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CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION
SOME OF THE IMPORTANT ANEyn
MENTs BEFORE THE CONVENTION

OPPOSITION TO THE PLAN FOR GIVING Gn
AUTHORITIES VETO PowER-c. P yEa
DER's IDEAS FOR PERMANENT REP.
RESERVATION ~ THE SENATE
| ynoM 1nE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or The rRIp-yn
| Albany. June 1.-THE Constitutional Conventn
! r. accommodating large number Of important amen.
ments 10 the Constitution; but It Is wisely akrf
time 10 gather Information about them. their Pro
ticabliity. their necessity and their relation "
other parts Of the fundamental law Of the State
one subject which is occupying the attention u
many members Of the Convention is the Legs
I lature the period OF the election Of It's MEMBER
whether Senator's shah serge FOR years Or
four years whether he Assembiymen Shall havea
term OF one year or Two years, and the proportion
ate representation Of rural AM OF city dstrcA
! Intimately related 20 the amendments touching
the LEGISLATURE are those concerning the separatoa
Of State and city elections and the limitation Of
the power Of the Legislature 70 modify the chaTsn
OF cities.
The amendment suggested by the CITY Reform
clubs in the week which has frs, passed, declara;
in effect that no las passed by The Legislature IA
relation to the th.riy-aye cities Of the State shal
become operltivr unrss Confirmed by the 'autno'i'
ties" Of those cities has excited great deal Of
talk Il reads a. follows
No law hereafter passed. by the LEGISLATURE for
municipal pufpos saf a re s .,ms be scc,p.a
! and approved Dy the local authorities OF suea
| cities
Commenting upon tais. Milo u Acker. one OF tn
! delegates said on Friday
It strikes me that good deal o. the retornaioy
legislation OF last winter by me Kepuess PIC stner
ties OF Nsw-rOrk such a. snsoRe ,as Saq ne.sea
rapid transit yet Mayor Gilroy IN behalf Oh ian n
many Hall which had been reosN Ra,x vss' COM T-
pany. opposed senator Iexows Rap4 Trans: Trans. s &c.
and even condemned II after Governor i"S s c, -
signed H. Under such an anlenaihe" s,,nn ,Iubs
sf.er Governor Flower had gned the RAPID Trans.
act Mavor Groy would have said veto 20 ~, ~,
| Tammany Hall Board OF Aldermen ~o1,g any
/ have said veto" ami the act therefore "oul1 nav
/ been nulllhed. , ~. ,-o- Tam,
many HALL the $50 en fees received by me slsIl-
| Would the Tammany Hail Mayor ant ne Isn
~ X.swYork have Confirmed that act? To ne !.
seems that this amendment OF the ~
Reform clubs s,o GGra,Sfs H@m s HdePsadsni
Of the state Government Have not tse w.
pie OF NewYork State living oe .S,n@ .Soui 4,
York city a riSht to say sVlms,ains S.w.Yori
government? You Gana9d p a IS badly gov.
erned. II II - eXtraFagant!y bolttHe. - Ssgtsa
| a whole a har~'ed. ard tho residents 9. ssG Iva
County Ike myse suffer in TiA he he T %Sois liza
outing the cities out OF the control Of me t s
ure most m s one q io he suT cies s While
was member OF the Legislature. act stsr a s
passed in The interest OF me Peoi rgnS better gcy
er,,ant Tor fhat CITY on the other hand veIl
lew acts were passed By the Legislature ""'"'~
The he crv Of home rule as raised by JGhn NIX
| aud was then repeated by DAVID IS mn mn rss.sgs
e3'G ~" bT Reptblic9n Ieisla lures amending ~
charter of Ne.York in the interes, OF s .Iyss t,
Retormatorv measures demo need as INV cssr.
SrtuaIIv believe that there something ID n,
4oc5rne ,h0 but x for { 6S Lef' y good COVER
ment Did she give Newly DIX any , Sr' vhen ps.
mcnt during the period IN M S, ana richard Crst'
ruled just much IN Albany as ne ~" The charter
York Did he institute any reform % '"s
OF New York? ,n.
Commodore F. veldcr. Of EllicouvAe one %.
Republican delegates-a,-largc IS pressing az
ycnlous amendment. which wh.'' provdns ~ "a,
! increase OF the representation 81 me e"e'
LEGISLATURE as fast as their population nv ~,
also makes permanent the representation ,,s
rural counties IN the same body MI - A,
vllss for a Senai. az ;hir'y-tw) districts 80 hst
Assembly with l2S members as AZ p,.s 70
| every ten years the Legislature ! ,,.,rcu
give an additional Senator - su'h Nen'. .', gaca
as IN that pcrlol have Increased In popu'a''0 .rs
and N give an additional Assemb}mah ~,
courtos "a have increased 1900 in popua,o" s,,,,
,s 10 be- the proportion OF the Increases no
district adds 5O0OcO population X VIII ,,n,s
more Senator's: and II n county has h'F''-, syr,sn
IN populetion. It will have Two more AS''"''
and so on. -. ,,, boundaries
Of the thirty-two senate districts As ess 49, ,,un-
| the convention. are 10 be- permanent - r.s
,es OF Putnam. Dutchess and Ulster are s's .,s At
|
leas, one Senator. as long as the Vo''u .a,. may
| mains unchanged Within that district 49,, tgs
h, nlacad through an Increase OF popu'''ss,s LEA
! or three Senators. Mr.. Nedd,r explains
| thus: Assem-
rverv county in the state has at east o. soouli
| blyman and / think the same PRIV ,pprtain group.
| extended 70 the Senate by 9lNWs senator. Ies
of counties permanently az least one sEeup Of ne
same principle is followed m tn Inc s,a:es have :,
| United states senate, the smaller nn, 20 ~.
anv ssnators as the greater ones buti men, ier
| follow that idea 10 excess IN my tst as they w
| give the cities and counties. a .Sfatives IN w
crease I'm population. more repre,e undue repre-,
Legislature The cities no" na in Few years T.
sentaton in the Legislature, an1 ,hyar and BrooSs
| lyn viii have majority OF ' T6ap would be yer.
branches OF t tnT be STATE: for the ayerasyn,an
York and Brooklyn senator anu ,nn state Govern,
not acquainted thoroughly WIN t' make mistake,
ment' and therefore, could eAsS the character
in .egslatlng for H. Resides lo1 County. wn,
OF Inc ,hs v"tsrs represent all traaeT me msns
fessIons The merchant the ,arme[ a' constituency
actnrer are all represented IN s on the other nsnSs
In New - interests il limited in some an will
two or three trades But as nam an increased es M
ing thal ,re s as fast their rural Par
crSases but am unwilling lat aos. T ruri
the STATE sG9q tendns To- Do ,9s
M n while providing o nor time to time
OF Of me aSt Hei, IF more city members ,.m,ss
Mr. vedders plan provides for a, rsai con.
az. son.,s districts by the Constituent. us.nssa n