New-York tribune., 1907-06-20
| SENATOR TULLY BACK.
HE SEES Il RAY OF HOPE.
Meeting of Full Conference Com
mittees on Apportionment To-day.
by Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Albany, June 19.-Another meeting OF the full con-
ference committees oS both Houses OF the Lesis-
| lature Will be held tomorrow to see IL by some
! chance there may not be devised a method OF
| breaking the reapportionment deadlock. Senator
! Tuy, chairman of the Senate Committee, came
back to Almany from his home to-day, and after
conference with Senator Raines and Speaker Wads-
worth sent word 10 the members of his committee
| to be ready for a meeting tomorrow morning
on the result Of this meeting Will depend the
date of adjournment. If the deadloch Is .tos hos
broken. the session must drag out into another
week at least There may be some preak III the
deadlock-there may not. Senator Ralnes anu anu
Senator Tulley declare that the senate mas Ho1
the slightest intention of abandoning Its advocacy
of the TuIly plan. Speaker WadsWorth MAINTAINS
Just firmly that the Assembly VIII He'oi az
cept that plan.
Supporters Of the Tuly plan here say that the
Assembly is about ready to break away from the
Speaker They do not know whether the ulle ~
at hand yet for the break. but almost every sen sen
ator save the Wadsworth men says that tho only
solution OF this trouble will be the adopuon Dy
the Assembly OF the Tully plan. 1t seems hardly
likely that an Assembly surrender Will come thls
week yet any concession. though OF the most
minor Importance, which could be USED 10 save
the face" OF the Speaker and the lower House.
would be welcomed and an immediate ad1ourhIheht
be taken
his father to drop reapportonment work last Week
talked with many OF the conferrees as were ia
town to-day to pick up the thread of the con-
| troversy. Little change had been made In the
situation since he left here go
'I have talked with Senator Raines and with
Sneaker Wadsworth he said this evening Ihe
Sneaker was anxious to have a meeting OF tho
conference committees tomorrow, so sent word
to Senators Cassidy and Smith, who are out OF
town, and I expect them to be here tomorrow
We can't tell what this meeting may bring forth
! hope that by that time the Assembly VIII be 80
convinced of the uselessness OF further delay tha
a settlement be effected and an adJourhmeht
taken on Friday.
Il can say that the Senators standing as
firmly the result of two caucuses We
have no intention of abandoning our plan, which
is constitutional and meets the approval or tho
Governor for the Assembly plan. when certainly
siton is stronger than We have set our
faces against any yielding to foolish demands. We
stick by our plan; the Assembly shifts from one
plan to another. My belief is that the force OF
public opinion must make itself felt speedily here
and when that does happen, there can Dc only one
result"
Speaker wadsworth. however gave indication
Of yielding. He said he knew that Senator Raines
and Senator Tully were saying that the Assembly
must adopt the Senate plan; but the Assembly did
agree with them. He believed some COM
promise satisfactory both sides could be reached,
and that perfectly fair apportionment could be
made which would not be unjust TO Senate or AS
sembly. Meanwhile the meeting of the conference
committee might lead to something. or 1t might
make necessary further meetings. The Speaker
did not dare TO risk conjecture as to the date of
adjournment
Senator Cobb has another complete grouping OF
the upstate counties. which he will offer a
compromise plan at the meeting tomorrow. This
differs in many respects from any plan hitherto
suggested. Senator Cobb thinks II is fair plan
and believes It would be satisfactory To the
Speaker since II would put Livingston County
with ontario and Wayne. Senator Rainess present
district. To be sure, It would take Livingston out
side the old Wadsworth Congress district, but the
Speaker. according 10 some OF the Assemblymen,
would not protest too hard against that II he could
escape the Livingston Steuben district. SIN,
argument which will be made against the Cobb
plan is that 1t creates district OF Broome. TtOga
and Chemung, thus throwing Senator Hnman into
a district where he might have 10 contend against
the influence OF j. Soat Fassett All this will
have to be thrashed out at the meeting to morrow.
The Assembymen are still at work carving New
York County into chessboard apportionment. and
Mr.. Merritt is stiIl working the adding machine
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