New-York tribune., 1901-02-12
As TO CONGRESS DISTRICTS.
PLAN OF WILLIAM BARNES. JR-. FOR RE
APPOKTIONAIENT IN THIS STATE.

Albany, Feb. II (SpeciaD Barnes. jr. Of
this city. the chairman OF the Executive Committee
OF the Republican State Committee. was recentIv
authorized to bring together the various plans for
reapporton!ng the Congress districts OF the state
and see II he could combine them into one.
Tonight Mr.. Barnes prints in his newspaper the
following article. which may be considered perhaps
as tentative plan OF his for reapporJioning the
Congress districts, put out 70 learn the opinion OF
the members os the Legislature concerning 81. The
article Is in part follows,
-. An examination OF the population fgures diseIoses
reputation from 81 70 il665s2 Will be entitled 70
tricts IN the Borough OF Brooklyn Will average
close 10 the ra'io. and the Borough OF Man
haitian which has increased from l55S0I 2o506oo,
County are added to It, will likewise be entitled 10
vft N apdttonal in9m9sF OF 1onSIfss me present
Westchester and tae Borough Of The BronX. has
OF the State In this district at the last general
election we're cast 7lls7 votes for member OF Con-
gress, and its population has grown TO 2S3.SS2- y
natural aPpoTtonment, therefore. would divide the
present NNlth District. making the Borough Of The
Bronx the NElllJh District and the County of
there will not be necess.tated any changes in the
Congress district lines, except such may be
by the readjustment OF lines arbitrarily made at
trict. which extends from Oedensburg to Cohoes
OF the old Congress districts Rensselaer, and CO.
lumha. with lGi9oS. and Albany with lt5.51I are
tdo.y below the ratio. which is 1g6,i3e. sullivan.
Orange and ROckland. comprising the XNIIth Dis
trlct. with population of Ia 1913. also below
Congressman Ray. and the NNNlIlth. represented
by Congressman Payne. the former with 2l3,9u OF
population and the latter with 212.GG, are about
1900 above the ratio. y natural reimbursement OF
the lines To StrdtShten out the difficulties would
be To add Washington to the Rensselaer, Columbia
district and ScheLeCtady to the Albany dstrI-, and
take Delaware from The XXvIth and Cortland
from the XXVIIIth. The NXIId District could be
made more hon OSensOuS and ceSSlble by railroad
by the substitution of Herkimer for Saratoga
County, Saratoga going :.orth into the district
represented congressman Emerson
OF lierkimer. which is attached TO Oneida.
could he supplied by taking Madison fIOm the
Onondaga district and adding IL 20 Oneida, Onou-
daga having increased In population sufficiently
To he a district by itself Changes in the western
part OF the State suggested by one. and
doubtless the districts west of Syracuse and Binc
II has been suggested that 1t might be wise add
Saratoga To- Rensselaer, County. leaving Washing
ton in the present NNIIId District. ana sending
Columbia southwark To be combined with Tlut chess
with Albany. but would still add Herkimer 10 the
present NNlId District IL is understood that the
representatives OF Saratoga County desire dis
trict comprised OF Saratoga Schenectady Fulton.
Hamilton and Montgomery. III this proposal should
carry, Albany would remain district by itself
and Herkimer and Otsego probably would be added
vored by the leaders the ST. Lawrence River
is 10 place St Lawrence, Franklin and Clinton
in one district and to add Fulton Hamilton and
Sara toga the present NNIIId District lake
ton, which latter county would go the Rensse-
laer-C Columbia district This plan leaves Herkimer
in its union with Oneida and adds Cortland
Ouondaga.
Another and original plan than the others
Is 10 base the apporuonment upon the citizen pOpu
laton and not upon the total population, including
Kings. one 10 Manhattan, The Bronx West
chester. and one TO the districts up the State.