New-York tribune., 1907-06-19
SENATE ON OFFENSIVE.
RECESS UNTIL THURSDAl :
Ro;nes Tntimates That Upper'HOHse
Won't Com mprOmisc.
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.,- 1,,ro 1S-To show the Assembly WhaO
,--...,-,;I,,- sentiment Of the other house was
-. rearnortionrnent problem. the Senate
-. 80 oefersive to-day and adjourned until
rrrA,,,saa,, afternoon. None of the Senate ieau-
e-e from Senator Raines down. e&peclS any -
,u,,on Of the difficulty TO be reached by men,
and all the Senators are CALCULATING On
recess from Thursday until Monday hlsh''
Final adjournment IS stiI sore subject VII"
LEGISLATORS. The current idea is represented ~
Senator Raines's terse dictum;
..yve-u adjourn when the Assembly gets fea"S
% accent the Tuiiy reapportionment
This he e1IDple?nented by the genial ueCldi a'i'i
-. .bo Aeee,nbl- hadn't leg to stand on.
Tbe deadlock has become thing OF loathihS
n everybody here. Sudden hot weather seeIlS
"a have destroyed the serious aspect OF 'he pc
sonal bitterness which springing UP on All
sides but the situation is such that at any mo-
,,an+ violent eruption might come from inns
enouldering volcano. or the Wads"oftn OPUS
1ion might collapse just as suddenly as 1t peSd'.
Sneaker Wadsworth seems to have lost some OF
his ropularitv because of the deadi'ck ana
600 criticism Of the Speakers conduct is hearu
I'VE stood by the Speaker because we 'houGhl
ft was his due and that we owed II TO 'he assem-
tt, to see that the Senate shouldn't walk over us
without rousing n protest, declared one VI 'ilo
,,oe+ influential Assembly leaders to-day. All
that was good It showed our loyalty ana our
real affection for the Speaker. But the affalr mas
taken a much broader aspect now, and we can
afford 70 stand for such things Wheh 'e psse1
oues-iOn IS so dominant.
"FIare we have the Legislature tied up abso-
Iutelv by one man for his own personal interests
and those Of his family The Assembly, mas taken
an improper position tact1cailH. We coilIeSSeu
.,a+ we were wrong when we amended the sen
,a biI1 NOT as TO its provisions affecting Assem-
blv districts but as to the provisions aHecuhs
senate districts It's a perfectly we'll known and
recognized legislative principle that the DouF
concerned I'm LAYING out districts shall nave the
sav about their boundaries. The Assembly mas
M vital concern in the Senate districts. Inc
grouping of counties into Senate districts noeS
not in the least affect or change AssemplE MS
trict lines within the counties. so say again
that the Assembys position in caucuslhs on the
lwadsworth amendments was Whohy wrong
illogical
Now this affair is getting so serious that
many people all over the state are denouhclhs
Us I heard Yesterday from innuehllal men men :"
nv district who asked some sort of an account
inc fror7, me What could say? They kne" that
Jim" Wadsworth was a fine young fello", pu'
thev did not much about II or the reid'l"''@
Of his fathers old Congress district to 'ne lac'
that the LEGISLATURE is being held here py ule
,,ee cf his official power in a personal quarrel
If this affair ever gets point Wnere atlo'iiei
Assembly caucus is called. or where the ASSN
bly, is brought to {. vote on any phase Vi '1.
affair ! fear Jim" viii have TO listen TO some OF
Tho most ,lnnleasant facts a Wadsworth ever
swallowed"
There exists just possibility that some kllu ~
Of a co1pprornise may be effected which VIII save
the Speakers pride and permit speedy ADJOURN
rnent II IS a possihtv-nothing more senator
Raines who once was in a compromising mood'
IS for compromise no longer. and other lnnuen-
tial Senator's agree with him. Unmistakapi!
there is dscord in the Assembly ranks
Assembymen to-day carried on the important
work of slicing up New York County Senator
Smith watched the operation for a time then
smiled sadly and went home. He will return
Thursday afternoon to see how much Assembly
men Merritt. Robinson. Prentice and Schoeneck
have done. The work went on to-day chlefiy'
many of the Senators say, because Merritt likes
10 operate the adding machine with which the
committeeman are figuring out the population or
rhe districts. The workers got most of this done.
but no new districts We're added to those mapped
out Yesterday.
Senator Page had p long talk with the Assem-
blymen to-day. and pointed out to them the fact
that districts extending clear across Manhattan
Island. not compact as districts cut out
east and west of Fifth avenue a dividing line.
He declared to them that such districts in some
cases might be unconstitutional: but they went
on with their narrowing task. This has become
q Joke with most of the legislators. who feel that
Yhe Assembly members of the conference COM
rnittee are carrying their bluff" clear beyond
the limit.
Various other features Of the so-called mathe-
,natical apportionment put forward by the AS
the two district scheme for Queens and West
chester.
The Senate had bare quorum to-day. Its
only business the passage Of the Agnew
bill providing for all night police court in
New York City. This was taken up by unan
lnous consent and passed unanimously. It Is
favored by the Board Of Magistrates the best
way II break up the infamous straw bonds
men" who flourish their extortiOns from un-
fortunate women arrested at night.
In the Assembly there was not a quorum As
Eemblyman Rogers objected to the transaction
Of any business. and everything went to
tomorrow. He is angry because the Rules Com
mttee has held up bill of much Importance in
his district. and is taking this method Of getting
even" with the Speaker and the committee
Many bills which had been sent to the Gov
ernOr were recalled to-day'. Owing the undue
length Of the session bills which ordinarily
would be thirtydaE bills have been going to the
Executive Department as ten-day bills and the
rush became so great that il a physical i'm
possibility 10 handle some Of the more important
measures. Even the appropriation bin went 10
the Governor ten-day measure