Year: 1873

THE SUSPECTED CHARTER SUPPLEMENT.
II Is STILL BEFORE rHE AssBdBLY-wEDNEsDAY's


VOTE RECoNsIDERED - CHAMPION REFoRMERs


DEHOUNCED-NR. HUsTED DEFENDs THK BILL


IT is RECONnuTTKD.


tYROM A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUNE


Albany, May 9.-At the opening of the Assembly.
TINS morning, Speaker Cornell called Mr.. Beebe to
the chair and called from the table his motion of
last evening for a reconsideration Of the vote by
which the bill relating TO assessments for local i'm
provements in New-YOrk was passed night before
last He said that his friend from Westchester
Husted, who spOkej jn favor of the bill at the time
of its passage was doubtless deceived to its real
character. The last paragraph of the seventh
section of the bill contained an amendment OF the
Charter of the City of New-York which he did not
think the Assembly designed 70 sanction, at Aeasb
not in this shape.


Mr. Deering said he had objection to areconsld-
sraton of the vote but he wished TO say that the
inEnuatiOns and denuncatiOns OF TINS OIL were
from pross Ignorance Of the subjects to which IL re-
lated There was nathing whatever IN the bill that
was not perfectly right and proper. He wonld Ike
K ask the Speaker Who had the power at present 10
certify 10 work done streets above One-hundred-
snd-tenth-st. which were formerly under tho super
vision of the Park Commissioners, but had now been
put under the supervision Of the Department OF
Public Works He dehed any New-YOrk member
to answer that question. Speaker Cornell replied
by asking Mr. Deering if he desired to enter into
discussion Of the merits of this bill. Mr. Deering
submitted that that was not answer to his ques-
hon He was perfectly willing to discuss the merits
of the bill aud be maintained that it was just aud
proper bill.


Mr. Roche said that the Reform revolution IN
New-York had brought to the surface some strange
characters. Among them one man who was es-
pecially great as a reformer. Members would ind
Oh their files a document in the form Of communl-
cation 70 TINS House, from Controller Andrew ii.
Green called for By q resolution Of the House IN
which tins great reformer IL reported receiving
$4,000 for fees as private counsel to Mr. Green This
man waS the author of this bill de referred tn John
II. Srrahan. a man who had been abroad as the
great champion of reform" If there was anything
bad in tins bin he was the author of II. few years
AGO there was another great champion reformer IN
NeS-York. whose name was Nathaniel Sands IL
was about time the people understood the character
Of the men who rode the hobby of reform for
therr own personal benefit For MS part he thought
this was a good bill, with the exception Of the
seventh section.


M Husted-That is the very section that Mr.
Strahan did not draw. The seventh section was
sent up here from Mr. Green's Office, an Is precisely
Ike section OF the bill that was before the Senate


Mr. Blessing said that this was not the first bill
that had passed this House TO fleece the people Of
New-YoTk. As 20 Air. StTahan he had left the Con-
trolleI's Office some time ago aud gone where he
could feather bis nest better than he could there.
Mr. Blumenthal denied that Strahan had ever been
identified in any way with the Reform movement in
New-YOrk. Why Mr. Green had seen lit 10 employ
him. he did not know. He has now thought proper
as he had a right 70 do. to leave the Controllers
employ and 20 into the service Of those having
claims AGAINST the city.


Mr. Hustled said be felt il due to himself 10 say
something on this subject, as 20 him more than 10
any one else was probably due tie fact that the bill
now under consideration passed the House the other
nigh. with scarcely any opposition. The bill was
submitted to him hy the gentleman who drew 1t and
It's provisions explained. he told that the first
anu last sections were SEM here by the Controller
Since the bill passed this House he had heard Its
merits fully discussed before the senate Committee
OF Cities The argument IN LavOr Of the bill before
that Committee was such az 70 convince the Com
uit-ee unanimously that the bill was right Sena-
Tor Palmer had told him last evening that he ap-
proved Of the whole Of IT, He Hustled also believed
II to De good bill and absolutely necessary to en-
able pubic work in the City Of New-York TO 60 for
ward BE was perfectly wiling that the vote on its
passage by this House should be reconsidered and
the bill sent to the Standing Committee on Cities
for amendment if it should be found that any
amendment was needed


After some further discussion the motion to recon-
Sder was carried without opposition. and the bill
was referred 70 the Committee Cities, to report
at any time and the bin 20 retain its place III the
order Of third readings.