New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-29
Excess of Republican vote. ..

So that it appears, after balancing the two
tables. that while II Republican counties have
a gross representation Of more than they are
entitled to by 1900 votes, Il Republican
counties have less than they are entitled to by
y. 900 votes. docs The World comprehend or
appreciate its own logicl"
&. The World thinks it mysterious that New
York and Brooklyn have increased their vote
one.third, if their population has increased only
one.fith But there is no mystery about II.
Naturalization increases the rote of cities i'm
mensely, without adding a soul to the popuia'
ton. Il would be an extremely low estimate
10 suppose that 1000 of the voters in these
cities had been naturalzed between 1850 and
1865; yet even that moderate number would
more than account for that which 80 puzzles
The Uorh.
:. The law under which the census was
taken is one of old standing, and the present
Secretary of State had nothing to do with 1t.
A law was passed at the last session, imposing
few additional duties upon him, and providing
for the expenses of the census But IT made no
change in the general system, which Is precisely
the same as il was in 1-55; and the Secretary
had no power to alter it, as he had no part in
framing It,
To sum up, the facts are substantially these:
The census which has just been taken Is, like
every other census, imperfect If Mr.. Depew
could have taken it all himself, he would have
done it to projections but he was obliged to use
some thousands of agents, who were not as
able or As careful as himself. He had no au'
thorty to appoint local superintendent, nor
any money to pay them with. Like his prede-
cessors, he did the best he could And no one
knows better than the writersin The Uorld that
he acted faithfully and honorably. But The
World, Argus and other papers, having made a
stupid blunder in reckoning the probable appor-
tionment, and finding that they were vastly
wide of the mark are venting their spite upon
one of the most upright officers that New-fork
has ever had. 1t is a contemplate squabble for
three additional Assemblymen, carried on with
out regard to truth or decency.
In regard to the proposition for new census,
it is needless to say more than that it cannot be
taken to any purpose. The constitution requires
the apportonment to be made upon this census.
There is no law authorizing it to be taken over
again; and, if the Secretary should order it to be
done, he would have to pay for it himself Per
haps he might steal it out of the treasury AS
the city officers are accustomed to do but he
has not had the advantage of the moral training
of aldermen and supervisors, and is not likely
to do it.
There is one obvious consolation for the
troubled souls of city politicians. If the census
was badly taken here, it is to be presumed that
it was as badly taken all over the State; and if
So the result of the apportionment will be ex-
actly the same as if a perfect census had been
made, since the proportion of names omitted
would be about the same everywhere.
As we have shown on another occasion, this
City could not in any event be entitled to more
than twenty Assemblymen, and all this noise is
being made On account Of IA probable loss of one
member. Such an immense pother about so very
small q matter, We never remember to have seen
before.