The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-23
LIVELY TIMES In ALBANY.
PASSING THE RESOLUTION ABoUT THE
COAL COMBINATIONS
A Fteid Day In Both the SENATE and the
A---mbiy-Mr. sessions's Speech on Silver
Money-The New Capitol appropriation.

ALBANY, Jan. 22.-This has been field day
in both branches Of the Legislature. In tho
Senate the discussion WIS over tho resolutions
which passed the Assembly last week calling
on New York representatives in Congress to
oppose tho passage Of the Bland Silver bill
Senator Sessions offered an amendment. which
was practically an approval of the Bland bill,
and on II made n speech OF more than an hours
| length. Hei was thoroughly prepared for the
occasion. having n long list OF references and
facts to sustain his theory. which he presented
| In manner that commanded the attention OF
| the Senate during the entire speech. His argu-
| ments In the main were those which have been
| made familiar Ivy the silver orators In Con-
| gross and throughout the West. but they were
| accompanied with such mass Of figures and
| he showed such n thorough familiarity with the
| subject Of our finances, that no Senator seemed
| to be prepared to answer him. This was adj
mittcd by Senator Turner. the only enc who Mt
tempted to reply to Sessons's speech. and at
| the suggestion OF Mr.. Jacobs who said that II
was plain that the speech had caused confusion
| and CONSERVATION on the other side. the reso-
lutions were laid on the table. They are to be
called up again rs soon as the hard-money men
have prepared themselves to answer Mr.. SEES
sions's sophistical arguments. and they will I'M
| doubtedly be passed. Until the time that Mr.
Sessions began to make his speech no ono
| supposed hut that the resolutions were TO pass
In the Assembly tho trouble began over Mr.
| Browning's resolution calling upon the rail
| road committee to investigate and report "a to
| the alleged combination OF railroad companies
| to put up the price Of coal. The first to speak
was Mr. Brooks. who favored the resolution in
| the main. but objected TO the employment Of "a
stcnographer IA so much useless expense. The
| committee. he believed, could make all the ex-
aminntion necessary without that expense, Mr..
Browning, consented to the doing away with the
| stenographer hut Old Salt insisted that il the
investigation was 10 bc made a stenographer
| only thought because he believed IL would
help to Load down and finally kin the resolu
assuring them that II the Legislature began to
| 20 into these Investigations they might ny well
| not summer months. II not until the frosts OF
Mr.. Peck Of oswego tried to make the House
| believe that tho Legislature of this State had
| nothing 10 do with this question. but that the
state of Pennsylvania. where the coal was
them II they wcrc plundcring the people Of this
State 10y conspiracy. But he did not meet with
Mr.. Grady showed very plainly that these COR
porati9nsi acting under franchises procured
jet 10 action in this State. He also spiked
GA salts guns by pcrtinen,ly .inquiring
people Of this state. who were being
swindled by these corporations in tho courts
TO which they were told "a. go He was
would not. A. for the idea that the cry would
b" raised II these investigations were begun
that the Legislature had gone into the striking
business. he asked Of Old Salt whether he was
not aware that there was n very prevalent idea
among the people that Legislators wore owned
and controlled 10y these great corporations and
| whether he did not know that any failure upon
the part Of the Legislature to investigate and
protect the people against such outrages NJ
those would confirm the impression. now too
generally entertained. that the money OF these
grcnt corporations had been used t. stop them.
! Mr.. THAN wound up the discuss lon hy COM
pairing the combination 81 the employees Of the
railroad, last summer To secure a fair rate II
wages 10 ihis combination Of the railroad COM
pani"s. Tn" former, he said was put down nj
an eNp"n-" 90 the State Of between 5000. 900
and 100000. The Government did not
tell these corporations. when appealed to
,Sr p,@,seti"ni to go to the courts but
onet~. were sent 10 their protection. In return
for that service. these companies now propose
60 PUT up the price of on" ~ the necessaries of
life which these same soldiers were forced e.
huy Of them. They now looked TO the Lesisla-
MIR B'oo amendment striking out the
sem2Srapsr T"s in" I ad@p'1 AM TIE resolg
dent disgust Of Alvord. who thus early seer the
sceptre pass NJ away from his hand
The next business IN order was the consider
alton Of the I'LL appropriatng 500 900 tO be nN-
pended in work upon the New Capitol. Mr.
nrooks also opened fire upon this by first ofIrr.
ing an amendment directing the taking down
Of Congr' - Hall within twenty days after IN,
adiournmcnt of III" LEGISLATURE. lie followed
thekistory and Progress Of tie public ALAN,
iiy" from The day Of it, beginning show NJ
|
at every stop. But h" expressed the belief thai
II had now gon" 50 FAR that there WAS no other
and, believing as IL. did that tho alteration il
the plans made 10y the present Commissioner
I would result IN saving s5oOo,OoO, ne shoul,
+, ! vote for tho APPROPRIATION. and also because i
I ! would give employment e. a thousand or NOR,
| lah9rrrs at reduced rate OF wages.
Many Of these idle work ingmon were in ia,
e gail ri'-. the most Interested spectators OF the
proceedings.
, According 10 Mr.. Brookss figures the tota
! cost OF tho tHllfNl. finished Ill he ulOn
thirteen and quarter million dollars.
Mr.. Nelson of Ro'kland said that II would b'
Coils blessing II the building should never b,
4 finished II should be- kept MS monument -
e the folly and wickednes~ of the men who ha,
a boon concerned in iis erection II should b
: known only n a place where SECONDHAND sion,
5 and brick could be- bought; 1t had been an in
licvc thar il could be finished Tor the amour
given in tnhrrrHori OF the Commissioners or b.
Avord showed n remarkable change from
e last W inter- when he said that II would be GOO
. thing t. abandon the building whore Il Is an
: build new Capitol in either New York city %
n syracgse He madr speech in favor Of goin
= the past management from charges made b
- Nelson. He also tried 10 save Congress Hall f.
n q little while longer hy asking Brooks t. with
draw his amendment for tn" tearing down q
A. Congress Hal and To- let that come in rs sepa
II rate proposition, but that gentleman decline
IL t. do So and the House stood by him 10y a vOt
Of 50 to II. even Old SAT- being forced t. Join Tia
y stampede The hin was then PASSED with onl
J., two dissenting votes II now goes 10 the Scnai,
Of where Mr. Harris Will of course force a concur
Ia renee in ia" m'ndmunt. H. he Will not leopard
/. Hall. ''' - '''''V'' S'''
y Immediately after the adjournment Of til
- Senate today the Republican S"nHtor~ wcI
n. into caucus upon IN" nomination oi Mr.. Mngoi
lc for Superintrndcut oi Public Works, and in
- very few minutes they decided by n unnnmou
, vote upon his rclcctlon. TINS WIS of course
! furcgonc conclusion. ~ IL was generally under
- stood that the Ring which now controls the ~
e tion of the majority IN that body had determiI
;, ed that no man belonging 10 thnt pari MIA