New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-24
BROOKLYN SENATE DISTRICTS
PLAN OF REAPPORTIONMENT DECIDED
UPON BY KINGS COUNTY DELEGATES.
THE DIVISION OF NEw-YoRK AND ERIE CoUN-
TIES NOT YET sETTLED-THE AMENDMENT
TO BE READY NEXT WEEK.
tpY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

Albany Aug 23-The leaders Of the Republican
majority in the Constitutional Convention were
busy to-day getting into shape the Senate and
Assembly Apportionment act. The act provides
for a Senate Of fifty members and an Assembly
Of $50 members 1t was learned yesterday that
while the apportionment Of the Senate districts
I'm the rural counties had been completed, the
counties Of New-York Kings Monroe and Erie
had not yet been divided Edward Lauterbach
was therefore dispatched to New-York last night
to learn what was the cause OF the decay In Tor
wardlng here the plan for the apportionment OF
the Senate districts Of that city. Mr.. Lauterbach
learned from william Brookfied in New-fork
that the task Of drawing up a plan for New-forK
had been assigned by the Committee OF Thirty
to George Bliss, and that the latter was SICK AT
Lenox and therefore had not done the work
Mr. Lauterbach returned here to-day and re-
ported that John c. Reid. of the Republican state
Committee. had done some figuring as to the
proper distribution of districts in NewYork. This
information led the Republican leaders to tele-
graph to Mr. Reid to come to Albany at once
He arrived here tonight and Immediately went
to work with Edward Lauterbach to prepare d
pan. IL is expected that by tomorrow the sen,
ate districts Of New-York Will be arranged ana
will be included In the Apporionment act.
The Kings County Republican delegation me.
and after n two hours debate completed plan
for the distribution of the Senate districts OF
Kings County. which will be divided as follows:
lid Senate District-The First. Second Ihird.
Fourth. Fifth and Sixth wards OF the city OF
BROOKLYN: WITH District the Seventh, Thirteenth.
Nineteenth and Twenty-hrst wards OF the city OF
Brooklyn: Vth District. the Eighth. Tenth
Twelfth. Thirtieth and Thirty first wards OF the
city OF Brooklyn: Win District. the Ninth,
Eleventh, Twenty-hfth and Twenty-second wards
of the city Of Brooklyn: With District. the Four
teenth Fifteenth Sixteenth and Seventeenth
wards Of the city of Brooklyn; With District,
the Twenty-third. enty-fourth, Twenty -hfth
and Twenty-nnth wards of the city OF Brooklyn
and the town of Fatlands IXth District, the
Eighteenth. Twenty-sixth. Twenty-seventh and
Twenty ghth wards Of the city Of Brooklyn
The Monroe County Republicans met and d.
vided that county into two Senate districts.
separated by the Genesee River. Each OF these
Monroe County districts will have about 100000
population.
The Erie County Republicans met and con-
sldered two plans Of apportoning the three sem
ate districts assigned to that county Ihe he,
publican County Committee OF Erie County had
sent a plan OF apportionment giving two Repup-
Ican Senate districts Of about 1000 majority
each and Democratic district OF about Zooo
majority and the plan submitted creates Two
doubtful Senate districts and only one sure he-
publican district The delegates from Erie
County will determine upon one Of the plans TO-
morrow. ,,, ,,-s 60
have the apportOnment amendment coihpieVeu
nv the beginning Of the coming week