New-York tribune., 1894-10-29
UORk is NEEDED.


The Constitutional Amendments should NOT u"
forgotten by the workers for good government
UilIisln and Tammanyi>m may be rcpulScd. bui
they cannot be destroyed by simply Keeping
them GU, Of power for year or two. The uli-
limited chance to abuse power when il happens
to fail into their hands must be taken from
them This can only b" done by placing in the
Constitution those safeguards against haSiy leg
islotfon and provisions guaranteeing fair arpor-
tioumcnI, for all ,Inc. which the CONSTITUTIONAL
Convention has submitted To the vote of the pro-
plc 1t is 10 be- expected that all who profi 10y
bad government All who steal legislatures ana
usc them to make fraudulent cnumcrations and
PARTISAN gerry mandcIs will oppose these PROPOSE
lions This is natural The amendments inter
fcre with tn" practice Of their profession Laws
are generally unpopular with those who wish 10
do evil
Senator Hi is raising the cry Of partiSanship'
but that need deceive no one. Senator liill as Il
champion of non-partSanship Is figure IRE
siStibly comic. His opinion as 10 what cohSn-
tutes fairness 10 political opponent i. aS
everybody knows. the application Of the Golden
Rule His only real objection 10 the Con
stitution is that il ovcrthrOws his gcrrymand"r
Of 1892 To make which he encountered th'
trouble and danger of stealing the Senate ana
ruined his friend Maynard. 1t cost too much to
be easily given Up For its sake, knowing that
he cannot trust his followers TO cXcrcs" any
intelligence ol selection in voting. he orders
them To vote solidly against everything. even
amendments universally demanded to adapt the
organization of the courts TO present CONDITIONS
He sends broadcast SpeciouS arguments anu
tries 70 stir ur special interests against par'lcu-
lar amendments in The hope of deluding enough
i, h. InAN
croundlcss is His cry of partisanshp against
the apportionment conclusivcy shown ny
Mr. Joseph H. Choatc in his speech at Cooper
Union on Saturday night Mr.. Choate Is prolni-
nent among body Of Republicans not very
closely bound by party ties. men who would not
even hesitate about opposing Il party measure
did they believe il an unfair one. They are the
kind of men who would rather an enemy
wrongfully in Office than endure the response
bility Of havinE Il friend there under the same
circumstances Mr.. ChOatc declares that There
never was a more fair. equal and honest meas
ure proposed for the adoption Of any people.
How true his words are Il careful examination
of the measure will show. II divides the State
with absolute impartality and strictly by
mathematical ratio. and requires future appor-
,onments to he made with equal honesty. EX-
animation will show the other amendments
equally worthy N support. state and municipal
elections are separated naturalization frauds
are guarded against. the machinery for the adj
minis,raton of justice is improved free passes
for public officers are prohibited, hasty legsla-
tion is prevented. and other reforms are intro
duced which have met with general approval.
Mr. Choate was well within the truth when he
declared: Il say tc YOU now that IL will b"
calamity for the people Of this state should
these amendments be defeated
If the Republicans Of the State do their duty
they will not be defeated. The voters should
realize the importance Of this subject There
| Is always danger In OvcrcOniidcnce The dan
ger is much greater when a measure instead Of
an office is at stake Even with no organized
opposition ii is generally difficult 10 get more
than handful Of votes for amendments. In
: his case there is a desperate determination 10
defeat them. which can be met only by vigorous
work Republican newspapers and committees
should spare no efforts in explaining The work
of the convention TO the voters, showing how
! Just and useful are its propositions and getting
the votes Of al, good citizens recorded for them
Honest men may look with cquanimity on the
frantic efforts Of Hill. provided they take as
much pains to awake the upright sentiment Of
the State as he is taking 10 arouse the corrrp-
tiOniss.