The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-11
MAY ADJOURN TUESDAY NEXT
tND WITHOUT PASSING AN AP-
PORTIONMENT BILL.


ultions Fiji May ne Passed Monday.
kIrASy.July io.-The developments Of to-
ia, nave caused the impression to prevail
The, here is Engagement between Senate
IA and Speaker Wadsworth whereby
N. -v'ra session " the Legislature will
az rr on Tuesday of next week without
ra., * an apportionment bill This course
w., -.Ggested several times during the
regular session and events Of to-day incline
ol,a 4 number TO the belief that this is the
ri. rrlnme. On Tuesday IL ia expected
The .rnmittees appointed by the two houses
io-da, will report that it is impo ssible to
reach an agreement, and a resolution to
adjourn will be in order at once.
That senator Raines had something Of
,pis sort in his mind is shown, IL ia believed,
N he resolution he introduced and had
eJorted IN the Senate Monday night. He
tpranE the resolution without speaking to
snv one about it, having prepared IL at
h. home This resolution asks that the
leg stature inquire as to whether il has a
uSf, - PASS an a~pportionment bill at an
extra session and whether the Attorney
General is correct in his contention hat
Senator's must be elected this fall.
To-day. much TO the surprise Of every one.
when he resolution was handed down in
the Assembly Majority Leader Moreland
said that there was no such doubt In the
mind If the Assembly as to the right Of
the Legislature to make al a-pportionment
A. this session. but this was not the reason
az the move in the Assembly.
Speaker Wadsworth and Assemblyman
Merritt studied the resolution" said one Of
The Speakers close friends after the As
sembly had adjourned. -and thought there
might be something behind the resolution
that did not appear on its surface. so they
thought il would be the safest plan to have
il tabled
Senator who knows what is going on,
however, added hat the Speaker has a case
Of cold feet in this move. This Senator
ssii
4 am going home and will not be pack
until Monday night, when I will assist in
again putting State Chairman Woodruff in a
hole by passing the direct nominations bill.
That will be the only business transacted at
This session. I have made my arrange
ments to take up private business onWednes-
day. and matters pertaining to the Legis-
ature will not bother me again until next
year. There is no chance OF the two houses
agreeing on any apportionment bill. Sena-
tor Raines made doubly certain OF that in
his committee to-day. That committee
is Just as strong for the FULLY plan Of ap-
portionment as was either OF the other
two appointed by Senator Raines.
You know there 10 q serious douby as
10 the right Of the Legislature to pass an
a-pportionment bill at an extra session.
1t was believed that the Assembly would
adopt the Raines resolution and the COM
mttee that considered the question would
report some day next week that in their
opinion the question OF superintendent
should be left until the next regular session.
Now in view of what the Assembly did to-
day there will be nothing left but for the
committees to report that they cannot agree
and then both houses will adjourn
Speaker Wadsworthis closest friends
to-day were urging that the Assembly
Committee on A-pportionment seek a meet
ing with the Senate COMMITTEES at once.
and # the Senate committee would not
yield. then the Assembly committee was to
report 10 the Assembly that they could not
reach an agreement and that the Assembly
would make no further effort to reach
an agreement. Said one of Speaker Wads-
worth's friends:
Why, the intention OF Senator Raines
TO prevent a reapportionment at this session
has been evident since Monday. He has bad
many conferences with the Speaker and yet
while lie has said openly that he is trying
10 bring about peace. yesterday he an
nounced several times that he was going to
appoint the old committee to represent the
Senate on reapportionment. Why. even
this morning he said he was going to ap-
poir: Senators Cassidy. Cobb, Smith n
Tully on the COMMITTEES. However. Sena-
tor Tully thought it would be inadvisable
FOR him to serve. 80 Senator Raines named
n2e Senator's, but two Of them are affected
h. the reapportionment.'
There are certain political leaders who
would prefer to have senate districts under
me 1898 plan Of reapportionment than to
have 70 accept districts such as would DO
required in a bill that 0ov Hughes would
syn. While this is their scheme now,t there
are SOM Senators and Assemblymen who
say that an apportionmant bill viii be
Passed One Assemblyman says Of the
situation:
AN Of the Senators who voted TO sustain
Superintendent Of Insurance Kelsey are
Trembling in their boots now for fear that
the Governor may spring q special message
calling upon tho Senate 10 remove Supt.
Kelsey. Why no docs not do 1t right away
70 one knows. In the present status Of
Thugs there isn't a shadow OF doubt that
tAs Governor would be successful u he
would ask for IL, but no has remained silent
on that score. But there 10 the possibility
that clothed with tho authority contained
inthe Moreland law, giving him the right to
invesi, gate State departments, the Gov
error may discover something that would
cause tim to again bring back the Lesis-
stuIe 10 remove Supt. Kelsey. Then,
whel he has them back here for that object
te could also include in the subjects for the
Legislature TO consider an apportionment
MI II the Senators and Assembiymen
who ave selfish interests to serve In the
Appointment muddle think they are going
70 neglect their duty this way thsy will
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