The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-13


Senate time 10 be submivcd to the House Tor their
concurrence.
..rne salary bill which as FIRST reported By the
Assembly Committee met with universal dsapprobai'on
from The press as well IRON members OF both par
ties IN the Asst moiy was subsequently greatly I'M
proved IN IL passage through the House. and nnally
was permitted 20 pass that body with the understand
ms that i would 10 perfected in the Senate This
bill, Ike the Park bill passed the Senate latc for
final action IN the Assembly. Whether II vas inten
lionaly delayed not | 90 express any opinion.
bu, this Know that when on the following day a
prominent republican senator asked why The sal
airy bill was not sooner he replied that he
was sorry the other bills did not pass but as 10 the
salary bill he had nothing 70 say
DEMOCRATIC FiLiBrsrEEyG.
DIG the democrats endeayor TO stavc OF legislation
on these bills 80
Yes; on these and on the Apportionmen and the
last day II the session they made tic school amendment
the pretext Tor their action They had the mao n.y.
too, al great Disadvantages short time before tho
Adjournment they organized legislative committee OF
i've who were TO be the absolute authority 10 cgsla
tive action aud who were 10 be sustained IN every move
mcnt Of which they took the lead. They had IN adj
dilion secret committee at three who did the ioor
work FOR tile advisory committee Of five and by force
oil strict dlscp and absolute Obedience orders
they moved in solid column Whenever the order To
advance was gwen they went further than that snd
obtained an agreement from every democratic member
that he would sacrifice ali bis local measures and ever;
bill in whca either his constituency or himself was IN
tcresied IN order To compnss the defeat OF tue DIS 10
which have alluded. y
''Did the lobby attempt to interfere with crislaion''
Not until the last Jew days oi the session. rhey
concentrated their whole strength against my Eapld
Tiansit bill | discovered signs OF tins on Nouday
time; but they had been energeucally work Tor
several days and were able to hold Their own against
all corners =
Il hays seen II iItimalcd that you might have made
the Extension bill special order Monday, al the
same time you did the Rapii Transit bill !"
..lhat Is simply absurd The Extension bill was one
against which the democrats, under tue inspiration OF
Governor Tdcn, especially rrayed, and to have
obtained two-third made it a special
der could by no possibility have secured, not
even II a Blame had been Ia The chair and Banks and
fax on The floor / favored The bill and was ready
and IN In Nj ffts n
aud parliamentary law 10 hasten It's passage, but did
not Tor moment entertain The idea OF pushing u
forward by any such procedure as that The only
hope Tor passage TO reach the order oil General
Orders, and that was prevented. as said before, by
tho determined resistance Of Dir. Bradley aud NY The
fhDus,ering course pursued by the minority OH the
day Of adjournment
''you.d not lh.s nbustcrins have boon prevcntcd?n
s.No; 1t was done strictly within tho rule which al
lows each member two minutes To explain his vote;
this was taken advantage Of On he call Tor he previous
quest and also on the call Tor the una passage oil the
school amendment You might az well have attempted
to breast Niagara with hnglc 10 have attempted
TO pass amy political the last day of he
sion Rucs for the majority but TOR the
protection OF tho minority, and Tho democrats awaited
themselves 10 ths utmost al their prerogatvcs."
1T is charged that the progress OF tho city
bound 10y technical rulings OF the most subtle and
~ he man who penncd that phrase has committed
most egrcgious Those bills were never before
the House and no ruling was ever gwen upon them.
The only subtle rulings, II they may be called,
those gwen when alter temporary absence from the
chair, the proceedings o! the
ority subsequent TO and pending appeal from the
decision oil the Char out OF order tor tho reason that
the appeal the only question before the House that
partook Of substantive character That ruling put an
end 10 the nbusterng proceedings and forced the vote
on the school amcnamcn"
~ perceive that you have been criticised for moving
to adjourn the House tuesday night acr your RAPID
Transit bill was defeated, the inference beng that II
YOU had not made the motion tho House would have
continued in session and finished up Its business"
1T was ono O'Clock at naht when the vote was
taken. rhe House had been IN almost continuous
nctvr f.tA fhn ming A..
pOrtionment bill had been beaten. Everybody
worn out and disguised, and even Judge Hogcooom,
whu despite his .healih, had braved the
miasma OF the Assembly Chamber during the entire
day, was forced to snccnmb Upon the announcement
oil the vote, members rising in their seats pre-
paratory TO leaving immediately, friend came to mo
and said:-'As soon as this vote IS announced a
motion Will be made TO reconsider tho vote by which
the bill has been lost and will DO voted down, aud then
adjournment will be forced Not being disposed
to be slaughtered in that way sprung the adjourn
mcnt before tho other motion could be
made. hoped against hope that nigh,
recover sufficient ground in tho morning 10 re-
consider the adverse vote and pass tho 9Th The
of the next day proved that erred in judy
mcnt, but had ! not moved to adjourn there was
human that at that hour OF the night could have
kept that House ten minutes longer in session Again,
had the House remained In session, Extension
bill could possibly have been reached lcxcept by
twothrd VOTE which II was impossible 10 get),
count OF the deisrminato TO hiibustcr every
measure That preceded It, No sir will very easily
explain TO you the only by winch this bill could
have been reached Six hours moro time on Wednes
day, after tho Salary ana lark bills came from the
Senate would have enabled us TO reach ana act
the House and IN order to get Mold Of !, we were
obliged 10 be IN general orders. Had the Senate
gwen until midnight Of Wednesday
think we would have reached the order OF
business that would have enabled US to
nna action upon IT, In no other way was il possible
Every bill tho table, by tho provisions Of the joint
rules rad 10 be acted nrst, and there abund
ance ofthcm. The Senate declined to extend the time
aud with them rests therefore their share OF the
sponsi,il great deal of the time OF the session
wasted useless discussion OF unimrorant hills
in Committee Of the Whole great mistake too
made In fixing iinal day OF adjournment before the
business OF the Legislature was completed Had no
such resolution been IN force there would have been
motive for nbusicring. An obvious error also
occurred in holding important bills long In the
mittecs, thereby delaying final action until tho last
aSonics OF tue session supcrycned. have endcavorcd
give you tho many which operated TO prevent
tho consideration OF the especial bills which have
alluded 10 hold Speaker personally responsible
Is as proper II would be 10 hold clergy man aincna
bio for tho lack Of Christian zeal on tho part OF his
congregation cndcavorcd TO discharge the duties of
my Office according to the best Of my ability ana rest
entirely satisfied with the judgment that has been
tunuy OF judging my acts and constituting my motives
VIZ, the members Of the Assembly OF 1876, who by
unan imous VOTE Endorsed my Official action.
PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
"A word personalto myself received letter from
Prominent official in Now York city introducing to
me "A gentleman who represented him at Albany Tho
letter was handed me the street, and, having read
| Il, turned iron tho company OF gentleman with
whom was walking TO enter into conversation Tho
bearer Of the letter remarked, Il will you again
lie never atcrward came 10 me for advice consulia
tion. received another letter from prominent jour
nalis on same subject This icttcr submitted to
leading member OF my party on the door. thereby
rendering any ard that lay my power. Hc returned
The letter ia nonchaant way, AS much as to say,
When any aid or assistance viii advise YOU
! Tue inference both with Irresistible
thai speaker OF the Assembly had better
10 DO what had pcrssscntly during the cntlrc
scssionooninc myself to the legitimate duties Of the
char Ii IS 1t all TINES invdious thing Speaker
to take charge 81 bill on The noor unless introduced
by himself. especially Incss he lacks confidence
the ahiaty oi those who have the matter IN charge
Tho New York city bills were IN the hands OF able and
experienced legislators who would Undoubtedly have
brought them to = vote had the opportunity to do so
presented itseii The statement made that either
Of my partners exchanged a with
recrcncc any OF the New York cit, bills Is utterly
unf1uadcd aud false. Equally false IS the statement
that the Corporation Coun.c has ever retained me in
any attorney. My partners inform that tho
statement Is equally unounccl with reference them.
AIR r. w. Smith, when Corrorayon Counsel. retained
ia several cases. which still in my hands Mr.
Whitney has brief Ia Office Mr. Foley