The New York herald., 1876-03-08
THE STATE CAPITAL
Excitement on the Cutting Down
Salaries Bill.
THE MARINE COURT JUDGESHIP.
Debate on MOrriSScy's Bill for Regulating
LabOrcrS' Wages.
ALBANY. March 7, 1s76

ALBANY March 7, 1870
An indefinite leave OF absence granted to Speaker
Hustled to-day his father lies dangerously i'll AT Bed
lord, Westchesler county and he has been summoned
to his bedside. George B. Sloan, the chairman OF tho
Ways and Means Committee was, on motion Of Mr.
Hamilton Fish, Jr, elected Speaker pro teDA
GOOD niLI-
The bill introduced some tmo ago by Mr. Worth, OF
Kings county, which provides that hereafter at every
State election the candidates for State and county bal
lots shall be voted for separate ballots, dis
cussed in Committc OF the Whole and progressed.
Ono OF the very best bills introduced in tho
Legislature is the relating TO fines imposed In
criminal cases, which has already passed the Senate
and which to-day ordered third reading tho
Assembly IL oficn happens as the law stands that
when a person is convicted OF a msdemcanor
aud he is sentenced TO pay a fine say of $50,
and to stand committed until paid, he is kept in
prison for months and have been known
! whore persons thus convicted have remained in
Jail for two three years account OF their inability
10 pay the nnc imposed Tho bill alluded to provides
that Whenever hne is imposed upon any person
victcd OF msdemeanor tho Court imposing the fine
may limit the torn Of Imprisonment in default OF pay
ment TO term not exceeding day for each dollar
OF the ine imposed In other words for every OF
hts confinement tho prisoner credited with 81 OF tho
1pe
noRRssEYs APPEAL FOR THE LABoIERs
Senator Horrissoy appeared before the Assembly
Committee OH Cities this afternoon aud an argu-
mcut favor Of the bill he introduced in the Senate
and witch Is IN the hands OF tho com
1 mttce which gives the Common Council the
| right to 1x the ratio OF wages to be paid
! 10 the laborers in the employ OF tho city
He denounced the reduction OF the laborers wages to
81 GO q day a. an outrage, which all tho
nagrant in view OF the fact that the reduction was
| bv mel win csailt thc
| $12 600 10 Sc, 900. They were not Just enough in
making the reduction TO take some means
looking to the reduction OF their own salaries;
| not they. He contended that the members
| OF the commissions, who were appointed for six
years, had no sympathy with the poor who have
TO go out in the slush aud mud and to work by
the day. The fixing OF the aborers' wages should
therefore, be regulated by officials who nearer to
the people, who necessarily take active
in the welfare Of the workngmon and who do not con-
slider themselves too high up to gvo somo
little attention to their wants. 1t was an old
saying that "chickens home to roost," ana he
glad to It verified in the bill introduced In the
Assembly which reduces tho salaries OF those very
officials who anxious to reduce the poor aborer
to starvation wages II was only right that they should
be given dose Of their medicine He said he knew
very we'll when he introduced the bill consideration
that IL would meet with opposition from many quar-
ters He was fully prepared for that and right in that
connection he said he regarded Tammany Hall re-
sponsbc for the first attempt made bring tho
reduction OF the laborors' wages for Tammany Hall
had tho control Of the Mayor who had called the heals
OF departments together for the purpose
OF having tho wages reduced This opinion OF his
was shared in by 30 900 democrats in the city Of New
York Senator Morrisscy then remarked that he had
been informed that Mayor wicKham had chair
letter opposing all bills that had for their object
the regulating fixing OF the wages of laborers ar
you have received such letter, said he, al would like
to ,o,o have sso ~, rcadi y MT; Fish stated that
on searching among his papers he found it. which ho
read as requested This letter is tho same extracts
from which have already been published, and In which
the Mayor closes by saying that he does not see how
the prices OF labor be regulated by legislation any
more than the commodities OF life. Mr. Nor
rissey listened aentively TO the reading of the
letter. and then continued by saying that he very
| glad to hear the letter read because it showed who
oud be held responsible for the defeat of the bill II II
should be defeated. He said he had before the
committee in all sincerity to rve his honest
views relative TO the bill II concerned a question of
justice betwccn man and man, between right aud wrong
i was, he SAID not little surprising to HIM to hear
that any sensible really believed that a man could
live in New York for $3.50 or $500 year He would
not consider tho reduction such a contemplate
thing as II was when II proposed to reduce
the laborers' wages twenty per IL II had
made proportionate reduction all round. II suffer-
ing had TO be the result It only right
that all classes should share alike and that tho
burden should not be borne by those who could least
afford TO bear 1.-THE needy poor man, who lives from
hand mouth IRON day TO day the very best. Since
the reduction not one cent had been reduced from a
clerk or commissioners salary He closed by hoping
that the committee would report the bill way or
the other; II iavoraby ho would be very thankful II
uniavorably then the workingmen In New York would
know who TO hold responsible Tor the defeat OF the
measure and TO what influences the committee's
tion
Mr. Nicholas Muller and Mr. Fallon also advocated
the bill
sINNoPT's APPOINTMENT.
The question OF Sinnott's appointment by the Gov
Judge OF the Marine Court came before the
Senate to-day preamble and resolution offered by
Mr.. Bxby, recitng the fact OF the appointment aud
hA nf In ninnf A and
Excellcncy to give his reasons Tor making the appoint
ment without the advice and consent OF the senate
In support Of the resolution Mr. Bixby made a speech
quoting extensively from authorities show
that the Governors action in contraventon OF law
and precedent He said Spaulding hardly cold
in his gravo before Mr.. Snnott appointed 10 MI
his vacant shoes. But feeling ashamed of such inde-
IT March Amer romarkng that the Governor n his
action IN appointing Mr. SInnot TO the supreme Court
had acted not only in disregard OF the rights OF tho
Senate but also In defiance OF the protest of IS 900
voters Of New York, Mr. Bxbv proceeded to consider
the legal aspects OF the question hr Gerard thought
there could bc doubt about the legality OF tho Gov
crnor's appointment
Mr. starbuck moved to refer tho preamble and So
lutIons to the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Woodln CON
sdcrcd there necessity OF sending the resolutions
10 that committee. II would be better discuss the
matter In open Senate Mr. Jacobs favored amending
the prcambs and sending the resolutions TO the Cow
ernor The motion to refer TO the Judiciary Committee
was Withdrawn and the preamble amended
To rectc simply tho fact that vacancy had occurred
in the Office Of Judge Of the Marine Court and that tho
Governor had appointed James Sinnott 10 the Office.
This being satisfactory all round. the resolution was
adopted and Will 10 straight away the Governor who
has his ready and nicely folded UP In his breast
pocket
REPUBLICAN TACTICS
Mr. Bradley, that most transparent OF honest demo-
Gratis moved to take from the table McCarthys bun
combc resolution calling tho Attorney General for
informal Why he has not followed up the canal
frauds. Tho motion voted down by the repub-
Icans because was known that the Attorney General
had his answer drawn up and was prepared TO return
Roland Tor McCarhy's oliver
QUICK.
or all the bills before the Legislature concerning New
York city, that which contemplatcs reducing the
missions TO single head and cutting down the sal
aries Of multitude O officials excites the widest aud
deepest concern. Other New York measures have a
circumscribed or abstract interest Whether O'Dono
hue and Martin remain IN the Park Commission or 90
OUT and leave Colonel Stebbins alone his glory Is OF
consequence only TO very limited number The same
may be said OF the bill regulating the expenditures Tor
street improvements
IL