The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-29
FULLY PLAN TO REAPPORTION
SUBMITTED no HUGHES, WHO'LL
LOOK 1T OVER.
IL Keeps Westchester One District and Puts
RIchm0nd with Observation-Disclosures and
Cassidy Would he Forced Out OF Senate
-BraOkett Hopes 70 Better Himself.

IL Keeps Wegtchester One DlstFiCt ana buta
Rlchm0nd With R~OckIAnd-AIIds and
Cassidy Would he Forced Out OF Senate
Bracket Hopes 10 Better Himself.
ALBANY, May 2s.-Gov. Hughes has
Senator Tully's plan OF apportionment.
and while the. Governor has not given
Senator Tully any intimation. Of his views,
it 10 known that the solution OF the appor-
tionment muddle 10 just as far OF to-night
e. II was last week.
Gov. Hughes was 80 busy to-day that
Senator Tully did not have an opportunity
to discuss the features Of hS plan with
the Governor. The a-pportionment bill
will not be introduced until after the Gov
ernor has gone over IL. and any changes
that he Governor nsy suggest will be
more than likely to be made The chief
concern OF all Is to prevent Westohester
county from having two Senatorial dis
tricts.
National Committeeman William l.. Ward
and William Barnes, Dr., called on the Gov
ernor to-day, but IL was said the appoFtion-
ment matter was not brought up Repre-
sentative Serene Payne also called OF Gov.
Hughes, but his visit. il was said, had moth
ing TO do with apportionment.
Senator Tully admits that bis bill does
not provide for two Senatorial districts for
Westchester county. He has prepared an
apportionment OF. the StASe chat is said TO
be as fair as any that can be drawn from
tina point OF xiew;of the trainers of-the bill.
Senator Tully says that he has consulted
with a lawyer Of p~rominenoe who was con-
suited on the last apportionment and this
lawyer declare that Senator TuIly'S bill
takes care Of the districts referred TO as
being doubtful by the Court of Appeals. but
which the court did not pass upon, in such
q that all doubt Of their coustitu-
t~ionality is removed. Senator Tully speaks
in a most hopeful way Of his bill and enter
tains the 1dea that perhaps there will be but
few changes suggested by the Governor.
Senator fully has taken the Govsrnor's
admonition that the apportionment OF the
State is a matter that is far more important
than the political fortunes Of any one man
or set Of men. and as a result the bill re-
moves from public life as Senators two men
and possibly three. Senators Allds and
Cassidy are in districts that they cannot
control
According to the FULLY plan Richmond
and Rockland will comprise a new district.
Instead Of taking Putnam county from
Lou Payn's bailiwiok it has been decided
TO take Sullivan county from Allds,s' dis
triot and put 1t with Orange. Another Of
Allds's counties. Chenango. his home
county. ia placed In another district. Z
The chief interest has centred in the
way the districts of Senators Raines, Will
COX, Cassidy, Aids and Tully will be re-
arranged. Senator Raines's district is to
comprise Wayne. Ontario and Yates
counties Yates being taken from Senator
Wilcox's present district: Senator Hin
mans district Is planned to be Broome.
C~henango and Cortland. Chenango taking
the place Of Tioga. Senator Cassldy's
district will be Chenango. Tioga and
Schuyler. Senator Cassidy's VIII have
Tompkins added to take the place Of Yates.
Senator Tully's district is unchanged,
but it is pointed out that from a contiguous
and geographical point of view-the changes
made. are perfect. .,There-are other plans
STIFF TO be considered. II remains TO be
for former senator BFsekett. He has had
a talk with the. Governor and .entertRins
a belief that the new apportionment may
treat him more kindly that the one adopted
last year when his district was fxed: up
TO consist of schenectady and Saratoga
counties, 80 thHtt he couldn't control II.
Former Senator Elon r, Browns plan of
a-pportionment provides that q district
be made OF Saratoga. Washington and
Warren.
lIcIOClN u u pOiir, pIthlicll Vi nc wow
York county Republican committee. is
having trouble making the changes In the
Seventeenth Senatorial district that the
Governor thought should be made in order
TO have. the district constitutional. The
apportionment committee has not yet re-
ceiyed a revised map from Mr.. Parsons.
II has been decided to leave the Kings
county districts unchanged, although there
are hints II this is done that il will mean
that the constitutionality OF the apportion-
ment there will be contested.
While it il more than likely that the
Senate will take a recess tomorrow until
next Monday night there is much %grumbling
tonight among the Senators who think
the upper house should remain in session
and clear up the calendar. II the recess
is taken the a-pportionment bill will not
be introduced until possibly next Tuesday.
Regarding the bill the Senators are not so
much concerned over what the committee
is doing as what the Governor will do with
the bill. and on his views depends the fate
of the bill.