New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-16
| THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
WILL IT CONTAIN ANY REFERENCE TO THE
AQUEDUCT SCANDALf
THE NEED OF STATE PRISON INTERCHANGEABLE
DEN's MUCH-CovETED VOTE LIsT-CoN-
vIcTs OUT or wOEK AND IDLE.
fBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUNEs

for the State prisons apparently Will bc the chi't
theme OF Governor Hills message TO the Lcgs-
lature when it meets on Tuesday next, but there
is a suspicion that he will also demand loudly that
bills be passed providing for State census ana
also for the holding Of Constitutional Convcn-
ton De Lancey Ncoll. of NewYork, one of the
counsel engaged In the investigation of the Board
of Aqueduct Commissioners, has been here all the
afternoon and it is said that most of the time he
has been at the Executive Mansion holding con-
ference with Governor Hill. Mr.. Nicolrs visit to
Albany and conference with the Governor at this
time naturally have excited the suspicion that the
latter may desire some information about the Aque-
duct Commissioners for submission to the Legls-
lature Politicians think that the Governor may
be meditating n recommendation to the egis-
lature of a change in the char-
actcr OF the Board Of Aqueduct Com
missioncrs, perhaps snpcrsedure OF the
present Commissioners by Others. The Governor
is badly mixed up in the scandals of the Board HIM
self but he has everything he possesses politl-
cally by audacty, and II would nor Dc
surprising TO see him assume virtuous atttudc
and demand at the top of his lungs the rcmo'al oi
the Aaucduct Commissioners because OF the reNe-
lations made before the Senate Committee be
sides the Governor has personal reasons Just now
TO ra .se cloud of dust to obscure his own reliohs
with the Adueduct Commissioners.
The Senate Committee have issued a subpoena
for thc attendance before them of William il. Null
ler the Governors most intimate friend ana po-
litical agent. Mr.. Muller is conveniently absent
from the State: ho could not he found few days
ago at the Hoffman House. in Newl ork, or IN tnlS
citv when the subpoena-Scrycr was hunting lOf
him II is suspected that he IS enjoying the sea
air" at Ed" Stokes's place in the friendly State
Of COnnccticut and there are no indications as I'd
when he viii return to this state and submit nm
self TO the claws of that terrible Senate committee
POLITICAL BEARINGS or A RECENT THEFT
There is n good deal of politics in the air OF Al
bany lust now. Philo IT, Baclus, former clerk of
the Democratic State Committee had singular
cxncrcncc here on Friday night. Some one broke
into his house. turned on the gas In room 0cci-
pied by Mr. Bacl;u, and his wife, 50 as to StupeIy
Them and stole the trousers and walStcoat oi Mr
PaclSns What was peculiar was that the thieves
did not steal the diamond earrings of Mrs BacIlus
nor three watches that rested on the bureau. hcy
left the trousers in the library. bnt
STR ,1nsfy 1osot. enough r. Sg Eacss left gold also watch
and gold fob and chain. The waSteoat
they threw down in the basement after taking out
Of IL 81 in bank bills The bank bills ana lew lew
silver spo rs we're the only articles taken. me
remarkable conduct of thc thieves has excited the
suspicion among politicians that tho thieves aimed
mainly TO capture the political papers ol Mr
been ardently desired by the Hill Democrats;
They were originally prepared by tho direction ot
the late Samuel j. Tildcn: when he was candidate
for Governor in 81. They compose among othcr
scsscd. probably by any politician. They came
into the possession Of Daniel s. lamont in $50
and in 1917 when an ant-Iilden state Committec
had been elected. Lamont refused to surrender
them 10 that committee. asserting that they were
his private property. Lamont gave the papers 10
Mr. Baokns who declined to surrender them to the
Democratic State Committee in lSs6: which mad
been organized in the interest Of Mr.. Hill.
BocIns strong Cleveland man and
was determined that the list OF voters;
10 which he had added and which he had
l,crt in order up 10 date. should not come into
the possession of William L. Muller, then secretary
Of the Democratic State Committee Backus saw
cvidcntl, that Muller would the papers to
push Hill for the Presidency ard was determined
that this should not he done. If they were lllll
Democrats who on Friday night attempted to gam
possession e the papers of Bacl!uS, they failed;
The Papers had been srcretcd by Nr. Bacl<uS, ana
the thieves did not find them.
WILL THERE BE A REPUBLICAN CAUCUs'
The Republican members Of the Legislature who
have been in this vicinity the last two or three
DAYS cx Speaker Hustled. Senators Sweet. Coggcs-
hall and Walker and isScmbymcn Cornwell and
Cottrcll. say that, in their opinion, the lNluO-
Iicans shond hold caucuS on Tuesday rs soon rs
Governor Hills message is read There was SucIi
n wide difference of opinion among the ltcpup-
icans i'm regard TO the State prison appropriations
in the last session that no unity of action can he
gained without caucus. Some Repuh!lcan nom
berS uggeSt that n committee 10 apnolnicd oE INC
caucus to consider the prison question: ana thaI
the LEGISLATURE be adjourned week TO give the
committee time carefully TO examine the suDJect.
The political party that makes "a mistake III rcH,-
tion to prison mana cement. it is argued VIII sui
fer at the polls, and therefore the KepuoHcahS
shOuld act slowly upon the matter.
Tins far this year the Legislature has appr0-
rriated $50. 600 for the maintenance OF the state
account system of labor in the state prisons ms
sum is nearly exhausted. Austin lAthrop, thc
Superintendent of Prisons, will ask for SI;lUO'OUo
TO continue the system of prison labor. WIN this
sum he viii be able to keep thc cohVcIs at WIrr
until February /. 1889. By that time another
T..tslatirc will have met and another approprla-
tion can he made. Mr.. Lathrop has no choice nuV
to employ the cOnvcts ON the stare account sSa
tcm He is limited to this system by laws passed
in ls77 and in 1884. Section OF chapter lo'
of the laws of S77 says ,-.. --,.... .,.,, ;, n
Tho system Of labor in the state m prisons sa sna m oar ~
by tic oihsT shall be in the discretion Of the super
intcnient deemed best
section of Chapter q of the laws of 1884
says:
section t. The Superintendent Of state Prisons shall al
extend any existing pending contract or make any new
contract Tor The empo! mch Q, any Within IL this
State. Sta p'''0"'' '''''''''''' 80 -
CoNvICTs LOCKED UP FOR WANT or WORK.
There are 1910 convicts in the State prisons
This is 500 above the average for the past
ten years In Sing Sing Prison 1,l@5 convlctS
are employed. OF these, 800 convlctS no" at
worl; making shoes and stoves will stop work
and he locked up in their cells on July 20,
/ owing TO the failure of the Appropriation; IN
addition 475 convicts at Sing Sing Will re locked
up on august from iilc H'i,iV l.. In Jo
200 convic,s working in the laundry, who VIII DC
still employed .-..ou
At Auburn 700 cOnvlcts were at work ycster-
day but AT sunset $50 of them were locked up
owing 10 tie failure of the appropriation. lhey
rnodc boots and shoes and horse collars lhcrc
are $50 more convicts employed IN the hollow
ware Industry. who Will quit work on AUGUST /.
St Clinton Prison 53i cOnVlctS are employed
/ in maxim clothing 70? twcnty.sl weeks past
ga of these cOnvicts have been kept locked up
ON August ! the remaining 800 conVlctS VIII
,,,it work and he locked up IN their cells. naflcS
X Baker. Chief Clerk of the Bureau OF PrlsonS
sa,-s that the prisons would have been scli-sus-
tanning under the State account system.
TIE NATIONAL PRISON ASSOCIATION.
Boston, July 15-Todays programme oi 'ho al"
nual meeting Of the National Prison Association IN
ldd attendance AZ services In Trinity Church I'm the
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