The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-14
Cheating il Not Right in New York
Politics.


Cheating il Not Right in New York
Politics.
The average type Of Republicans in the
state seem to bc quito ohtuse TO the great
wrong of their representatives in our last wo
Legislatures, in refusing TO pass an appOr-
tionmcnt law. Indeed, they appear to think
that cheating New York and Kings out offour
Senators and fourteen Asscmblymen during
the next ten years is rather keen bit of
political strategy. True, this is equal to
about onc-cighth II the entire Legislature;
but then. as obedience to the Constitution In
this particular might work some detriment
to the Republican party, what sound Repub-
lican will hesitate when an issue arises be-
tween loss Of power in the Legislature and |
respect for the Constitution of the state?
Let us look at this question in another |
light The Twentieth Senate District il
composed Of the counties Of Hcrkimcr and |
Otscgo the Twcnty-iirst. Of Madison and |
Oswcgo; the Twcnty-sccond, Of Cortland
and Onondaga; and the Twenty-fOurth, OF
Broome. Tioga, and Tompkins. This terri |
tory, under the apportionment OF 1865, elects
four Senators and fifteen Assemblymen. As
II general rule, with scarcely an exception
during the past dozen years, these Senators
and Asscmblymcn have been Republicans.
According to the census Of 1879, these couu-
ties are entitled to scarcely three Senators
and eleven Assemblymen. But We waive
that point
Now. suppose the last Legislature had
been Democratic in both branches, and wish
ing TO aim blow at the Republican strong
hold whose boundaries We have traced, had
passed an apportionmcnt law which de-
priyed these nine counties Of all membership
in the Senate and Assembly, would not every
honest man in the State have denounced this
measure as a wanton outrage ON IN" people
of those counties, and "A palpablc violation
of the Constitution? And yet, in its practi-
cal effect, this is precisely what the two last
Republican Legislatures have done TO the
counties Of New York and Kings by dcpriving
| them Of the four Senators and fourteen As
semhlymcn to which they are better enu
tied than these nine interior counties are to
| their four senators and fifteen Assembly
men; while, as to the Constitution, it is
| Just as clearly set at naught in the real case
rs it would be in the supposed one.
| We much mistake the temper of the peo-
| pie II they do not rehuke at the polls this
| iall the great erin" Oh our list TWO i@'SlSlu-
lures, both of which were Republican.
The Hon ROBERT b. ROOSEVELT has writ
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| that unless these distractions are removed. the
bay will soon be completely deserted by fish.
TINS seems reasohaple' lh' mere du"h'',y OF
hsh taHoh IN sut'oh'lrS nous uo'S MOI "'"', r'"'S
lhlure the n7nihg' me Er'h' injury consists III
Keeping our inc SHOWS ana many turning lhcn'
n"'A' i"'9' mus ~ ''' ,'''''' "''''
ing ont Tor over "A milo from the shore, serve a.
'h'''u' o"rrr"ueS 10 ''o ,,Vo,n,ns na,' we.
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any p'S "'""ys run pr''.S ''os' ~ VI, """' anu
never se9N '.e mum e''nnn'l1 W u',p ""'u'
They are actually walled ont hy these stationary
nets so that the number turned back is many
hundred times greater thnn the ounntitv enu.
,nrad rhn rec'n, cxnorinn.e If nro,cssiounl
nshorn,.n ouch, Ia ,,ach thap, ,hnt thov mr.,
simnlv DESTROYING thelro own business; for. not.
wlthsiandlns thelr great array OF pound hels
fykes, and traps, the take Of fish is fast dimin-
lshihE ana 'o-dny 'h'y arc not s'l'hs nan :,
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nets. IL II Inc OLD story OF killing inc goose L
get all the golden eggs at once. Lit the metz
and give the fish chance TO come in to the ole
fishing grounds.
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