New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-10
ANOTHER GERRYMANDER.
HIGHHANDED WORK OF THE KINGS COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
" BOSS M'LAUGHLIN'S REPORT RUSHED
THROUGH BY THE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY

THROUGH BY THE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY
AS BAD As LAST YEARS.
The Democratic ecrymander Of the Assembly dis.
trcts OF Kings County put through by the Board
Of Supervisors yesterday afternoon by the Democratic
majority Of the Board, without afording an oppor.
tuny TO the Republicans interested In the 10
ZEE the report prepared by " Boss. Mclaughlin and
his lieuteDants and furnished to the Apport!Onment
Committee Of the Board. This committee gave q
hearing to Jesse Johnson United States District At,
torney. and b. F. Blair, who secured the overthrow
Of the gerrymander last year, Wednesday evening,
but did not disclose the scheme Of appOrtionment
decided upon. As the last year with the
apportionment, which decided by the Court Of
Appeals to be- void, the new report rushed through
The Board under thu whip Of the party leaders despite
the protests of Republican MEMBERS Supervisors
Carrick and Lockwood The vote upon the adoption
Il the report was the strict party one of 30 to ).
by disrcgarding the boundary lines Of the wards Of
the city the new appOronment conforms to the con-
dton imposed by the Court of Appeals that the dis.
trics shall substantially equal in population AMI
Of contiguous territory, but the laying Of the dis
tricts will make confusion worse COMPOUNDED, In the
voting, for wars in In three Assembly
districts. But the object OF the Democrats TO make
sixteen Democratic districts and only two Republican
ones mas been accomplished.
The way in which it has been done is shown BY
the following condensation of the report adopted:
Isu Dstrict-First Second and Fourth Wards complete.
Population, 1917.
lid Dlstrict-ThiId Ward complete and Election dscs
l, p s. L. ), @. T. s. 0, TO- II, IL, L. Is, 10 and 20
the Tenth Ward. Population, 53075.
IIld Dstrict-Fifth Ward complete, Twentieth Ward
complete and districts -, 49, H. IS and 10 Of the
Eleventh Ward Population, SO, 40.
IVth Distiict-slXth Ward compiler. Population.
1924.
VIII Distrct-Ninetrenth Ward complete, and dstrcss
l. @ g. g. ). 6. 7. H. ~. 10. a. Is. IS. IL, Is. 10.
20, g. a. %. % OF Seventh Ward. Population, $50
With Dis.rict-Eghth Ward complete. New Utrecht and
Flstbush Population, 81 OIL.
With Disrct-Ninti Ward complete. and districts 30.
81 and 81 Of the seventh Ward, and % II. inclusive,
and II and Is Of the Eleventh wad Population. 57lI8
With Dist ct-Twelfth Ward complete and districts
10, H. H. iG. 81 %. a. %, &c 81 the Tenth
Ward. Population. 53ceI.
Ixth Ustrct-Thrteenth Ward complete with 9Th TO
olst District inclusive OF the Ward Popula
ton. "a so.
Xth Disrct-Flfteenth and Eighteenth wa,ds comp;eta
Population. go
XIth Dstriet-sixteenA Ward complete. Population
50.GG.
XIIth Distrlct-seyent cnth Ward complete and dis.
trict /, Of tho Fourteenth Ward. Population. SIN.
XIIIth Observation-Disclosures Ward complete
tlets 8. 0 and 10 Of the Seventh Ward. Population.
CT ,oG3
AIvth Dstrict-T~cnty-socond Ward complete Popula-
ton, 80, 1893.
XVIII District-Twenty-tfd Ward complete with dis.
t1cts H. - 81 IS 20 OF the Seventh Ward. Population
G035l.
XVIII D,trict-rwentyfourt Ward complete districts
10 49, inclusive, OF the Twenty-hth Wac, Flatands
and Grave,end and the First the TwentysAtb
Ward. Population. 60, sos
XVIIth Distct-Second 10th districts inclusive OF
the TwentysAth ward 10, 90 and 2lst districts the
Twenty.hth Ward, and districts ,, s. o. H. 49, 10.
y. - and 20 Of the Twenty-eighth Ward Population
So 7i2.
XVI1Ih Distiict-Twenty-scventh Ward complete and
districts l. 3, t. s. o. 4 10. H. II. H. 10. Il. Is and
20 OF the Twentyeghth Ward. Population. $3.50.
The vth and XVIII districts are Republican with
about 1000 majority In the former and 5000 in the
latter some of the Democratic districts have large
majorities, and none have less than 800.
supervisor McKanc presided at the meeting for the
adoption OF the report. supervisor Lockwood (Rep)
said that the apportionment OF last year was bad
enough, but this Jesse .bhns0n said
last evening that effort would be made 10 have
the apporrionment declared null and void the
ground that the supervisors had right 10 divide
wards. for they were towns. Mr. Johnson also de
nounced the action OF the supervisors IN adopting
the report without granting hearing upon II rs
high-handed. As counsel In the case he asked 10
have an opportunity To the proposed plan be0cre
II adopted and 1t had been denied.