New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-23

,,c-rs- TO TAKE EFFECT IN loGj--
,Dov1sIONS OF THE PRO
POSED AMENDMENT.
r,crI Ar CORRESPONDENT or .itY rRfBrVv
Iuly 22-Apparently the Constitutional
,'.vsotion Will create ne" i'eelSIa'ure' one WI"
Con'e" and 80 Assemb;ymen 10 take the place
70 s.asen, one with 20 Senators and l2S As
Of Nv So, This enlargement of the Legislature
ssnie. ads with the thought of giving representa-
y" A. Iaeisatlire TO every voter IN the State.
pon - ~. apportionment made by the Democratic
U"L. Of 1892 created by fraud great in
Us ,,as done the rural voters Of the State. They
.ohbed OF legislative representation for the pur
' ~ enhancing the power OF Democratic cities
!, the legislature ,
IL - elected. for instance, last fall only q
han o-a cast whereas in the rural counties in
Wv VIZ uarvey J. bona ldson was elected IS 800 votes
.as, Thomas c. O'Sullivan was elected in
W. s.,o,a district in New-York In which only 1879
,,are cast and Frederick ID. Kiburn was
80 IN Senate district composed OF rural coun-
~. 1, which 20 7l9 votes were cast. Joseph G. WON
US .,nc,ed in A New-York City district in which
~ o,es were pOled while Clarence II Xow was
-, from rural counties which cast 4l,c6 votes
nc the leaders in the Senate Charles 2. Saw
N' .ho RepubNcan and Jacob A. Cantor, the
oor,t Cantor was elected from a New-York
80 district In which only 2S,lS votes were cast.
- saxton was elected from group of rural
,,,,es which cast N.76s votes. 1t Will thus be
sa,,s that the Democratic Legislature so ar
s.os4a matters that more voters were rnassed to-
-, IN rural Senate districts than in city dis
go and that therefore the cities have a larger
N".,assn,ation in the Legislature in proportion 10
-. ,,ers they contain than is possessed by the
rural counties
r,,as, the Apportionment act which has been
,.nsd by Mr.. Becker. the chairman and by Mr..
I,,coln f. r. Brown. Mr.. Davies, Mr.. Crosby and
tho, members Of the Committee on the Legislature
'. ,,,us,lc4 Is done the cities. however. and, IN
"a they receive larger representation In the
,ng,sla,ure than they now possess. New-York City
80 ,our Senators and five Assemblymen; Kings
-, turn Senators and three Assemblymen. and
r. County containing the city OF Buffalo. one
c.,s,or and two Assemblymen. But the amendment
q, the Constitution proposed does grant 10 the rural
.,,n,,es Of the State that represen tation In the
legislature 10 which they are entitled. simon WY
posendale Of Albany. former Democratic Attorney
r...r.l well said before the Committee on the
legislature that there would never be complaint
,hn an apportionment OF the Legislature If an
,,,os.,cai system Of dividing the Senators and A.
hlvnen among the counties were strictly fol-
loved
The Republicans who have drawn up the Appor-
.,nnsn, amendment have rlgidy held 10 a certain
,a,,o In dividing the Senate and Assembly dls-
,-cs II has been impossible 10 follow the rule IN
urv c,ss IN dividing the Senate districts owing
:, tho necessity OF following the county lines. Dun
.,r ,rn.rtal man in looking over the figures or
,o,,,,.,,on Of each Senate District viii discover
,h.t the Republican committeeman have dealt fair
" with their political opponents
Tho Committee on Legislation hope 10 he able TO
c-esent Ihe apportionment amendment 10 the Con
sttu,ional Convention this week. i this amend
nent is adopted by the people there VIII be no
disturbance Of the Senate and Assembly districts
thereby created until 1906 the amendment pro-
v,des that an enumeration Of the Inhabitants OF the
State and reapportionment Of the legislative dis
trtcts shall take place in that year Under the
present Constitution another enumeration or the
inhabitants Of the State would be made in 1875. and
the Legislature would then again be apportioned.
II was the plan cf the leaders OF the Democratic
party, II they had elected majority OF the mem
bers of the Constitutional Convention. to have in
creased still further the representation OF the cities
OF the rural counties.
The apportionment is based upon the fact that
be State has 67SOss5 Citizens" That upon a
hsis Of fifty Senator's gives a ratio for each Sen
ste district of 1881 In the table given below.
slowing the number % Citizens in each of
the Senate districts proposed under the apportion-
ment amendment some OF the districts, II Will be
observed have a little less population than the
ratio. This deficiency is indicated by a minus
sign while any number OF citizens above the ratio
amendment divides the fifty Senate districts among
manner