New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-06-14
DEADLOCK UNBR0KEN.
WORK FOR AGREEMENT.
Wadsycorths Hopeful Statement
RaiHes WOuId Take Livingston.

Albany, June 13-Two conferences to-day by
new committees representing the Senate and
Assembly failed to break the reapportiOnment
deadlock. Again the representatives of the As
sembly presented a plan. which they offered
10 the Senate a compromise Again the Sen
ate refused TO accept the Assembly plan details
of which guarded with much secrecy.
though the Assemblymen declared that 1t was
strictly mathematical" grouping Of counties
without regard to personal or political interest.
On its part. the Senate committee made con-
cessons to the Speaker Senator Rafnes was
willing to have district created adjoining on
tariO and Wayne. his counties, and Livingston.
the Wadsworth county. This would make a dis
triCt contiguous and fair to population. and
would take away the Speakers objection to the
Steubeu-Lfvingston district. that II threw his
county into a Senate district. with a county
having two Assembly districts against him. Yet
this was not satisfactory to Speaker Wadsworth.
because still it would keep Livingston County
out of the old Wadsworth Congress district.
Just before II p. m Speaker WadswOrth said:
There will be no agreement tonight. The
session of the Legislature will extend into next
week I am not at liberty to give out the COM
promise apportionment plan upon which the
committee is working Good progress has been
made. and while the plan has not been agreed
upon. are all hoping for amcabIe and
satisfactory outcome"
By midnight tonight no agreement had been
reached and the question was put over until
tomorrow. Then there is some likelihood that
the two committees may go 10 the GovernOr
with proposition that he declare his position
or state his choice as to an appOrtiOnment plan.
There is likelihood. though. that Governor
Hughes will do anything Of the sort. He has
refused to be drawn into this tangle. and the
only thing which could make him interiors
would be pronounced and vehement protest
from all over the state against continuation
of the deadlock
NO ADJOURNMENT THIS WEEK.
No adjournment can be taken this week. be-
cause even II some agreement on a plan bs
reached tomorrow. II would be impossible to
take action on 1t before Monday night at tho .
earliest Thus. in all probability. it will bs .
Wednesday Thursday Of next week before a
final adjournment can be taken. and in the mean
time the situation. which now seems TO present q
gradual weakening of the Assembly's position,
may become acute gain at any instant
Everybody concerned is ''up in the air" Sem
ators and Assemblynen in little groups haunted
the corridors Of the Hotel Ten Eyck to-nfghr
while the conference was In progress. eagerly
seeking such crumbs OF information "a found
their way downstairs. They obtained little COM
tort The Senate. they learned. was standing
firmly for the TUlly plan. Assemblvnen vsr,
suggesting various plans. but none found ready
acceptance; all seemed to have some defect
The weakness Of the Assemblys position IA
that since it has abandoned the original yvads
worth plan If has been unable to settle afnitalv,
on any one plan. on the other hand the Sonata
still sticks 10 the Tully plan and only takes nv
der consideration temporarily the propositions
made by the Assembly Conferrees This was the
case at the first conference this afternoon For
about two hours the Senators and Assemblvr,e7
discussed the latest Assembly plan which con-
tempiated giving two Senators to Westchester.
making necessary complete regrouping OF
counties all over the state.
INTERESTING. But NOT PROFITABLE.
This the conferrees found interesting, but nor
profitable After an interval for dinner thew
came together again tonight to repeat the oper-
alton The plan chiefly discussed was the prom
osition made by Senator Raines to take Livinss-
ton County into hts district This while fe
would cause general redistricting of the state.
left the Wadsworth people well fixed and was
distinctly advantageous 10 the Speaker save for
the real point at issue-h!s fathers interests in
the Congress District II left district OF Gene
see. Wyoming and AIlegany in which Percy
Hooker, the Speakers friend, could control the
Senate convention But it did not put Mr.
Wadsworth the elder in a position to dictate
the Congress nomination in his old district and
the Speaker could not agree TO It, So still the
affair is wide open
Various efforts were made during the day to
bring about reconciIiations. Many hints have
been heard % the power of the President being
invoked Herbert Parsons. president OF the New
York County Republican Committee called on
Governor Hughes to-day 10 urge him 70 declare
himself or to intervene between the contestants
view. but 1t leaked out that Mr.. Parsons got a
little less than satisfaction from the meeting
The Governor. according to current stories.
told Mr.. Parsons Enthusiastically that he did not
propose 10 interfere In this affair II the
Legislatures buslress TO make a constitutional
apportionment and not his. He had gone far
enough when he told the Senate Apportionment
Committee that the plan submitted 10 him
would. II enacted. receive his approval II any
other plan which the TWO houses could agree
were submitted to him by an official COMMITTEES.
he would be willing TO voice his opinion on that.
state Chairman Woodruff did little to-day
toward clearing the situation. His previous sue
cesse5 seemed to satisfy him. He was asked
Tonight if ne had been the Governor during the
day
No he answered. Il was on my way there
when met Parsons coming out. and we took a
walk"
The answer so struck the fancy OF everybody
here as II chimed in precisely with the versions
of Mr.. Parsons's success with the Governor. thar
and took walk Is already a Legislative
byword
Mr. Woodruff Is going TO leave here to-mor-
row but expects 10 come back Monday when
some action may be taken. He and Senator
Raines still are on speaking terms.
RAINEs RETURNS TO THE FRAY