Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-11-15


delegation to congress and the state re-
publican by popular vote for the first
time in twenty-one years. Stephen b.
Elkins will probably be the senator.
William L. Wilson, the tariff leader, goes
down in the crash.
WYOMING. - Republican throughout.
Will send two republican senators to
Washington.
TERRIroRIEs-New Mexico has elected
a republican legislature and has chosen T.
B. Catron (rep.) delegate to congress by
about LOO majority. The present dele
gate is democrat.
Arizona has elected a republican dele
gate to congress by 400 plurality. The
republicans probably will control the
lower house of the territorial legislature
by a majority OF one. The present dele
gate to congress is a democrat, and the
democrats controlled the legislature
elected in 1893.
Utah has elected republican legisla-
ture and a republican delegate to con-
gress.
Oklahoma has elected a republican leg
delegate to congress.
GREATER NEW YORK.
An important result of the election in
New York city is the vote in favor of con-
solidation with Brooklyn and suburbs of
the two cities. This will make New York
the second city in the world in point of
size.
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an area of 317.7 square miles, while the
present New Fork has only 1886 square
miles. The new city takes in nearly all
all OF Kings county, portion of West
chester and Queens counties and all of
Richmond county.
The area of the proposed city is now
divided up into three counties, two parts
of counties, three cities, fifteen towns,
three parts of towns and numerous vii
lagos. The limits of the proposed greater
city have been largely determined by
natural Typographical condition avoid
ing, We're practicable for convenience, the
dividing of towns.
The population of the territory embrace
ed within the limits of the Greater New
VI ms pIolloStu ny Tie 10,
according to the state census of 1892, up
ward of 5000, 600. By the census of 1891
the population of London and Paris res
pectively We're 4,231 ,4S1 and 2,i27,957.
This would place the proposed American
metropolis as the second city of the whole
world in the number of its inhabitants.
Some of the advantages expected to be
obtained by consolidation are:
First Better municipal government.
The political interests of those who do
business in New York but dwell else
where ere now divided, and therefore
weakened. They cannot vote in the city
where their business interests are, and
they take less interest than they ought
in the city or town where they simply
spend t he nights and holidays. With
larger municipal government the oppor
tunities for corruption will be less.
Second Reconciliation Will save the
expense of large number of existing
local governments.
Third-It will give the municipality
the power to carry on great works of
permanent improvement and advantage,
such as bridges over the rivers, rapid
transit systems and better docks.
Fourth-It will give to the rural COM
munites a share in one government in
the place of several governments. 1t will
also give them the streets, the fire and
police protection, the sewers, the lights,
the abundant water supply and the cheap
water-rates of a great city.
Finally, consolidation will make New
York in law, as it is in fact, the second
city of the world 1t is really the me-
tropolis of the country. At least 3,000,0 900
people gain their daily bread from the
business conducted in its confines.
NEW YORK CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
The new constitution which was
adopted in New York will go into effect
Jan 1, 1895.
Some of the important changes effected
by this new constitution are as follows:
Laws authorizing pool-selling and all
forms of gambling are prohibited.
Election and registration boards
throughout the State must be bipartisan
No public money shall be granted to
sectarian schools.
Public officers shall not accept passes on
railroads or franks from telegraph and
telephone companies.
The time whieh must elapse before an
alien can vote after the grant of citizen
ship is increased from ten to ninety days.
The appOrtionment amendment in
creaseS the number of senators to fifty
and of assemblymen to one hundred and
fifty. 1t is claimed that the apportion
ments are arranged that the republic
cans are likely to hold the Legislature for
twenty years.
The changes made by the new constitu
ton which affect the executive depart
ment of the state are accomplished in he
article separating municipal from state
elections. The article provides that state
elections shall take place in even-num-
bered years and municipal elections in
odd-numbered years.
Under the old constitution the term of
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