Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-06-24
Letter From Albany.
FOUNDATIONS or HARD AND SOFT sAAP-THE
SENATORIAL MUDDLE-NO CHANCES FOR
ASYBoDY-EosCoE's Awful MISTAKE
THE BRIBERY INVESTIGATION -phEKNEss
AND LIGHT.


THE BRIBERY INVESTIGATIONS - UAEkNk'S
AND LIGHT
ALBANY, June n, 1881.
To the Editor of the Free Press AMI Times
Recently | was at the closing examination
of the Albany High School. After the ex-
aminations, we (the committcc) AID the
scholars, assembled in the chapel OF the
building. There, after some rhetorical ex
ercises, in the course of which a young man
talked cloquently of the old and of the new
Capitol, the visitors hal to make a few re
marks
A clergyman explained that the founda-
ton of the Albany High School was laid ''as
broad and deep as that of the magnificent new
Capitol which covered the neighboring hill.
The scholars smiled and then laughed. The
clergyman was little disconnected He
had family alluded TO funny subject.
Ever since Il correspondent of the Roches-
ter Uai0R, explained last winter, how uncer-
tain our new Capitol is, the matter has been
amusingly clear TO us. lie stated that the
Capitol hill, with lis layers of clay, should
be likenei To several bars of soap resting IN
pile, one above the other. Now place the
bars of soap at Il Longitudinal incline,
and put weight upon the top bar, - long
us they are dry they will not slide, hnt II
you pour on water, away ii goes, and the
weight slides down to the iloor. In the
spring of the year rs the frost came out OF
ground, the clay was 10 be fabricated
by the thawing like the soap with water,
and our new CAPITOL was to slide into the
Hudson river
would like to tell You all about ConAhng,
and his position here but somehow his
foundation is so uncertain, so largely conf
posed of soap, that really cannot make out
what his political prospects are My esteem
ed friend, the veteran correspondent. WI
liam, told me recently, that, with all his cA-
periencc here for the last twenty years, IN
observing our State politics and politicians,
he could make nothing oi it. lie said he did
not think the insides' themselves knew
anything about it They were pulling ropes
with all their strength, especially Chauncey
Dcpcw, but no one seemed To- have any
chance
1t is in a way interesting 10 step INTO the
new assembly chamber at twelve O'clock
noon, now -adays At that hour tlIe orb
nary business is suspcn led the Senate comes
in. there is a Joint session, and the voting Tor
the two United States Senators proceeds. As
the name of State Senator or member IS
called he rises and gives the name of his
candidate. II is slow work in 81 large Il
room. | noticed to-day that less than twenty
votes per minute were taken. | have seen the
same kind Of voting proceed with at least three
times this rapidiiy in the old assembly chain
Der, which is comparatively small room.
The real state of the case, how II came
about that Conkiins resigned, is 4 matter
conycrsed about more or less here. There
is the story, which you have doubtless read,
about the young man starting from Wash
inston with message for Governor Cornell,
and being; kept over in New York city, 10
enjoy card PLAYING aul other delights or
SUNDAY lie had been instructed. it would
seem, To come dir,,i to Albany, hut thought
as the Legislature had adjourned over until
Monday evening it would be all right if he
reached here before that time And S.,