The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-04
THE EVIL DAYS HAVE COME.
THE BLdCK HORSE CAVALRT Or
G1NIZED FOR BUSINESS.
Eighty Vofcs In tho Assembly rnId 90 be for
Sale-iiOw jobs are Put Through. and
How Honest Men Mny Deieat Thcm.

Eighty Vofes In tho Assembly rnId 90 be for
Sale-iIow Jobs are Put Through, aud
How Honest Men May Defeat Thcn.
ALBANY, April 3.-The evil days OF the
Legislature are at hand, and the time has come
when ever, honest man In both Houses should
he cons antly on tine alert. IL ~ well known
that nearly all the frauds that have been perpe
ira ed by the legislature have been rushed
thro ugh In the last three or four weeks Of the
session. Many things combine to aid corrupt
legislation az this time. Nearly every member
has one or more bills yet to be acted upon, which
he IL anxious To pass, az ON them perhaps de-
ponds his return 10 Albany next year. Hence he
is ready to loc-roll with any one that will help
him, nd v very careful to keep his fingers and
his opposition away from other peoples meaa-
urcs. This ia also the time when the Grinding
Committee gets to WORK, and II 1t Is only
"cleyet" one, as It usually Ii, the ease with
which job goes through unknown to more than
one in ten of ne members IL wonderful.
The Speaker and the Clerk, under resolution
Of the House. are authorized to send send such
bills as they may ceem proper to the Grinding
Committee, certain hills however, being except
ed by the rules. Under this authority they select
certain bills from those that have been reported
from a committee, and Just before the adJourn-
inent every day after many members have gone
aud while confusion prevails, the list Ia re ii,
and should any member object to any pUtcu-
lar bin II Il stricken of. but for the ~ asons
gwen above and for other reasons also, II Is ell
cscats the ordeal az heing rnns,dered and do
h ted bv the whole House. And now the work
81 the lohbN man and the Hlerk Horse Cavalry ia
begun Whole :. ctioua re- sttichen ont aud now
aoc'inn.. entirely changing the scope ana in
tent uf dill "a introduced are inserted, ana
then il L. returted back To the uo lse or 10 the
senate wiin batch OF other bills that may or
may not have been amended ordered to third
tho llh Know wh4t has hean done or v,hnf tiey
have voted for uutl tAeir aiteuti. II is called to
II afterwefd
In this " v Ross Kelly last win'or tried to
sneak through am amendment t. biiI relative
10 the Cigu Ju-tices which. hai ne succccded
and he would nave carried u nud not the tiiak
the unt outncnt 81 ih1sc Justices To MANOR
Mickuam I'd spared Kelly a part II hi. lad
deieM Inst fll. In thedlvs of the riinuan,
Ring this Grinding committee was tt4nsti 80 inc
l,irp IN tutfin, t,r,ti,,n me lt a., ~ n ,,r,tif
jDt- ;utd -illcc rwec'i. Genet. Field. Frcl nd
others n. We stcunen own ,n, 1tt of IN, iey,r.
Ittr, thrv bsx lad v r'iu i,,i,,nr In ~,
r,zltc, m butn R.IunIi, mn and Deni.,rntic
lsc.i-l lures; and the cunkiuR M IL some b.,l.
nj. winter in Nh 4 cnntni .t,,. 80 ~. I'M, t,ro-
pIiety N Watching IN, ir work clossly
Bv mis- tine. Too. % u'.n,her- nave had fine
nfher nnd the h,',,,. b,,nt,r. n ". orr,ni1.I
Themselves into gangs ana made treaties. OF NJ
the l,rHv ~, W. -" 49, ~
ready Tor bus,ness thn I'D sto,rr. mn'Iut Inc
Iertsisttre rlearIs 500 4, - ~. tSst A. y,.t
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