Year: 1876




shall be taken any city horse when the seats
all occupied It win indicate what the ex-
tent Of seat be and how many
passengers shall be allowed any one car.
The bill will be made general for the State in
order TO prevent its opponents from defeating It on the
ground Of its being special legislation If referred to
New York only. The lobby got wind to-day of the fact
that such bill in preparation and several
OF them took the afternoon train for New
York. 1t is understood the Vanderbilt interest will
earth defeat the If 1t does
not make exception OF the Fourth avenue road and
they are to receive their orders how to
range the prelmInaries Any exception TO the bill
would Its defeat the friends of the other roads
The lobby will bear watching after the bill is introduced


COMPTROLLER GREEN's


As far the city OF New York Is concerned Comp
troller Green's bills introduced by Mr.. Fish, take pre-
cedeDce in rate OF Importance They the matured
product of wide and observant experience The
regulate the opening widening and grading Of streets
and will tell measurably for the future pros
perty OF the city, and that limiting the expenditures
OF departments their respective appropriations
will extinguish bountiful of debt and ex-
travagance There are at least half dozen other
bills especially those relating the subject of asses
ments that have broad application the interests
of the taxpayers directed toward their relief
The numerous bills directed to the settlement of the
laborers' wages make abnormal feature in legsa-
ton and threaten the establishment of unwise pre-
cedent The proposition to FIX one sole authority
the subject OF determining the scale of wages for labor
according the market is fair enough but il is
the decided opinion of the wsest political economists
at this OF intelligence that 1t is altogether
wrong TO establish a figure above below which the
laborers' wages shall not CO.


The constitutional amendments have fallen into a
n N he viii
have a troublesome time pulling them out The canal
people, whose interests threatened by of the
amendments, will make desperate struggle to fight it
of its passage In this work democrats and republi-
will go hand in hand, and considering the mpor
OF its defeat the people who make the
powerful political lever, It is natural to expect the
lobby will be called in as their auxiliary.


COMMITTEES.


There is of business in any OF the commit
tees Of the House. with the exception of the Ways
Means, which. under the able management of Mr..
Sloan, OF oswego is addressing itself to the work of
cutting down appropriations In all directions. This is
aborous task just and proper discrimination is
be used but Sloan is a OF business and docs moth
ing by halves. The committee of which he chair
can make more important capital for the republi-
party in the line OF rerenchment than any other


THB HOUSE, oP DETENTION


possible effort is to be made this year to
the adoption of bill which will effectually do away
with the detention of witnesses in criminal for
weeks and months, while the criminals ball.
free to go where they see fit bill was introduced
the Assembly to-day which partially covers the much
needed reform. 1t provides that If it shall appear that
an offence has been committed and there is proba-
Bile cause to believe the person to be guilty thereof
the magistrate shall bind by their individual recogni
zance the prosecutor and all the material witnesses
against the accused appear and testify the
court having cognizanco OF the offence and in which
any of the witnesses be required to give
curty for their appearance other than their ndi
vidual recognzanco. Tho examination OF the pros
Il and ha
writing by the magistrate and shall be
filed by him with the Clerk Of the Court with his
In the prosecutor the witnesses cannot,
by OF their death, sickness absence be pro-
cured to testify in person before the Court the
shall read and used the trial with the effect
as II the statements made in writing testified to
before the Court by the prosecutor the witnesses in
the usual manner.


THE EIGHTH AVENUE RAILROAD


The Eighth Avenue Railroad Company, in the opin
lou OF great many people, have too much of good
thing their Of fare They charge cents
TO Macombs Dam. and Mr. Carty believes that they
are making too much money at this rate so by bill
he has determined to have the rates fixed at five cents
Sixty street, six cents TO l30th street and seven
cents TO the dam.


Although there is not much clamor among the great
unwashed at this season of the year for pub
they may want in the summer, and has intro
duced bill authorizing the Commissioner of
Public Works to establish four additional public baths
in New York 1t is his intention when they once
established to extend an invitation TO the country
members TO 20 down and patrOnlZe them freely for
week. He has an idea that they will be better able
next year to understand what is meant by salt water
not made 10 order.


The gas companies be made 70 tell little story
to the Legislature which Will go much against their
grain. Mr.. peabodys resolution offered in the House,
requires the Manhattan New York. the. Metropolitan,
within thirty days 10 the Assembly.


RIGHT ELorR2


The Police Commissioners, by resolution offered by
Mr Fish, required TO report TO the House why Mrs
1lrIo opYtao nd Mr. fhn
arrested by the police whether any money paid
or promised to be paid for their detention, and what
authority rules the Superintendent acting under
in doing he did, and by what authority the couple
arrested, without warrant for alleged offence
committed ontside OF the State.


LEGISLATIVE NOTES.


To limit the time in which an appeal may be made
from the courts below to the Court OF Appeals to
year in place Of two the purpose of oil introduced
by Senator Kennaday


Senator MOrrssey's bill giving the power regulate
from time to time the laborers' wages in York
the Common Council the rate in to exceed 81
per day, passed unanimously by the Senate


The bill to allow Offset Of 81 day for every days
imprisonment Of any person convicted of misde-
and ncarcerated Tor nonpayment OF fine which
was introduced early IN the session by Senator Bxby,
was passed this morning In the Senate.


A favorable report made OF Princes bill 10 pro
hb the throwing Of ashes and garbage in the waters
schoonmaker's proposition for a commission to in
vestgate the state prisons giving the appointment Of
its members to the Governor, was amended in commit
tee and the appointment left with the Sonata When
the bill comes In Committee Of the Whole the antic
patton IS that the republicans will name George r.
Babock OF Buffalo, and Sinclair Tousey, OF New York
and the democrats, Louis d. Pillsbury oil Albany and
General Archibald C. Nivens, OF Sullivan.


To give the inmates OF other penientiarles in the
State the privilege In regard TO reduction OF
sentence for good behavior as the convicts in the
Albany Penitentary enjoy, is the object OF bill
framed by Mr. Prince.


In executive session the Senate confirmed few
notaries public. The nomination OF Judge Southworth
was expected to be acted upon, but owing to the a5
sence OF Senator Cole, who one OF the committee to
whom the nomination was referred, no action was
taken. Ii Is understood that Senator Rogers, whose
opinion outweghs that of the OF the committee Is
favorably disposed toward Judge Southworth and
every hope is entertained OF his ultimate confirmation
CUTTING DOWN sALARrEs OF CITY OFFICIALS.


The Sub Committee OF the Assembly Committee on
Cities Mossrs Carroll + Smith, OF Onondnga, and
Peabody and Khah OF New York, to whom were
ferred the bills relative the salaries Of the
heads OF departments and commissioners Of New
York, have drafted a bill which they will report TO
/ the house Tuesday next The reductions made in
the bill extend TO all the officials The Mayors