Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-14
NEW APPORTIONMENT.
Passed by the Constitutional
 Convention, oo to Go.
THE JUDICIARY ARTICLE PASSED.

Until Thursdny. ALBANY, Sept. I4.-The convention 70. ! itself into an almost unrivalcd tangle over l the Niagara matter. There wcro no less ! than six amendments that worc carried to 1 stop big corporations from getting power ! for nothing. Nevertheless 1t was still in 1 sisted that none of them was sufficient to cover tho case. Finally the chair closed tho debate and sent tho amendments to a final vote. Mir. Ackor was heartily applauded when ho said: The whole amount of the thing Is that this convention does not know what it Is doing. I don't believe in stand ing about Niagara falls and protecting 1t for lovers when business interests of this great state demand its use. It Is falso sentiment. The lobby about hero would like you to pass somo Of these amend ments. believe in letting tho matter rest as it now Is.
 Mir A. H. Green said that he had be- lieved and now believed that the Niagara river and falls should be protected, and that this convention should pass some thing to stop the taking of water.
 Mir. Ncddcr consumed his three minutes of time by stating n question of privilege. He said that he had purposely rcfrained from taking any part in the discussion be- cause he was n member of the Cataract
  there had been reflections upon his course and his company ho desired to say that they or him had never used n bit of inilu- cnce upon any member of the convention either for or against this proposition.
 Niagara Matter Dropped.
 The whole matter was finally killed by the convention rejecting all amendments on the subject by a vote of about 10 to l.
 Mir. Countryman arose to n question of privilege in answer to Mir. NCddcr's re- marks. He said that tho electric compa- ny was formed under suspicious circum- stances, but that its grant had been ob- tained under moro suspicious circum- stances.
 Mir Veddcr denied it and said: "A Democrat has no right to assail the Demo cratic governor or tho Democratic super intcndent of public works for what Is one of tho most favorable contracts for its own benefit that the state ever made. I repeat that n Democrat - Cries from the Dem ocrnts of No no,''
 The Chair-The gentleman is going be- yond question of privilege.
 i Mir. Nedder-I am trying to call the gentleman a Democrat, but his party | won't have it. I meant a cross eyed Dem | Tho chair closed the discussion and or dercd the taking up of the apportionment | measure.
 MT. Dean offered an amendment lcav- l ing the members of the senate at 32 and assemblymen at 5n, but providing for m | apportiOnmCnt mt and n caucus to be taken | in 1895.
 1 Explaining his attitude, ho said: II have refused to abide by caucus rulc be- cause believe this matter Is inimical tU tho best interests of the party and the pco- | pie Members on this floor have assured Inc that they believed 1t wrong for this | convention to do anything that would dO more than simply say how the appurtion mcnt of the districts should bc made and not their boundaries fixed"
 Mir. Beck said that sinco the last dis cussion he had discovered that thero had been inserted in tho bill clause in tho amendment of Mir. Nctlder thIt furlad, in any way an hpp"rtionmCnt by the leg islature during the next 70 years by pro ] Viding that extra members could bc f.iVcI to districts. but that tho districts cnnnn | be changed. It was intended to give tn, minority in this state HbS"!ut" control | He closed his tV" minute speech ny say n | that any man who voted for such an in ipuitous measure voted against rcrub lican form uf government.
 | More App"rti"nmrnt Amendments.
 Mir TckuISky offered an amendment [, I but lllt lALSS HI N2lt stilsAtuEssA districts he represented.
 Mir. Jenks offcrCd m amendment t' chan-c the Brooklyn districts. and i took Its place on the clerks desk.
 Mir Becker offered an amcndmCn | changing the sixteenth ward of BufTal, : from tho Forty seventh district to tn, Forty eighth and tho sixth ward from tho Forty eighth to the Forty seventh lIo made an appeal for tho bill and sai6 I |. bad influence of the Democratic appur tionmcnt of 1899.
 Mir. Jenks spoke vigorously against tn, bill. Ho said: This convention me here without n tingo of partisanship be ing noticeable. It closes with its whul, being changed into n fighting rnliticn body. This hill means that thcrc shall b, taxation without representation. l means that because man unfurtunatclI lives in the city he must bc disfranchiscd Tho array of bright faces in tho cOnven tiun when it opened has changed into tha ot n political hyCna. believo that tn Republican party is disgracing and dc bauching this convention, using the grca constitution of New York state for parti san purposes, debauChing and degradini the trusts confided to it by the masses O tho people,
 Mir. F.. k. Brown believed that tn cities had dominated long enough ovc the country districts, and this would giv the people back their rights.
 If the Democrats of the city did not lik the measure. they could try to scCetic, lik tho south had once tried.
 Mir. Bowers said that he had been cx pecting the majority 10 insist on ar amendment naming the 5O senators wh, wcro to servo under the apportionmcnt, n well us to lay out the boundaries of tn districts He criticised the action of tn president in coming on the floor to speak He had found that the presidents of tn convention preceding this had each O them only spoken twiCe-Once on the con ycning and oncc at the adjournment O the body. He said that the majority hat better beware of the wrath of the people.
 Tho chair announced that the time fo debate had ended. Mir. HolcOmb wanted to speak, but permission was refused.
 Mir. Osbornc-I had expected to sa. something. but will leave it for the peo ple to decide in November.
 MT. Tekulsky's amendment to add block to Senate District l3, the blocl bounded by Dominick, Varick ant Broome streets, was adopted-yeas, 9! nays, 6o-Mr. Root saying thero was m objection.
 Mir. Becker's motion to change the Buff falo districts was carried. All of the oth
 CT amendments made by the Democrat
 wcre defeated, as was MT. Deans amend
 ment to insert n complete substitute
 yeas, 53; nays, 9L
 The ApportIonment Passed.
 When the convention met in the ever
 ing. the pending question was the fin;
 vote on apportionment.
 The roll was called to sec if n quorul
 was present, and it was announced th'
 the house was ready to act. The clcr
 began the reading of the bill. The onl
 changes in it wore the transfers of the Si!
 toenth ward of Buffalo from the Fort!
 seventh to the Forty eighth and the Sc