New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-11

the examiners necessary. SO at present the
Governor is confronted with the necessity OF
preferring charges against the head of de-
partment on more or less sufficient ground, or OF
taking the word Of the department head as TO
the condition of business in that department
Friends of the Governor were wondering to-
day if the pressing Of the Governors ideas on
apportionment having anything TO do with
the slumber of the Moreland bill in the Rules
Committee. a general reapportonment which
disturbed the upstate districts might contribute
toward the ohscuring Of the Wadsworth pohti-
cal fortunes. and some Of the men who have
lined up with the Governor have begun 10 ask
If the Speaker. because of that and the possible
effect such a bin might have Otto Kelsey s
future. was disposed not 20 report it,
APPoRTIONMENT MEASURE.
The appor: comment bill, embodyiug the ideas
of Senator Raines and most Of the other upstate
Senators. will be introduced next week, accord
ing TO the general expectation now. 1t VIII pro-
vide for the Parsons plan of redistrlcting Ne"
York City to meet the courts criticism OF the
18th District. and will shift Richmond County
60 Nassau and Suffolk thus making large DIS
trict as 10 population. Senator Raines and his
upstate friends will oppose vigorously any FUR
ther reimbursement of district boundaries.
Such an apportionment as Governor Hughes
advocates would in all likelihood put Richmond
County with Rockland. At any rate. such
a general shifting of counties would result that
at least one, and possibly two, Of the present
small districts would be wiped out The most
commonly accepted plan Of redistricting would
eliminate the district represented by Sen
ator Cassidy. while a plan could be easily
worked out which would make q fairly equaI
distribution of population, which would tear
apart the counties now within the districts OF
Senators Aids. Cassidy and Wilcox, and in all
likelihood prevent their reelection TO the Senate
In fact, any complete reapportionment on
strictly constitutional lines, regardless Of po-
utical or personal considerations. would work
havoc within the Senate because of its effect
the present members. and within the or
ganization'' because of its disturbing the give
and take condition which governs the parceng
out of offices and constitutes part of the ma
chinery which operates political parties Con
sequently the spirit which moved a party leader
matter what the Governor wants. I think the
Legislature still makes apportionments,' Is not
being ignored by loyal Hughes men.
Much Governor Hughes wants 10 live In
harmony with the leaders of the party organi-
cation, and much he desires their support in
his policies he would fight every leader rather
than compromise on mis- views as 10 a proper
npportionment if his friends read his ideas
Alright. So it is that the Hughes men here are
broadcast predictions that the trouble is all over.
They know Just how bitter q fight the political
bosses would be likely to wage TO retain their
present advantages. The Governor, as he has
announced various occasions, counts his duty
10 the people as greater than his duty to party
leaders and his stand reapportionment Is an
other specific tenet in that creed.