New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-04-13
ALBANY.
PROGRESS OF THE GREEN BILL.

PROGRESS OF THE GREEN BILL.
THE REPUBLICANS DETERMINED TO PRESS 1T TO IT'S
PAssAGE-ITs PROSPECTS MPRovNG-sTATE OF
THE CASE.
lYRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUSE.l
ALBANY, April 1.-THE bill extending the
OF Controller Green made good progress in the Leg
isature to-day. In the Senate 1t passed by almost
twothirds Of the entire Senate and In the House 1t
reported by Mr. Fish, from the Committee Cities
There an evident determination the part Of the
friends Of the bill to perss IL through both Houses a.
speedily possible and 1t Is said that the design OF the
Republicans is TO pass than 10 days before the
close the session, that the Governor will he com
PEELED either to sign veto it, to allow it to become
without his signature while the Legislature is still In
session The impression seems be spreading that the
prospect of the passage the bill is improving There
said to be number of Republicans who viii not hold
the agreement which is said to have been made be-
tween the politicians in York. At the time, it
should be said that friends of the bill in the Senate
seem TO expect to see it defeated in the Assembly.
When the bill up for third reading in the Senate,
Senator starbuck moved that it be recommitted to The
mttee Cities with instructions to amend by sub
sttung section providing that a Controller for
the City Of NewYork be elected at the election In Noyem
Der next who shall upon the duties of his office
the LIST day of January 1877 and shall hold his Office for
the period Of three years and until his shall
duly qualify The vote on this was IA follows:
YRAs-SenatOrs Bradley, Coleman. Gerard Hammond
Harris, Jacobs, Lamont, St John, and Sarbuck-9.
NAYs-Srnators Baaden, Bixby, Booth. carpenter Cole
Robertson, Rogers, Sayre. SekreS TObey Nedder Wag
ner and Woodin-1s-both anti-Tammany Senators vot
ing with the Republicans and Senators Harris and Cole
man with the Democrats.
Those absent or not voting were Messrs. Kennaday,
LOOMS, schoonmaker, and Wellman. three Democrats
and one Republican. No further opposition was then
made to the passage of the bill, which read third
time and passed by vote Of 81 to 7. Senator Harris
sill persevered in his opposition to the bill. while Sen
aors Tobey and Booth who outspoken In their OPP
position the bill when it In committee. voted for
it without word of dissent. Senator st. john Demo
crat voted the BILL and did Senator Coleman, Re
publican who had favored Senator Starbucks amend
ment, also voted forit.
After the passage of tho BILL Senator Morrissey asked
unan nous consent to introduce bill, and offered one
making the Office of Controller elective, doing he says,
because he thought the Office of Controller ought to be
elective but voted for the Booth BILL that there should
no misunderstanding in SewYork as to the fact that
Mayor wickham was not to have the appointment of
Controller Green's successor The bill referred to
the Committee on Cities The text of is as follows:
SECTION l. At the general election TO be held In the
City Of New-YOrk in November next, ana every three
wears thereafter at the general election there shall be
elected Controller who shall take office ON the first day
of January next succeeding his election ana shall pos
scss All the mowers and perform AL tho duties OF The
urnscut Controller of lie CITY and County OF NewYOrk
The term of Office of the Controller now IN once shiiI
shall be voted for upon the same ballot with the Mayor
There is no probability OF speedy report on Senator
Morrisseys bill It will probably be allowed to lie In
the Committee until the fate OF the Extension bill in the
Assembly ascertaned. Tho passage OF that Dill can
only be accomplished in the Assembly al
this late day, by concessions on the part OF
its opponents which they are not likely TO
make or by superior parliamentary strategy. II re-
qures twothrs vote TO make any bill special order,
and il the opponents of the bill watchfu they can
easily prevent this. In that the bill must take It's
turn the end Of the several hundred bills now In Com
mttee OF the whole 1t viii probably be found however,
that the Republicans will be able through superior abil
ity and greater tact gain the advantage over the
minority.