New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-25

- EiTe them more Popa!a. PoHes oE pfssendnE
both hal-e- from removing more than one thIrt
yearly. should We again perchance, return sn IL
mortal IL This vas bit poor compliment f-oU
privileged lawyer 10 ;oe worthy farmers Of old
Eerkizaer.
Messrs Patterson End wo-den spoke Of circan-
stances under which they you'd supper; annual
elections Of Senators hope thai viii TOT be
cesar Two years xi;a Sias.e Districts. i surely
snort enough term fox he permanent CONSERVATIVE
branch OF the Legislature.
General Tallnraage seems 10 oppose al change in
the system and he mas sne talents hono!ec vear.,
great experience, and iow OF eio4uence ct
have shown ;het be l1isreprescnis the Wings OF
Duchess Governor Seward Knows something CT
true " mig principles ard ne declared 20 the citizens
Of Chsniaaque. March 81 thar :" the Consultation
must be revised. thoroughly revised SO say the
Wing Conventions, but General TsI.nsdge boasts
Of tie many hours ne has taken IN preventing this
very revision SIS If il were scrocs victory
judge RUGGLE., too the colleague OF the General.
goes for four year Sensies; while NJ. WoRDsS
truly declares that the Senate hitherto, had, too OF
ten carried out the hehesis OF political caoals rather
than OF public sentiment, because re day OF eIec
ton TIE TEEIoD or Al AfFEAt 10 The 7EoPLr.
was far off You'd the l. Senator'S SAID he. moan
ing @. cou-se. ; AS W-ish; &c have set the peo-
pie a; defiance ;ney did, had they known ;hat a.
the close OF their sitting they must go back and a2
pei! 10 them for reelection
Like Mr. Tglinadge NJ LOOMS denied stoutiE
thsl the people wanted insle, small Districts. IL
preference 10 large ones-si rlea that Ia no par; Of
the country had en- election turned upon that cues
;iot-snd proposed or rather suggested 30 Senator'S
wi<a DlstrisIs-or 30 Senator'S snd IL DISTRICTS
esrl of The monster Districts 10 elect one Senator
yearly.
was absent some time before the dinner adjourn
men, and Immediately after it the Convention d.
vided on the question Shall the term OF the SeTate
Be FOUR gears The ayes were To- VIZ Messrs.
Cornell, Brundage Talmadge, Nelso3, R1gsles,
Hunt A. and E Huntington. Shepard. q Conor.
kennedy Nicholas Rhoades JORDAN, Smith, and
one other whose name escaped me. The noes
were -.
The next vote was on the question, Shall Tie
term Of the Senate Be THREE gears The ayes
we're ie-the noes o. Thirteen who voted for ioar
years, also voted for three.
Then the vote taken on the question, ShGH
the term Of the Senate and. Of course Of The Send
tors, be TWO years? Two wears were adopted by
a vote of 60 ayes TO q noes The noes were Messrs
Angel Bull Cornell, Crooker, Flanders. Hoffman.
The went for three years Hawley, Hunter, Nelson
Tsllmadgc, Kennedy, Nicholas. Nicoil. Perkins
Rhoades Rusgles. Smith, TagGari, Townsend'
Warren, w ood, Patterson.
The PRESIDENT WAS about TO take the question
whether the State should he divided into 10 double
Senate Districts. when Mr. Richmond rose and moved
in amendment that the vote BE- first taken on sin
gle Districts, OF which the people were in favor
Mr. Murphy wished that the question should be on
GOuUIe Dlsl1CIs las 1bat A<'hS
and and Staten Island should be one Distric;-over
hundred miles in length-instead OF two OF more
moderate dinensiops)
Mr.. Srow was asso for double Districts. Erie
County was made single District by the Commit.
tee and could ge, no additional representation III
her population mad doubled she nad over 1SoU0
aliens not counted.
Mr. PATTERSON thought that his friend from Erie
county bad no right to complain. Erie wanted over
coo Of the State average enti'le her 10 single
District. yet she had been 80 made Was that IN
Justice Wyoming with over $1,000 here has but
one Member Erie with only $1,000 has four
Mr. CRooKER.-Our Disric; is very large. lnso-
much thai nineteen lwenlieths OF our people have
seldom heard of The candidate nominated as Senator
till called GU, to vote for him lie was In favor OF
Single Senate Districts
Mr. KIRKLAND said that Mr. Stow complaint vas
uniounded Ii three or four o;her counties were
united, they did not get an additional representative
ill entitled 10 il BY population or new apporon-
ment. There was no distinction made
Mr. MoRKI. delivered one cf those good-humorsd
effective speeches In his happ;est manner, which
help 10 solve the riddle of his well maintained pop
ularitv IN the CITY OF New York He said that the
great cause of calling this honorable body together
was that the constituencies were represented By
persons who had given pledges which they never
fulfilled made promises they never kept, and used
the power they received from the People to MAKE
money out of their position. &c. &c. Aud why "as
This I IL was OcCaUse INC I-OPiS NSiN PS''%-
TO vote for candidates they did not know. De went
on 10 show that Tammsny Hall aud other high su-
thor,ies had instructed the Members for the city OF
New. York TO vote for Single Senate and Assembly
Districts This he would do AMI would bring the
voter still nearer his representative II ne could
Mr. Tdcn followed on the same side.
The above discussion cane before The Convention,
in this manner MIR. BAKER. yesterday, submitted
resolution an 5lGak, in Committee OF the w hole
for the Convention name the number OF Senators
and their term OF Office and prescribing the Single
District system. After several numbers had been
nesatived the Convention, a, ast night, by vote
OF 90 10 IL adopted 80 as the proper number OF
Senators. To day there we're long arguments, with
divisions and appeals as 10 the course OF proceeding
These are common in all deiberative bodies. Mr..
TOWNSEND asked when Messrs. Murphy Brown II
or Stetsons, and some other Committees might be
expected TO report he considered a bnoHledge
of what lhex would recommend essential 10 proper
disposal Of certain matters already before the body
Mr. MURPHY alone ex planned. The Committee had
had several meetings, and were ready TO report
but waited for Mr.. Aliens return. Mr MONKS
read line or tao OF letter be had received from
M Allen. by which il appeared that he was reco'
ering. but slowly Mr.. MURPHY then announced
that Committee No. Il would report nexi Tuesday
The Judiciary Committee are expected 10 report
tomorrow or mex. day. II il should prove sub
s,antia failure lie. the People speak ou--it other
WISE then honor 10 whom honor is due n.
Religions items.