The New York herald., 1878-03-14
THE STATE CAPITAL.
AlvOrd's ApportiOnment Bill Debated
in the Assembly.
"OLD SALT" ABUSED.
His Gerrymandering Declared a
Shameful Device.
IN S u r AN CE FEES.
Measures to Protect Policy Holders
and Property.
S A v I N G S b A N K s.
"OLD SALT" ABUSED.
l n S u r A n CE FEE s..
S A v / N q S B A N K S .

ALBANY, March l3, 1873
Tho Alvord. .Apportionmsut bI had been made
SPECIAL order for to-day IN the Assembly, but came
very beng postponed again. BY Unanimous
consent the regular order Of The day proceeded
with alter the reading OF the journal, then Tho
operation OF the ninth joint ruiz. providing that bills
SHAH have Anal reading whenever Ten more are in
readiness, threatened TO consume OF the
Al length, on tue motion Of Mr. Brooks the rule was
suspended and the Apportionment b,li taken up.
THE AproRTioNMENr
The bill is entitled, organize the senate
dtricts and tor the apportonment OF the OF
Assembyof this Stste," ana tho Arst motion, msds
by Mr.. Halliday (the author OF the IN norty Appor.
| tionment blls), to strike out that part OF II
relating 10 the Senate districts Mr. Halliday urged
that The Senate aud Assembly apport,on ments
should pc embodied In separate p,ils. The
| very way TO defeat bill Tor the Assem-
| bly, to encumber 1t with bill ior
| tho Senate, and vice versa lie recognized In tho
construction OF the present bill the
who wished 20 prevent now apportionment by in
direction. Mr.. Halliday also found for s,rk-
ing out the Senate part OF the bill in the gross ab
surdty and injustice which characterized the arrange
ment OF certain districts In the interer OF the
State. Among these districts he cited the "bean
district. consisting OF Tho counties OF Delaware OF.
sego aud Herkimer ana extending from the southern
boundary nearly TO the utmost northern portion oil
| Now York. Another district, made up OF Tompkins,
Schuyler, Yates, Ontario and Livingston counties
contains an excess OF population equal TO the
| population OF Schuyler county and nearly
| equal TO that Of Yates. Tho several coun-
| ties Of this remarkable district touch each
other cornerwise and do really join. There Is NO
community OF interest between them, and tho men,
| bers Of Assembly from every OF the counties
strongly object 10 the new arrangement The fashion,
ing OF the Twenty nth Senate district coun
ties OF Btoome, Chenaugo and Madison also objected
TO by the members from those counties and by ali the
| newspapers published IN them.
BROOKS LIFTED AGAIN.
| Mr.. Alvord undertook 10 impcach Mr. Halliday's
| statement that apportionmc acts IN iorncr years
related separately 10 the Senate ana Assembly |;
precedents 1886 1857 and 1866, winch years the
senate AID Assembly Appoi itionment bills wero
invariably distinct from .aon Other speaking,
OF Richmond, which, together with Queens
and Suffolk counties Is now Included In First
trct, which The Aivord bil proposes TO
the Filth DISTRICT along with tho First, Second. Third
Fourth. Fifth. sixth aud seventh wards IN Now York
Mr. Brooks resented anne ndinent by which Mr. Al
word proposed 10 add tho Pcnth ward TO the same
district He showed that tho district, without
l3S, 7S4. overwhem ngly democratic, th6t
the lepsh ward, also democratic. would bring In AN
Senate district containing The enormous population
Of l7267a This over loading Of democratic district
N y
iticAi device, intended TO nuddlo many democrats
| as possible into a district hopeessIy democratic
o os ss
danger from democratic votcrs Mr. Brooks
insisted that the ren,h ward belonged elsewhere.
ana moved 10 exclude IL fr0ui tho Fith Senate dis
trIct in the biii, unless Mr. Halliday's motion TO
strike out the Senate part OF the bill altogether
should prevail Mr. Hallday's motion was lost
| however, whercupon he moved to Substitute the
minority senate OIL IN place of the senate part of
the D! before tho House. This motion was also de-
ioatcd and the consideration Of the bill with
dscided opening advantage gained by tue majority
"YoU KNOW now 1T rs YOURSELF ~
Mr Alvord responding to the protests OF Mr.. Hall.
day and Mr Brooks, and also TO the romonsranco oil
Mr. Bergen against the proposed ,g.rrymandering Of
ground so ndeensible that It slightly amazed even
those who thought they knew HIM best. Ho said the
matter because they happened to bo IN The
minority. II tho democrats had the arrangement
districts as 10 benefit their own tarty. 'And tnat."
SAID Mr.. Alvord, AIS exactly what We are dong. We
using our opportunity for political advantage A"
This statement as may DO supposed, called down upo
the speakers gray head storm oil rcd hot denuncia-
supported in his amendments oil section alter
ION by the Houso, which decided against Mr. Brooks
motion to- disracc the Tenth ward from his district
| by a votc, counted by tcllcrs, Of So TO 30.
SENATE DISTRICTS.
Tho first nve Senate districts made to consist
as ioows:-First, the countries Of Queens and sunok.
Second the FIRST, Scconu, ruth, Sixth, Eignh Ninh
Tenth aud Twelfth wards OF Brooklyn. fiAlbusn Fiat,
Seventh, Eleventh, twentieth, Twenty -Grsi, Twen.
fwsu:yni.h sS wards, city OF soosiyn rounn
| tho Thirteenth, Fourteenth Fifteenth, Sixtecuth
Seventeenth, Eigh,eenlh aud Ninetesntn wards,
FIRST, second Third. Fourth, Film, Sixth seventh
| and Tenth wards in New York city. Whom the make
up OF the Sxt Senate district came be Inspected
by tho House II was discovered by Mr. Browning that
nearly one-hali OF tho Eighth wara OF New
thousand voters there being thus disfran-
chlsed Mr. Grady next announced tho TACT
that tho Fourteenth ward IN New York Is lett out OF
The biIl 'ontire and u careful examination OF other
parts Of u which relate 10 New York CITY SHOWS Win
VIVA. sioven'lness ~ was prop"rsd: After assynins
and smother district, proceeds to assign tho
OF tho twelfth ward to tho Eleventh district Like
wise II puts the whole OF The Nineteenth ward
into The Tenth district. alter previously assign
ing two sections OF u 10 the Eighth
discrepancies began 10 appear the House adopted Mr.
Aivords prudent SUGGESTION to suspend progress on
The republicans had voted down substitute prepared
by Mr. Wlers or that part Of the bii embracing tho
tween them. The consideration OF III. bill Will DO re-
suped to omorrow.
The following Is tho vote by which Mr. Brooks mo-
ton was roJ ected:-
YE,s-Messrs Abbott. Allen. Androw.. Baker. Bath.
Ber.gan, Bronek. Breoss B!ownng. Brundage, Cl.pp.
Day Deyee Dontl"... Fish, f,,rssrlla ro,dJ fo:.
sys say Say o.. H"as ios a. %%s"
k.asss King L.nsSs, i:yssaa Lowing, % Ms;ii.cs, s Me-
r.%s g iss ss
Sutherland, t. TsJlor. ). q Taylor, ihan, thomson
Tow wnsley, WempIe. Wiers, willis aud Worth IL.
hhys-MrsHs. Ayor. Bergen, inse, !. NJ. CLARK Gilbert
lIobbe, lioibrook keator kern. Mapcs. j. II. Miller
Proper keyn,lds seweI sheard story vsentine. wads
ABSENT v"rfSG Messrs Andrews, Astor Berry
Burns ChappeIi Chase. Clancy. J. ClaK Curran Dsly
Flynn. Graham. Griggs. J. Hayes Hepburn. IIu mo,
Meade, s. r. Miier Mollcr. Patterson. koJert- Row.
land. sawyer. seeoachcr. Terry. waring. whee N
ANOTHER REGULATE sxw yogK
Tomorrow Mr.. Daily, OF New York, will Introduce a
bill 10 rcorgsnizc the city government oil New York
city. TDe charter oi 1873 Is 10 bc altered by tnis
law in the following respects The commonalty Is
10 consist oil two boards; the Board Of Aldermen 10
bc elected ny Assembly districts. an upper chamber
10 be composed oi the heads OF
counseors 10 he appointed by tho Mayor Itrestoros
TO tho people more dircct control and
supervision over tho tax disburs ments tor
muncipal purposes by vesting IN both icgis-