The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-14
A1VORD'S SCHEME EXPOSED.
,rtyIyG orr TUO NEW york WdRDS
~ ms .fPrOR7ToNMENT
u. he Took Ad,nntnuc Of One Omis''on for
party Purr"sr.-A uombsheii that stag
y.red him $4,000 Ncw Workers out In the
s,,l-Another Finance Biii for this tity.

..r,d him $4,000 Ncw t"rkcrr out In the
1oid-Anoiher Finance Biii for this tit,.
AtnAyy. March 49, If there has been any
r,caring doubt IN the minds Of the public rs
"a ,ho iniluity of the scheme known us AlvorGs
.,nortionment bll. it must he dispelled after
,hn hrief but damaging ventilation which II had
IN the Assembly to-day. The course pursued
Nv Nyord and few Republican leaders must
ols, convince every one that the real intention
isnotio pass any Apportionmcnt bill at all. but.
yone is pas sed to have II so unfair that il must |
,on 10 receive the approval of the Governor.
rhough this bill was made n special order for |
,ts morning Immediately after reading the |
,,rral the Democrats suffered nearly two |
hours of time to be used uI in routine business |
hai,re ca ling for the special order. When MIR. |
prooks finally did SO. he was met with the as
.urance that. unanimous consent having been |
given the regular order of business must be |
zone through with. and that after tha, was dis |
nosed Of there were on the Clerks desk enough |
bills to compel their reading under the Joint
rules To lay aside this business and take up
the special order would require two-thirds
vote. and this Mr.. Brooks attempted to get. as
ON standing vote the Republicans stuck TO
klvord. Then Mr.. Brooks made an effort to
have special session held this evening for the
consideration of the Apportionment bill. but
ciously said, however. that he would con-
sent to have it made n special order again
for tomorrow. when 1t should certainly be
proceeded with. At this there were cries OF
Take II up now" from all parts OF the cham
ber but Old Salt refused to yield, and this effort
WIS defeated Meantime many Democrats.
who were absent from the chamber had been
sent for. and MIR. Brooks again renewed his
motion to lay all other business upon the table
for the purpose of taking up the special order
and on that demanded the yeas and nays in
order that the men who Were evidently de-
ment at all might 90 upon the record. Old Salt
again opposed this and led on with roaring
NO" when his name was called. But many
Republicans refused to follow him now that
they were forced to 20 upon the record. although
ihey got over that squeamishncss as soon aS me
no record Of votes is Kept. and followed the
crack Of his whip without qu estion or hesitation.
Mr.. BroOks's motion this tune received the
necessary twO-thirds vote. and the House went
into committee. with Hamilton Fish. Jr. in the
chair Mr.. Halliday opened the discussion by
moving 10 strike out the Senate Redistricting
bill in order that tho Assembly Atpouionm"nt
might first b" taken up These bills, he said.
should be consider separately, and the House
should first act upon the ON" n whi h i was
natural TO suHuo-e tha, Il WA- the most deeply
Interested. He said that the Senate hedistrit-
ing WAS distast-tu 10 many who would favor
tne Assembly Apporionmeni Aside from po-
litica considerations. the distribution was in
consistent. The districts in hi- part Of the State
ware badly arranged. In view u these defects.
he thought the Senate and Assembly should be
in separate bills.
This was OF course opposed by Alyord. as it
would interfere with what Is believed to b- a
part OF the scheme to defeat any bill al all. the
Creating Of such an antagonism against the
bilis Jointly that Il will 9e impossible 70 pess
ensr ns 90 ne s,hs ISSUED his @ that ihe bs
consent no Apportionment bin should pass and
%eDt for bo;h mi Houses The There should 81 no tMo
bites AZ thus cherry.
that since lSi5 tho precedents all showed that
tho bills had been acted upon separately Al
word said that il should not be- done SO this
time. and the Republicans stood by him. 4 mo-
tion TO substitute the bill reported by the Demo-
cratic minority OF the committee was also de-
Finally the bill was taken up by sections. aud
when the Second District was reached Mr..
Avord offered an amendment max Ing i con-
Nntn. Tenth. and Twelfth Wards of BrooSlyn,
and the towns Of FlNtland- Fatbush. Graves
end, New Lots. and y Nv Utrecht.
This was denounced 10y Mr. Bergen a. an out
rage upon the pcopleot Kings 'ouniy The bill
as origlnaily proposed had don" something like
local politicians had been lAboring with the
gentleman from OnondagH since he had pre-
pared this bill. and he now prnposed to gerry
yards together in order that two Republican
Senator'S might be secured froM county in
which. they were not entitled 10 one.
Mr.. Worth and Mr.. Waring. the Repuby lean
members from Kings, favored Alvord's motion.
w..
would make the election Of tnrfe DrmVcrpts
from that county certain. while the amendment
only made IL certain mat one Republican would
be elected, This was enough to secure the
adoption ot the amendment 10y "A vote OF 81 10
46 The Third District was then gerryman-
dered. in accordance with the prosramm" whirn
had been arranged. 10y max klng It consist Of the
Third. Fourth. Seventh. Eleventh. Twentieth,
TTwenty-trst. Twentyy, second TWwenty-thirl;
the Fourth District Of the Thirteenth. Four
te"nth, Fifteenth = Nfeenth. Seventeenth, Eight
Nipatanutb " 4rIs
Mnrn tue New lors city districts were
reachcd the discovery was made that the Tenth
Ward had been omitted entirely from the bill.
This Alvord had discovered iei0re hand. and he
was ready with an amendment alta hin. it 10
the Filth d strict. which already embraced the
couny OF RICHMOND ana the first seven wards
OF the city. This WAS opposed ny Mr., BROOKS
who showed how that district already had a
large surplus over thr number required ana
that this proposition was 10 add tu il over 33 OOu
more. h. appealed 70 ANord 10 forb-ar dong
such an Injustice 70 tie people Of that district
bnd 10 the !al-nind-1 men IN the House not Il
permit surli an outrage.
In reply. Mr.. Aivyrl said that this was party
measure ant he admitted that he was trying I,
get all the advantage posslbl" for his party out
OF IT, The Demo'ruls would do the SANE thing
10 10 NV Yors lily all W tHep pTr rrprsniation me fS S w.
entitled to, and If IN arraying the districts h,
eomld iN Things 80 that It might be possible fol
Rrluhllran tu come To- the Legislature from
that forsaken city he wits bound 10 do IT, H.
hoped ne had some ltie Respect for u" Constl'
10 tax" every advanll.e he could under il to So
cure an advantage for ms party. The Tentl
Ward WAS put ON to this district for pOlitica
r. -on-. and That WAS al there was OF il.
Mr.. Brooks. when the vote was about I,
b" IN"n, Demanded that tellers should be- ap
pointed wnlen was done. hnd the Tenth War,
was tackled on 10 the Fifth District by "A vote o
90 10 90. Tus Will make the rApresentatly, V,
populAtion 81 TINS dlstricl over l73 900.
MI, Browning th"n made a dis ovrry which
Old Sat was not pHr--l for. and which onll
shows with what utter d disregard 10 fairness th'
bill has been prepared. uort on Il the Eight
Ward. between Nariek street and the Hudsol
river, embracing a population oi over 3.OOO
had been omitted from ulr bill entirely, an,
II the bill passed IN H. present shape
would be DISTINGUISHED Alvori aud Pola
Hayes, the latter OF whom lives in thi
district. at first lenird that this was So insist
ing that II must De somewhere else in the bil n
but a dligcut search failed 10 lind IT, Mr.
Strack suggested the including the whole %
the Eighth Wapi in the district in order Il
overcome the Lfflculty. but this was oppose,
by Polar Haycs VINO probably has his owl
reasons for wis hng to gerrymander the siAt
While Aiyoril was rushing about trying +
learn whore 1t would be- best 10 place these 300
e. as 10 do th'y least injury 10 the party, Grad
eNploded an 3ther bombshell in his camp b
announcing (hat the Fourteenth Ward was as
oniu-d entiIty from the bill. An examnnto
OF NE bill proved this statement also to he tru'
anc 'rthe time being demoralized Oid SAT- yn