New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-25
COUNTRY DEMOCRATS PROTEST.
WILL MOI VOTE FOR A FRAUDULENT REAP
PCRTIONMENT.
SCHEMES OF MURPHY AND sHEEHAN TO PUT
THE CITIES IN CONTROL OF THE hEOIo-
LAruRE-oUTLlNE OF THE GREAT
INJUSTICE PROPOSED.

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Albany Anr,l % (SpecaD-Edward Murphy, jr,
~, oTo,r,an of the Democratic state Committee and
lieutenant Governor Sheean have been tog'''er on
day to-day working upon the new Appor'iohchV oi''
which Will be presented to the LeeSla'uie 'n'o'
row night at the extraordinary session. iio" '''S0
two WORTHLESS have decided to apporton the meilDers
NJ the senate and the Assembly among the various
counties of the state is known 10 themselves only
The utmost secrecy has been maintained throughout
rs m their Intentions for variety OF reasons Inc
plan originally proposed Of giving Ne"-lorK 'iN
thirty members Of the Assembly and Brooklyn eghleeh
members. while Erie County was 10 have SIX mem
hers would PIT into the hands Of these three cites
the practical control Of the legislature Only eleven
more members Of the Assembly would have to he Oh
tanned TO make the supremacy Of the cities over the
country absolute. To this plan there Is much oppo-
sition because then the average country member
vould sink into practical nSgnihcance and his III
Nuence and standing member OF the Legislature
vouh be reduced TO extremely low point
The country Democrats this have had occasion to
show their importance mt repeated intervals. and II
has given them taste of what 1t means TO be poh'i
cally powerful This they do not want b give away
by allowing four five cities in the state 10 control
all legislation
The total population OF the State. exclusive OF aliens
is 57s7,773 1t is upon this population that the dis
tubution of the Assembly districts is made II the
Constitution ala not require that every county, with
the exception OF Fulton and Hamilton c0nntes' whch
together elect one member OF the Assembly. shonlh
have at least one Assemblyman. II might be Just 10
take the natural divsOr 44435. and divide the state
up so that each district should have the same number
Of people 10 it, But the country members ID not
think that Is at all jnst for only A 35 people In
the lower wards of NewYorlI elect member OF The
Assembly while 60 COO and 10000 in the country are
required 10 have q membc" t. represent them ANY one
who has attended upon the Legislature for three hours
knows that the country sends ADLER and better men
{hap do fho cifi is
70 Edward p Iiagan Of New York. typical Tammany
man. and compare him with Senators O'Connor sax
ton and Erwin and In the Assembly TO Timothy Dry
Dollar Sullivan Patrick H. Duly and Phillp "lssS'
homecoming Tammany, with George Il. Malby, S'rana
han and Israel r. DcyO, representing the country 10
show why ii not just that 44433 people In lower
Ncw-York and Brooklyn s\Oud elect a member, and
CO 900 or 10000 people in the country elect cne
There is only one stumbling block In the way OF
sheehan, Croker and Mclaughlin pushing through the
bin that they want to give them positive control OF
the Assembly and that is the opposition OF some OF
the country Democrats, who arc led by the Albany
County members. 1t originally was the Intention OF
the bosses TO cut Albany County down 70
three members. The citizen population Is 1oo''3'
This county now has four members three De"o-
Gratis and one Republican. The leading Democrats
here say that it would be utterly Impossible ior 'e
so TO redistrct the city the basis OF three members
As to insure the election Of more than two Democrats
Tudce Herrlck insists that there shall be four members
Tn Albany County, and several Of his followers declare
that unless that aPpor,ionmcnt is made, the three
Albany Democrats will vote with the Republicans TO
receive fair appoTOnment for the rest OF the State'
Asscmhlyman HIT the spokesman Of the Albany mem
hers went to the Executive Mansion today to see the
Governor but Mr.. Flower was " not M when the
Assemblyman's card went TO his room.
Senator Walker too, has made his demands on the
bosses. lie laid down the law that Steubch County
shall have two members instead OF one, as was the
IIa hnfh he
casting vote unless the Rev. Dr. Elwarus votes WIFI
the Democrats and rs Sheehan directs hlm
roth Governor Flower and Assembly, man Wlilari
from Jefferson County. determined that this county
shall not have ts representation reduced Inc county
now has two members and a citizen population Oh
G6245 according to the Rice census. This Is GoV-
ernor Flowers home county. 1t naturally Is hepuo
lean by ZOO majority, but, divided there IS always
n fighting chance for one Democrat 10 be sent to the
Assembly The Governor and the leaders are not no"
exactly In harmony, and the latter may ignore Tie
formers demands in this respect.
The country Democrats consider that 10 give New
York CITY, twenty weight members Kings COUNTY seven
teen: Erie six; Albany and Monroe, each fonr Oheda
Onondaga Queens, Rensselaer, ana WcStcheSter each
three: Dutchess Orange, II. Lawrence. steubcn and
I1Ister two and the of the counties one member
,ach would be a fair division. Under this programme
Oswego, with 69O22 Chautauqua, with 1884
nroome with 81 $50 and Jefferson With e6,245 citizen
population, w0nld each eject one ucHOcr oHiS
The senate districts have not been 70 Thoroughly
discussed az have been the Assembly districts. but the
hos Is are not overlooking them by any MONS They
have been figuring how they can carve out seventeen
sure Democratic districts and at the same time leave
fighting chance In two three more Here, TO- shee
han and Murphy have been figuring to place inc
majority of the Senate districts in the cities Tho ol
lowing table shows one the proposed plans By whicl
the Senate is to be made Democratic
I,,s,,ic, countv Population
"'''I oueens and Suffolk ................. 1872 ~
ri Esno. ~ 173 l3
iii Rinsss '''''''''' .............../ l73 ~
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