New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-11
The CONGREGATIONAL Apportionment.
NETWORK, Thursday, Jul


To The Editors Of The Tribune
VIII vou allow one who takes deep in
terest in the success OF the Wing party especial
" the Free Soil portion of it) to make some re-
ply to the structures OF the Ersnng Post and
Journal Of Commerce on the Apportionment of this
year
Were this the first apportlomment ever made
in the State would admit at once that 1t Is
grossly unfair and unjust With a, Wing ma
orlty on Governor last year of 262 IN vote of
10000, 1t gives Hunt 20 Districts to Seymour
3D. With majority for Church OF 1914, 1t gives
him only Il Districts TO COmells l6 This
looks very unfair
But let us consider The Locos made two APP
portiOnments-viz: Under census of 1880 and
1910 Take 1910 The Post complains OF put
ting st Lawrence and Herklmer together, with
perfect wilderness between the actually set
tied parts But let II turn back 10 1912, and see
Clinton Franklin and Warren put together,
with absolutely no connection, and TO make this
connection, the North part OF Hamilton Is taken
In with population Of 80 and Just 10 voters, and
from which no returns have been received, be
lieye, since lsii-I am sure none since 1876 -
Let any one look al the map and compare st.
Lawrence and Herklmer with Clinton, Franklin,
the extreme end ol Hamilton aud Warren. All
tins to avoid taking Essex, whose 700 Majority
was piled on Washngton's LOO, when Warren
and Essex We're connected by nothing but the
two small ends Of each coming opposite each
other, nth lake bet,ceen
The Wings have suffered under unjust appor.
tionments for 20 years Is It much If they repay
their losses when they are IN power Are they
10 content themselves with simply making the
Districts again Look AT the result last
wear Wing majority on aggregate Congress vote
-6,265 Result, Wings H. Loco FOcos II.
Or, TO allow for the split IN the Hid. District,
the apporilOnment allowed for Wings, Is, Loco
Focos, l6 Is that fair Or If that IS not enough,
take 1914 The Loco majority Oh Congress vote
was about 100. They had % Of the "a members
Now # the Wings, when IN power, should sim
ply make Sticfiy Jar apportionment, 1t strikes
me as very much Ike man who, having captured
his robber, tells HIM he need not refund the sl0,-
0oO or So he has stolen from him, but that he
must not attempt TO rob mm again-whlle his
arms are tied. lslt reasonable or right
As for the Journal Of Commerce, and It's obJec-
lions TO dividing Kings County, they are a little
too absurd 10 be answered. Let any one look az
the figures and the arrangement Of the parts, and
they can hardly al to the utter groundlessnesS
of the cayll But the Journal Is always ready 20
peck at the Wings, and to defend whipping wo-
men and sending uhne girls daughters OF quad
rooms 10 DIoincIs.
The With District, they say, has only GO,273
population against ll0,ll6 OF the VIII. This
With District increases about 20 70 % per cent.
per annum so, 5000 IN 1870, implies 10000
by November, 1852 and 10000 by the time the
member takes his seat More likely 10000 IN
80. and 80 90 IN So Very unfair.
Ontario Is made To crush Seneca and Yates
Precisely. and Steuben. IN 1912, was made to
crush Alegany. Both make compact and neat
Districts, geographically, 80 the comparison Is
exact.
The It'll 9Th, 10Th and llth Wards are piled
up into one District OF 1000 LOco-Foco majority
The lst, %, 80, flh and jth. IN 1912, were, with
lar more injustice, all strung together, with 2,
majority Tor Harrison. (Thelr politics have mod
flied sipce, but that Is OF no consequence)
ST Lawrence IS piled on HerkImer' So
was Ontario on LlyIngstOn-each District giving
some $500 for ITS party; or n gross case Of
Ge.rymandoring Is needed, Washington on rs.
sex
IL i an improper time" 90 You should wait
TIL 1852, as usual" Has not MichIgan's Loco
Foco Legislature set the example Has It not
made all the four Districts LocO-Focol Set the
example Of forbearance and equity, and the Wings
Will Instantly follow Yours ALLgGANY.