The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-11
LEGISLATION IN ALBANY.
TINE lPPORTIONuENT NIL IN THE
MINDS or THE GOVERNOR.

A,u,Ny. April 1O-Tho Apportionment
Am vas sent to the Governor this morning.
gt, Goycrnor. from tho information he has re-
aoiyeJ about this bill is decidedly Of opn-
ION that 1t Is not such a one rs complies with
,h, Constitution or comes anywhere near it.
m, tho question with the Governor will nm
Iourtodly DO whether it Is an improvement
upon tho present apportionment Upon this
noint there is diversity Of opinion among Re
rubli,aus aul Democrats Tho dissatisfied |
mos orc mostly those whose districts have boon !
disturbed and whose ambition for reelection or !
Advancement has been interfered with The |
n,milUcans would all undoubtedly have been !
81, .nod if tho stealing had been connucd to !
taking members from Democratic districts. |
but when It came 10 stealing from each other !
then they rebcllcd. As Mr.. Beckwith OF Mon
roe. good Republican. put it in the debate yes
tcrday. II is all right 50 long rs we steal from
tho Democratic counties OF New York and
KINGS but when We come to deal with each
other thcrc ought to he honor among thieves"
Amcmhcr had been taken from Mr.. Bcckwitli's
county md given 20 Wayne. TO secure votes for
the BILL
Buttho most satisfied Of the Republicans
are such cou-pirators IA Old Salt. Insurance
Superintendent Smyth. United States Marshal
Payn. and others who were opposed to any APP
por,onmrnt and had been working about the
Legislature for weeks to defeat II. The air
about the Capitol was blue with curses ycstcr-
day and this morning by these conspirHtors.
over the stupidity of tho Republicans in pass
INK ANY bin. Gen. Hustled denies that he was
on &C the consprators. and saws he voted
against the bill because he believes that tho
Legislature hae No rignt to pass an apportion-
mcut bu having failed to do So the next scs-
sion after the census was taken.
The Governor had many callers to-day
urging him either To- sign or veto the bill but It
is not likely that he will net hastily It may he
cone law without his signature. 10y the limita-
ton ot ten days. and IL It does the Governor
vii have an opportunity 20 file with IL. in the
Office Of the Secretary Of State, such review OF
the course ofthc Republican uarty this ques-
ton ~ will not be- entertaining reading 10 tho
conspira;3rs.
Another instance Of husty legislation was de-
tcct'd to-day In the Assembly in timo to pre-
Won't n bluuicr a week or two d..n $ 'naior
Ncndoyer secured the passar" 81 hill extend
Of tho Excise law 81 New YORK. providing that
the MAYORS nominations ior EN''sc Comuis-
sioners shall Ire confirmed ~ the ALI 'rm"n.
That was rushed through both Houses In Ea-tc.
IN order to hanpcr 2 Degenerate Mayor who
had boon elected In Pough kr"usie and. IN So
doing. n buulrr was made which necnssitat' d
the passage ~ another law 20 r rtify N. Such q
bill was introduced by Senator Wendovcr YES
atoy passed without bling printed. Il WINS
E'resin' was in the Assembly when the bill WINS
ANNOUNCED from the Senate this morning. and
he discovered that instead Of nupyngto the net
OF week or two ago, II amended the
law q 1870 in such n way MS to turn out OF
ollie within ten days after its passage. every
S'nt4 senator E.cesino was not long in draft
ing u resolution recalling the bill from the As
error w.s ncs n1wlcdrcd by senator Wenlovrr
and the bill was called back hy ms unanimous
vote as 10 WIS passed in TINT body Had il not
been ior this opportuno discovery % senator
E''lesin"'s IN ten DAYS from now the Excise
themselves out OF Office. and Mayor Cooper
woull have Ind tho naming Of th"irsucoessors (;
anl me same Is true Of every ether ely in the
County was about TO ask unanimous consent
for IT. passage in the Assembly giving the
game reasons as those given by Senator
undoubtedly have boon done. for there Is no ob-
Jrriion 10 the measure as II WIS Intended to b.
as the error was made 10y the clerk who drafted
tho till and in addition to that he had submit
ted IT before introducing TO Senator Pomeroy.
the great legal lum!nary " that body. who pro-
nounced ital right Hardly day passes with
Quence Of hasty and inconsid"rate legislation.
and i 10 no uncommon occurrence Ter three
and four resolutions a day TO be- adopted recall
ing bills from tue Governor To correct blundors
and save them from being v. toed ,., ,,,, -.
ported hy the Committee on Internal Ahhlrs
was made special order for next Thursday
afternoon. Aii"r many consul ttlgns between
tho reprrse natives from New YORK. kings, Erie
and othcrcuuutirs containing large cities. wi len
have been attended by all without regard to
party, bin has been agreed upon which Il rs
Intended 10 substitute FOR this and which -
friends believe they Will be able 10 pass. IL wal!
contain n stringent sunday provision, and viii
meet every rom r,.nent Of those who a, sire a
fair excise law VIII - can be enforced IN the
eli rs ~ the Stnte The ten pernnee phalanN in e.
ait. however that there shall be no amendment
or m dlNeition ot the EXISTING law, and profess
TO iIIve tlr sfr.ugth to defeat any such attcmIf.
.HFH.a "a f.aF - 81 r
reading In tho Assembly. when tho Doctor
mad = motion To r,cnmmit the bill for the pur;
In no way nn,t Washington square, or any
other park or public place i'm the city. or IN any
Hayes made one of the very few speeches worth
listening Ia that has been made In the lfgish-
turr this winter Iakine his stand IN the open
space IN front OF Old Salts desk be de-
claimed e.oIuently upon the greatness
which was GO he thrust upon the city OF NV
York hy tue tunnels which he proposes 10 build
II his liulc scheme becomes law. He would
tear down the Chinese wall which the Central
Railroad had built around the city and open
her port 10 the trnde and commerce Of the
world. He spoke for nearly An hour and was
listened 90 with marked attention. Charles II.
swan. the capitalist. who Is understood u
represent several millions oi dollars M the Erie
roiI tnd 20 back Polar Hayes in this scheme"
WIS In ME chamber while the Doctor WAS talk
Ing. tie approved u all the Doctor said.
~ the request of Mr. sloan u WAS agreed that
tir nlli should also be amended 50 as 70 give the
lo'al Wnlh1lill"~ entire control over the matter
oi lullllug such tunnels. and also Tor the pro-
lection ~ property owners.
lar Hayes then announced that he did not
desire that the bill should Doe put on its uu
pa--age until after the public meeting which
hnl been called in New York city for mex
Saturday 20 protest against - passage This
meeting the Doctor Will attend, and he expocts
10 Dee able 10 remove all opposition. The bill
was laid aside.
Tho Assembly judiciary Committee reporte,
the nine additional chapters 10 the Code
Rmcndcd U@ had been agreed upon 10y Day.'
Dudley llod and Montgomery lhroop, an'
after reading TWO or three OF it, 1886 sections
Il Was ordered To- a tlSrd reading without obIec
non.
The Senate again debated the tax and assess
mont bil prepared hy il special committee
and its further consideration WAS pOstpln cf
nn'l next Thursday. The bill was adVocate'
hy S.nalors Marvin and Sessions. and oppose
by Senators PomcrOy aud Mccarthy.
Tile following letter has been sent 10 ever
judge OF tine supreme Court ina the State. Their
j. nuch complaint that In some districts th'
Judges are oyrrWorkcd and frequently judge
havcto DO assigned from other districts to assla
them:
Article @. section 40 TIE Constitution. Zoo relation q
altering thc IudlciN districts of use state Toe
Legislature may alter the Districts. without changing
their number once after every ruiu' ration pi thr lH
tutluts OF the state There has tfcu to alteration Oh
Ur Judicial districts pi ti, state since 1871 IL Tue wur
unfn,ed upon the supreme Court cqmtthy AND fHtrl
I.NI,f under hc present distuctuef Or UHNt he f.i
tuaunur ln c population oi he siiir M que lh-i twenty