New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-28

Both mathematical plans would have givcn M ri
roe County four The net Of lo92 gives II three lh'
uI>t nInn would have given Cattarlugus two. INC
act OF 1902 gives 1t one. The second plan "oh ii
gave IL two. The second plan would have e1V'n
Kings County nineteen. Tie act OF loo2 eVe3
eighteen. The first plan would have gwen Ne"
York County twenty nine, the second plan ihriS one
The ac, Of 1o92 gives it thirty. The hrat pia, u,
would have gwen 1t. Lawrence two. The aot OF
1892 gives il The second plan wouln nave ~"
>teuben County one The act OF 1892 gives II a~o,
BY the act 30 there Is one member given 70 een
81 .:}g people In Dntchcss County aud one TO eoo'O
people In ~. Lawrence County. , =,
The greatest discrepancy In tho act vetoed 3y
George Washington was discrepancy between Ceorsl"
and Delaware OF 1863 In IN" unit OF Representatives;
Here the discrepancy between ST. Lawrence ana
Dntche-s in the unit OF representation Is i3l4O
30 also the act Of 1899 gives one Assemblynhh 70
34.is7 people in Albany County. and one only 70
GO4l0 in Monroe County discrepancy IN The NM
Of II .2o3. The same net gives one member " 4ooP'
people In Rensselaer, and one only TO '"'9o4 III
In Short, The Legislature Of 1892 has attempted 70
md fo decree ha pne vote in putchcs,
County shall have more than Twice we ponr ,pH H~er
Albany and Rensselaer, citizcns Shall be twice as
potential in the legislative Tails at Albany the
citizens Of Monroe. 81. Lawrence and Chauthuqua'
SENATE DISTRICT INEQUALITIES.
The gross Inequalities OF the appor0nment of
members Of Assembly are repeated, II not surpassed
by the manner in which the Constitution Inns been
violated I'm the apporonmcnt OF Senators. Although
the necessity Of observing county lines makes some
dispr0poron In tIe senate Districts inevitable, yet
SuCh Cl~pFOpOrtlOn was necessary IN inc country
districts as that produced b. the act Of l-02 The
XNIIIth, XlXth ard XXIst Senate Districts are iair
SAMPLES The XNlllth Is made 10 consist OF the
conniles Of Rensselaer, and Columbia. with n total
popuhtion of lG5, GG9, being 1880 less than the
ratio (which Is IsO. 800. The XIXth District, com
posed OF the County OF Albany alone with population
& 1;6749 is 9f.151 less than the RATIO while the
XXIst District Is composed OF seven counties, with
nonnlaton of 22J.oO3, or 4S,llG above the ratio
These three districts could have been arranged by
fnn washington.
citizcrs from the XXIst District. and making that
District inst 50 much nearer the ratio with l-5eGl
nonu,otinn Adding Columbia with its 1880 pop
rr,.ii,iou tn the county of Albany would make the
XIXth District 1870 above the ratio. Or Ash
na,rcr than Il l. by The act of 1SD3. substituting
10 C,unfy Of Washington for the County 81 Columbia
ria. X[iIIth District would give 10 that district
i6G 5o3 popul,tcn. Icing l,ij4 nearer The ratio
than by the act OF leO%
b"t Viz I'm combining the counties into
sna,Inl district where county lines must Dc strictly
Observed no such latitude Is needed III H." counties
~ Kings and New York. To each Of which more than
n uano,or IS allotted In those counties atton-
I'D nr 81 Assembly dis rcts hut wards and Assembly
at%cts we,r divided b. arbitrary lines, by streets.
ctc IL stands % reason. thereforc tat II l. ehry
pyacticaiIe -, to arrange 'aic I'D to he XVih
neary equal IN population; TIE xlIn District
sn,,o,ion ~ lO5 700 being 15l7s less than the
r"ip" Whereas, The Xllld. District, ako Hing
rholiv within the city OF New York mas population
W 81 i3S' being 90 $50 above NE ratio ne az
rnancv between these two districts being l554is
almost, the ratio for an entire senate as,c ~, ,v
Yth senate District, living wholly Wltnm u' o. nnt
~ New York, has population OF .u'io3, W - ..-..
above the ratio while iJle 18th District has 4"