The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-10
NEW YORK HERALD WEDNESDAY APRIL TO- l87arRPLE

does not put tho obligation the Board Of Appor-
tioumsnI scaled reduction IN tho salaries Of
officials; II simply declares that they snail reduce
taxation in New York city 81 000 600 during the year
1879 They have power under IL 10 absolutely remove
from ohcs, and any who viii for moment reflect
will see what gigantic privilege this Is IN q city ike
New York with a civi, list Of 10000 persons.
TO AxExDEDy
Senator PSneroy here interrupted Mr.. Allison and
asks ed in respects tho bill should be amended In
order meet his objections
MrrAlson answered thar the Dill should be changed
so make tho reduction obligatory: that the TO
ducton should be couhned to city taxes alone, aud
in the amount of the reduction, aud that the
reduction should be IN TOR the present year.
In conclusion, he referred to section Of inc PHI,
which he claimed gave the four gentlemen composing
the Board OF Apportionment entire power over the
besiowa OF charity TO the institutions al the city and
power under this section TO those gentle
men to give or withhold money from The
cooecrSea he asserted TIA. the only Reductions post
tvoy effected BY the bill were cases OF city oihcers-
$1,000 reduction n the salary Of the Mayor; So 200
that Of the Corporation Counsel; $4,000 among the
three assistants OF the Corporation Counsel; 81 00o
in the salary OF the Corporation Attorney and u 600
Among officers other than city officials the reduc-
tons would be :--Recordcr. $4,000 Cry Judge 81 0O0
District Attorney, $4,000, and the Commissioners OF
Jurors, S5,000-in All $4,000. Finally Mr. Alison
proposed, as substitute, q phi emitting an Q, mo
second section authorizing the abollshng OF onccs,
all of the third section excepting the $40 900 limit,
aud inserting in place OF sccton Of the bill as pub
lished in the HERALD, the following
sncrioS Elm every where the local authority is
board O. estimate and tn powers nsreoy
s m the shan be The
and FINAL estimate Of said city anu ssa estimate Tor the
all items caed by the q The
board in such ease said reductions NAV extend
to maximum of twenty per cent IL any case from the
salaries Of deones earcau Officers
20 p"sc ocers or heads c shall be
IN IN each c,ss and shall be the a. 81 sns Gus
said % no IL sns be
In excess OF the said appropriations
Mr. Allison also SAID that tho fourth section would
have to be considerably amended SO as 70 coinciae
with the other amendments thus suggested.
FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Mr.. Hersipg, who ncxt spoke, said he appeared for
the Board OF Education, aud would show how this bin
proposed to lay poitica hands upon tnat institution
which should be wldely divorced from poll
ea ls eor, IN New York from is42 down 10
1871, when the "Ring' laid unholy hands upon u.
he explained how at present the Board OF Education
had the regulating or own salaries. Its estimate
for current expenses sent TO the Board oil Appor
tionmcnt. which allowed the amount. and
il iI'I according ord as It's wisdom dictated As
this bill gives the power TO the Board
OF Apporonm 10 reach over The heads Of the Com
mlssioncrs OF Education he opposed H.. he then
showed how, without outside pressure, the DO RI
had reduced IT'S salaries durog the last Year ten per
cont nc thought that the school system OF New
York was SUFFICIENT 10 whe her It's trust
was properly discharged in present hands. For those
he hoped the committee would not report tne
measure favorably.
Mr.. George Bliss, who said no appeared for nobody
in particular said that he did not think the bill was
stringent enough before gong into the details OF
its iooscness nc wished to correct some impressions
Herring had said He then went on 10 show
that tho reductions In the expenditures OF tho
Board Of % " hsrrns saa were
the Board OF Apporuonment upon which he lavished
such vehement concentrations, winch refused TO
sanction the estimates put in By tho Board OF Educo
ton. The Board OF Estimate and Apportionment cut
down the departments estimates, and, natural con-
sequence the depart Is had to cut down their ex
penses. He thought the bill should be made to affect
for the last halt OF the year 1875 and that the
reduction should be made obligatory IN spccnc
terms
He was followed by Mr.. j. II. Strahan. who argued
claimed that all that was wanted should be Obtained
from its provisions. Tho only change which he
sanctioned one OF words, IN which tho obligation
10 reduce made moro specific
the committee adjourned, without reaching any
conclusion aud with the understanding that no report
would be madc until further amendments were sub
mitted aud considered. some members OF the CON-
milee, including the Chairman, are determined that
the bill sha BIO reported unless very materially
altered. The Board Of Education ccrtan 10 DO
empiea from its provisions as IL now stands
OF EDUCATION
Senator Pomcroy presented petition TO the Senate
this morning from 800 citizens Of Now York asking
for TIE passage Of law which will exempt the Bosrd
OF Education from the Jurisdiction OF tho Board OF
Apporlionment and give power 10 regulate It's own
salaries.
MORE CODE MUDDLISG.
Senator Edck this morning introduced o concurrent
resolution providing for new Commission TO revise
The statutes OF the Stale, 10 DO composed OF three
members of tue present Assembly and three MEMOIRS
Of The present senate, whlch shall during The sum
mcr months and report new code ut tho next meet
log OF the Legislature. Tho new code recently rc-
ported passed ana vetood required several years 10
compile ana cost the State very nearly 5000 000 IL
Is now useless, and the money so spont
was good thrown away. This resolution was
tabled, and IN The meantime nothing has been done
with Governor Robinson's recommendation repeal
now Clogs the Statute Book OF the State With part
Of the Fields CODE thirteen chapters OF the Throop
work and whatever The new Commission, Il i Is APP
pom shall report the practice In New York courts
will be the most muddlcd mess OF rules extant.
SHALL cLERGyNEN rAxEDf
morning was Consumed n moved
In Committee OF the Whole by Senator Ranes, who
IL The bill contained not more than nty
worus but those II provoked would cover ten columns
of 1nc print Tho bill proposed that the exemption
extended IN tho Revised Statutes OF New York
j calco. Senator sessions sought to have
amcpd mcnt grated on the bill which made CHI urch
me ndment tho debate progressed Senator Sessions
who never SPEAKS, no matter now briefly. without
quoting Scripture, revealed Ia extracts from Holy
wit. which, by the grotesqucness OF their applciton
convulsed the Senate and galleries For quite wnils
the debate was full OF humor aud the Senate seemed
moro ike Methodist Conference than legislative
body. Members quoted the Holy Book to mutual
and senator Raines was KEEP, busy
answering all manner Of questions Senator
Turner made The first serious speech, IN
favor OF Mr. Sessions amendment, or, more properly
his addition TO the bill, ana OF the bill liscii. Tn
sp-ecu struck The keynote OF phase Of tue DIS
cussiou, and tho whole history OF civilization, rei
gous push In It's advancement, the Individual achieve
relgcuses, the connections which should and
should not exist between Church and state. hall a
zen theories OF taxation aud numerous topics
OF less interest were imported into the debate II
was early manifest that the opponents of tho bill In
tended TO force Mr.. Ranes on premises no did
not wish openly assume, and make him
argue from plat orm which in itself would be sum
cient array tho House against him. The arguments
advanced the influence OF religion and the noble
work OF It's adhcrents all TOO strong for contra
vcntiop and wneu they we're all summed up The qucs-
ton asked, "Wny, thon relegatc hesc men wno
arc above and leaders among The people to place
among the common herd?" Mr. Raines ncitied at
the Introduction Of issues which no said
he did not think properly belonged TO
the subject In hand, betrayed into
a rather Tree expression OF his views clergymcn,
whom, he sqid,- wore only human as otner men, and
MS such subject to the same IL licences To thus
special phase OF Mr. R,ines' remarks Senator Ec-
clesinc, OF New York, addressed himself aud made
the speech of the day. He listened TO
with wrapt attention, and tho manner IN
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