New-York tribune., 1890-01-27
TWO INTERESTING BILLS.
WORLDS FAIR AND BALLOT REFORM UN.
DER CONSIDERATION.
Ed TO BE wArcHFUL OF


AMENDMENTS TO HIS BILL-MEETING
OBJECTIONS IN BEHALF OF THE
ILLITERATE VOTER.
rrRoM TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rprprxpi
Albany, Jan. 26.-The present week promises
TO be one in which the Legislature will receive
a large amount of attention from the public:
the Worlds Fair bill and Mr.. Saxtan's Ballot
Reform bill both being under discus
sion by the legislators. There seems
no reason to doubt that the Worlds Fair
bill will receive the approval of the Legislature
before the week ends In the Assembly it is to
be considered tomorrow night, in the Senate
Committee on General Laws on Tuesday after
noon and by the Senate itself on Wednesday,
In both houses, even those members who op-
posed action upon the bill last Friday, did
with strong expressions of frlendllness to the
bill, and their continued support of it apparently
is assured No Legislature, Democratic or Re-
publican, would consent TO abdicate and transfer
it's legislative powers to an outside body like the
Worlds Fair Committee. This it would have
done if it had taken the bill of the committee
ana without examination passed 1t, large
proportion of the Senators and Assemblymen are
veteran legislators and therefore, well aware
of the frequent mistakes made by even the most
eminent lawyers in drafting legislative measures.
The frequent amendments made to important laws
is a proof in itself of the great care and thouShO
needed in pdSsng legislative acts 1t may ID
added that letters have been received here from
owners of property directly north OF NeHUI@i
Park, New-York, insisting upon close eNalhiha-
tion of the bill in order that their property rights
may be protected. Some changes also have Deeh
suggested in the list Of commissioners Some re
publicans loosely object to Calvin ,. Brlce, the
new Democratic Senator from Ohio, as one OF
the commissioners, and say only citizens OF New
York should be chosen. -,
TIE Senate Committee on General Laws VIII
give final hearing on Senator SaXtohs h'no'
Reform bill on Wednesday afternoon. froDapy
the bill will then be reported favoraDy, at e@sO
by the Republican members. The passage VI
resolutions by Tammany Hall in New-iork on fTl-
day night against the bill may be regarded as "lS-
closing the attitude of Governor HI to"aru '''c
measure Two years ago, il IS said, the "oNerhor
had decided to sign the bill, wien the chels u
Tammany Hall made such strong protest 10 MN
against his taking this that he turned apouO
and vetoed It, George II. Forster, VINO was one
of the Tammany Hall speakers when tha' oi7'H
ization formally appeared before the "oNerhoI "O
q hearing on the bill in opposition 10 H. laue '.e
statement that the organization iearei' II 'he Din
became q law. it would lose its grasp upon the
thousands of illiterate voters in that city, DoupE
loss that is the fear Of Richard Croker, Hugh D.
Grant and w Bourke Cochran now But they
must acknowledge that Senator SaXton has done
his utmost to make it possible Tor the llli'eId"
voter TO 90 on voting the straight Democratic
,icket and for Tammany Halls candidates
What could be simpler than Senator SaXtons latest
Of lp
official ballot?
Tho name, OF all candidates shall be placed on the
baot in paraliel columns each column headed ~ the
title Of the party represented by the cahuaaes ue''
named as stated in the certificates OF nomination. - NS
the candidates various parties sAaI. De s1ouP'd
togther under their respective party When can
didate are nominated otherwise than By CONVENTION,
committee or primary meeting the names 'h'4I DC p'
IN column by Themselves headed by such words as were
used in the certificate nomination TO designate her
partv principle together with the information that sucM
Candidates were not nominated By convention, committee
or primary meeting There shall BE- prii1ed IN eaei'
coluun the name OF candidate for each once 70
Pc filed The last column shall be blank IN oFlef 'ha'
the voter may have sufficient space opposite the tue o'
eh oae 10 write OF paste the ot any person ho'
mentioned the ballot, for whom ne may WISH 20 'oe'
Whenever the approval Of constitutional amendment o'
other question Is submitted vote Of the people sucs
question shall be printed the general ballot beneath me
lat OF candidates followed ty printed answers thereto BON
Affirmative and negative On the ballot may be pihVe"
such words a. VIII aid 80 voter I'm the preparation OF MS
h,llot FOR voting. Should nomination whatever te
made bv convention committee primary meeting or other'
wise then the ballot shall be printed In the same general
form but with single blank column IN order as heN'
lnbefore provided, that the voter may nave Suc'en'
a, oup.its the title each olce 70 write or paste IN
be name of any person Tor whom he may wish 70 vote
TIE above amendment senator SlN'oh maze
TO his bill on Thursday last. ana II IS now hrsI
published. No plan tor arranging the names Oh
the candidates could be palmer. Surely tie
iiiitcrotc voter can easily learn which column
of candidates is that of the men he desires 10
support and then it is an easy matter 10 elase
The names of the candidates IN the other colUnllS
senator SaNtons amendment OF the bill. when
ahol.shcs that feature of it requiring a man 10
make a cross opposite the names oi the cahui-
dates also is a palpablc improvement ot me ue'S1
urc Thousands of Democrats have breathed
hard and sweat violently tor years as theN nave
made cross AZ the bottom of legal documents,
and it is mercitul in Mr SaNtoh nol TO lno.o'so
their suflerings IN this respect All names are 10
he stricken from the ballot except those OF tie
men voted for. and the lines eraSing the names
can lie drawn diagonay as wen as lehgthTiHS,cs HiH,s
This amendment does away with GoNernor I'M ;
peanut politics objection that ballot must
not contain any more names than those OF INC
men for whom the ballots are east ath0uSn
the cross marks would have clearly Indicated the
intent of the voter. Tie amendment reads as
follows:
Eraslng theretrom the names Of all candidates for
whom he does not vote. Such oIa'ure may be
made nv making marx with pen or pencil across tho
name ot each individual by drawing line or line.
lencthwse or diagonally across the entire column OF
mart Of a column The voter may write or paste the
names Of such candidates he may desire u vote TOR
in the blank spaces be left in the ballot as provided
FOR in section II Of In ca>e thc ballot con'
,ains any question be submitted 70 the people hs
voter shall erase one Of the printed answers. leaving the
one which he desires make to the question 50 sub
mttcd
Senator SaXton also made provision for un-
official ballots in case of the death OF any
candidate. doing away with another of Governor
Hills objections His new amendment IS as ioI'
lows:
Whenever a candidate for any Office whose name ~
prntcd OH the Official ballot shall have died before eee'
ton dav voters may unofficial ballot, Nong TO MI
the once for which such deceased candidate Was noHA
mated and the name the deceased candidate shall be
considered having been erased from the oMcal taot'
hut such unofficial ballot shall only the name OF the
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