor gets to work. his friends,
the contractors, may suffer a similar depression
IL is stated here that the tremendous blow of the
Governors message and of the exposures 10 HE
TRIBUNE, comes at an especially unfortunate time
for some of the canal clique. Several OF the most
prominent of the Ring contractorswere Interested in
the great contract forenlargng the Weland Canal IN
Canada having underbidden all the Canadian capt.
taliss. They probably expected that they could do
| the lslipshod fraudulent kind of work which they
have carried ont uron the canals of this STATE But
the sharp oversight the engineers appointed by the
| Canadian Government proved very EMBARRASSING
and it is said here that the Beden-DenisOn cOterie
| laboredi hard to get the contract Cancelled. When
they undertook it they were obliged to deposit as
security the large sum of Ss000OO in gold Work On
the enlargement of the canal has been suspended,
and the contractors IL is stated have been trying
| to get back the 100000.
| The majority of the legislators who have stayed
in Albany over the Sabbath are closely occupied IN
individual committee work, or have their attention
| otherwise engaged. aud nave not Deen ulscusslug
| canal matters among themselves very much. Among
| those who are here, besides Senator Lord and
| Sneaker Mcclure are Senators Robertson,
Cole, Booth selkreg, Lowery, Wood, and
BRADLEY. and Assemblymen Davis, Rich,
and Vosburch. Conversations had with
all these Senator'S and with other persons init
mately connected with legislation. furnish some
facts and reasonable differences as TO the course of
the Senate during the coming week. The debate ON
the Governors message Is special order for TO-
| morrow evening; but, unless several Senator's who
are confidently expected to speak on the subject
change their present intentions. the discussion Will
certainly not end with that session. but will take up
one or perhaps two more sittings. Senator Jacobs
| will reply to Senator Lanings apology for the
Ring and will correct some of that gentleman's
| statements as to figures and other matters. Sen
ators Parmenter and Bradley in all probability. will
be heard on the subject and addresses are looked
for from Senators Wo0din, Wood, Johnson and
| Gross There is little doubt that the Senate will
pass the House resolution for joint investigating
| committee although several Senators declare hat
| IL is now superhuous as the Commission to be ap-
pointsd by the Governor would be able to do all the
| work desirable much more efficiently and thor
| oughly.
The suggestion has been made by Republican
senator, and it is approved by one or tao others,
| that the Senate should have as many members Of
| the Committee as the Assembly, and an amendment