New-York tribune., 1907-06-24
SITUATION AT ALBANY.
EVERYTHING UNSETTLED
agreement on Apportionment Pos
abLe Before adjournment.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]


Albany. June 23.-Adjounment of the Leg4s4aluie
sire die On Wednesday starss both houses in the
face. yet when the legislators meet here on Mon
day night the serious reapporhonment problem sun
will be l:nsolved. II the deadlock Is not broken by
Wednesday they know they viii be called back
here for a special session to complete their IN
finished business. Yet, facing this prospect, the
leaders Of both sides reiterating thelr ug-
Termination stand pat Il the deadlock iaslS al
summer. ,
from The Assembly for some concessions troih lte
Senata-sornethinE. however slight when "oulu
permit the lower house 10 surrender without being
forced into the pItiabe position Of swallowing alb
soutely the Senate's dctatlcn. Speaker Nads-
worth practically admits that. He has yielded al
most everything Of his original position ne con
cedes, but he and many Of his AsseInoiynlen leei
that they cannot yield absolutely TO the senate
Senators and Assemblymen alike deplore the con-
tnuation Of the deadlock. which might make nee
essary the calling OF an extraordinary ses9loiI o-'
the Senate leaders maintain the attitude OF con-
ceding nothing TO the lower house
Why should the Senate yield anything 6eyono
the trausposition Of Madison and Delaware
counties into the opposite dstTictsE asks senator
Tully, chairman Of the Senate Conference Coii-
lrittee The Senate plan is constitutional 1t is
fair the Senator'S and. so far as we can see 1c
ceptabIe TO all the AsseTnblymen save Speaker
wadsvorth. Governor Hughes has said that II
enacted it would be acceptable to hlm' lhe sen
ftors twice have adopted It as party measure IN
caucus even those who did not Ike the districts
laid out for them accepting them because the ma
1oritv acceded the general plan. Now the As
een,flv which up to date has failed 70 offer any
nlan as good and certainly any plan haIf as near
the constitutional requirements, wants US TO chahge
our pian TO relieve the Speaker, thereby sacfl-
Hciue one or two or maybe three or four, Senator'S
Why should we?'
rrfus stood the situation when the Legislature
adjourned last week; thus it will stand when the
legislators take up business again tomorrow night
Whether anything can change II peIore auJouIH-
ent TO obviate the necessity for special session
seems rather doubtful. Certainly, legislators OF
both sides believe, nothing less than a demand
from The Governor adopt certain plan or enact
q new plan meeting certain specified requirements
could change the prospect :, "a.
Nevertheless every possible enort VIII De H4due
n break the deadlock by Wednesday. No definite
plans have been laid out by the leaders, but they
hope that the breaks everywhere showing N i !ile
hssesnbIv position may be great enough by the
fa,in7ing of this week TO cause a total capltula-
ton. For their OWL interests tAe senators peee' I
the Assenblylneu cannot hold out much IoiSei.
The apportionrlent Of Assembly districts cepends
on the Senate districts to a certain extent ana
the airport ionuent bill must specify d dale "HsH
80 AsseT717l,, district lines shall be laid out by
.he bosrds Of Supervisors in those counties IaNIS
,.o-a tban one Assemblyman. Assembly district
conventions 10 make the nominations TOT cahul-
dates IN The autumn elections are schedhled IN an
sections OF the state for the coming Week. me
week after that and the few following weeks. ne
urgency OF settling the reapportleoll'ehL ,1 uSoe ]
therefore IS just apparent TO the ASssI'Ds liie
as to the Senator's; even Il a speclaA SESSION
he called II could not be allowed 10 oaWdIe aIohs
T5egllIar business sessions of both houses will be
held his week Messages were sent out TO Assem-
il,--ren and Senator's warning them TO report for
business on Monday night There VIII be can OF
9ha house in Senate and Assembly. Speaker W ads
worth saws regular business VIII be transacted IN
the lower house. while the Senate has a calendar
with Two special orders for Monday night The
fact mat ali the Assemblymen Will be here gives
some Of the Senator's hope that the deadlock may
Ese broken before adjournment In all probanlAty
Tenorts from the conference committees VIII be
presented 10 each house declaring that no agree
Inent has been reached again After that there IS
no precedent for further procedure. SO far as the
legislative sharps have been able to remember
The Senate recently held Its second caucus, when
the conference committees failed 10 agree for the
first time some Of the Senators VINO are sup
porting the Tully plan predict that II the same
procedure were followed by the Assembly and an
other caucus called there the Speaker would fad
his position badly weakened, ana 50 not q nsnt
would be brought about that the Assembly might
even consent 10 accept the Senate's plan. Assem-
hIymen VINO close TO tie Speaker laugh al this
possibility.
While regular business viii be transacted this
week there is little Of Importance TO be done In
the Senate the Travis bill, providing for optional
direct nominations primaries, has been made a
sr,ecial order for Monday R ght. IN the
form desired by Senator Travis. the Chemist
amendments making Il mandatory biI' having
been stricken cut The OIL 10" IS beleNed 10 De
completely acceptable 70 Governor Hughes, and
there seems little likelihood that il Will not be
vssse5. It's fate in the Assembly IS d tTlHe more
doubtful friends there think Il viii be passed
The Assembly stfu has 70 straighten out the nsur-
ance bill forUGdiug insurance agents TO lobby Tor
trustees tickets elections In mutual companies.
The Fancner bill, as amended by Senator Cohalan'
permitting agents 70 work FOR tickets OUTSIDE l-elr
business hours" is before Ihe lower house, which
stiI has the Rogers b.ll-the same as the Fancher
bill originally xas-tabIed a motion 10 recon-
sider the vote by which il was passed. 4 pretty
battle is expected this Bill. Mr Rogers IS
determined not 20 accept the COnaian amendments
which, he said on Friday. are not accsptaule 70
the Governor. The prospect is that II the Coha4al
amendments cannot be defeated the bill VIII not
be passed at all leaving the Armstrong laws un-
amended in this respect