Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-07
THE EXPERIMENTATION OF THE
 LARGE E0WNS.

THE REPRESENTATION OF THE | LARGE TOWNS.
 The delegates from the town of New Haven
 to the State convention which is to be held in
 this city. to-day will call the attention of the
 convention to an important matter, which
 concerns not only New Haven but all the
 large towns of the State. This is the inc
 quality of representation in the convention.
 They will take this action in accordance with
 resolution placed before the New Haven
 Republican town convention by Hon. Simeon
 E. Baldwin, and adopted without dissent. This
 resolution reads as follows:
 | Resolved, That our delegates to the State convention be requested to endsavor to secure a more equitable representation of the larger
 towns in future State Republican conventions as, for example, that towns having popula- tion of over 1000 may send one additional delegate for every additional 5000 of their population.
 It needs no argument to show that the present representation of the large towns in State conventions is very unfair, but a few of the facts in the case may be given to show how unfair it is. The town of New Haven, with at least 60, 1000 inhabitants, sends four delegates to the convention. Litchfeld county, with population of perhaps 5O, GOO, sends eighty-one-more than twenty times as many as the town of New Haven. Middlessx eoun- ty, with population of at most LOGO, sends forty four, eleven times AS many as the town of New Haven. Holland county, with population of 23, 600, sends forty-four also. Windham county, with population of 42,O0O, sends forty eight twelve times as many as New Haven. In Litchisld county there Is g delegate ts every 625 persons, in Middlessx 2 delegate to every $50, in Holland 6 delegate to every 525, and in Windhem delegate to every s75 The town of New Haven is allowed delegate for every 15, 900 of it's inhabitants! Is there any fairness in this!
 Compare also the votes of New Haven in the State convention with those of some of the small towns. Killingworth, In kiddlsss1 county, has about 875 inhabitants. It sends four delegates to tho State convention, whose votes are just as effective as the votes of the four who represent New Haven. Harilsnd, in Hartford county, has . population of about 800, but Hartland has as many votes in the State convention as New Haven. Union, in Holland county, with about $50 inhabitants, has four votes in the convention. So also has Willing ton, in Holland county, with s population of at most 1000. h thsrs any justice in New Havsnsr having fifteenth or twentieth of the representation that an inhsbitant of Will lington or Hartland has? Do the dwsllsrs in cities dstsriorate so much that fifteen CT twenty of them are to be considered fair equivalent in the politics Of Connecticut for one of those who renew their strsasth by con. tact with the earth?
 Other facts might be addaoad to shsw how the present system of representation in State conventions does iaj lssics to the large towns, but there is no need of further explanation. The remedy is easy and no one will be in- jured by it. Tho small towns will retain their present representation and the large towns be given only their due. We ask of the conven- tion Q fair consideration of the matter