The sun., 1879-01-08
THE OLD and TIE NKR.
The Onward March OF Political Inprove-
sent-Let the People Rejoice.

THE OLD AND THE NEW.
| The Onward March OF Political Iuprove-
naent-Let the People Rejoice.
ALBANY, Jan. 7-Mldnight.-After survey
ing tho unwashod walls and piastere OF tho
| old Capitol we RaSo In rapt admiration at tho
| pinnacles and tessolated floors Of tho new
structure. The former cost tli0Gss. and the
latter over $4,000, 600. Tho contrast between
tho buildings is great, but that betweon the
| Legislature that nrst entered the old Capitol
! and the one that sat In the now odlnco to-day 10
still greater.
Look at the Sonatol Dull and drowsy DO
| Witt Clinton has given way to the ornate and
accomplished Edward Hogan. Tho elouuence
OF the versatile and polished Alfred Wagstaff
| thrills hearts that would have boen untouched
| by tho namby pambyisms Of Erastus Root. The
dribblings OF Martin Van Buren, have been lost
in tho cultured efforts OF Louis =. Goobcl and
even the clean record OF Edward p Livingston
has been eclipsed by tho phosphorescent argu-
ments OF tho chaste and straightforward Web
ster Wagner. James +. Pierce has capped the
mental sheavos Of slas Wright with his
astounding intellectually. Tho statesman
| Pomeroy occupies the seat OF the politician
| Seward. and the unsophsticatod John G.
Jacobs becomes n star Of the FIRST magnitude
when compared with tho trimmer Daniel 3.
Dickinson. Note tho immense difference be-
tween DIR. Pierce and his Golden Ointment and
Gulan c. Vorplanck. Who would not prefer
tho Cromwellian religious feryor OF Charles
Hughes TO the vapid utterances OF James Tall
madge. or tho unparalleled Jurisprudence OF
the temperate Addison p. Jones to tho idle
chatter Of Samuel Beardsley2 Over Atty years
have passed away. The change is mighty. 1t
costs millions.
Tho nnoplo ou1hf 10 rotoioo IN aoon an .oa
sible.
The new Capitol is in blaze OF light. The
popping OF q thousand corks Is heard. Their
representatives are already rejoicing
But in looking at the Assembly We are lost in
wonder. Thomas +. Grady. an angel In the
seventh heaven OF political economy. fllls the
sent OF the wicked Ogden Hoffman. and the
reckless Azariah G. Flagg has been supplanted
by the vrtuous Jacob Seebacher. Nay. more
That marvel Ct incandescent morality. Maurice
Il. Holahan. has drowned all memory OF
Arphaxad Loomls. and DIR. Polar Hayes ls re-
falling bear stories in Millard Fillmores chair
lllustrious Daniel Patterson is popping his
bottles Of soda water over the seat OF Gideon
Granger and Ferdinand Eldman. pure and
not obscure oyster dealer. answers to the yeas
and nays In tho place OF David Ogden. The
speeches Of Daniel Cady and Elisha Williams
are buried under the luminous logic Of John
Calvin and the dramatic eloduence OF Jimmy
Madigan. How marked the improvement
Tony Feehan stands In the shoes OF Greene c.
Bronson. and Billy McIntyre has drawn on the
stockings OF Luther Dradish. The immortal
Major Thomas Began OF the Eighth Ward has
come to the 'front.' and the mortal MAJOR Gen.
John A. Dix has gone to the rear.
Then behold the marked improvement in tho
country membersl The mighty Hiram Griggs
has hoored the Van Rensselaers the Van
schaicks. tho Van Schoonhovens. tho Van
Slycks. tho Van Vechtens. the Van Alstynes the
Van Dycks. the Van Ingens. the Van Nesses.
tho Van Ordens the Van Pattens. the Van vegh-
tens. and the Van Zandts in Albany County. and
is delugng the Assembly Chamber with his sl-
lenee. country physician is bearing aloft the
escutcheon OF Cattaraugus County. and pre-
pairing TO Gre the Speakers desk with burning
arrows OF eloduence. Columbia turns an OK
eyed banker into the ring and Cortland caps
him with a we'll -developed druggist Two in
telectual doctors from Delaware draw prescrip-
tions on the druggist and Frank p. Brodhead
an Orange County lumber dealer. follows close
on the footsteps OF the doctors. Dutchess
trusts her interests with milk and water Wall
street broker. and Erie SHES n bulging- -browed
cider maker into the ring. Brooklyn tumblcs
In two liquor dealers. and Ave New York dealers
ingston sends n solid Wadsworth man, and
Madison slings In talkativo tanner. Otsego
crinds out an insurance agent as eloquent as
John b. Cough and twice as handsome and
Putnam rolls out Hamilton Fish. Jr whose
intellectually and pedaty defy belief Suffolk
sends $50 pound hotel keeper. and Ulster one
Sharpe, a genial story-teller. with small feet
and big head. The amount OF brains sent in
from the country Is really prodigious Its quality
is superlne. and It's weight something worth
guessing. Nathan Sanford. Samuel Young
Morgan Lewis. Joseph c. Yates. VIM. c. Bouck.
John G. Spencer. Albert II. Tracy. John A. King,
and other old-tlme countrymen would feel
themselves sadly out OF place In such company.
1t is time to rejoice for this is not the only
evidence OF our political prosperity. II requires
three Houses to do the work formerly done by
two. OF these three Houses. the Third House
probably has the interests OF the people most at
heart. In point OF intellect and honesty. 1t far
surpasses the other two. 1t is big thing.
Tom Alyord overshadows Horatlo Seymour.
Mike Dougherty more than fills the seat Of
Frank Granger, and Hagan has supplanted
Henry Heaton.
Let the people rejoice as soon az possible II
not sooner: for the world IL old. and the millen-
mum ought to be near at hand.