New-York tribune., 1876-02-03
ALBANY.

~vp,pIyoAss OF THE SENATE AIMING TO DlSCREDir
TIL. COMING REPORT-MR. wooDlN lNIlMATEs
THAT THE COMMISSION ITSELF is FRAUD
srSAroR srARBUCKS DEFENSE OF MR. BIGE-
LOW.
tvnox THs REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE i
ALBANY, Feb. 2.-Just as the general report
Of the Canal Commission Is on the eve OF
completion and presentation to the Legisia-
tnre. certain Republicans in both Houses have com
bined in an attempt to discredit it, and 10 spieau
abroad the impression that tbe members nave oeen
derelict in their duties. Yesterday MIR. burieien
offered in the Assembly resolution cainng on ."'
Commission to report within one week" MN
Mr.. Bureigh very well knew tne Oo'''i- 4,.1
hoped and to-day 1t was to do; anu 'o-u'y }" Wv
Sanate tbere was concerted attack on the Commis-
sion on the same ground, that oi deiaS III tnoi
to the Legislature. The performance had evidently
haan well rehearsed Senator Woodin moved 10 IT.
Oar such portions of The Governors message as re-
so.r.d to canal matters TO the Canal Committee
cnotor Mccarthy arose and unfOlded his h''Ie
bundle of proofs. and the play began. In oi'er'ns
he motion Senator Woodin seized upon 'he S'"'o-
nant IN the Governors message thar thele 5e' to
r,o;ned a vast field of inquiry unexpor'"' a'" III
,isted that if this were so, IL N"S ''no ~ 10
bava n Commission at work that "ouli
hing tbe facts to light. Senator Rogers
,road that tho session had gone on for a
Eel u;tbout anv report. and that ii time the
= Tsc;slature hoard from the Commission Then came
Relden. Depison &, Co.'s Senator. who proceeded 10
,aad q speech rehearSing the assaults OF inc Oaii"
Ping nr.ss upon the Commission during INC l'S'
,,mra;Cn II was partisan Commission; MI biec-
low was a Democrat in disguise, ana was III tI" 'iio
NJ bjs appointnent as he - to-day chosen s'ah
sord- -haarer Of the Governors body-guaTd on It's
march toward the White House. 1he CohilisS'o"
nd bod their testimony printed in soma secret man
ner in tho City of New-lork IN star-chah'oer sly
nsrbors to patron,ze and sustain some waning but
s.hnor,;ort nress Ibcv had treated with indiifer-
.nce If not with intentional neglect the representa-
tives Of the people in the Legislature, while to the
c,overpor whose creatures they seemed to have re-
sarded themselves they have made twelve special
ranorts although not required to do So ne 1ON-
,rnor in his message in reply to the resolution o1
tbe Senate saws not word i'll relation to ms sweep
Inc charge that frauds are sheltered by the COM
plicity OF connivance of officials charge so gen
ers and sweeping affecting all officials alike, shOuiu
have been specifically explained, and the names OF
the officials explicitly given. There was something
more under all this delay and violation OF the oDl-
cation Of the Commission to report TO the LeglSla-
ture at Its opening than appears on the surface vi
course no one would suspect the Governor OF belhe
Influenced in his canal policy by his old associations
and present pecuniary interests with railroad cor
pOratiOns, &C.. &c.
PERHAPS mention ought to be made, however, OF
the fact that Mr.. Mccarthy indulged in sarcasm at
the expense of Attorney General Fairchd's youth.
Senator Bradley Democrat replied briefly, and was
followed by Senator Woodin who characterized the
Commission as a palpable fraud upon the people OF
the State, q fraud perpetrated with the consent OF
one member at least of that Commission. That
member was in the city The day his name was sent
10 the Senate, and he knew that be was confirmed
On the distinct understanding that he was a Repub-
lican The Senate would have to look pretty far to
6Dd another man who, being confirmed a. hepuD-
Ican. would hold on TO position as Democrat.
Senator Starbuck came to 4lr. Bgolow's defense
He spoke of him as a man whose purity of life and
conspicuous integrity the Senators who make these
criticisms are estOpped from crtlcsing. He IS
man OF exceptional purity. and carried through LONG
years the approval of tho best administrations the
Republican party could show. lie was assailed be-
cause in Justice to his own convictions aud 10 his
swn integrity. he could not longer act in a partisan
rpirit with the Republican party. The annus OF
these assaults was plain. Scne of the constituents
Of Senators about tho circle owed to divided
Inries their present enlargement. Some f them had
constituents from whom the State demanding
hundreds of thousands Of dollars wrongiuiIy re-
eeived. Perhaps, if he had such constituents a.
these he too might make such speeches as Mr..
Mccarthy made and retail Mr.. NcCarthys com
plants Let it 60 forth that administration reform
has failed, and Senator Mccarthy wonld be the hap
piest man Oh earth, and Senator Woodin would br
only second to him in bis joy. Senator Starbuck
also brought home to them the fact which the Ring
papers and Senators always avoid that they cannot
and an untIuthfu statement in any Of the CoIn'nis-
uiOu's report-they simply abuse the members
The motion was finally passed withont any votes
IN opposition az was also similar motion to refer
the closing paragraph Of the message, which asked
M appropriation TO aid the AttorneyGencIal IN the
prosecution of tho Canal Ring suits.
There is every intention on the part OF the Rcpnh
tcans to make the most Of the delay OF the Com
mission. Senator Mccarthy charged that there was
some mysterious reason for IT, and Senator Woodln
lnsnuated tina. the Commission had neglected GER
tain fields Of inquiry because assurances OF i'm
munity had been received from certain source.
The delay is largely due to the occn-
patton of two of tire members with Their
hew duties as Water Officers, and the necessary
attention of the remaining two TO their private
affairs Mr.. MagOne having reelected his profession
and Mr.. Orr his business for more than half a year
before IL is doubtful whether there has ever been
hmore industrious investigating body in the State.
and less deserving reflections on ats energy and
dispatch. 1t is understood that there is to be a
grand Outburst of Republican oratory when the
report is before the Legislature and the Presi-
Genital campaign Of 1876 will be fairly opened.
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