unanimously adopted, but Mr. Schwab and Mr. von Briesen, together with their bureau chief, considered this action as a vote of want of confidence, and they declined to serve on the committee. They were right in this assumption, so far as their chief was concerned, because his conduct of the bureau had been wasteful and inefficient, and had caused general discontent among the delegates. The committee organized immediately after the adjournment of the general committee by the election of Mr. F. O. Dettmann as chairman, Fritz Guertler as secretary, and Herman Ridder as treasurer. It entered at once upon its duties and conducted the campaign in an excellent manner. Meetings were held every night and every Sunday afternoon in a number of districts. In many districts a house-to-house canvass was made, and on November the 2d, 1894, the great mass-meeting was held in Cooper Union, which was of such an impressive and enthusiastic character that Mr. John W. Goff, who had come merely to pay his respects in deference to the traditions of judicial candidates, could not resist the fervid and really inspiring appeals of the meeting to make a speech, and he delivered one of the neatest, most appropriate, and most fascinating addresses ever heard in that memorable hall. Mayor Strong's speech was a revelation. He captured the hearts of the meeting by his simple, sincere, and humorous eloquence. The audience felt that he could be trusted, and that with him the Germans would not after election be the "d- Dutchmen." The star of the evening was, as so many times before, that pride of the Germans of the United States, Carl Schurz. He was again the great political teacher, the leader, the conqueror of souls and intellects. When he had spoken, there was no doubt in the minds of the audience that it was the particular duty of the German-Americans to demolish Tammany Hall.

The other speakers of the evening were F. O. Dettmann, Dr. Felix Adler, Edward J. H. Tamsen, Gustav H. Schwab, Theodore Sutro, and Jacob H. Schiff, who presided at the meeting in an admirable manner. Mr. Oswald Ottendorfer had sent a letter, in which, in his clear and convincing style, he advanced excellent arguments why it was the patriotic duty of the German-Americans to wipe out the baneful system of corruption represented by Tammany Hall.

In the opinion of Recorder Goff, the meeting was the most captivating and imposing of the campaign, next to that of the Committee of Seventy held at Carnegie Hall.

It made the success of the ticket a certainty.

On election day the Union had its representatives at about nine hundred polling-places. They saw to it that the Germans who had registered did also. vote, and that the election officers performed their duties according to law.

It was matter of general observation that the Germans, in their determination to beat Tammany Hall, paid little attention to the State ticket, but took good care to vote for Strong and Goff. Governor Morton has, therefore, undoubtedly received from the Germans a great many votes, which under other circumstances he would not have got.

As to the number of votes which the German-American Reform Union did actually influence, it is, of course, impossible to make an accurate statement, but the returns show that the majorities for the Strong ticket were greatest in the so-called German districts.

A great deal of the credit for the gratifying result must be undoubtedly accorded to the New York Staats Zeitung, which, in its vast morning and evening

editions, carried on an unceasing campaign for the good cause, while all the other German dailies did their best to vilify the movement and to ridicule the leaders of the Reform Union. Thanks are indeed due to Mr. Oswald Ottendorfer, the proprietor of the Staats Zeitung, for his unswerving, loyal support of the movement, and nothing but petty jealousy could begrudge him the testimonial which the campaign committee of the Reform Union tendered him after the close of the campaign, and which read as follows:

"To the champion of the Germans of New York; to the promoter of art, literature and science; to the generous philanthropist, who already in his lifetime has erected for himself a lasting monument by his deeds of humanity; to the Nestor of the German-American journalists, who has made the New-Yorker Staats Zeitung the principal organ of the German-Americans, the most influential German newspaper in America-to Mr. Oswald Ottendorfer the German-American Reform Union tenders its sincere and heartfelt thanks for his wise and safe conduct of the said organization in the memorable campaign against the maladministration of our city through Tammany Hall. The glorious success of this campaign has been, in a great measure, due to him; through his influence the Germans were gathered together and organized into a strong and numerous army, without whose assistance the battle which has just been fought could not have resulted in the decisive victory which will insure to our city an honest, economical and efficient administration. To him the thanks of the whole community are due."

The German-American Reform Union, stronger and more numerous than ever, has reorganized itself for the year 1895 through primary elections held in ail the Assembly districts. Mr. Theodore Sutro, whose brother is the recentlyelected reform Mayor of San Francisco, is now the president of the general committee, while Messrs. Oswald Ottendorfer and Carl Schurz have been elected its honorary presidents. The Union has nearly fifteen thousand enrolled members, and controls and influences vast numbers of adherents; it has adopted the platform of the Committee of Seventy as part of its constitution, and is determined to assist earnestly and to the utmost of its ability in securing for the city that full measure of reform which the citizens expected to obtain, when they voted for Strong, Goff, and Tamsen.

EDWARD GROSSE.

THE NEW APPORTIONMENT.

NDER the provisions of Article III. of the Constitution of the State of New York, adopted at the recent convention, and ratified by a vote of the people at the November election of 1894, the number of Senators is increased from 32 to 50, or 564 per cent., and the number of Assemblymen from 128 to 150, or 17 per cent. Thus the relative power of the Senate has been increased by the difference between and, or five per cent. of the total representation of the Legislature, The apportionment is based upon a population, excluding aliens, of 5,790,865, according to the census of 1892. Of the total representation of the State New York City is allotted 12 Senators and 35 Assemblymen, or of one per cent. less than that accorded by the apportionment of 1892, which gave the city eight Senators (not including the twenty-third and twenty-fourth wards, or the equivalent to about of an additional district), and 30 Assemblymen.

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The new apportionment will take effect at the election to be held in November, 1895. The terms of Assemblymen will remain as heretofore, but the terms of the Senators then elected will be three years, in order to carry into effect the provisions of the "separate elections" amendment, which provides for the election of municipal and county officers, at November elections in odd years, and State officers at November elections in even years. After 1898, however, the Senators will be elected for two years, as at present.

The allotment of Senators, and the lines of the new Senate districts, which for New York City are shown by the accompanying map, are established for this apportionment by the Constitution itself. The allotment of Assemblymen is also fixed by the Constitution. The lines of these districts in New York City are to be established by the Board of Aldermen, at a meeting to be held on Tuesday, June 4th, 1895, subject to the provision that every such Assembly district shall be entirely within a Senate district. In counties where the number of Assembly districts will not divide evenly into the Senate districts, it is provided that an Assembly district shall be subtracted from the Senate district containing the least population, or added to the one containing the greatest population. Thus, in New York City, each Senate district will contain three Assembly districts entirely within its bounds, except that the Twentyfirst District, having the least population, will contain only two.

The Constitution also provides that an enumeration of the inhabitants of the State shall be taken under the direction of the Secretary of State, in May and June, 1905, and in every tenth year thereafter; and that the Legislature at its "first regular session after the return of every enumeration," shall reapportion the State. The apportionment just made, therefore, will remain in force until the election to be held in November, 1906, a new one being made by