The evening world., 1894-08-24
TIFF OVER APPORT|ONMENT.
Minority Wants to See the New
Districts Before Publication.
BaIlot-Box Machines Also Cause q
Lively Discussion.
(Dy Associated Press.)

ALBANY, N. u, Aug. A-Some ten
minutes were consumed in the Consti-
tutional Convention this morning ar
ranging for special orders, and during the
debate the Ieapportionment scheme came
IN for snare OF the talk.
MIR. Hotcnkiss DemJ thought the re-
ort of the commute shou.d ONE in this
week, as Al would take some time 10 ais
cuss such a proposition.
Mr.. Veeder Dem.)-I don't think so.
We can get through with 1t in a DAY.
The Republicans will rush 1t through
and the people will beat 1t.
The apportionment matter was really
in the same shape this morning as last
night. the committee not having finished
the division OF the city of New York
Senate districts or the term of years that
assemblymen and senators shall serve
Ior
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.
Kings County division, by wards, Is
as follows: Third District-Wards one.
Two. Three. Four, Five, Six: Fourth
teen. Twenty, SS ?t District. wards
Eight, Ten. Tweiye. Thirty. Thirty.one;
trict, Wards Fourteen, fifteen, Seven
teen. Sixteen; Eighth District. Wards
five, Twenty nine and Flatiands; Ninth
District, Wards Eighteen. Twenty-six,
Twenty-seven, Twenty-eight.
MIR. Osborn (Dem) said II was sin
the distributing of Kings and other coun-
ties to the newspapers, and yet had re-
fused the minority members permission
| to look at the superintendent.
NlNar nt fh.as ha mr.
tested against the delay. He believed
more time should be given for debate.
Republicans who were not on the COM
mittee were aiding in the app0rti9'n.
! of the committee had not seen 1t.
Mr.. Becker, of Buffalo, who is Chair
man of the Committee, said he had been
| hard at work fixing the districts, and
| ing on the New York City districts.
Mr.. Bowers-I would like to ask II 1t
is not an outsider named Reid who is
working 1t.
| The Chalr-Mr. Root worked until an
/ early hour this morning on 1t.
Mr.. Becker said that the city of New
York appartionment would be finished
| by Monday He moved that an extension
OF time be given his committee.
Mr.. PUSH think that this mater Is
an outrage on the minority. BY Mr..
| Beckers motion the minority of the
Committee will not see the districts as
| apportioned until they see them in some
newspapers, or they are presented to
| the house"
Mr.. Becker's amendment was adopted
! and the Aportionment 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 SEES
sion, and the COMMITTEES on Rules took
The Attorney General sent in a long
statement of the number of cases dis.
posed of by the Board OF Claims in tho
The State comptrollerr sent In a report
serve owned by the State.
When the amendment OF Mr.. Hi
to make constitutional the use of ballot
| machines was brought up there wa.
quite good deal of opposition devel
oped' .
any machine made could be so inter.
| fered with by acknowledgement per.
sons as to defeaet the ballot: In his ex'
perlence as a prosecuting officer he ras
| 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, ant
both times 1t had failed. He wished Il
understood that he believed that to vot.
by machine was an insult to the intelii
| BenCe OF the voter.
Mr.. Hollis differed with him. He be
lieved that the province of the ballo
machine was simply to count, and tina
1t required intelligence to cast the vote
equally as much as 1t did to fold a bal
| lot He believed this was a step forward
! In mechanical science and the constitu
ton should aid 1t. He did not believ,
that with certain detection staring then
| in the face men would attempt to de
stroy machines.
Mr.. j. !. Green said that the agency
| that made the machine could contro
| them, and men who worked in the fac
tories where, the machine was made
could be used as factors against them
| Mr.. Hill said that the amendment die
not compel the use. of any particula
| machine. Within the next ten year.
the Constitution should open the doc
| to IL.