New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-15

which the enumeratio shall be completed Inc
enumerators under this bill are 10 receive -
q day and one cent for every person ehuirer"eo'
Three dollars a day was not enough pay lor '"o
Tammany heelers" in New-fork Clty WHO aie
10 take the enumeration. SO. under the guiSc Va
reducing the cost of the enumeration. ch'"S'
has been made that allows them TO make much
larger amount. and at the same time gives 'n,'"
an incentive 70 pad out the enumeration III 'he
cities Instead of costing about S5ooooV "
take the enumeration now, it will cost nearly
100000. ~, o,co.
Whom the substitute had been read MI. ONoH-
NOR ,noved that the bill lie printed ana reierreo
back % the Judiciary Committee for nearing
n, Mas in favor OF an cnumeratoh anu AWAY .
had been but the Democrats were treating Ill p'o
WRONG way n measure of such importance III"
Republican Senators ought to have chanc'
70 read this bill before il was passed.
IT don't believe that three Senators Oh the
floor have read it," he added
Mr. ERwIN's PROPOSED AMENDMhNIs'
The Lieutenant Governor was gracious enough
after the substitute bill had been sent 10 'hiIu
reading to allow Senator Erwin TO SPEAK upo"
the measure. Mr.. Erwin said that nc h"u 'on'
amendments that he wanted TO Oher. Ill ''c "io'
place he wanted the time in when the eiiu'lici"
ton was to take place TO be eNtehueu' IL was
only ten days. and he thought thaU hi''eh "'So
would he short enough time. Again. no oppor-
tunty had been allowed to examine the measure
as TO the probable cost of taking the ennneIa-
tim The Democrat who now was n Senator from
New-York in the United States Senate had re-
pcatedly declared for an enumeration that Woul'
cost only 81 O. 600 and now il was proposed 10
pass a bill which on the face of II would cost not
less titan $4,000. The bill has not been ell
crossed" he added and il does not therefore
follow the precedent that long has been es-
tablished."
Senator Smith said that he would not vote for
the bill, because in the first place, 1t provided
for spending large sum of the peoples money
and, under the circumstances, he could not No'e
to spend their money unless he could read inc
provisions under which that was 10 he done
NcCelland made a sorry show of his attempt
10 Justify The unsecmingly and undignihed mast
with which he wanted to rush the bill through
the Senate Why" said he, the bill has D2eD
printed in all of The newspapers
:" Has the substitute been printed IN the news
papcrs? ?" asked Mr. Smith Al this McClellann
subsidized.
Senator Saxfon. by the good eraccs of the Lieu
Tenant GOVERNOR was allowed TO exercise the
rights for which he WAS elected in his district
and to say few words in opposition TO the hur-
ricd passage of the bill. Mr.. SaNton said:
the majority ready for the bill That may ne
So They NAV be ready 10 for any bill bu1 wheh
came here and took the oth Of office promised TO 90
nv duty the best OF my ability. Ihtrloie Vi"ho'
vote for this bill wi bout knowing what there is IN H.
The judiciary Committee Ia, not acted upon the bi
In fact no meeting has been held Regarding IT, Last
night l notified that there would he a mee''hR
Of she committee this morning at 10 ocIoc@ 70 cou-
slider this bill. but afterward was too tia '
there would be meeting until next week This OIL
should gone the Judiciary Committee 10 'he
Committee Whole OF the Sera where IL couu haNe
been discussed thoroughly The rulee further provide ts
all bills shall he engrosscd. Why? To prevent mis~'hes
occurring. There is haste to pass the bill
DR. EDwARDS's EARNEST PROTEST.
The outrageous actions of the Democrats IN
irving TO push the measure through without
allowing it to he considered aroused the Rev.
DR. Edwards who heretofore had been voting
with the Democrats on all of the essential pro-
ceedinos of the session lie warned the Democrats
that they would repent ii they continued 10 III
crease the burdens of the farmers. Dr. Eo"aios
addressed the Senate in part as follows:
Mr.. President: desire TO take the attention Oh '"s
Senate but moment on The fifth day OF tIls hon"
stood unon the floor the Senate and pressed my lips U"
the Wo,d ~ God with promise obey the Constitution
and suppoit the measures therein. II had opPofth'"
for intelligent action now. certainly couiu nov WIN
same lips refuse obey that CONSTITUTIONS IVA.
the Constitution declares hat enumeration s'uiu w
made deliberately made up my mind TO vote FOR an
enumeration The claims that are made that the hepup
Ilcan party made effort TO pass an Ehumefs''o" '
and that that relieved them from responsibility nav
never believed sin believe that the declaration Oh 'n
Consultation i, mandatory and the spirit Of IL Is That
every citizen great Empire state shan De r''os
nzcd a. being the equal Of other and tha' ere
s:lll call for just apportonmen'' am "O' p''p
to act inteIgenty this question today s>itI"'
b,,e with the criticisms made by the Republican members
In reference 10 that
When I came away from my home SAID to my pcop'
81 will 60 and try to represent the l'oooV popo
I'm this way bringing every measure brou2ho VI !" '
hodv 10 the consideration Of my judgment ana my COM
science. ! prepared to vote ioF th' measure a."
oordlng 10 my understanding and conscience u" HUI
understand the bill know It's general scope Dut 'hefo
,o oher matters in connection with this wish TO re-
mind the gentlemen Of the Senate that this il rooSoN c
greatest subject for consideration That VIII come w ooi
,h hdv during the present session. and that the people Of
,ho ,u-,, district, are profoundly interested In It,
do not believe people want me 70 violate the con-
stituton believe they are IN accord with the idea OF
manhood suffrage and willing to take the consequent es
Of this act of tho Constitution but know that they de-
and that their representative shall do all he can TO have
the Enumeration bill and apportionment bill passed IN
such way as shall be the least Objectionable to the lur
d,s,,cts want TO remind the gentlemen o
the Senate that there are thoughtful men who
tremble at the consequences OF this enumeration
n,n take the Constitution as it My people co; but
they st demand oil these farms in the rural ais
tricts that you thoughuuy consider what they regard
as the Capitalization power in great cities as
threat them, thing toward which they must look
with profound interest. demand Of the Republicans
from the rural districts is that they shall throw around
this population safeguards history has said, all
along the line must given the weak against the
strong For myself, have thorough sympathy with the
idea the old Democratic idea, that the people can be
trusted. hope the cities be trusted. hope this
peponderatng power that is likely TO the cities,
which shows rapidly going 10 the cities,
IS going 70 be destructive to the interest
Of our agricultural population and the gentlemen
~ this understand that there Is coming
up from the country They growing poor they are
oppressed with poverty they feel their farms slipping
from their hands they think unloif discrimination is
made against them that they In the hands Of the
powerful Aud should be false TO trust here TO-DAY
IL did not bill OF enumeration should be
carefully guarded in reference such limitations they