n the senatorial districts, however, and in
permitting the measure to become a law without his signature Governor
Robinson declared that the "deprivation of 150,000 inhabitants in New
York and Kings of their proper representation admits of no apology or
excuse."[1622]

[Footnote 1621: The following table gave great offense:

+------------+-----------+-------------+
| Democratic | | |
| Districts. | Counties. | Population. |
+------------+-----------+-------------+
| 3d | Kings | 292,258 |
| 8th | New York | 235,482 |
| 7th | New York | 173,225 |
| 2d | Kings | 172,725 |
| 9th | New York | 167,530 |
+------------+-----------+-------------+

+------------+------------------------+-------------+
| Republican | | |
| Districts. | Counties. | Population. |
+------------+------------------------+-------------+
| 20th | Herkimer, Otsego | 89,338 |
| 18th | Jefferson, Lewis | 90,596 |
| 26th | Ontario, Yates, Seneca | 91,064 |
| 16th | Clinton, Essex, Warren | 101,327 |
| 27th | Cayuga, Wayne | 106,120 |
+------------+------------------------+-------------+]

[Footnote 1622: Appleton's _Cyclopaedia_, 1879, p. 672.]

CHAPTER XXXI

REMOVAL OF ARTHUR AND CORNELL

1878-9

One week before the election of 1877 President Hayes nominated
Theodore Roosevelt for collector of customs, L. Bradford Prince for
naval officer, and Edwin A. Merritt for surveyor, in place of Chester
A. Arthur, Alonzo B. Cornell, and George H. Sharpe.[1623] The terms of
Arthur and Cornell had not expired, and although their removal had
been canvassed and expected for several months, its coming shocked the
party and increased the disgust of the organisation. George William
Curtis, with the approval of Evarts, urged the promotion of James L.
Benedict for collector, a suggestion which the Secretary of the
Treasury stoutly opposed. If Arthur, the latter argued, was to be
removed because of his identification with a system of administration
which the President desired to abolish, no reason existed for
promoting one who had made no effort to reform that system. No one
questioned Roosevelt's ability, high character, and fitness for the
place, but to those who resented the removal of Arthur his nomination
was an offence.

[Footnote 1623: