New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-22
roUy MEETINGS ONCE MORE.

columns to the importance OF the town meetings
! which are to be held this year throughout the
State Now that the Enumeration bill has be-
come law and the way opened Tor gerry
mander of the Senate districts we return TO the
subject for two reasons We renew our appeal
70 orr narty fricnds-the members of the county
committees and the rest-promptly to organize
with a view to carrying as many of the Boards
of Supervisors as possible. BESIDES we urge
them to fix the date of their town meetings IN
April rather than in February, to the END that
fuller vote may be polled. The Board OF
Supervisors of Albany County recently met III
special session and adopted the following tesolu-
ton:
Resolved That in compliance with the requirements
q, Section 10 of Article IL Of Chapter 500 OF the Laws
of 500 entitled " An act in relation to towns con
stitutinc Chapter 90 Of the general laws the ANIMAL
town meetings of the several towns OF the county OF
Albany shall be held on the second Tuesday III Apr
i'll each year. A.
The other Boards could not do better than
adopt a similar resolution. The law provides
that town meetings must be held all through the
State on the second Tuesday of February unless
tho boards fix another date. The second Tues
day of February is apt to find the wea'ner
and the country roads in such a wretched CON
dition that many voter is deferred from at'ehu-
inc town meeting who could be counted upon
to do so in April when travelling rs easier ana
the weather more agreeable. But unless inc
boards take pains to convene and Fix oa'o
then. the law being mandatory, the elections
must be held on the second Tuesday oil Fepru-
arv. which falls this year on the 9TH. Inc mar
ter * of such obvious importance that we are
sure il is only necessary to mention 1t 10
have the Republicans of the interior act upon
tho suggestion which has been thrown out
The course of events since the November cleo
tions is well calculated to arouse public senti-
ment which will be fatal to the Democracy OF
this State in the elections OF the year. IhIeSS
the majority of our voters are to be regarded as
Partial to fraud upon the ballot-box, the Town
meetings will show great Republican gains, and
Ncw-York will give an emphatic majority Tor
the Republican candidate for the Presidency.
Hill and his fellow conspiratOls who put up the
reasonable Job which resulted in the THEFT oil
onouoh seats TO make the Senate Democratic
have furnished our party with an unflVaHeu
campaign document. The town meetings ana
the subsequent campaign Of 1892 have only TO
be waged on our side with energy industry ana
skill to give us victories which Will cheer inc
hearts of all who demand that the voice OF the
majority as expressed at the polls shall be obeyed
The opportunities before US, general and spe-
cial. are excellent. Let us make the most OF
them. and begin by nominating and clectlng
capabIe and trustworthy men as members Oh the
| Boards of Supervisors. In Duchess, Onondaga
and the other counties which have been dlsgraccd
bv the rascally conduct Of boards controlled by
| Democrats the Republicans ought to have no
trouble in eccting their nominees. The honest
electors Of such counties without regard to poll
tics ought to stand together to rebuke the m
famous eeat-stcaling conspiracy, and If the right
| sort of a canvass is made they will do 50.
As we have already pointed out, the only way
| 10 render the Democratic gerrymander as harm
| less as possible is by means OF the Boards OF
Supervisors. since in counties containing more
| than one Assembly district the Supervisors have
the establishing of the districts. Consequently
the more Republican boards the fewer gerry
mandcIS Of the lower branch Of the Legislature
From every point of view the town meetings
| are worthy Of serious attention. Let there 10
no failure to meet party obligations in any Of
| The counties Let there be efficient organization
and thorough work.