The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-13
What lie knows About The Green Extension. Rapid
Transit md Other Bills
THE SPRING ELECTION QUESTION.
How the FibusterIng Was Planned and
Carried Out.
INTERESTING DETAILS.

the Speaker OF the Assembly, will be read with
by all who have watched the proceedings OF the Legs
Lature during its late session.
General Hustled viii you give the HERALD in your
opinion the general character of the last LEGISLATURE
"Far above the average" said he ''Ii iaborcd under
the misfortune Of having very large preponderancc
Of new members and Of men lacking in legislative and
parliamentary experience. II very independent
body. and in so far the majority w9s concerned,
utterly refused to recognize any leadership This
made evident the very OF the session.
and to such degree that conference held the
purpose or setting lie Of policy II resulted,
however, in nothing. Quite number Of gentlemen
asserted that while they believed IN party discipline at
the polls they did recognize its claims matters
OF legislative nature; that in dscharr.ng the
stitutional obligation imposed membcr he himself
must be the Judge as to what his duty, and that
no caucus had right TO determine whether the sup
port Of any particular measure obligatory This
shown fully the OF The Ogden charter
Had the party In adopted this bill as a party
measure, its success would have been assured II is
utterly impossible for the majority OF any legislative
body political unless IL submits to
party discipline and indorses and snstains the positions
taken by recognized leaders. II is ike army going
into battle with fifty colonies without n coun-
Gil oi aud without a commanding general
why It with the greatest difficulty that the Supply
bill passed, and that too, when II admittedly
the cIcanest bill of the kind that had submitted
10 the Legislature Tor many years simply because
somo few gentlemen declined TO submit their private
judgments TO the general Judgment Of the party
''You speak of political iailures DO understand
you to say that you regard the last Legislature as
failure -
by no means. The Legislature OF 1876 may look
back upon lis proceedings with the consciousness OF
knowing that whine IL did great good it did the State
NO harm. Why, sir, tins Legislature did what the
Legislature OF 1874. with all its genius and DASH failed
In accomplishing II passed the const iona amend
in references TO The State prisons canals In
addition to these two great reform measures II has
adopted the school amendment, has passed tho State
Prison and Canal Reform Investigating bliss has
reduced taxation 70 tribe over three mills;
has adopted appropriation bill and canal budget
which challenge criticism, and enacted supply bill
which Governor Tildcn himself forced compli-
ment ny message There has not III my opinion, IN
forty years sat ut Albany Log stature ing
watehful Of the inlcrcsts OF the State
In It's appropriation OF the public money as this Same
body, which has received such indscrimnate abuse,
when It should the contrary, have received
miums for It's wachin care Of the public interests
LEGISLATIVE FAILURES.
"Are you not taking rather rose-coiorcd view of
the situaiion2n
mot al all allude 10 what the Legislature has
done refer the statutes that 1t has enacted AS
70 what Il tailed 10 do will be equally explicit, and
think can explain TO your satisfaction why IL failed
to do good many things. IL failed pass tho bill for
spring election from that the party vote could
not be brought to the polls except in general
fall canvass think, and have always thought
that in most Of the cities and villages in the State
The charter election in New York should be disso.
ratcd from the political Juror and hurry scurry that
In frnn Sfafc n,f
levc that when the question IS that is brought
directly 10 the attention of tho taxpayers would
be " the election occurred in the spring, the solid
of Now York woaid chcerlully give day in order
10 secure tho safe administration OF their property
year But where the elections are continued as
The apparently lesser question merged the greater
and the political hue and cry browns the question
Of municipal reform and Of economy Ia municipal I'D
mnstraton, the inevitable result that the politician
walks away with Office in pocket and q taxpayer
In the othcr.n
why was not the Tammany charter rcpcnlcd9"
'Thc question was never agitatcd nj Albany. 1
once askcu leading Senator who, It was re-
ported IN the papers, proposed 10 introduce u
bill for that purpose, f such his ntcn-
tiong His reply was that II tho special acts
Of organization were repealed the society could reor
ganizc under the general law and become possessed
anew Of all the property rights and franchises that 1t
now holds The general impression seemed he that
mere repeal OF us charter would the Tam
many Society Tor better That the die case
required a more potent remedy"
why rus CHARTER Mills raiLsp
How came II about that tho greater portion of the
bills affecting the New York cliy charter iaiiedsn
For several reasons First, because not a single
member from the city OF New York made 1ght for
them, except In one instance, which VIII presently
liiudc TO; secondly, because some OF them
pressed the attention oi the Legislature ia The inas-
tina, all leading his brought forward Tor cou-
sdcrativnsiz, either by the member who introduces
or the coumtce which reports them; nnally anu con
cins,cy because OF the course pursued by the minor
n.y. Which, duras The hast week VI tue session. aoso-
luely prccuded the possibility of their being reached.
When the Kepublican STATE Convention held az
Syracuse quest agreement appears 10 have been
inferred into that NJ tho minority would mt he
,rincd in any party legislation during the absence OF
republican members who were delegates TO that Con-
Senkon the majority would reclprocaie the courtesy
nhcn The Democratic Convention should be held at
Utica. The latter Convention held The 10Th 81
April. On the morning OF the 9Th bail about
being read having reference TO the city OF Brooklyn.
which was introduced by Mr. Bradley vl that city.
motion was thcreupon made 10 recommit the bill for
amendment THIS Produced great excitement among
the democrats, they claiming That u violation 81
the compact assuming, iuey dbl that the intention
Was 80 ,mbody what Was known Hpeins' charter IN
his ,piL l am not aware whether any such Intention
inspired The gentleman no made Tie motion. Certain
rs. however that 40 such thug took place but
NJ. bradley was very much ncenscd and thercupon
demanded anu Continually aitcgward enforced tie de-
napd that every bill should he read through on
hnai passage. lac inevitable result followed the
urne thus consumed prevented the House from ever
sgAn reaching the order oi general orders. That is
the Why the Extension bill was never reached
An effort made by NJ. Hayes, Of New York on tho
ensuing Monday alter consultation with Mr. sloan aud
myself advance ths bill a thrd reading without
going through the Committee Of the Whole. THIS In.
vused a suspension ol the rules, OF which days
notice gwen That notice could have been called
from The table on Tuesday, but nothing could
even then have been caccsed, Tor While
motion might by this suspension be made
10 the bill 10 third reading by majority volo,
rf u a he <xn hfrfE ttfs atlar
rules the itself could not be made except the
order OF general orders, and that order
reached regular order and oud not lie reached IN
any vtner way except by twothirds vote. which,
never had. Tho Chamberlain hill never within
reach OF the Assembly. The Woodin charter passed
nj mitn ight TUESDAY nEnt, snd would have tailed
With The rest / not lott the Speakers chair and
gone the Engrvssng Clerk and assisted
him in comparing and preparing the report Of the
amendments that had been adopted IN the House.