New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-04
"Federals" Put Concession
on Reapportionment
Through Convention.
WHITMAN REFUSES
$4,000 RAISE"
At His Request Increase in Gov
ernor's Salary Is Held Up
Until Term Ends.
,y-,r a s,.r Correspondent, Of IN. rrtoun, ]

Albany. Sept. S.--The Federal
,-ord" Republicans scored another
,i,.ory In the Constitutional Conven-
.;on to-day by advancing TO the order
q final passage a reapportionment pro-
nossl which would leave the constitu-
zion unchanged as far as New York
Citv's representation is concerned.
AZ -he article stands in the present
constitution, no two counties may have
more than half the representation in
Ie Senate This was meant 10 include
Ill Of New York City, but now the
rpnicirsNty includes FIVE counties.
Hence 10 appears that under the pres
an, Arrangement the city will soon
have q majority OF the upper house.
psv 2. smith. Of Syracuse, Republican,
Who opposed the proposal to-day, said
Ls, the article as advanced would give
Vow YORK City twenty-six members. or
majority. by 1926. Under the reap
portionmcrt next year, he declared. the
ritv will have twenty-four members. II
now has twenty-five.
The PROPOSAL increasing the salary of
the Governor from $4,000 70 $4,000
vas amended to-day as the result OF
i,.ter 20 MI Nickersham from Gov
ernor Whitman. AS il originally stood,
he amendment was 10 take effect Janu-
orv ! 1916. At the Governors request
IRIS wss changed 70 January l, 1917.
Governor Whitman's letter read:
Whitman Refuses $4,000 Raise.
81 understand that the convention to-
day K 70 pass upon the resolution con-
.siring provision for the increase Of
The Governors salary from $4,000 to
500 900. said increase 20 take effect
January /. 1915. While believe that
the proposed increase is right and in
he nubGc interest. il seems to me that
tho salary Of no state officer should be
Increased during the term for which he
is elected and ! urge upon the conven-
lion that the proposed resolution be
amended 20 provide that the increase in
the salary Of the Governor become ef-
fective on January /. 1917"
The Parsons anti-swestshop proposal,
empowering the Legislature to end
factory work in tenement houses, was
passed late tonight by a vote Of IS
10 46
The bill Of rights article came up for
discussion tonight, but action on II
was suspended in the midst of fight
over the provision making the inhiction
Of the death penalty optional with the
Jury. One important amendment was
made 70 the bill Of rights article. II
was a motion Of Aimet r. Lstson, Of
BROOKLYN, 20 strike out the provision
that civilians shall not be subject to
the jurisdiction Of military tribunals
while the civil courts are open. TINS
was originally put in at the request OF
the labor unions, which do not want
their men tried by court martial when
the militia is called out during strikes.
This is now statutory law. but the labor
Unions want u constitutlonallzed. Louis
Marshall. chairman of the bill Of rights
committee. took the floor to answer
charge Of 3. c. Horton, a lumberman Of
Altman. Oswego County, that he was
lobbying FOR the water power interests.
That not more than thirty Of the 725
proposed amendments submitted 10 the
convention will see the light Of day
was manifest when the convention
adjourned tonight. Only twenty-five
proposals have been adopted so far.
The convention intends to sit until
> or o'clock tomorrow morning, IN
order 70 clean up the days calendar.
There are more than twenty pro-
posed amendments in general orders
which probably will die there. Among
them are the bills Of John G. SAKE and
Patrick J. Tiernev restoring the
party conventions and aiming to kill
the direct primaries. Tomorrow
night the convention will adjourn over
Labor Day. and will meet again on
Thursday. By that time the work Of
the revision committee will have been
completed and the work of the con-
vention will be submitted to the
delegates for adoption. Then the con-
ention viii adjourn Sins die.