New-York tribune., 1901-02-17
PLAN or REAPPORTYONlIENT.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF A COMMITTEE
OF REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMITTEE
MIR. GRUBER OBJECTS TO DIYI-
SION OF HIS DISTRICT

The Executive Committee OF the Republican
County Committee yesterday afternoon adopted
in tentative form plan Of reapportionment Of
Congress districts in New-York County pro-
posed BY a subcommittee OF the executive
Committee composed Of the president, Robert C.
Norris William II. Ten Eyck the secretary.
George r. Manchester. and the second vice
president. William Halpin. The report OF the
Executive Committee is for the guidance OF the
joint legislative committee to be appointed this
week The new districts VIII, Of course, be
subject 20 modification by the legislative COM
mittee. but, with slight alterations, they viii
finally stand about follows:
EIIth DiStriGt-Iiichmond County. part of The
Tho Iyth and XIIth Assembly districts OF Man.
haitian.
IXth Districts Assembly DISTRICT part q ihs
Assembly districts OF Manhattan.
Nth pstriet-Part 81 the NIIIth and the whole
OF Manhattan.
KIN District--yII,h Assembly District, part q
The XTiih Assembly d5,rt's iti q Maahattsh
XIlth District XNUIth Assembly District. nearly
Assembly districts of Manhatian
! NIlIth Distrilt t-rart Of the Nth Assembly Dis
Assembly districts ~ Manhattan
xXYIIIth part of the XNXth Aslbly DiS,rict
Queens. l. e. Long Island CIV and Ne~,o%n.
XVIII District-Part of tho NVIIth Assembly Dis
NXiXjh assem6i5 ~, districts q Manhattan
XVIII Dstrt.-Par Of ~ XXXth and 2l2lXIst
and all 81 ne NANlli and NSAllId Assembly dis
! tricts of The Bronx.
XVIIh DIstrict-Part Of the XXIst, al Of the
NAIiId ana he greater part Of the HANIst As
semhly districts
NvTIA District-An Of the XXXIYth. XXXvth
and annexed districts in The Bronx
When the report was presented Abraham
Gruber. leader Of the XXIst Assembly District.
said that his Assembly district. the largest one
in the county had been cut In two and he
wanted know why. The northern half Of the
district above One-hundredth-st had been put
with the XKIIId and KNXIst districts 10 form
the KNlIth District. while the lower half
with part of the NklIth, KIAth and
nsWeTing for the subcommittee. said that the
sole aim Of the committee had been 10 Increase
Republican representation from this city. Mr.
Gruber replied that he glad To be assured
that such was the case, for he had heard il sug
gested that other motives had actuated the
gentlemen. When IL came 10 adopting the re-
port Mr.. Gruber and Jastrow Alexander were
the only ones voting in the negative Otto
Rosalsky, acting for Charles s. Murray. 81 the
With District WAS excused from voting be
cause Charles AdleT's district had beer cut in
halves by the new lines. Mr.. Gruber Is said 10
be of the opinion that the KNIITh is a
Democratic district the upper part Of the
KAIst District Is a growing Democratic neigh
borhood
a proposition TO indorse the bin making il
mandatory 10 have election district OrganiZa-
tons as Brooklyn used TO have. was voted down.
A resolution Of sympathy for John Reisen-
weber on account Of the death Of his daughter
was passed.
The Elections Officers Committee was organ
lied after the Executive Committee adjourned
with ex-senator Charles H. Page as chairman.