The evening world., 1894-08-24
TIFF over lPPORT|0NMEAT.
Minority Wants to See the New
Districts Before Publication.
Ballot-Bo Machines Also Cause a
Lively Discussion.


ALBANY, y. v, Aug. 24-Some ten
minutes were consumed In the Consti-
tutional Convention this morning ar
ranging for special orders. and during the
debate the reapportionment scheme came
In for a share of the talk.
Mr.. Hotchkisa dem thought the re-
ort OF the comm tie. should ONE in this
week. as 1t would take some time to uls-
cuss such a proposition.
Mr.. Needer Dem.)--I don't think so.
We can get through with II in a day
The Republicans will rush II through
and the people will beat st.
The apportionmcnt matter was really
In the same shape this morning as last
night, the committee not having finished
the division Oh the city OF New York
Senate districts or the term Of years that
asscnDiymen and senators snail serve
Tor.
Erie County, too, Is under debate, and
Monroe County has almost decided to
make the division line of the two dis
tricts the Genessee River.
hinks County division. by wards, Is
AZ fonows: rnird Wards one.
wo. lnree. -FOUR. rive. SIX: rourth
District Wards seven. Nineteen, Ihir-
teen, I%tntycone; ruth Distnet. Wards
, SIAN DISTRICT, wards Nine. Eleven,
| iwenty-nse Iwenty-two: seventh Dis-
trict. Warus Fourteen. Fifteen, seven
| ,ern, Sixteen; EBnth District, wards
Iwenty-tniee. Twenty-four. Twenty
nVc. wenty-ninc and F'latiands; Ninth
| District, Wards Eighteen, Iwenty-si
| Iwenty-seven, Twenty -eignt.
| mir. Osborn UDem.) saiu 1t wBs sin
Sular thing that the majority had gwen
the districting Of Kings and other coun-
ties To the newspapers, ana yet had re-
| FUSED the minority members permission
| To look at the apportionment.
As member OF the committee he pro-
tested against the delay. He believed
more time should be given Tor debate.
Republicans who were not on the com
mittce were aiding in the apportlon-
ment. while members Of the minority
| OF the committee mad not seen II.
| Mr.. Becker, of Buffalo. who III Chair
man OF the Committee, said he had been
hard at work liking the districts. ana
MIR. Root. of New York, was now work
ing on the New DIRK city districts.
MIR. Bowcrs-I would like to ask IL 1t
Is not ap outsider named Reid who is
The Chair. Mr.. Root worked until an
early hour this morning on It,
Mr.. Becker said that the city of New
York superintendent would be finished
| by Monuay. lie moved that an extension
OF time be given his committee.
! MIR. Bushs-l think that tins matter is
an outrage OH the minority. BY Mr.
Becksr,s motion the minority OF the
apportioned until they see them In some
newspaper or they are presented to
| the house.
! Mr.. Rockers amendment was adopted
and the Apo. tionment Committee will
report the new proposed amendment In
regard to the apportionment on Mon
| day night. The cities Committee re-
port will be taken up on Monday morn
! Ing.
Several resolutions were offered to do
away with the Saturday afternoon ses
sion, and the Committee on Rules took
| them tor consideration.
The Attorney-General sent In a long
| statement OF the number of cases dis
posed of by the Board Of Claims In TIL,
past year.
The state Comptroller sent In a report
| OF the lands outside of the forest pre-
serve owned b. the State
| When the amendment OF Mr. Hill
to make constitutional the use or ballot
machines was brought up there was
quite Ecod deal OF opposition. devei-
| oped.
MIR. Schumacher. of Kings, said that
any machine made could be SO inter
fered with by feloniOusy inclined per-
sons as to defeaet the ballot; In his ex-
perience as Il prosecuting officer he has
seen men who could, inside of two min
utes. destroy any machine ever made.
Mr.. Hamlin said that the Myers ballot
machine had been used In two of the
towns of the county he represented, and
both times 1t had failed. He wished II
understood that he believed that to vote
by machine was an insult to tae intelii-
gence OF the voter.
Mr.. Hollis differed with him. He be-
iieved that the province of the ballot
machine was simply to count, and that
II required intelligence to cast the vote
equally a. much as II did to fold bal
lot. lie believed this was step forward
| IN mechanical science and the Constitu-
ton should aid It, He did not believe
| that with certain detection staring them
| in the face men would attempt TO de-
| stroy machines
MIR. j. !. Green said that the agency
| that made the machine could control
! them. and men who worked In the fac
| tories where the machine was made
| could be used as factors against them
| MIR. I'M said that the amendment did
| not compel the use of any particular
machine, within the next ten years
some great invention might he made and
| the Constitution should open the door
| to it..