New-York tribune., 1907-06-04
FULL APPORTIONMENT.
CHANGES ARE RADICAL.
Gorernor for TuHy's PIan-Fe1o
Republican AssembIymen Present.
IBy Telegraph to Tie Tribure.I

stated on excellent authority that the bin pro-
vides for a complete redistricting of the state,
north south, east and west. 1t spares dis
| tricts on account of personal political afilia
tons 1t is far more radical and drastic meas
ure than any of the recent versions of it have
| represented.
Because the bill is drastic various snags
| lie across Its pathway. Senator TuIly admits
| freely that the measure could not be passed un-
! less it were made a party measure at a caucus.
Many people here expect that caucus to develop
| considerable dtsaTection on the part of some
| Senators whose districts will be carved beyond
the limit of political safety for them. Never
theless little doubt exists that the bill will be
made party measure and passed.
| According TO the present programme. the re-
| appOrtionment committee will meet tomorrow
| morning and act on the measure. on which it has
! not passed formally yet Then caucus will ba
| called and the measure put up for discussion.
| Having been adopted by the caucus its passage
| will be certain. Senator TulIy hopes to get ell
the formalties out of the way so the bill itself
can be presented to the Senate tomorrow.
FULLY COMPLETED PLAN LAST WEEK.
| Senator Tully completed his plan last week
and left II with the Governor for his considera-
| tion before Memorial Day. Mr.. Hughes was
busy then other affairs and the conference at
which he and the chairman of the reapportion-
/ ment committee were to take up this solution
| Of the problem was postponed until to-day.
| Meanwhile the Governor had gone over the plan.
| applying TO it his tests When Senator
! fully called on him to-day he found that the
plan prepared had the Governors hearty ap-
prevail 1t has been somewhat Of surprise To
many people here to have Senator Tully go about
the preparation of radical bill When Senator
| Raines announced the reapportionment commit
| tee the general comment was that. despite Sen
| atoT Tully's known desire to stand with the Coz
ernOr, the committee would report bill putting
into effect Senator Raines's two-distrfct change
| But Senator Tully got TO work with figures ami
| a map OF the state and soon satisfied himself az
4 lawyer that no such plan would stand the test
| of the courts And the longer he worked the
more impressed he became with the idea that
nothing less than thorough shifting of counties
| all over the state would make a constitutional
| reapportionment.
| EMERSON ASSEMBLIES THE COLTS"
| desperate attempt was made tonight by
! Senator Emerson, who early in the year bios
| somed into prominence as the leader OF the
| Colts, first year Senators, to rally them 70
his support against the reapportionment BILL
Collecting a group of them around him in one
| of the anterooms. he delivered an impassioned
harangue against the measure. but seemingly
with little enthusiasm in return He was aided
BY Senator Wemple. Both Senator's, according
to ideas of the bill around o-nght Will be badly
| injured, if not killed politically by the changes
| in their districts
| The Governor can get caucus whenever ha
| wants it, declared Senator Emerson. Why
| can't we get control of this caucus and run it?"
| But his plaadings fell on deaf ears. The be-
lief is general that majority OF the Republican
| Senator's viii have no excuse for not voting for
| the BILL as the changes will not hurt them po-
litcally.
| Two interviews with Governor Hughes some
| what early in the procedure satisfied him that
! the Governor meant perhaps more than
| what he said in his message to the Legislators
when he recommended thorough redistricting
| OF the state which would meet the honest iudg-
ment of every citizen So Senator Tully kept
on with his work intending 10 draft a plan which
would give as nearly the ideal grouping Of coun-
ties and distribution Of population the geO-
graphical peculiarities Of the state would permit
That such bill would create political havoc
disturbed him somewhat, but has not deferred
him from completing that bill and Will not pre-
vent his introducing il. since il has been ap-
proved by the Governor.
MAY END MONsTROsITY
1t seems certain that this measure among
other important changes. will tear apart the
Clinton Essex Washington district created last
year-the monstrosity which put an end TO Sen
ator Brackets legislative career by destroying
his old district. II Washington County will -
Joined to Saratoga again. giving MI Bracket
control Of the district. and retiring Senator
WempIe. in all probability Clinton and Essex
undoubtedly will be joined to Warren County
throwing together Senator's Knapp and Emer-
son. which almost surely will prevent any re-
election of the latter it is believed here
over in the western end of the state the coun-
ties will he readjusted that Senator Hooker
at present representing the Wadsworth district
- Genesee- Wyoming Livingston - may be in
grave danger of defeat. as the Stevens power
i'm that section again will dominate. Those coun-
ties in the districts represented by Senators
Aids Human. Cassidy and Wilcox will be
shifted because of the small populations so that
the lines of the present districts win be de-
stroyed completely But according to the ideas
of politicians here any changes in the grouping
of the counties in that part of the state need
not destroy Senator Cassdy's chances OF re-
election. and probably will not affect Senator
Wicoxs; while the addition Of one OF even two
counties To Senator Raines's district of wayue
and Ontario will prove somewhat of a help
to him.
FULLY EXPECTS TO BE UPHELD
Still. the changes made by the Tully bill are
accepted on all sides as being so drastic that
many of the present legislators and their pO-
ntlCal chiefs will protest vigorously Even some
members of the reapportiOnment COMMITTEES
| may not like the new grouping OF their counties
| Nevertheless, Senator Tully expects that the
| committee will uphold It's chairman and that
| the caucus will adopt the measure. even though
| there be much heartburning among few OF
| the more pronouncedIy anti-Hughes men who an
| the beginning insisted with Senator Raines that