New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-03
AN AppoRTIoNMENT BILL PASSED.

-,,r c,c RIFLE APPLIED TO THE ASSEMBLY AND
THE BILL RUSHED THRoUGH-How 1T PASSED
rur sENATE-DENoUNCED AS PARTISAN
MEASURE.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNEI
AIBANY MAY Pin order to make the small
marty poiut of an early adjournment OF the Legis-
ature the leaders Of the Democratic party are pass
ino the most important bills o. the session without
uermitting any debate of their merits. The import
ant bill reapporticning the Congressional distnc's
of the State was passed in both branches OF the
Legislature to-day absolutely without debate FOR
the day the Republican minority may be SAID
10 have been gagged and handcuffed IN order 10
prevent them from making any opposition 10 OF eA'
pressing any criticism Of this bill or Aquedact bii'
which were ordered TO third reading IN the AS
eembly
The Democratic leaders had como to
an agreement upon Dill i'"Po'
tionine tho Congressional districts OF
of the State. The agreement was the result OF a
comnromse among the Democratic members OF the
Conference Committees of the Assembly and the
Senate on the bill. 1t was agreed to accept the
Senate arrangement Of the Congressional districts OF
New-York and Brooklyn, and Of the Assembly
arrangement of the districts in the interior OF the
State This was nobly partisan compromise; Tor oy
the Senate bill all the New'York city districts are
made Democratic, and by the Assembly bill several
Democratic districts are carved out In the interior
of the State. Thus the Democratic counues OF
TompkIns Chemung Seneca and Schuyler are pus
in one Congressional district for the purpose OF Sc
curing a Democratic Congressman from the
Southern tier of counties. Lieutenant-0overnor
Hill Is said to have the ambition to be Congress
man from this district The County OF Enc also has
been so combined with the County OF Niagara that
there is a chance of two Democratic Congressman
beips elected from the two districts thus formed.
The Republican members OF the Apportionment
Conference Committee. Senator Macarthur aud
Assemblyman Farrar. naturally dissented from
favorable report on such gerrymandering scheme.
without debate the bill passed by
the Senate to-day, all the Democrats voting in its
favor and all the Republicans In opposition to Its
passage.
DEBATE sTIFLED IN THE ASSEMBLY,
It was known when the Assembly met this after
noon that the Apportionment bill would be con-
sdered, but it war supposed thit the Democratic
majority would peSmt of some slight debate upon
it. When. therefore, Mr.. Dewitt offered the con-
ference report on the bill opposition was made
by the Republicans to the reception of the report
Mr.. De Witt, however, had no sooner presented the
report than he meved that it be accepted, and ON
that moved the Ereyious question. The Repubi-
cans loudly protested against this bad faith OF
Mr. De Witt but their protest was unhecded and the
previous question was ordered. The vote then
began on accepting the report. The Republicans
supposed that as the bill was virtually new one
they would be permitted to express their senti-
ments about 1t under pretencc of asking to
be excused from voting To their amazement
Speaker Chapin ruled that no speeches could be
made The Republicans, therefore. had TO be dumb
30 far as expressing their opinion of the bill was
concerned. As Legislators hey may be said TO have
been abolished. A law was to be passed which they
had never seen before, and upon which they were
not to be permitted 10 utter word either of ap-
proval or disapproyal
One of the Democratic Assemblymen, Mr.. Scarf.
of Steuben County did persuade the Assembly to
grant him three minutes in which TO express
bis opinion of the bill. He SAID boldly that
the bill passed by the Assembly , IN month
it had been spoilt by the Democratic Senators. He
regarded the bill as very great G outrage & on e the
been Instructed by the Tilden regency to make the
bill a partisan one Mr. Scarf voted against the
bill, as did his fellow Democrats, Craig, of Steuben
County, and Hotchkiss, of Wayne County.
THE GAG RULE UPHELD
Mr. Roosevelt, the Republican leader. waited
until the second roll. when he demanded the right
to speak upon the bill. Speaker Chaplin coolly
ruled that he could not speak. Mr. Roosevelt
said that under Rule No. II he thought he had a
right TO speak, He then fercely said e 80 This Ia
the final, vote upon the most shameless
gerrymander of the Congressional Districts of the
OF sy't the speaker aspsa @ OUTRAGEOUS S% es
son. insist that this is a new BILL distinct one,
and that we have right to express our views upon
& Speaker Chapins decision was Of course, sus-
tanned by the Democratic members, and the bill
was passed by a. vote OF 7s TO 43. None Of the Re
publican Assemblymen voted for II.
THE DISTRICTS AS ARRANGED IN THE BILL
According to tho bill thus passed by both houses
the thirty four districts of the State
are arranged as follows;
Let Dstrict-The counties Of Richmond. Suffolk and
I'D Distrct-The towns Of New Lots, Flatbush. Flat
landa Gravesend and New Utrecht and the Eighth
Ninth, Twelfth. Twenty-second, Twenty-fourth and
eifid Distrct~TSe " SEVENTH Thirteenth, Nineteenth
Twentieth, Twenty-hrst and Twenty-third wards Of
Ivth Distrct-The First Second, Third, Fourth Fifth
sly,s, v,s, Tenth and Eleventh wards OF Brooklyn
wa Dstrict-The Fourteenth, Fifteenth, sixteenth,
Sevvssmeenth and Eighteenth wards of Brooklyn;
,s,s sh pstret-Tbe Ist vth and Ixth Assembly DIS
,s,. .s :, RstssTne Ird rId and With Assembly Dis
psils,. .sn D,irc,rhs Ivh With and With Assembly
pI.s.s,s lxss ,Dssss,ss = EsA xuh and xrh Assembly
Di:,acs xa cD.1rss..Tss q xh xvIn and xvIh Assembly
Nv Disipsss xIIIth, XVII and xvnth Assem-
xiisS iss Dss;rsstNTslY q NeT YSIx %x.,
ss .Ss ls.s sSssSs Assembly prc
and on the east by the east River e vi
y..,t Ia DaSstgRes-Ihe R xixth and xxIIfd Assembly
s' U y soasdss s By The south
ave, and east BY the East River Sa's a'oo VI futn
XVIII Distr1ct-The County of w..,...u. -,
1xIy.h Assembly District Of New Yoss ana she
XVII Dntriet-'fhe counties Of Orange Rosaa,n .,a
bullivan. ees hs"eheno ana
xyIth Di.trics-The counties Of Putnam. p,,.ss..
md Columbia. Dusonoss
xvl!tA Dis:acs-Thc counties Of Greene, us,s, and