New-York tribune., 1907-06-06
WOULD FORCE CHI ANGES
SPEAKER SEES HUGHES.
4ppOrtiOnment amendments I'm
HkelyEDeadIock Might Result.
LRy telegraph to The Trfnune.1

IBy Telegraph The Tribunel
Albany. June $50 seriously does Speaker
Wadsworth consider himself and the Wads-
worth family interests injured by the TulIy re-
apportionment plan. which the Senate caucus
has made party measure. that he is contem-
plating the advisa bility of forcing amendments
to the bill in the Assembly. From present indi-
cations there is little likelihood that he will be
able to accomplish anything of the sort. If he
should obtain amendments of the kind he de-
sires. the Assembly would have TO formulate
practically new reapportionment. and as the
Republican Senators are committed to the Tully
plan deadlock of alarming possibilities be-
tween the two houses would result.
The Speaker has been consulting with his
friends on the subject ever since he learned that
Livingston County was to be placed in district
with Steuben. He has blocked out a tentative
reapportionment which would place Steuben
with Chemung. the home county Of Sherman
Moreland. whom he has made majority leader.
and compel numerous other changes This
would be much worse for Mr. Morelands inter
ests than the present arrangement and
If the Speaker used his power 10 force amend
ments. Moreland probably would submit. Up to
date he has not given any consent 10 such a
plan. and personally is against II strongly
Under the Tully plan Livingston County is put
with Steuben- This takes ii out OF the Congress
district which the elder Wadsworth represented
for many years. and in which the wadsworth
strength lies It creates district also, IN which
the Wadsworth strength probably would be less
than that welded by Senator Tully in Steuben.
with it's two Assembly districts
SPEAKER CALLS A CONSULTATION
All this was distasteful to the Speaker. so this
morning he held a consultation with various
wadsworth men. among them Senator Hooker OF
Wadsworth objections to the Tully plan They
talked over the situation at great length, and
practically agreed TO fight If there was tho
slightest opportunity.
After this conference the Speaker went with
his troubles to Governor Hughes He told the
Governor frankly how the Tully plan affected
him, and declared that he believed he would be
able 70 work out Just equitable general
plan which would fit his own case much better
He left the Executive Chamber with the state
rnent from the Governor that he had no personal
choice as to apportionment plans. and that
equitable and constitutional plan from one per-
son would look Just as good as the same sort OF
plan from anybody else
Speaker Wadsworths plan Contemplates
four county district, embracing Genesee. Wyo-
ming. Livingston and Allegany- This would ere
ate a district of one hundred and forty thousand
persons. extending from Pennsylvania north al
district with Chemung. and thus make neees-
sary changes through the other districts clear
over 10 the Hudson counties. where Orange and
Putnam would have TO be joined
This would tear apart the districts of Senator'S
Cassidy. Wilcox. Hinn.an. Aids and Smith, un-
der the apportionment OF 1906 as well as dis
turb the districts laid out in the Tully plan
10 which all the Senators affected have con-
seuted In all probability it would affect Sena-
tors Cassidy. wilcox. Hinman and Aids worse
than the TuIIy plan now harms the wadsworths.
SEE NO REASON FOR CHANGING.
At any rate. the Senators who heard of the
Speakers plan to-day declared that they saw
no reason for changing the Tully plan
I'VE have taken CUR medicine and made nc
WY faces" remarked one man whose presen.
district is torn apart. Why shouldn't the
Wadsworths? This doesn't leave them IN any
worse position than they We're in before. so far
I can judge"
The Speaker. however, sticks to his idea OF
shifting Steuben TO Chemung- One reason
for this. some of the people who want the Tully
plan say. is that in the Livingston -Steuben dis
trict 1t would be difficult for the Speaker ever
to get a nomination TO the Senate The same
thing in great part would apply to sherman
Moreland in the proposed Steuben- -Chemurg
district In a sense the Speakers idea is %
get Mr.. Moreland 10 sacrifice himself on the
Wadsworth altar. Mr.. MoreIand hasn't the
slightest desire TO do.tt. and mighty little in
terftion of doing it.
The Speaker has difficult problem ahead to
obtain any action the reappOrtiOnment bin
which would mean delay. because the Assembly
men almost frantic now because of the
length of the session. Tremendous pressure
would have to be used to compel them amend
the TuIly bill, y passing the unamended bill
would enable them to get away from Albany
on Friday.
The Tully bill at Senator Raines's request was
taken from the Committee of the Whole in the
Senate to-day and advanced 20 third reading
Senator Raines then tried TO have the third
reading calendar made special order at the
afternoon session, but Senator Grady objected
to that. No reason seems apparent why the bin
should not be passed tomorrow and sent 10 the
Assembly.
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