New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-12
THE STATES ELECTION LAWS
GOVERNOR HILL DISCUSSES THE BALLol-
REFORM BILL AND OTHER MEASURES
ADVANCING IN THE DIRECTION OF PURE ELEc-
r,oxs,Npopr,ycr OF THE LINsoN REGIS.
yRATIoy BILL HOW 1T AFFECTS
THE FARMERs-THE COMM"
JUDICIAL CONVENTION.

JUDICIAL CONVENTION.
Albany May Ill am glad tha' '"c D''lo'.
Reform law received rhe unanimous support VI
both the Democratic and the Republican members
20 a. Iaasloturc said Governor Hill Yesterday.
because that assures the success oi the law II
one or the other party had opposed II, there Is
danger that IL would have sought to make the
1aw failure az the polls. Now both the Re
publican and the Democratic parties are pledged
10 An effort 10 carry out the law in good faith,
and will not seek to ohstruct or embarrass It.
In this case it will work smoothly and Will be
effective.
Il am sorry the amendment TO the Corrupt
Practices act which | suggested was not passed
hy the legislature Political committees should
be required 10 give minute account of the
money they spend during a canvass. | presume
the politicians in the Legislature slyly threw OBJ
stacles in the way Of its passing and delayed It's
advancement on the calendar of the Assembly,
where il lodged finally. until il could not he
reached for vote. However its passage is only
delayed a year; il will certainly he passed by
the next Legislature. Then we shall have
series of election laws of which | think any
State can be proud
when will you act Upon Senator Lirsons
Registration BILL compelling personal registration
in the minor cities of the State and extending
the pres,nt registration law of the minor cities
over the country voter?"
Il shall act upon that bill on Monday or
Tuesday SAID the Governor.
1t is stated on excellent authority that the
Governor will sign the bill tomorrow. If he
does so election law almost valuable 10
the people of the State as the Palot Reform law
will become OF the statutes The election
frauds in Albany, Troy and other minor cities
of the State have been n stain on the good char
acter Of the State for many years There have
been wholesale repeating in these cities and vot-
ing upon dead mems names and tho names of
absentecS. Honorable voters had long ago lost
confidence that tlpir will was recorded at the
polls. OF itself this feeling OF insecurity was
damaging to the State. The new law compelling
every voter in these cities personally 10 register
his every year, is the case now in New
York and Brooklyn will enormously lessen the
repeating and purify the registration lists. The
new Personal Registration law will apply 10 the
cities of Albany, Amsterdam. Auburn. Bingham
ton, Buffalo, COhoes. Dunkirk. Elmira. Hornes-
vile, Hudson Ithaca, jamestown. Kingston. Lock-
port, Long Island City. Mlddletown, Newburg,
Ogdcnsburg, Oswego PouchLeepsie Rochester,
Rome, Schenectady, Syracuse, Troy. Utica. Water
town and Yonkers TO twenty eight cities
But the law does not stop mere. IL also SAYS
that the name of the farmer voter shall I've regis
tered Ii must be placed upon tie registry list
or he cannot vote. In the first days of regiStra-
ton in the country districts his name can bc
placed the roll by friend but the last
day of registration If the has not previously
been placed on the roll, the farmer must him |
self personally appear before the board Of reg
istry in order TO have his name placed the
registry. As seven-tenths of the farmers are Re
publicans, this part Of the law especially applies
10 them. Unless they careful this fall a.
that their names upon the registry lists.
good many Of them Will he apt to wake up cleo |
ton day and find that they have not the ega
right TO vote.
Governor Hill also said yesterday that he
thought the judiciary Convention, Of which the |
first meeting would be held in Albany on June |
g. would he one of the most interesting Of jLc |
year. This convention will he held under an |
act of the Legislature of the present year |
Some of the most distinguished lawyers OF tie |
State are among the members of the convention.
IL Will he held for the purpose Of recommending |
amendments TO the judiciary Article Of the Con-
stitution, Article VI. One OF the purposes OF |
the convention will he TO determine whether OF |
not the Second Division Of the Court Of Appeals |
shall be made a permanent body or whether a
Court Of Appeals Of fourteen members shall |
lie selected. Another purpose of the convention
Will ne 10 uecl1e whether tHc supreme NouIb
bench should have added TO il additional judges,
in view OF the detachment of seven Of It's judges
10 service in the Court of Appeals. IL Is
also proposed 10 unite the Court Of Common |
Pleas of New-YOrk, the Superior Court ana the
Supreme Court Of the First Judicial District la
one court.
There are laymen as well as lawyers among
che delegates 10 the Convention. among the mum
Der being cA-u nitei State Senator Warner Millrr
Here Is list OF the delegates 10 the convention
lst Judicial District--Jopcph H. Cnoate william l..
Ilornblower. James G. Garter. ". BOurhc Cochran,
Daniel g.. Rollins, George IiOadly Elliott f. shepard
and Frederic X. Coudcr all of New York
kn, Thomas f.. Pearsa, Of BroOkyn. Odlc Close, Of
CrOton Falls. Calvin Frost. Of Teeksldll; Levi, f..
Carr Of Port Jervis. and Homer A. Nelson, Of Pou1h
keepsic.
lid Judicial Dstrict-Fraucis H.. Woods. Of Albany
Timothy +. Bush of Monticello; Martin !. Townsend,
of Troy and j. Newton FcrO, of Kingston.
IYth Judicial Districts. AlonzO Kellogg Of Platte
burg Arteman B. Waldo of POr Henry Leslie ". |
Russell. Of Canton, and James ". whitman, OF sandy
I'LL
vth Judicial District-warncr Miller Of icrkimcr:
Daniel G.. Griffin. Of Watertown; Maurice l.. Wright, |
Of Mexico. and Charles d. Adams, Of tlca.
With Judicial District Francis II. Gilbert. Of Siam
ford Douglass Boardman Of Ithaca. Albert {. Ica- |
nsnt, OF CoopcrstOwn and Gabriel L. Smith Of Emira.
With Judicial Distrct-Ccorse T. Danforh Of
Rochester; Thomas kalnes, Of Rochester. James g.. |
ssnlth OF CahahdagGa, and Michael A. Lclry OF Penn
WITH Judicial Decentralization Ward. Of Eel
n,ort wilson : E!,>ell Of Buffalo: George Barker
OF frcconia. and William G. Greene, Of Lockport.
Ihe legislature appropriated $4,000 to pay
the expenses OF THIS commission. The delegates
10 the convention will probably hold their first
meeting at the Capitol, IN the Senate Chamber
must act upon the rllree or four hundred bills
LETT IN ms charge by the Legislature will expire
on June l3.