New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-08

many Democrats and how many K"pnbhcah7 ""l''
be- elected according 20 IN" proio-e1 pan WI
| Howers's partisan way ~ looking al IN" p"'NIo"
| had mad. him charge fraud upon some 81 N" kr-
,,h,,c,n delegates nnd Mr jerks DEMONSTRATION
| ~. rights Of the public. The gentleman from
| Ulster Mr. Bush complained that NOR" Uih' "''
not been given TO him, although he hh' hh' S'"'r
Augnst lsr Bush's hghwaier marx OF Fo"''
and popularity was April .. l'Z "hrh' ~
leader OF the Assembly, ne c''"'r' '''
apportionment Of 1897
| -, ,r ,ou now said Mr. Cho.ie ~ You are de-
,.,d,ny maj apporiionmen, you are nghting behind
rotten ranparts with wooden guns
rhon MFR Chonte directed attention TO Mr. o.
borne OF Putnam. whose scheme was 'h"' INV
counties should be so exactly subhiVh"d 'h"' e''"
c,,,. dis,ric, in the state should have the same
| number Of inhabitants as every other district
| pv, Mr. Osborne he pointed out. was Migrant
| instance OF misrepresentation himself. u" came
from a county which had an Assembly man AZ
,hough n had "A population OF only 1871" me ~"
,",n,,,, county OF Westchestcr had population
! ten fines az large: but no on" not cen MI VS.
| ho,,. himself had suggested that Westminster
h.,. moro Than three members of Assembly. IL
| ,b.re WAS an act OF injustice AZ between the
two counties. II was toward Westminster II wa"
no, true that exactly uniform representation had
| , ,o., m. basis Of representation for the Leg
| islature. - a.,
, In arranging th.s scheme OF apportionment II
| hI ,.ou founJ necessary 70 Increase the Assembly
| On ,to so that the smallest counties might not
have such an advantage as they now had VIII"
The Assembly consisting OF Us meinperS' "'So ~
restore 10 the second class Of counties, no" nav
ING only one member the two members they hhu
| he,or, the apportionment OF 1879. MI Choate r"au
,ro,u the constitutions OF several OF the states 10
| show that the rural districts were always iHNor'n
AT the expense Of the city Districts whenever 'ne'
| came I'm conflict. The sppcrtonment was TAR
within the mark TO which the majority OF inc con-
| Oh
vention might have carried II. II IL had 10 c"o'''
DEMOCRATIC FILIBUsTEKTNG
| As soon as Mr. Choa,e bad closed. the Chair MI
| Durfee announced that the time had come FOR the
taking Of The vote The Democrats. under the i.ad-
.rsh,n ~ Neser. Bowers Bush Cochran and Nefrer,
| hersn TO make points OF order and demands 'or
counts in order TO delay the work as rnnch as pos
| sible They even insisted upon the reading OF 'he
| amendment in full In the mean time me io'o"lI's
| us,d,er,s had been voted upon and lost by Mr..
| Montanye providing for Biennial sessions py MI
| Bowers restoring the number OF members Oh as
| ssnbIv 10 1873 by Mr. Bake striking out the whoe
nroviso for an increase In the number OF senators
| and Assemblymen 40 that they shon!d remain al
| tho ureyant number. The amendment OF MT. necHe''
| unwilling a one-year term for Assemb!ymen. was
| carried; also the following s"pS''u'e io' 'ee'' -
Offered by Mr. Lincoln:
| Tho Senate shall. consist Of fifty members me
senator's elected in the year 1896 shall hold their
ocss TOR sdr two wo ysars The assembly shall
| ,.o ,raunbers VII shall be chosen Tor one year
| The object OF this amendment was TO bring 'he
election OF Senators within the scheme OF the COM
| mittee on cities. already adopted by the 'ohVeh-
,on providing that the general elections OF the STATE
| sh,u be he'd In the odd years Should that scheme
| he adopted by the people. 1t would be necessary
,ha, the Senators elected In 1885, should hold Once
| FOR three years. In order 10 make the election OF
Senator'S coincide with the general election OF 1895
The amendment OF Mr.. Becker. chairman OF the
| Committee ON Legislative Organization. INTRODUCED
| Nth no MI
unnnimous consent Of all the majority members OF
Thai committee, was the next important subject lf-
| Guessed This was the amendment, outlined IN Inc
Tribune OF this morning. when ALLOWS an increases
TO the larger cities II they are en-
| t,Ied TO the same but without reducing the repre-.
| sen,a,ion OF the smaller counties me nmendment
| nroyides that every county having four or more
Ssnators shall have full ratio FOR each Senator.
| and no city or county shall have more than one
ah,rd Of All the Senators. unless the counties OF
New-York and Kings. or the cities OF New YORK ana
J3rooklvn are consolidated; In which case the city
| o. formed shall not have more than one
half OF all the Senator'S The ratio for apportionhg
nopuistion excluding aliens By nlty. anu inc Seil-
ate shall always be- composed or nlty nlrinpers ex
| cent that n any county having three or more sen
| ators at the time Of any apporuonmen' shaiI De
Senator'S such additional Senator or Senators shall
lie given 10 such county and the number OF Sena'os
| shall be increased TO that extent
INCONSISTENT OPPOSITION.
This amendment met with some OF the strongest
| obiectjons on the part Of the Democrats that had
been brought against the whole plan. To be con-
| sstent they should have accepted II at once and
than voted for the apportionment scheme - q