The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-13

Is the majority: and the machine Ia his con-
slant excuse for tho futility OF his political
efforts and his inability to persuade the
people that he is the people. Machine and
majority are synonymous terms In tho
Mugwump vocabulary.
The Apportionment of the City Districts.
The long promised and oftcn-postponed
reapportionmcnt Of Legislative districts In
this town is nearly at hand. A little moro
thnn month hence, on Monday. July is.
special committee OF the Board of Aldermen
will meet and agree upon tho basis OF
division. Tho Legislature has fixed tho
number of Asscmblymen for New York city
henceforth at thirty. This is gain OF SIX.
The third Tuesday Of July Is designated by
law rs tho dnto upon which the work
Of district division Is to 10 completed.
The Constitution Of the State pre-
scribcs, in article 3. section 4. the basis OF
division. From tho total number Of inhab-
itants, us ascertaincd by the Secretary OF
States enumerators, the number OF aliens
and of residents Of public institutions is
deducted. The remainder constitutes the
population to be officially considered, and it
must be the same In Cach OF the districts.
or las near as may be- Tho last census
OF the State was in 1875. The last appor-
tionmcnt was made in 1870. thirteen years
ago. The committee Of eight appointed by
tho Board of Aldermen Is made up Of tho
President and Of the Representatives of the
Second. Third. Eleventh. Sixteenth. Seven
tcenth. Twenty first. and Twcntysccond
Assembly districts. Two of these members
u. "a n fGt fri q
Six OF them are from uptown districts.
There is no one on the committee from the
two largest districts OF New York. the Nine
tcenth and the Twenty-third; and no ono
from the enst side districts. That will not
prevent the work from being well done.
The number OF aliens returned under the
census will not figure largely in the new
apportionment. Neither will tho residents
of institutions. Each of the thirty districts
will have n triilc short of 10000 populations;
and we will now show how several dis
tricts. as they arc now constituted. will be
affected by tho change.
Tho First Assembly district Is 1874 short
of the quota. 1t has only about o-thirds
of tho required population. and territory
must be added having about one-half the
population which the First district now has.
The Second Assembly district is 1877
short of tho quota. and this must BIO made
up by additions from adjacent districts.
The Third district is lo.6o7 short. 1t has
five-sixths Of the required population. and
must get the other one-sixth from some Of
its present ncighbors.
The Fourth Assembly district has popu
lation 1927 in excess of tho limit. and It's
boundaries must be reduced in proportion.
Tho Fifth Assembly district, now tho
smallest in town In point Of population. is
$3.50 short Of the number required. 1t
will probably be absorbed into other dis
tricts. particularly the First and Third. the
combined deficiency of which very nearly
equals the total population Of the Fifth.
Tho Sixth has an excess OF 1887. Its
boundaries will be cut down to conform
with tho smaller ratio.
Tho Seventh Assembly district is 1928
short. It's deficiency in population must
be made up from other districts.
Tho Eighth Assembly district. which.
while next in the list to the Seventh. is no.
where near It, is 3O.S49 in excess Of the total
required. 1t has population enough to
spare to form half OF new district.
made up In the neighborhood.
Tho Tenth Assembly district Is 1890 In
excess OF the required quota
The Eleventh. though n political storm
centre. is another Of the now undersized
constituencies. 1t has shrunk. and is 2O0o4
short of tho required number.
Each of tho foregoing eleven districts has
either a considerable shortage or excess,
but the Twelfth is the first exception. which
proves tho rule OF tho irrcgularity OF Now
York's growth during recent years. Tho
Twelfth Is TO short of the number required
Tho Thirteenth Assembly district is G127
short and tho Fourteenth, though thickly
populated. has not kept pace with the
growth OF other districts. for it Is 1880
short: nearly a third below tho quota.
II 1t didn't happen that the Fourteenth
district was on one side OF Now York. and
tho Fifteenth on the other. they might make
fair exchange OF population which would
DO no robbery to either. for the Fifteenth
has m excess Of population Of 1879.
Tho Sixteenth district is S.436 short. and
tho Seventeenth is 37Ol2 above the limit.
The Eighteenth district comes oven closer
than the Twelfth to keeping pace with the
oLIlcT ulStilclS III Iiic IuiNhsJtp vi pTORTcSS.
It's population Is only 800 short of the re-
quired limit These eighteen districts are
those wholly or in part below Forty-second
street. The remaining six districts are
above Forty-sccond street. and are. OF
course. tho ones to show the largest gains
and to furnish the largest labor for the Al
dermanic committee of eight in their rear
rangemont Of tho districts.
Tho Nineteenth has Il population l1s. 1893
In excess OF the requirement for one Assem-
blyman. and 5s,23G in excess OF what is re-
CURED for two Assemblymon. 1t Is. in fact.
within small fraction of the number re-
qulred for three Assemblymen. and that.
substantially, is what 1t will get under the
new apportionment,
Tho Twentieth Assembly district is 0.s20
In excess of the population required. and
tho Twenty-iirst is 1851 in excess.
Tho Twenty-second district has population
enough within its present boundaries for
two Asscmblymen. with 4s.97s to spare;