The sun., 1892-03-16
LAYING OUT THE DISTRICTS.
THE COMING APPOR7IONMENT FOR
THE STATE LEGISLAIURE
Nh e.rrymauder VIII he Attempted and
Fair Representation VIII he Agreed Upon
The Dlstricts ms They Probably Will
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A,p,yY. March 15.-Following out the policy
.tno rerrymander laid down by Gov. Flower
an tho Congress Apportionmcnt Bill. the
Democra,c leaders are ut work on the As
ssmbly and the Senate Apportionment bills.
vhich will be introduced at n special session OF
the Legislature to be called after tho flnnl
tsbulation OF the return from tho enumeration
now in the hands OF the Secretary OF
State. Gov. Flower believes that the Senn-
TORS and Assemblymen like the Congressman
should be apportioned between the two parties
an the basis OF the vote cast by them at recent
state elections. Tho Democrats have stcndily
carried tho state at State elections for more
than ten years. and they are entitled under
the doctrine OF majority rule to both Houses Of
tbe Legislature. That is. they are entitled to
II Of tho 81 Senators and US Of the 1928 Assem-
blymen.
The new apportionm ent is being laid out on
those lines Rough tnbulation by the Secre-
tary Of state shows that the total population
Of the state Is approximately 6.5O0.0OO. These
figures are close enough for the outline OF the
Senate and the Assembly apportionthents. tho
detail work OF which is now being done. They
fix the rates OF about $4,000 to an As.
semblymau and 2OO.OOO to n Senator. The
Constitution provides that every county except
Fulton and Hamilton. which are regarded as
onc shall have an Assemblyman. As many Of
the counties have not $4,000 inhabitants the
ratio for an Assemblyman in the other coiin-
ties especially In New York and Brooklyn.
will DO increased and the number of their As
semblymen will be decreased. This is an ad-
vantage to the Republicans. as most Of the
small countics. like Putnam and Schuyler. are
1. k,,,sy n,nri
This constitutional provision does not apply
20 the Senate districts. where the apportion-
ment can bo made much like the Congress np-
portonment. except that there nre thirty-four
mgr, ssmcn and only thirtytwo Senators.
The difference In favor OF Now York and
BROOKLYN between the Federal and State CEN
sus. however. makes up for this and prevents
a loss of more than one district in the Demo
cratic corner of the state. New fnrk;
with Richmond county. which is entitled entitled
BY itself has now only seven Senators. Under
the new apportionment It will tc Untitled to
be entitled to five. less minor fraction. If
kichm"nd county were transferred from ON New @
rE ,s wn%d Ss to nine and
The Long island district Of Queens and su'-
tri"t. This district is Democratic when the
Democrats are united. The margin is not
IL and hs S sss M t.
Democratic. The outlines will be substantialy
'hie mornings Sun. There will be some
changes IN the wards which were miscounted
The New York districts will be radically
nude like a drunken mans step by,a Republi-
fan Se fS Eghth ms
moro square and less irregular. This will
make both districts Democratic. With tho
execution OF the changes to make the Seventh
and Eighth districts OF symmetrical and
really Contiguous, territory. the Fifth and
arn now though OF course ali the. districts
vii! be rcnumbered as tho new Fifth district
Ths gain 81 the two new New York districts
will come north Of Fiftieth street. one, on the
east sid" OF the Park and the other on the west
ing moiorities The present Tenth and Eiev.
r..HSs': WI be divided, anl with the top end
Hrre IRE to he several changes through the
s,,ats'c hairman Murphy Of the Democratic
d",ntnby Democratic by the substitution OF
Columbia for Washington county Washing
ton is TO 20 ir the SARATOGA district. and Sche-
Re- @ md
VII continue 10 be Democratic. as now. The
Democrats may also he able to carry Buffalo
cistrir'. That vii! give the RepublicanS thir-
teen almost certain districts and the Demo-
Gratis fifteen. with the chances in favor of the
Democrats In three OF the other four districts.
II th" Democrats We're to carry the state by
they would have 10 Senators. With the usual
plurality they would have or lS II the Re
and well-distributed plurality they could also
carry the Senate.
These are the outlines as they are at present
agreed iron. OF what Gov. Flower hopes will
be accepted as the fairest apportionmnnt
made since tho Republicans began their con-
troll Of the Legislature.