The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-30
THE SUN. THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1877.

Of 1920. Its Senator is the artfu dodgcr
FRANKLIN W. ToDEY. Republican. The
Seventeenth District consists Of Franklin
and st. Lawrence 1t has deficiency Of
20,743. DARIUS 4. MOORE, Republican. is its
Senator. The Eighteenth District consists
Of Jefferson and Lewis. II has deficiency
of 1885, which is the largest, with one cx-
crption Of any district r the state. Its
Senator j. JAMES +. STAnBrcN. Democrat.
He was active and efficient In lahor- for the
defeat Of Il fair apportionmcnt bill last win
ter. Tho Democrats ought not 10 burden
the party in the State 10y rcnomiuatlng linn
this fall.
We have now reached the central counties.
The Nineteenth District consists Of Oneida.
lis deficiency Is 2s.ui9. Its senator is rHEo-
ponE = SAyRF Republican. The twentieth
District is made up of Icrl,imcr and Otscgo.
It's deficiency is l7,2il the largest in the
State. lis Senator is DAVID L. LOOMS,
Democrat, who barely squeezed through by
plurality Of fourteen in Rcpu' lcan dis
trct. Tho Twcnty-frst District iccomposcd
of Madison and O-wcgo. It's deficiency is
1921 BESJAMIX DooLIrrLr, Republicans,
Is its Senator. Tho Twenty District
consists OF Cortland aud Onondaga. Its
deficiency is only 5.52J. Its senator is
DENNIS MCCARTHY, Republican. When we
look at this triilmg deficiency. and rcmem-
Der, moreover, that no possible apporton-
ment would deprive these two counties Of
any Asscmblymcn. we can attribute Old
Salts vehement opposition to II fair appor-
tionment of the State only to a natural taste
for "purc cus-cdncss.'
We now come to the western counties.
The Twcnty-fpurth District is composed Of
Tomplins. Tioga. aud Broomc. Its dcil-
cheney is Polio. joins II. SELKREG, Republic
can is its senator. The 'rwcntyifth Dis
trict consists Of Cnyuga and Wayne. Its
deficiency Is 80, 1872. It's senator not I'M
known TO fame, Is WILLIAM Il. WooDfS, the
Republican leader ia that body. and who
had charge of this subject WooprN il very
shrcwd. He 50 conducted the cOlspi,o,..
for defeating just apporiionmcnt as TO
leave upon superficial minds sort Of inn
preston that he favored such measure
lie proposes to run again this fall; and if IL
be .rue that Mr. Ross. the Democratic state
Treasurer. favors his reelection. we should
not hc surprised if WooDIN succeeded. The
Tw,ntv--iNth District consists Of Seneca
Ontario, and Yates. It. deficiency Is A., IS.
STEPHEN II. HAMMOND, Democrat, is its
| Senator. Tho Twcntv-rnth District is made
up Of Gonoseo Orleans. and Niagara Its
deficiency is 2n.577 Its Senator H. DAN II.
| CoLE. Republicans The lniruoth District
consists of Allcgany, Livingston. and Wy
onling. Its deficiency is l,cj3 IT, senator
is ABIJAH J. WELLMAN. Republican. The
! Thirty-sccond District is made up Of Cat
taraugus and Chautauqun. It, deficiency
| is 299ij. Its Senator is CoNMODORE +.
| NEDDER. Republican.
Tho aggregate of the def ioncy of those
| fourteen districts is. in round numbers. 1870.
600, which i number greater thnn that
required for three Senator's hut not quite
enough for four: and in the last two sessions
Of the Legislature these fourteen districts
successfully consprod To- dcfraud Now York
and Kings Of these three or four senators
and Il corresponding number Of members If
the Assembly.
II We have doro any - those gentlemen in
! Justice. we shall Doe glad To- set him ll-ht,
ami unite with hin IN TRYING ognt honest
men into the senate and Assembly from his
district. If any onc Of the con-pirtors is
rcnominatcd, he ought to he defeated at all
hazards.