New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-05-12
Srmher of LezislR,cYs.
The Buffalo Com. AdrertiseT says;


A.. -.,r.s ron,titutiocai CcrTsntoa re co not re-
-ne-trr haytng seen any progesitlon !" e'i =.
lab the representation u ne -. - go, ~.
favor bu; all seem 70 take /; c- granted that
~ asbe- Of members will ret Be ae-ed II EoTisaoe
.rat number should remain unsl'e.e1 For our Own
- .e ave decidedly favor Of enla-gn- he House Of
Assembly 20 st least double is present number.
~, was great mistake IN Coog-ess-as re thought q:
.he time ornakng the last cpo!orue1 aid s:-sny
er In the belief now than :hen-tc do instead 81
arefns the representation its popular branch With
fewer members TIE House bias become more turbulent AID
aisorderiy the dispatch OF ;roic business more ic
and Buacooe speeches are mace. han eve- oefo!s
The reason is that srch things barely mpaoe TTit
legislation, and so long as he do rot absolutely prevent
legislation they will exist Bu in large House-sey G
Eve hundre6-hey ~oad be TOO i1tolershle 20 bs e1-
duret. The necessity Of the case world. as in n.
English House Of Commons compel The division o. the "a
nous subject. % Liquidation among TIE appropriate Cen-
mites who would be able a!ve whatever Eel within
their province thorough examination ard when TIE nat
ter reported 70 the Ho1se or final action, orei &C.
tsie By really able would allow proIHp cectsiTe
vote
"A experience shows that in the largest legislative b.
dies business transacted with The most dispa;eh and 70
the greatest satisfaction Of the constituency There BE-
SIDE this additional advantage In House Of Assembly
com posed OF hundred and fly members i: wouc te
almost impossible 70 CONTROL lis vote bT mpro?e. lfa
ences-au advantage, suggestive Of fruitful remark and Il
lustratlon which needs only be mentioned 10 De appTe
GATED VIII brethren ofthe press give this subject
some examination ?,
We concur most heartily in the spir; and diff OF
the above article. We think the number OF our
Senators and Assemblymen might be increased with
decided advantage 10 the public interests The Sen
ate is now rather Committee than a Legislative
BODY. and The Assembly is less numerous inan we
think it should be. But, the other hano' Inc rep
resentaton of State so large as ours shou'd moi
be relatively so numerous as that Of State Ike
Massschuse,ts or Connecticut whose Capital may be
reached in day and at trifing expense from any
quarter. 1t would be too expensive in the way OF
Mileage TO have St Lawrence OF Chautauque as
fnllv represented as Middesex, Mass. or New-iia-
ven, Conn.
We believe our Senate should be increased TO
about sftv.one and our Assembly to one hundred
and ffty.three Members-or as near these num-
bers 90 the convenience of Apportionment will al
low This would allow Senator each TO Counties
like Dutchess, Orange, ST. Lawrence, Jefferson
Steuben. Monroe, &c. one to Suffolk and Queens
one TO Washington and Warren, one to Essex.
Franklin and Clinton, one to Niagara and Orleans,
one to Gencsee and Wyoming, &c &c Kings and
Richmond would probably have two between them
&c. The small Counties of Richmond, Rockland'
Sullivan. Putnam. Franklin, Warren, &c. would not
be represented in excess as at present, leaving to
other Counties less than they may fairly claim
Nearly all the Counties which lose Member by the
recent Apportionment would regain ii by this ratio
which would be something higher if We mistake
not than that established by the Convention oil Io2I
We hope this suggestion may meet with favor