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LEGISLATION AT ALBANY.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION BILL.
~ w,1r ppop>p1Y DE INTRODUCED THIS WEEK

TT VIII pHoBABLY DE INTRODUCED THIS WlEh
HOW DELEGATES WILL BE ELECTED
| ryo, rur rrcrrAu coEREsroSDENr or TIM 't'btho
| Albany lam 1.-THE Senate OF twenty-nine mem
| ro- conotors soxton Erwin and O'Connor having
| boon d.nr,vod OF their votes by the Democratic
| moiorty-will soon be called upon to act on one u
| thc greatest measures which can come before les'S
Iotive body This will be bill snmmoning tose'"er
| . convention 10 revise the State Constitution Sohe
noon,e porlqps may think that no legislative enac'e"
20 forroachlng in It's effects as one for the holding
~ n Constitutional Convention should be acted upon
willie three OF its abest senators, the representatives.
~ ten OF the sixty counties OF the state, are DC
privcd OF n voice vote upon tho bhl-Dut theh 'I'
democratic majority, having been created by irauu
! naturally is Indifferent to such CONSCIENTIOUS
The constitutional Convention bill, it is said will be
introduced the present wces-as soon as the Assembly
has acted upon tho Enumeration bill and 1t has been
/, opnrovcd by Governor Flower Immediately after the
b for the holding Of the constitutional convention mas
been passed By the Legislature the Congressional IKE
| apportionment bin Will be passed
The Democratic leaders framing the bill for the
holding OF constitutional convention, arc met WITH
demand from Tho labor organizations they have been
coddIng for several years back for representation III
the convention. In the course OF speech before the
Federation Of Labor mere last week samuel G0mpeis,
the president OF that powerful organization said
There are few things that believe your attention
should be called o.. There two Things particularly
that wish 10 call Your attention 10, from the many
measures that you are to be- called uppa 10 consider
one Is that under the laws OF the state under
c etltutIonnl provision convention has been ordered
10 revise the constitution Of state The fundaeal
law upon which all law i based. Ana tG,t hoIuip,,
OF the people should be passed by the legislators ana
hi, convention should its pO,tiOn-thc position
or orgnnizcd labor-and shpud insist upon having
VrpNSrntatiyeS nt that constitutional convention In
order "a aid in foyming that basic law OF our STAT"
Tho opportunities that may he presented IN that con,
siut'nI convention are mloc IMAM can y" S'it ,nG
/ In orr
ing armks be- Killed once and for all III oncn u
convention. The grinding operation Of our CORPORA
tior, can be checked ut constitutional convention
Til, tendency 81 the times e. Infringe upon The liberties
Of The people the ATTEMPT TO deny me rlst. Of Er
ven,c tod e. ~" ench ~" coStItnii3rol c"yenilnn there
can and VIII DC who viii I'm that constltuiloiai
convention the sentiments and aspirations Of the
who ftrugs" on IN order 10 maintain ana per
pctuatc the Lbertie, ~ the people. urE' upon you
the consideration o. the question ~ representation ~
the constitutional convention.
Mr. Gomp'r' IN referring to The raising Of private
standing armies" ard the need II preventing IT,
ferrcd 10 the employment by tho Ncw-York Central Rail
road Company Of Pinkcrton detectives to protect it.
property Albany and other points In the stat. at
tho time 81 tic great strike in 1890. An Anti
Tinlcfton" BIZ introduced last week In tho Assem-
bly, by Mr. Byrncs. Democrat, " Brooklyn but Mr.
Gompsrs apparently wishes this prohibition ngainst
the employment Of such forces the Pinkcrtons In
tie Constitution Itself.
brain the problem Of securing representation for
Labor In the Constitutional Convention. To him also
has been assigned the task OF giving some sort Of
rcprcscn to the Prohbtloniss and to the social
lists In the convcnuon Tho socialists, IL Is said have
some highly original ideas about the revision OF the
Constitution and it, present ehetc provisions for the
protection Of property.
Tho bil far ~ Il has been drawn. gives on tho
average thee delegates from each Of the thirty two
Senate districts. These delegates, with the aim Of
securing minority representation. arc to be elected by
a ~ stem OF cumulative voting. Each voter is 70 be
permitted for three mon, concentrate his
three votes npon orc man. The NewY0rk and Brook
Ism Senate districts viii have larger number Of
delegates perhaps six each. In th,ss senate dis
,rct, voter will be permitted TO ca,; SIX ballots for
the same man. II necessary. such provision would
certainly enable tho Socialists Ia elect nj least
delegate IN Ncw York pledged u work for an equal
division OF Property through new Constitution.
Delegates at large will also b" elected upon the same
plan Of cumulative voting. From - 10 90 delegates
at large viii Dc elected. The Socialists who cast
II 900 votes AZ the State election In November last
and the Prohbtl,n,ts. who pollcl 10000 voie' Will
be enabled o. ccc some d'lcgatcs-atargc II this plan
IS executed.
The Dtmocrauc leaders say that they will submit
the Proll tion amendment the Of tho state
at the fan election this year at least one matter
which greatly Interests the PgUMbitiOuists VII be
decided before the Constitutional Convention be
held.
| II the cumulative plan OF elcctlng the delegates
to the convention Is adSptcf, there will be mixed
lot- Of delegates. These delegates Will have large
| number OF Interesting subjects to consider. The
Democratic leaders desire that the doctrine OF home
uo In cities aud the prevention Of legislative inter
ference with cities shall be embedded In tho Constitution.
It also proposed to give each city tie regulation of IL
own nQuor saloons and to forbid the Legislature to
interfere In TIL, matter. The local option principle J.
10 be- applied TO the regulation Of the liquor lAc by
diving each cts the privilege Of dealing with cXcsc
matter, As ii plcase, II T. suspected that this Demo
cratic Legislature will decline to pass the bill Of the
quordcaicIs opening the saloons In cities upon sun
| DAYS The leader, Of the Democratic party will have
Two motives II they thus prevent the passage OF sun
day liquor law one /. that they derive enormous
campaign funds by blacmaling the HquOr1!calcrs who
| sell on sunday, through the police Of the several
cltlrs ard they greatly desire this fund for use hi,
Presidential year. II the liquor dealers have the laws
Irrm sell liquor upon SUNDAY VIII he police Ice
able t. exact contributions for political fdhS every fail
rho DolnOrailc leaders know that they VIII not. and
| therefore they will not pass the SUNDAY liquor law
v.ithpnt great pressure from The liquor dcllers II
may be added That no persons would be 50 >addcneI
in mind and pocket by the passage Of sunday luor
| simply OF hush money would cease from tho date
Of iho passage Of he law; -, o.on, non,oon,,.
legislature will refer the Constitutional Convention
the revision Of The Judiciary nruclc WIN special
| Of 1891 passed amendment TO the Constitution en-
iaritne the Court OF Appeals to hfiecn member and
| virtually creating two courts III ms amendment
should he passed by the present Legislature II would
hc submitted io the people at the fall election But
th6 Democrats are now said 70 be opposed to II be
cause n contains. provision Tor minority representa-
lion I'm the Court Of Appeals. Every Democratic mem
| her II the Legislature thinks that the Democratic
party will continue In the majority IN nus state for
cvcr and therefore Is opposed TO the alleged minority
| Republican party having any representation upon
the Court Of Appeals For that r,a,o II Is Sald me
| court Of Appeals amendment Will not be passed by
tue rb p.e members Of the Constitutional Convention
| ,,,i n,,h,blv he elected at the fall election, and
| # VIII lie provided In the act thai the convention
| sbou oescmhic In Albany In May. 1898 after the
| i.loture mas adjour ed. Probably the convention
| iii h., hold I'm the Assembly Chamber
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