The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-29

serve shall never be sold or leased, and that the
timber thereon shall never be cut. This amend.
ment Is deemed Important rs II will preserve
the water supply OF our principal streams, and q
SO. we have removed from the Constitution
All mention of the office OF Coroner, 50 that the
heglslatnre may deal freely With that branch Of
the pnblic service, now In such an unsatisfactory
80. The passion for gambling. to which the
system of lotteries formerly. minlstered, has
found fresh opportunity under the so-called
Ives, Pool bill; and under color aud pretext Of
Generalization and ruin among the Young and
weak throughout the community. We have
extended the prohibition against lotteries 50 as
to, include al. pool selling, book making, and
other forms of gambling, II is claimed that
proposed Constitution a great and interruptions
money power, but we appeal 70 the virtue and
sound judgment of the people to sustain the
position which we have taken.
-. We have abolished the statutory provision
limiting the right OF r,srcoyery for injuries caus-
tempt to defend the business Of this limitation.
There seems no adequate reason for fixing u
in C case Of Death Wife for sn injury witch does
not produce death they are unlimited. The con-
troll Of courts over excessive verdicts furnishes
ample protection in either case.
s.; We have sought TO throw greater safe
guards around the election franchise by pre-
scribing a period of ninety days instead Of ten
days OF citizenship before that right, can. be
out of the hands OF the campaign committees
aud removed from the period Immediately be-
fore election; We have found that in some
single Judge has naturalizcd citizens at the rate
Of more than 500 a day. such u procedure. OF
lions Of the applicant. 1t Is degrading to citi-
zenship and an injury to every citizen, whether
provision which we propose will do much to pre-
vent its recurrence.
by private charity among those whose Inmates
do not. acquire OF, lose a residence for the pur-
pose of voting. We have modified the language
relating to elections, 40 that II any mechanical
device for recording and counting votes Is so
perfected as To- be snnerior TO the present sys-
We. have established In the Constitution
the well-tried and satisfactory system OF reg
istratiOn OF votes. fOrbidding, however. any re-
quireinent of personal attendance on the first
day Of registration in the thinly settled regions
voters would have long distances to travel to
the place Of registration. And we have pro-
vided for securing an honest and fair election
by requiring that on all election boards election
officers shall equally represent the two principal
20. W. have provided for a new apportion-
ment of Senate and Assembly districts, and for
ate ut so and that OF the Assembly at $50. The
number Of Senators. was first fixed at ~ in 1901.
With this number the Senate districts as formed
under the Constitution of 1916 were of reason
able and convenient size, so that each Senator
could come in contact with his constituents and
In the State which had more than one Senator
was New York. which had three.
the cities. emitting them to additional represent
tation In the Senate. has required a correspond
INK ueCTthse III the representation OF the cOun-
try districts. which have been constantly en-
iiarged and their, representation In the Senate
has constantly decreased. The object OF the
proposed increase is TO restore the country dis
tricts to substantially the same position in which
they were In nsaG, and to provide for the In
crease In number, so that there will be effective
representation Of the country as well as Of the
1.-THE increase Of the number OF the Assembly
was deemed necessary to maintain adue proper
and to permit In the apportionment of members
q more reasonable recognition Of the great diff
ference In population in the smaller counties OF
the State. Under the present apportionment ST.
Lawrence county has but one member Of As
Tutnam conntv' With n much less number Of
citizen inhabitants. such wide differences in
representation are undesirable and unjust and
have been greatly reduced by the increase from
1928 to $50, while the effectiveness OF the body
has not been impaired.
Senators and Assemblymen by this arrangement
has been made with absolute fairness. In both
with population, 80 far as the maintenance of
county lines permits, and no change In the dis
one. Attack has been made upon two rules laid
down In the proposed measure for the guidance
One OF these is the rule that no county shall
have more than three Senator's, unless II shall
smaller counties may receive a Senator or an ad-
ditional Senator or q major fraction OF a
% ra,,S, Ihs wbs rea Ss consiSs, , pr this IN ,b rule Isrd is
counties which include many Senate districts.
the surplus populations of all those districts are
- be taken together as a whole in
whether another Senator shall be- awarded To
that county. while the surplus populations of
that purpose. but are considered separately, so
that an equal number of Senate districts out
surplus population which would entitle the city
TO another Senator and still receive no nddi-
ticn. the advantage is still greatly on the side OF
the city as against the county districts, on ac-
all thAir fpnrRapnfafiypa stand for the pDtiFp CITY |
THE other rule attacked Is that no one county
shall have more than one-third of all the Sem
shall not antt have SW% more than ons.6aIf of All the
We submit this to the people OF the
state, without a doubt as to its p~ropriety and
fairness and in confident expectation OF their
f'fBefore another Constitutional Convention
t Rpste the cities iii so of New SH' YORK prSpi and B sS REEHI1aU or
greater city formed. by their union, will con-
tain a majority OF the inhabitants Of the state.
II the present system continues, they will be-
able to elect the Governor. the state officers, a
Assembly. Both by force OF numbers and the
power OF compact organization and
Sie ee county SSmreesspp onsible 10 a single local %politicai
organization, they will be able absolutely, TO
the Government of the staff What
region extending from e the city snS Of
ments, and opinions, not overwell UNDERWOOD by
the inhabitants Of the city. to submit TO such u
uOnlldllOH 7 "Ouiu SUN All hTIhlkflutnt VIZ
duce to the permanent welfare OF the State Z
opinion Is that IL would not, and that the
provision which secures 10 the whole State out
side of the city a bare half OF one House Of the
Legislature, leaving to the city such control as
over the Executive Department, Is a slender
enough safeguard against so unfortunate a re-
suit. We believe the provision TO he sound in
principle. that In every representa-
live government there should be a recognition
OF variety Of interest and extent OF territory, as
we'll as OF mere numbers united in interest and
such a departure from the rule OF strict nu-
merical representation Is recognized by the
OF the United States in the organ
OF the Senate. by the Constitution OF the
state OF Pennsylvania In limiting the represent
IatiOn which the city OF Philadelphia may have
IN its Senate to One-sixth OF its members, and
by the Constitution OF the State of Maryland In
limiting the representation, which the city OF
Baltimore may have. Similar provisions have
been adopted by the State OF Ohio, affecting
and Cleveland. the state OF Missouri
~. Louis, the State of Rhode Island
Affecting Providence. and by other States of the
uniOn having large cities; IL is the rule rather
40. We have declared In the Constitution the