The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-17
TANMANY'S
ASPIRATIONS,
II Proposes to Create a New Dem
OCratiC State.
WILL BE NAMED MANHATTAN.
THE STARTLING SCHEME IS
RICHARD CROKER'S AND IT
PROVIDES FOR TAKING NEW
YORK CITY AND FIFTEEN COI5N-
TIES FROM THE STATE.

New York, Nov. 1G.-The Commercial,
Advertiser prints the following:
sit is Richard Cookers ambition to ex
tend Tammany's dominion beyond the
confines Of Greater New York. The pro-
posal to create IL new State by divorcing
sixteen counties of the State of New
York aud Incorporating them rs the
State of Manhattan, is defined in Il bill,
which is to be introduced at the coming
session OF the Legislature by Assembly
man Patrick Trainor, of the Thirteenth
district, this city. Mr. Ttainor, who is
member of Tammany Hall, presented a
similar hill in the assembly last year, but
it did not get beyond n committee.
Mr.. Trainor insists that the bill and
the idea emboc led in it are his own, but
the political Importance OF the measure is
such that it is hardly credible that a
sub lieutenant would undertake to sug-
gest and advocate the plan without the
consent and assistance of the leaders.
Mr.. Croker, however, prefers to profess
Ignorance of the project, which is one OF
the most gigantic in the political history
Of modern times.
"Ihe plan is to create new Demo
cratic State and add two sure Democratic
United States Senators; then secure
control of the Legislature of what would
he the grentest and richest State in the
Union, to divide the electoral vote of the
pivotal State, to send to the lower house
of Congress II solid Democratic delegation
from the State of Manhattan, and to get
absolute Legislative control over second
greatest city on earth, for the benefit Of
Tammany Hall
"'l'he other Democratic leaders in tie
State, it is suid. vii, oppose the bill on
the ground that it would be unwise to
separate the great commercial and pol;t.
ical Interests of the Empire State, and,
furthermore, they will not assist in max
ing an old rival and antagonist the great
est political power, perhaps, in the coun-
try, for his aggradizement would mean
their extinguishment politically.
"ln order to become Il law the Trainor
bill must be adopted by the legislature
and approved by Congress. The sixteen
counties which it is proposed shall form
the State of Manhattan nre New York,
Kings, Queens, Richmond, Suffolk, West
chester Orange, Putnam, Duchess, Col
umbia, Ulster, Greene, Rockland, Albany,
RENSSELAER, and part of Schoharie, with a
population of 5000, go. rs compared with
1851, 1923 for the forty four remaining
counties.
"This would make the new State the
seconu largest III the Union, i'll regard to
population, PENNSYLVANIA alone exceed
Ing it. The remaining forty four coun-
ties left 20 comprise the State of New
York would make Il State the sixth
largest in the Union. The new State
would contain a territory of 5000 square
miles rs compared with territory of
40, ABB square miles.
1.-The sixteen counties have twenty
seven out CT the fifty Senator's, and more
than half Of the assemblymen.in the .leg-
isature under The present appor tionment,
and twenty one out Of thirty. tour Repre-
sentatives in Cogressn