New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-25
ABOUT REAPPORTIONMENT.
ACTION UPON NETWORK SENATE n,s
TRICTS DEFERRED UNTIL MONDAY

DEMOCRATS ARE MAKING PREPARATIONS To
OPPOSE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF prp,p.
Li'AN LEADERs-JOHN c. REIDs PLAN.
FROM 1iE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE 1utn,,Sn
N'pahs' Aug. A-The apportionment of the Sen
ate ana Assembly districts by means Of an amend.
meht 10 the Constitution is receiving a good deal
or attention just from the Republican LEADERS,
of the convention
After the adjournment OF the convention late
last evening Elihu Root. Edward Iauterbach and
o'ner RepuDilcan leaders went with President Choate
TO his home In Exist. and held conference Until
O'Clock this morning. john c. Reid assistant sec
United to those In attendance a plan for a Senate
OF thlrty-seven members and Assembly of AS
members Mr. Reds apportionment amendment Is
based upon the votes cast at Presidential elections
and not upon population now required by the
constitution his idea being that the foreign poyri
lation or the cities now swes the enumera ton
figures for the cities and thus the cities obtain n
larger representation In the Legislature than they
are entitled to receive. But Mr.. Reds plan does
not agree with that Of the Committee on Legislative
Organization. now In the hands Of that committee
which provides for a Senate Of fifty members and
an Assembly of $50 members. and therefore the
former will probably not be adopted. Mr. Reid re-
turned TO NewYork City this morning to confer
with the Republican leaders there and to to tha
they Immediately send to Albany their plan for
dividing the city OF New-York into the twelve
amendment 1t is expected that this plan will be
In the possession of the Republican leaders here
The Democratic members Of the Constitutional
convention are preparing to make fierce on
view to bothering the Republicans. Mr.. Osborne
Democrat. inquired this morning in the Convention
planned that the Democratic members had not been
to see of the the Even ON hs
Organization had not been permitted TO scan the
Mr. Becker. the Republican chairman Of the Com
mittee Legislative Organization. said that the
5e nnTn1 wa aeanr o
upon these had been delayed by the fact that Mr.;
been closely confined to his work as chairman
OF the judiciary Committee that he had not been
able to attend to the reapportionment or the New
York Senate districts.
THAT does not answer my question said MIR; Os,
amendment will be ready
THE oSosea an Of last the
When will Mr. Root be ready inquired John
NJ Bowers. Tammany Hall Democrat. .r,
President Choate Joined the Ssfa M Roos
was busy on this matter until O'Clock TINS morn
fpon Mr. Becker's notion the Committee on Leg
islative Organization then received permission 10
desE s TspG a This
the debate on the Subject re Renubcan Club Of New
York ME cav ayfr hnRs the RepubcSns viii Sen
ator and Ave or six Assemblymen in New-fork
John NJ Bowers. OF the Democratic leaders
IN the convention says the apportonment scheine
" he adopted works very uneQually the Democratic
territory having very large unrepresented iracuoma
ratios while In the Republican territory extra dis,
tricts are allowed for remarkably small iracuona
ratios He inaanced Erie County, with 3eiVo popu'
iation getting three Senators. while Deinocfati'
Albany County with $4,000 population gets one Sen
ator.
John c. Reid arrived in this city yesterday ana
talked with various Republican leaders about ,h'
reapporonment of the citys senate distriGs Ex
ctate Senator Commodore F. NeCder had also coh'
So~n from Albany and he too discussed the SUD
feet with Mr.. Reid and others