New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-06-14


Everybody in the Senate chamber, when was
crowded with Assemblymen ami interested spec
1ators summoned by the clamor Of -hea'eu ".
bate. stared hard at state Chairman "ooui u'''
who flushed and looked uncomfo.tapie'
This little episode one OF the indications o.
abe personal bitterness which has swept nv
The reapport ionment affray, came lnheoialeiS
after Senator White had declared that the sen
ate was lodging its duty and denying pu"''C
sentiment I'm not trying 10 reach Solu'i'I VI
.he aielcul4v His whole speech was an arragn-
,7,ent Of the Senates attitude, and pea IhaI
she Senate abrogate the caucus rule TO meet the
assembly. also bound by caucus TO the Nads-
-,.oytb rIa,, Senator White did not say any
thing about having the Assembly also set aside
ts cauclIs. and his proposition drew protests
from many.
,rle first gun in the battle was fired by the
Assembly to-day. BY vote Of le3 10 II re
fused to accept the Senates resolution Tor al
tournament tomorrow, and enthusiastic mem
bers applauded when The vote was announced
This action was a direct declaration that the
Assembly did not intend TO recede from its posi-
4ion. Immediately afterward the Senates re-
nuest for a further conference on the apporton-
mont tangle was read. The Speaker named a
new commit ee-Messrs. Mead. Merritt. school,
eek Prentice and Burns, of whom Merritt and
Prentice We're members of the previous commit
tee and with Burns, are members Of the Rules
Committee ard so may be considered extremely
close TO the Speaker.
Mr. Mead later resigned on account of his
health and was replaced by Assemblyman Rob
fnson. OF New York,
Nj. Phillips. chairman Of the old conference
committee. declared that the Assembly had no
Intention Of destroying the Senates prestige but
81 did not intend 10 abandon its own prestige
and dignity. It wished to do its part toward
bringing about a constitutional apportionment.
Many plans other than the Tuy plan could be
devised: that one was not free from criticism.
RAINEs NAMES OLD COMMITTEE.
When the message was sent back to the Sen
ate with the names of the new conferrees. SEN
ator Rainee announced the appointment of the
old Senate conference committee Senators
Tully. Smith and McCarreu. Senator White i'm
mediately protested that this put the Senate in
q hopeless and anomalous situation. The very
fact that the committee which had failed 10
sgree with the Assembly once should he reap
pointed, he maintained. showed a direct slap and
affront TO the Assembly II due 70 the
fenate's position that it meet the Assembly in
the spirit shown by thag body.
Senator Sohmer approaching the possibilities
of the situation. said lie was informed that a
coterie Of wealthy and patriotic men in New
York had raised a fund Of 81 100000 to support
the Legislature all summer for their own amuse-
ment. Senator Grady declared that if nobody
sn the Senate expected to get away from the
Tuy bill. there was no need for the appoint
,ment of any conference committee. as anybody
with half an eye cou0 see that the Assembly
never would accept the Senate bill. They made
the point he asserted, that The friends of the
TulIy bill had protected themselves first, while
the punishment of the Speaker was merely in
cIdental: but they didn't intend TO accept any
bill which punished the Speaker, and in that
they had public sentiment behind them
To all this Senator Raines retorted that he
believed the reaffirmation of the Senates allie
glance to the TuIy plan acted as instructions
such as are given frequently TO parliamentary
bodies. so he reappointed the former committee.
A majority OF the Assembly committee are
members Of the Committee on Rules" he said.
'These people who are so anxious about the So
hutton of this difficulty needn't worry; the Sen
ate committee appointed in precisely tho
spirit Of the Assembly"
Senator Armstrong suggested that it might be
somewhat more dignifed and courteous if a new
committee were named, and proposed the naming
Of two additional members. Senator Raines
named Senators Cobb and Cassidy.
And then Senator White got into his stride.
All of the recent events in the apportionment
trouble. he declared. had been so farcicaI as to
There is use trying TO veneer this" he
shouted we ask for another conference on
this subject, then 60 into another caucus which
deprives the committee of the liberty to seek a
real compromise"
But isn't the Assembly also under caucus
rule?" asked Senator Human
Senator White admitted that the Assembly,
conferrees also were bound by caucus but SAID
that he believed they felt they were not pledged
10 the Wadsworth plan TO the exclusion Of con-
sideration of real compromises
''DEFYING THE SENTIMENT OF STATE. &c
Il know we are deliberately defying the senti-
inent Of the state and refusing TO DO the duty
Tor which we We're sent here" he declared. the
people will not be deceived by any jugglerv
The lGea that this conduct represents the real
sentiment of the Senate is absurd. IT does not
even represent the real feeling of the Republi-
can caucus. We should approach this with some
evidence Of a desire to reach solution. We
should not be belitting the Senate in doing so -
Wei, what's the gentIemans proposition
brutally burst in Senator McCarren He has
been talking a good while but has said nothing
specific. Senator White declared that he'd like
10 get the Republican caucus to reconsider its
action"
We are bound and gagged by the caucus as
10 our votes" declared Senator White II sug-
gest that a compromise fair to all public inter-
ests be made: then let the caucus 90 its duty"
no doubt the Senator meant by his last
words that the conference committee had not
been fair TO the public interest" interrupted