New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-05-02
ALBANY.
APPORTIONMENT.


THE Pill ORDERED TO A THIRD READING IN BOTH
HoUsRs-opPosITION IN THE AssEMBLY-THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE STATED BY GEN. SHERMAN.
tFRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
ALBANY, Nav 1.-The AppOrtiOnment bill was
ordered to a third reading to-day In both Houses OF the
legislature, after considerable debate In the House
there was little effort to amend the BILL but the issue was
made squarey the bill itself In the Senate num-
Der OF amendments made, and there was little set
debate its whole consideration occupying but an hour
and quarter. In the House the Republican members
defend bill at length resting their position on
the report which accompanied the bill, and OF which an
abstract has already been published but the Democratic
members argued against IL with much earnestness as
II they hoped to influence votes by their action.
In the Senate the bill was amended, on motion OF
Senator Booth, by striking ont Fourth-ave" from the
list OF boundaries in the With ana Xh Senatorial Dis
trics, and Fourth-ave. and ehundred-andtwenty-
seventh-st" from the IXth Senatorial District. The
effect OF these amendments is simply to include the
ton Of the city bounded by the Third and Fouraves
and and One-hundred-
and-thrtieth-sts in the IXth Senatorial District, in
stead OF In the With District where it placed in
the original arrangement. On motion Of Senator Rob
erson, the County Of Rockland was transferred from
the Kiln Senatorial District inserting it after Orange in
the XIIth District, and making that district Orange,
Rockand and Sullivan. motion Of Senator schoon-
maker strike schohare from his district leaving
IT, at present, consisting Of Ulster and Greene,
lost Mr. Emerson said he thought that Monroe County
had unfairly dealt with The Constitution provided
that tho apportionment should made according to
population Was this rule observed in regard TO Monroei
There surplus IN the county OF $1,000 without rep
rcsentaon, and yet in Broome and other counties As
sembly mau given to 10000 Mr. Jacobssaid that
the Senator Mr Emerson right in his reference to
the Constitution. After referring the fact that
Kings County was awarded but IL Assembymen
when 1t was entitled to IA, and New-York but
"a Assemblymen when II entitled 10 q, he
characterized the Apportionment bill under
sideration IA political fraud and an outrage upon
the state. Mr.. woodin said that if there any
county in the State that had to complain Of
the appotionment 1t Monroe. The motion was lost
Other amendments made and lost. Progress was
then reported the b and in the Senate motion Of
Senator Woodn II ordered 10 a third reading, being
aftcrward recommted. motion OF the same Senator
to the Committee Cities, in order TO consider some
questions OF boundaries the bill retaining its place or
the order Of third reading
ACTION OF TIE HOUSE.
In tlie House, the debate earnest and more
personal The principal speech OF the day read by
Gen. sherman Of Oneida who, while acqutting Judge
Hogcboom and Mr. Sloan OF any intention to do wrong,
characterized the rest OF the Committee clay in the
hand Of the potter This aroused the ire Of several
members Of The Committee. Mr. Fish suggested that 1t
would take greater power than the gentleman from
Oneida 10 mold the Committee and threw out the Idea
that employ OF John Kelly who had sat by Gen. Sher-
man on several occasions Of late might have inspired
HE speech. Mr.. Jacob Worth OF Kings, who has the
manners Of blackIcg and the eloGuence OF prize
fighter suggested that while the hand might not
have written Gen shermans and Mr.. schcllcln's
speeches they delivered by the persons who
wrote them and went delcatoly to convey the idea
that Gen sherman could not blush for his conduct by
saying that ne had not blood enougn his body to bring
color 10 his face. Gen. sherman replied quietly that
while he wrote bis speeches he thought Mr.. Worth
would do well get somebody to write his They would
much better IL he did The following Is an abstract OF
Shcrman's speech. which is interesting being
clear statement Of the Democratic position on the bill
Twelve Asscmblymon left 10 bc apportioned to
the highest fractions the ratio of
representation. 30 Az established by the last census
after the 1nent has been made To counties entitled
under the Constitution, eight 10 counties
entitled to than member for representative
population The highest fractions follows: