The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-14
Passage Of the Elevated Rail
road Bill.
THE ENEMIES or RAPID TRANSIT.
Life Sketches Of Prominent
Lobbyists.
The Common Council Bill and
the Senate.
JOHN KEILY'S PARTICULAR MISSION AT ALBANY.

JOHN KEILYS PARTICULAR MISSION AT ALBANY.
ALBANY, May Is, 1875.
Tie present aspect OF the rapid transit con
troversy here has brought conspicuously to the
front class OF men known In legislative par
lance as 'ioobyists.r THIS title has been so com
mon anu 80 frequently used tnat the people Of the
country and particularly OF this state have
grown TO look upon the class OF
men bearing it with perfect Indifference.
and almost forgetfulness as TO their calling.
Tonight as pen these lines in Albany, 20 APP
prise the readers Of the HERALD or their opera
lions, these men are busiiy at work among MEM
hers at hotels and boarding houses, pouring in
siduOus arguments into the ears OF, | am sorry
TO say, willing tools who barter oaths or once
and character for few greenbacks. ora little
Official patronage. II was presumed the amend
ments TO our constitution recently adopted would
have scattered these cormorants from the halls
OF the Legislature.
Unul the middle OF the present session the Shiny
touch OF the Lobbyists was not observable here;
then came importanG measures affecting insur-
ance, savings bank, railroad and other corpora
ttons. Bargain ana sale upon some or these bills,
or old, were whispered around Albany
prominent lobbyist advised the killing or
Governor Tiiden's Ciyu Remedy bills or
they would beggar and send into prison
many who now mold hign places
in the community. Men hearing this advice and
most interested therein, am tod, laughed at
the suggestion. They then felt secure from the
strong arm OF the law But trey now begin TO
learn their error; legal Nemesis awaits them
which they little imagine. NV informant tells me
that this leading lobbyist ylsed the spending OF
81, 600 900 TO defeat such measures. 1t now LOOKS
As II the money would have been well applied,
taxing into view the attachments recently issued
against ring property and other movements
against fraudulent officials yet TO be Inauguratsd.
MONEY mas BEEN USED.
Looking closely into allegations OF fraud in
connection with present legislative operations.
1t Is not an easy matter for q correspondent 10
trace and substantate particular cases OF bribery.
Morally, | am convinced in my own mind that
money mas been used and promised in defeating
the passage OF proper rapid transit law by the
present Legislature. VINO the Senators and
AssembIymen are thus soiling their hands and
blackeniug their souls only leave 20
the public to conjecture. Let them watch the
votes 10 the Legislature and the correspondence
two indie pc ndent journals on the suoJect-
Let them ruminate upon certain scraps OF evl-
dence in connection with specuations a. 70 PROB
able motives OF some senators and Assembymen
ia voting rapid transit bills. BY TINS process
well founded suspicion may be created,
which this instance, | cordially confess,
must ultimately frame itself into actual
certainty or corrupt practices In talking OF the
lobby at work here against rapid transitI must
assume that all street railroad companies have
marshalled under the banner OF opposition TO
THE urgently demanded necessity Of the ctti1eus
OF New York.
THE RAILROAD INTEREST.
viii now give the names OF those In ALBANY
VINO have been nearly the entire winter,
and several winters previously, looking after
railroad interests All OF tnem. with one
or Two eXcep lions, are removed from that
class Of fellow citizens Known the
professional lobbyist. They are street railroad
operators. owning large amounts Of stock in these
corporations
cRossIowS CAREY.
Mr.. Carey better known as " Crosstown Carey"
stops az the Delavan. lie has large interest IN
the road running from Tweny-thlrd street Eat
River. 70 the 1905 OF Christopher street, Norta
RIVER.
.JBkeM sharp Is President Oi the Twenfy-third
street GrosstoWn lines, and Il also interested In
the Eighth Avenue. Broadway aud Seventh Ave
tie mas been up mere ever session pr me Lays
laturs Tor tne pas. fifteen years aud stops at tue
DelavAn.
Dan Coneser, generally cahed "IIandsome
DAN locates a. Congress Eau. Hc aud
holders In tie Rieecker Street ana
Fulton Ferry Railroad. Last year "Dahn
procured Z franchise tor building a street rail
pa9a nom F,ltT.nlrtn street ~ Tentn avenue IA
Spuyten DuyViL u is Understood ne wishes -
sell tnis franchise Ine phi now beiore the Legs
lature allowing the Blocker street hne 70 lease
tneIr railroad y sad - De principally f~thefed ~
tals gentleman.
As any rapid transit bll, passed must be general
n It's character, our BrooklyD trends lee An NJ
Prssdent o. several lines u that CITY. e. Cierkof
the Assembly ana ex-Adermar, ant republican
IN politics, watches points ior MS SIDE % the
House.
Mr.. Chsuncey Depew j. iooSeu upon A. Commu-
dose yanderbLt's mouGnplcce anu legislative rep
ruE kiSG % rHE LosEY.
fhen comes tue hlng 81 tae A Dan, LOBBY, Mr.. A.
W. barber, uno nas contested many Il well fought
ncd FOR me past quarter q q century NJ. Baroer
i understood 70 Jake mana n Ru specuiati0us
one DrancH o. the business his persuasive quart
ties. however, WRicn SAID ~ " Of very nign
order " talent are frequently employed
ia railroad interests. tbs peculiar sphere +
said 10 embrace ne Ihird and Fourth avenue
nnes, Dry Dork and hdst Broadway Broadway
ana seventh Avenue. aBd Egatn Avenue together
MA other nncs. whenever occasion requires
more discreet aud extensive line ~ aCtiOn.
HINOR MES.
Taere arc several otner railroad lobbyists 10
Albany 81 4 minor order 81 aoiuty hui Ii = uut
nv province nor wlsh g mention TIER names II
present VI w could only cTeate 4 counter ele
ment the way o. honorable lOn0rihg
We might yet have ctance 81 beating
these opponents of rapid transit. For instance.
Mr J0nn Kelly. the Boss ~ lanmany, who ms
stepped INTO weeds ~nnes. mas been tran.f0rme
INTO fui-nedged lobbyist. lie engaged rooms ~
congress- Hal 10 winch toe Sert ne crawl ior IT,
structlUus when commanded aud tle New NDrx
scno0s oi Legislator occasionally assemble iur
spelling matents.' the boss apparently ma
nos paid any special attention 70 rapid transit
Notwithstanding the Il eCuent nnss ~ that en- act
given by me HKRALD. he = bu-lly engaged. hos-
ever. / Understand, On few small scacmcs TO TIT.
crease size man power VI anmAhy hau.
TAE CIVIL JUSTICES BfLL.
one Of his great hUObie- H. ne CIVIL Justices
httt nov before the Iudi,iarT committees IL lte
Aasennlx gixInR MAYOR Mlcknsnl ahaOlule puwer