New-York tribune., 1876-03-10
ALBANY.
uuu nn,1Rr oF ARBITRATION.

gNryaT
, ca, ,ptss OF OFFICERS PAYABLE by 1HE
sT,Tz SHARP DEBATR BETWEEN SENATORS
,,xcv J,CoBs wOoDIS, AND OTHERS.
-, yaK REGULAR coealEsroNDENT OF THE TRIBUNEl
L1p.NY March 9.--The Senate had another all
=, doh,t. this time on the New-YOrk Court of
.rS,tration which resulted in failure on the part
g ,ha friends of the court to amend the Appropra-
.;o hill 40 as to secure the payment OF the salaries
80 The officers Of the court. Senator Prince began
th discussion with motion to recommit the Dlll 10
.h Finance Committee with instructions to strlkeout
tbo proysion which they had inserted that the sal
49, of the officers of the court should not be paid
- ,he state until fees equal to the amount of these
s,.-;ss shall have been paid into the State Treas
Air Prince. in supporting his motion, said that
a,rts like this had been established in nearly all
.y.,oadiny cities of the world 1t was in no sense
- oo,rt and was of incalculable service TO the
on,o of the State in relieving the State courts OF
80 and IN other ways. Senator Harris opposed
.ho motion on the ground that it was local court
18th ,,eSs and Senator Mccarthy said that the
,rt bad been organized on the express understand
that the State should be put TO no expense for H.
- - ,ho ,rovision for salaries had been stricken out
D., tho Finance Committee only in pursuance OF It's
dntv which was to look after the State treasury
seoator Jacobs also Joined himself to the oppo-
,snt of the notion and asserted that O0th senator
W
ID ~ the Chamber of Commerce. Senator Prince,
be said was formally requested to be cahdldate Ior
raslection by the Chamber of Commerce whenever
no spcceeded in inducing his constituents generally
10 bel,eys that he would not run; and Senator
woodin had been well treated by the Chamber OF
Commerce-r referring to that complimentary DINNER
rendered to Senator Woodin on the astonishing pre-
text that ne had distinguished himself in opposing
corrupt Kgislatjon-s joke which the Senator saw
Wastoo stupendous 10 be swallowed, and declined
This reference brought ont Senator WoOdln with
some unpleasant insinuatiOns against Senator Ja-
cobs which he resented. Mr.. WOOdn said that Slr.
JacobS's remarks were unCalled for. lie advocated
the hill last year at a time when the Chamber ol
Commerce did not know that there was such man
"a himself in existence-a statement which implies
remarkable ignorance on the part OF that body ol
the worst chapters in the legislative history Of the
State.
Senators Cole, Bradley and Starbuck also opposed
the motion to recOmmit, urging the objection that
Senator Jacobs raised that other boards of arbira
tion had been created such as that of the Butter
and Cheese Exchange, which did not ask the state
20 nav their expenses Mr. Prince closed the debate
He said that the Court of Arbitration of the Cham
Der Of Commerce was not at all like the Board OF
Arbitration of the Butter and Cheese Exchange, but
far more important organization, having different
functions He had taken considerable interest in
the commercial affairs of the metropolis, and had
been mentioned in connection with other members
of the Legislature, in resolutions of thanks passed
by the Chamber of Commerce He was proud to
receive such thanks and so long as he was in the
Legislature should do hls best for the commercial
interests Of the metropolis. The motion to recon-
init was lost by the following vote: Affirmative
Senators Baaden. Booth, Dcolittle, Prince, Robert
r. -. Il din Aply-
stiye-pixby. Bradley Cole. Coleman, Emerson,
Gerard. Hammond. Harris, Jacobs Kennaday.
Mccarthy, Moore, Morrissey, st. John, Sayre.
Sohoonmaker, Starbuck Veddcr, and Wellman-19.
STATIONERY EXPENSES IN THE COURTS.
BILL COyLRING THE EXPENSES OF FOUR AND a
HALF YEARS WHICH TnE CONTROLLER DECLINES
TO PAY-DIGEsr OF THE ITEMIzED BILL.
lIRoN THr REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE.l
ALBANY, March 9.-ln 1870, the Legislature
authorized the payment by the sta eo expenses incurred
by counties for stationery for the General Terms OF tn,
Supreme Court The officials of Albany County II seems,
did not discover this until 1879 when they obtained the
insertion Of an item in tho Supply bill, authorizing the
Controller to pay their account. The bill which they
presented aud which the Controller declines to pay Is
for the expense Of the General Term for from June
3, 1870. 10 Jan. 80, 1875, but 1t should be borne
in mind for only l97 dayS Of court in all that
time. II should also he borne in mind that the average
bill OF this hind for general term ia about 800 The
Controller recently decl ned TO pay bill rendered by the
Syracuse General Term, which up 10 $500, and con-
talned such Items as "Three Russia leather pocket
books -" prominent official 70 whom the follow
ing bill shOwn said "Wby, this is theft'' The
County Trsurcrs who paid these bills out of the county
moneys were Alexander Kennedy and Nathan ID. Wen
dell the County Clerks who decided what supplies were
necessary were John McEwen, Albert c. JudsOn, aud
Wllism IIaywe, and the Sheris who furnished them
we're Harris Parr George A. Birch, and Albert Galop
The following IS g digest Of the itemized bills;
"a 900 epyeio,es s5OI so
S0 fni ho,ns books ............ 34g so
az jn1ex and unte books flexible binding 81 90
scrapboOf I5
] Stamping book 90
calendar. w
il Volumes Law books. 50 50