New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-12
TO DISFRANCHISE FARMERS.
THE PERSONAL REGISTRATION BILL PASSED
TO THIRD READING.
CRUSHING REPUBLICAN ARGUMENTS AGAINST
THE MEASURE-GOvERNOR HILLS OPIN-


Jon OF \ SIMILAR ACT.
PROM TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TEE TRIBUNE.
Albany. April little Senate debated the Ransom
Personal Registration hill throughout nearly oil lis
session to-day. This is the bill which comp'ls the
farmers OF the State who did not vote last fan
and new vcters TO register their personally IN
order to have legal right TO vote in November next
II Is n bill to disfranchisc the Republican voters.
and was character zcd by all the Republican sena-
tors who spoke 1t. Senator elAtor made crush
ing argument in the form OF Quotations from mes
sage written by Governor Hill III 1os1 vct0ing IN
| act To compel the voters In cities Of over 10000
population personally to register their names In order
TO gain the right TO vote. Mr.. Hill declared that
personal registration In such places unnecessary
and that IL would be- Il great hardship TO compel
voters In them 10 register. Furthermore. h. thought
MANY OF them would be dslranolscd ty the provision
that they must personally register. since many Of
them travellers. All that Mr. I'LL said con
corning Inhabitants Of cities and the difficulty
they would have in personally registering Their
names would apply with double force To the resi-
dents In farming noiGlborhOods
senator Cantor, the Democratic leader, showed That
recognized the force of the arguments of Governor
Hi, for he said that while Mr.. lInis remarks were
true enough In 1ss7, still tn" Ballot Reform inw
had disclosed defects In the existing election system.
and these must be icmcdicd. lie then pointed out
that the vote cf various counties iord,rins upon
and 1892. and he claimed that lhs showed that the
Registration act had prevented men living in those
states from voting In this state. Look nj The County
Of BroOmc," said senator Cantor, land see how her
yot, has decreased since 1883. II ere must have
been corruption when between 1eoo ana loo- IL Ut
creased from 14.oo. TO li.:G.'
If there was said senator oConnor. who rope
scnis EroOmc County the corruption WAS upon tlc
Democratic side, for the Democratic partys vote Yen
of from GIG To 900. While the Republican vote
only fell from S.i0G 10 s.2J9.'
Thcn ,cnator Cantor had u word 10 say about the
decreased Of o-wcgo County In 1s3: ~ com
pared with Is-s That due said senator
Mullin uicpJ, who represents oSwego county u"
the removal Of the rcpair-shops Of the Rome. Water
town ana Oc,ionsburg Railroad from o,wcgo Cry
senator caAfon moved ~ an amcI dmrnt to III" bill
that outside Of cities may vote, even u not
registered, in cn-c two other voters make affidavit
that tIcy are entitled 10 that right.
senator Cantor asked why persons living IN ID"
countr, .honId receive privileges which nr, denied
to city voi,r>
senator >lNron replied that tlrs conditions nH"
different: that II take, more time and iroaic 10
Register personally I'm country district than II does
IA Il city tine rural districts there was practically
no Illegal voting. Nciglbor, know one another lie
would be In favor Of any bill 10 ccnrc an honest vote
bat this was not needed. The hill clearly had been
introduced ~ a partisan measure In the hope That
the Republican vote nigh, b. decreased.
senator Erwin denounced the BIZ mean nnd
sncahlng one intended To dl,frauchisr rnouH r.
pubcaus 10 mako the Democrats SURF Of the state.
The Democrats have the state now said senator
Cantor.
Il know that replied senator Erwin. but there
l. ironblr ~ IL. ranks ~ The Democritic party.
Perhaps the faction To which You belong will have
more trouble In the future 10 carry tai, state There
Is no fraudulent voting In the country. Look at
lansin gbures recent election. with t!Mrs from Troy
In Of TIE polls and other thugs from the same
city repeatedly voting. Can you polnt 10 such an
insanc" 81 fraud at The polls I'm rural district
In the state! You cannot point u one
senator Hunter. Rcpuican. sid that lie had boon
Informed by the Democratic farmer, Of hi, district that
they opposed 10 the ill. lie hid been toll by
city Democrats that they did not cur" whether the
rural Democrats w.r" or were not put TO incon
Ncncncc. that the democratic party could get along
without the rural DEMOCRATS. PcIup, they would
u different opinion later.
senator c'tpnnor Ecpubi' an. SAID nat Inc Drm"
cratic senator, could Governor mn, argn
moni against H." Personal Registration act. Thcy
simply lodging AMI hnticring and not MEETING
the question.
that since IL" personal registration plan had worked
We'll IN the cities, II would work a. Well Ia rural
ncghbtrhOGs.
senator saxton's amendment was then rejected 10y
"A all III" Democrats voting aciE>t II. ana
the Iii WAS onlcrcd third reading
There Only sixteen Dement'S. however. In
the at present, ard seventeen votes ar nrcrF
s,ry pass the bill senator Isl -,dgod. Democrat
G0ycrnor Nhochan snid TODAY that VI. Eloodgpoi
would be able to hc here n"N Tuesday. ON that day.
them IL" Democratic party VIII cndcvcr 10 pas the
Personal Registration act In thc senate.