New-York tribune., 1907-07-24
SENATE PLAN ACCEPTED
WADSUORTH YIELDS.
assembly Caucus adopts Senate
Com promise May adjourn To-day.
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over apportionment. seeing at last that he would
be unable to force the Senate to grant the Goa
cessions he wanted, Speaker Wadsworth
rendered suddenly to-day. and practically adj
vised the Assembly Republican caucus 10 accept
/ the compromise offered by the Senate. Eagerly
the caucus seized his suggestion. and the
promise adopted by the Senate caucus last night
was made party measure of the Assembly by a
vote of 81 to II. Emergency messages from the
Governor will be obtained the appOrtion-
ment bill and the direct nominations bill and
without much doubt final adjournment of the
/ special session Will be taken tomorrow.
/ In the adoption Of so sweeping redistricting
[ of the state as the modified Tully plan the
Legislature made a startling departure from its
/ original intention of correcting only the two
districts pointed out by the Court OF Appeals as
| unconstitutional
| 1t is due largely to the persistent stand taken
by Governor Hughes that the demands OF the
/ constitution for u complete reaDuortionment
! and the creation Of fair and equitable districts
/ be met The surrender of the Legislature 10
/ the Governor on this question. indeed was al
/ most as striking as the Speakers final abandon
/ ment OF his position This latest victory Of the
! Governor may be the last, though, for whfs
| the direct nominations bill which ne has recon-
/ mended probably will pass the Senate to-mOr-
row. the present indications are that it will be
/ beaten in the Assembly. as it was at the regu-
/ lar session OF the Legislature.
wADSWORTHS DEFEAT
/ Speaker Wadsworths defeat In the apportion-
nent fght-for he has been compelled TO accept
/ the Steuben-LivngstOn district against which
| he fought-brings 10 an end deadlock which has
/ lasted nearly two months and terminates a spc-
| cial session which has lasted two weeks and
| was made necessary only by the Speakers re-
| sistance TO the original Tully appOrtionment
| plan. That It leaves the Speaker crippled pO-
liticaly even his friends admit He has IN
| CURED political injuries in the fight which may
| not be repaired for two OF three years. Instead
of helping the position OF his family in the West
err end Of the state his own political future
| is Overshadowed somewhat. though his
| turn 20 the Assembly IS not greatly endangered
Some idea Of the effect Of his defeat is
| veyed in the announcement which came tonight
| that Assemblyman Phillips, Of Allegany who
| has been one OF the Wadsworth men in the
| lower house, Will become a candidate in the
| Genesee- Wyoming -AIlegany district against
Percy Hooker. now one Of the strong Wadsworth
| Senators.
From the time the Assembly convened this
| morning the members began to talk the
Senate's compromise. for the end IN sight
Even the Speakers closest friends admitted that
! the fight practically over. although they
said that they willing. at great inconyen-
ience. TO stand by the Speaker II he still desired
! It, But their very tones conveyed the idea that
he did not believe IL advisable. From all sides
advice came to him that for his benefit and
for the sake OF the Republican party, he should
abandon his efforts TO force the Senate to grant
his demands Fresh evidences of the hardship
in the upstate counties which the postponement,
OF apportionment creating carried to
/ him. and they decided his course.
GOVERNOR REFUSED TO ACT
But while all this change Of sentiment IN
| evidence among the Assemblymen. the Senate
leaders were not exactly certain what
would be taken Senator's Hinman. the sponsor
for the Senate compromise and Page journeyed
TO the executive chamber TO ask the Governor
I In for rha
sage Of the Senate bin The Governor refused
| plainly and definitely He said that he did rot
| intend 20 be put into the position OF taking
! sides IN this controversy, to send in Grner-
/ genCy message for the Hinman bill at this
/ Juncture would resemble partisanship. since rhs
! Assembly now had apportionment commit
/ tee In the field and the situation was not as II
! was when he granted a message on the Pully
/ bill at the regular session
| This emergency message was not needed. for
! the Assembly gave the first sign or surrender
| when at the session this morning Assemblymsn
/ Meade. chairman of the AppOrtionment Commit
! tee introduced to accompany his report not only
/ the Assembly bill but the Senate compromise
| bill. \ flash OF inquiry ran around the cham
| Der when this was presented. The Speaker has
| yielded" was the inference Of almost every
/ man. \ few minor bills recommended by the
/ Governor for action were passed IN rapid sue
cession. and then Mr.. MoreIand. the majority
| leader. moved for adjournment until 4:S0 p M
| TO permit the holding of the Assembly eau
| Gus scheduled for q In the mean time the
| abandonment of the Assembly position had be-
| come a certainty. that the only interest at
taching to the caucus was the amount OF opposi-
ton manifested there To the adoption OF the
| Senate Dlan-
LITTLE OPPOSITION SHOWN.
There was comparatively little opposition. The
| Speaker himself advised its adoption in the very
/ beginning He said that the Assembly had been
! against the Tully plan originally because the
| Senate did not consult its colleague about the
| drafting of that BILL because IL was unfair in
| some it's districts and because that bill sad
| died him with a district entirely repugnant to
/ the people of his county. But long. hard fight.
causing great expense to the state. hardship 10
/ Republican party. had failed to break the SEN
| ate's position and he advised the Assembly 10
/ take the best terms IL could get. The necessity
for an immediate appOrtiOnment was especially
! pressing he declared. because any further delay
| would mean so great an Outcry for maths-
| NAUTICAL apportionmsnt OF New York and Kings
| counties that the Legislature might be forced 10
| give it, and that would mean grave Republican
| loss in both counties. Again he urged the As
Following him came AssembIyman Ham
mond OF Onondaga who many supposed was
expressing the sentiments of Senator White. and
| thus indirectly of State Chairman Woodruff He
urged the caucus stick 10 the Assembly plan.
continuing the deadlock. II necessary. Jesss
/ Phillips too. counseIled no surrender" did
AssembIyman Rogers Assemblymen Mead.
Merritt and many others spoke. and the caucus
got into a general debate the proposition
/ The sentiment too strong. though. for any
no surrender" propaganda TO make headway.
The Speakers surrender had broken the back
bone of the Assembly's opposition. When the