New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-26
WALKER WILL NOT BE BULLIED
GIVING NOTICE THAT HE WILL VOTE
AGAINST THE GERRYAlANDER.
THE SENATOR TURNED OVER TO PRIVATE
TIE PROPOSED OUTRAGEOUS MEASURE.
lsY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUSEi

NY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUSEi
Albany, April 25-Governor Flower turned the
drawing OF the Reapportionmcnt bill to his youthful
private secretary, Colonel Williams But this oicous
young man had practically nothing 10 do with it ex.
cept TO take It from the hands Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
sheehan, who in turn received il from David B. HIM. in
New.York on hst Friday night. The ex-governor
drew the original and yesterday sheehan and
Murphy, the chairman Of the Democratic State Com
mttee worried ID to sec where they could i'm.
prove upon It. HIPS original draft gave to NewYork
City thirty one members Kings County nineteen men,
bers; Erie County six members: cut down Albany 70
three and left many counties with population raOg.
Ing from 10000 10 10000 citizens with only one
member. stcubcn County with slfoo citizens was
cut down 10 one member Albany County with l361'3
citizen population wa, cut down from four TO three
members and Oneida County with 1890 citizen
population to lose one member.
Neither Senator Walker senator Parker was
pleased with the treatment that their counties were
to receive at the hands Of tho Legislature, under David
r. Hills orders. They went 10 the Executive Cham
Der thi, afternoon 10 talk with Governor Flower, 10
see II he inteuded to allow the contemplated injustice
10 be done to the people OF their counties. senator
Walkers Interview with him WAS fa from agreeable
to the Governor. Mr. Flower endeavored 10 persuade
tho Senator that tie odd $1,000 citizens Of steuben
County ought 70 give TO the Democratic voters OF
Ncw-York and Kings counties. Senator Walker c'ud
NOT sec n in that light lie had IN his pocket bundle
OF kilograms two inches thick from Stenben County
Democrats who adjured him not To back down ana 10
demand that his county should have fair representa-
ton in the Assembly. Mr.. Flower Appeared TO think
that IL was the height Of assumption for Democratic
senator TO Insist upon n fair apporticnment To him
IL seemed 70 be utterly ridiculous and he dd not si
tatc 10 say so. He told the senator that he was
.kcker' and bolter- and advised Elm to go over To
the Republicans lie ended the interview by fetly
refusing interfere saying that his private secretary
was iu charge and was drawing up the bill
Senator Walker fastened 10 the Executive Chamber
10 find this private secretary who Ind in his hands
the apportionment OF the Assembly ard the Senate
districts among the people OF the state HIS success
with the private secretary was on par with thas
which he had achieved with the governor. and the
treatment was considerably worse. The young man
appeared to overlook absolutely the fact that lie "as
not talking 10 one Of the Orderlcs around the 'aPp'
or 10 his boothlack With blatant and proiuse Use
Of the person singular he informed the senator
that he could take what he could get or get nothihs'
What he could get by the way. in exchange ioF ue
unrcpresented people Of his county was senate d''
,rict carved out that would not be Republican by more
than 600 Mr. Walker p)lniedly and plainly refused
10 make any such decker
When the private secretary learned that Senator
walker could not be Unveiled into David b. hiiis
brnco- game he tried threats He Informed nim
with great show Of importance TINT "We can pass
tho bin anyway. without your VOTE senators So'
wards Erwin and Mullin were named as Repuoh0an'
who would vote for the bill II their senate districts
were not intcrercd with. senator Mulln, from water
town. was threatened with having Jefferson county
thrown in with ST. Lawrence County, Senator Er"h'
home county unless he voted for the bill The same
threat was applied TO senator Erwin. But neither
Of these Senators couh be browbeaten ID
fiat way Senator Walker id not believe
that one OF the last two Republicans named Wou'd
vote "a Flower wnnted them to. he thereioc ue-
clared most emphatically that he would heithct
20 a caucus or vote Tor either Dill ,,eS' 81 in
Comfy got two members OF the Assembly. Late ~
the afternoon he sent telegram 10 MS pcoPe, AZ
Steuben County declaring his intentions 10 Nole axsnes
the bill unless he got what they wanted Ihe. rivS
nard to get him 10 20 into caucus, Duu nI T navc
ouvotrd MIN and then he would have been compeheu
tn vote as tho majority Of the caucus decided ,.s
ate i'm the afternoon senator Mc' aTch' Oh booh'
yn reached here with Hugh Mclaughlin ui.su'u ,.
eccive nineteen members % the As>emOy anu nv, w
senators This decision will PIT i5.2o cleheits w
nm Assembly district in brooklyn. ana l'lyo 'le ~,
I'm senate district. senator Mc' arfch ueCHcu ~ ~
any other dlyisi0n. They Offered {" give the ,rSoa
yn boss hVc senator, and seventeen A>sehlOslnrui
but when the Legislature met tonight no asfocnen'
had been reached. - -, ,,.. IA
dared that they viii not accept redncuoh III w
nTnhrr OF members OF Assembly and all attempts "
;et them to rcede from this position md prose1
useless UP TO the time wien the Legislature coNenra
through Railroad Commissioner Bearislcy, tie sccre
,ary OF The Democratic State Committee put IN
md protest against having the representation there TO
iuced from three 10 two. BenidSley Ii one OF mn
weakest and most psbe tools. so MS protest WIS og
" form only. IT was made for nothing but political
c1p at