The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-09
CnANaEs IN THE AssEarnLT.
somewhat Different Conditions from Those
EKistinE ut the End Of March.

ALBANY. July 9.-When the Legislature adj
journed on March31, after n briefand business
Ike though somewhat uneventful session. 1t
was composed of 80 Republicans and IA Demo-
orats-an overwhelming Republican majority
In the Senate. and "a Republicans. 90 Demo-
Gratis and 4 Independents In the Assembly. The
State Constitution provides that any bill. in
order to become a law. must receive on its final
passage the assent Of a majority OF the mem
beers elected In each branch Of the Legislature.
Wholly Indifferent. therefore. as to what the
Senate may do. a bill. in order TO get the sane
ton OF the Assembly. must receive in 1t a ma
jority of the votes OF all the members. There
are $50 Assemblymen. and q majority OF this
number is 10. At the close Of this years regu-
lar session. therefore. the Republicans-the
regular organization Republicans-with q
membership Of n. had exactly one vote more
than was necessary to carry through an organi-
Eation party measure. and o detection OF two
votes would have left the Republicans In the
Assembly in q minority. under the constitu-
tional requirement, and without the power to
enact any party Legislation whatever.
Since the adjournment Of the Legislature In
March one Of the Democratic members. Solo
mon @. WE'LL, has died. He was the representa-
tive OF the Nineteenth New York city district,
and his title to a seat was contested by T. N.
Stewart, a rival candidate. At last years
election Mr.. WE'LL was credited. In the OFF,
cial returns. with q vote OF $685.. to
1888 for Mr.. Stewart, q plurality OF 80.
The controversy begun in November last
has been continued since the Legislature
adjourned, and has been decided judicially in
Mr.. Stewards favor. a like decision in the same
district the Nineteenth New York. securing to
Howard P. Dixie the seat in the New York Board
Of Aldermen previously held by John s. Gea-
gan, the Tammany Hall candidate. The Dem9;
c crd nc lose 3, one vote BY the death Of Mr.; Well
"a Citizens Union mani. and they had previously
i IosS al an9 d t during the tendency OF the Legs
York district.
The Democratic membership thus reduced is
sixty-seven only. or ten less than tho Republic
can membership as 1t was at the end OF March.
put the dns latter has since ,Es been bee augmented under der
Laimbeer and Meeieas.' are now in ssSiiIstion
district prevailed at the recent Republican pri-
With the, regular oreaniSStion, and a ike re:
suit as TO harmonizing the two factions OF
FFe %entYefft6 99t isfpidf' t the primaries mar q S,t n the the
control: MI. Cottle,, the onondqga county AS
bination between the Democrats and the Bel
den, or Mckinley League. Republicans is
as during the earlier session. and these three
additions irrespective Of the the two Citizens
Twenty-ninth New York districts) give the Re-
publicans a total Of 80 votes. to 81 Dem
eGfats and Th here Are then the two InsdepsTppdd end.
total of 80 Is a sufficient Republican
majority for any legislation required-a ma
been observed generally that among those rep
resentatives who had it's support last year.
in New York city. the Citizens Union Is now re-
garded as a defunct affair, especially, by those
lative services after the LIST OF January next.
The Senate. except for one conspicuous absen-
tee. John Grant OF the Twenty-sixth district,
ferred to in The SUN is now. as in March,
strongly Republican; The Assembly, however.
which was close during the regular session, is
now assuredly Republican.