The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-16
TIE LAWMAKERS ENSNARED
WHIT WIS FOUND HIDDEN IN POLIR
HIYES'N FININNE NIL.
How Comptroller Kelly ts said TO Have
Been Anvered-Thc Little Joters In tho
BiiI-Invcs,igstina the Surrogate. once.

How Comptroller Kelly is said to Have
Beeu A.vered The Little Joker. In tho
Biii-Investisstins the surrorate's once.
ALBANY, April lj.-Somc interesting de-
vcopments in connection with the Polar Hayes
! Finance bill have been made since 1t was or
| dcrcd to n third reading last week. 1t is now
said that several large Africans have been dis
covered. and that. instead Of their having tho
| approval OF Comptroller Kelly. he knew moth
| ing OF them and is very angry over the way in
! which his name has been used to sneak them
through. The story ns told is that after the bill
! had been first cons ,dercd in Committee " tho
/ Whole and most Of IT. provisions agrccdto Mr..
John II. strahnn. who progressed to represent
/ Comptroller Kelly. came to Albany with several
( little amendments In his pocket. which he took
/ to Polar Hayes. nssuring him that Mr. Kelly
/ desired them. and that they were perfectly
/ satisfactory to- the local authorities Mr.. Hayes
took his word for Il. and when the bill came up
| again ON Tuesday last ho offered the little
amendments saying that they were desired by
/ the local authorities, and that he believed them
| to bc perfectly proper. The House was in good
/ humor. and the amendments were inserted
/ without opposition. The programme Of those
/ behind the job WIS to nave the bill then read
and passed. hut Polar Hayes yielded to the re-
quest of several members. and agreed to have il
| printed before putting it upon its nna pnssage.
/ This WIS done, and on Saturday last Charley
/ swan, Il sort Of general utility man about tho
/ Legislature. acted messenger and took "A
cory Oi the hill to Com troller Kelly.
Ihat official WIS ndgnant at the PROPOSE
| tons which hnd been inserted and the author
| OF them. deuouncing both in no complimentary
! language. lie denied that he had ever seen the
! amendments or sent them To Albany. and said
| That S!rahan never was authorized to say that
| he had He sent request 10 Hayes and other
mrnn,rs mat the 2mgndmcnts should bc
stricken out or the hill killed. This. 1t il I'M
b tCrstODt. Will likely hn tpnp ne Dr
! Is himself Indignant at the trick which has been
| played upon him. and anxious 10 show that he
There were four little jokcrs inserted. the
substance OF which is as follows; One In
the defence Of the city in the Brown
street cleaning contract. and several other
ty-third section, ono " which sets aside the au-
! dtt Of certain claims against the city made 10y
! the commission appointed in 1872. known as
the sutherland Commission. and gives 10 the
parties thereto standing in court for the re-
! coNery Of the amounts rejected 10y that commits
SION. while the second legali2cs certain con-
tracts made contrary to law by Tweed and
| makes memoranda OF those contracts upon
margins Of books and papers and which are
| sumptve evidence in court. II is avorrcd
that this ,amendmcnt would reverse
which Tweed declined to testify. and Which
brought ont the letter OF Compiroller Kelly 10
amcndment has provided for the appointment
by the Mayor of a commission to revise AMI
| cpdlty mo luwS Affecting the city OF New York
There IS already such n commission in exist
ence II having been appointed last year. and it
Is now at WORK This is probably a scheme to
make place for two or three lawyers aud pave
! the way for more jobs
The bill will probably como M for its third
reading in "A day or two. and n motion Will be
made to reconIInit il anu strike these amend
ments out.
The announcement in to.day's Sry that tho
| Fish Salary bill. or. ms it really is the John H.
| Strahan SUI stitute, was 10 be thoroughly over
an a fsrttt
that anything OF the kind WAS to BE- done. but in
a here has ASH been ' n" formal Mgstne IF ' h
committees q which these amendments were
! presented, nut tnat II WIS simply an informal
gathering to which Mir Ponieroy saim It'd It'd
! them. As there WIS a majority uf the commit
Tee there. it may at least 'e taken as an niica
ton Of what will Ice done when all
probaP HynIeTs are pr rry T9 9S, VII 6
b be amended 10y he dommitie. ', as said In IN
rnE Sun is now generally admitted and there
il little reason to doubt that the Senate viii pass
Tho Assembly spent over two hours this
! cvening debating solution offered hv Mr.
/ otho I"g,-ll'nf. th,, nam ~ All r.fcr.s r.
/ ,'iNars guardians. ami APPRAISERS APPOINTED
and also whether AN, person has ieri, So n,
an0wancrs mail" I. iwycrs / Tho r,tnln.
lion was opposed o., M,s.r-. Grady. Thnin' Sa1-
/ lu'hrr NMi uih.r- aui adNu utel hy Mc-.rs
Slra,k. Fish. flH<.rald, and Worth. Nj
net thrown, out tor the purpose Of smir'i
ins the chary.lcr II .entem"n who had
m"nt was thai of al who spoke on THAT l".
win tho exception of Mr.. Thompson OF Jcifcr-
son. who snid that Surrogate calvin Wa the
honestcsi, man that ever came from jefferson
which he ran behind his ticket when elrctrd. he
fhld tnat that was entirely due To- n" fact that
| he was opposed hy The newspaper i'm the city
which had more iniu, nee than Oh the rost ~ tho
papers there combined. The SvN. Mr.. Stracl
SAID that there was general bolief that mat
| t"rs in Tue SurrngntcS Office was not properly
| CONDUCTED. and that liz transactions should b.
brought TO light. Men holding public ufil.es in
| lawyers and others not Mr.. Fish fouSwnI I'M
Worth. who thought that ii Mr.. Calvin was tho
honest man his friends aver that he is. and II
cS cha the b" W. vS S~ the xsscRRbyy G cdg ls
| him would bc to pass the resolution and give
House agreed with this view and Strack's rcso-
luton was adopted by vote Of 81 To 20.
AS soon as the result was announced Mr.
Grady sent up a resolution calling upon the
| District Attorney Ia report within fifteen days
the number Of untried indictments now on ille
in his Office. with the reasons why they had not
boon tried. This was adopted without debate
The Assembly ,2dopted resolution offered
by MIR. Nelson. calling upon the Committee on
General Laws TO Investigate a. to the truth OF
the charge that the lease Of piers and bukheads
near fultOn Market had been obtained through
| fraud. bribery, and corruption, and the city
CHEATED out Of ono million dollars.
,ro ,b ssS9MlAgr ppsepSd Scyera petitions
for the passage OF II law to compel the Elevated
Reilroad COMPANIES to run trains at night.
,Mr. Burns offered Il resol utiOn. which was tn
! BLEED. that the Superintendent of Prisons be-
| called upon u reply TO the resolution of the
! House rs 10 contracts. He said that the Super
ntendcnt had not answered the resolution Of
| the House.
Mr.. Calvin offered resolution tint the In
! surancc Committee investigate the Affairs ~ the
Marine Insurance Company with power to send
for parsons and papers Tabled.
Mr.. Curran introduced "A bill providing that
hborers on canals shall receive tl.j0 II day
| wages.
AM SE9fENTs.