New-York tribune., 1907-07-18
PUT UP" TO ASSEMBLY
SENATE HAS COMPROMISE.
U'W 1dopt Half of APpOrtiOnment
Changes Suggested Message.
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| Albany, July 1I.-Weary of repeated failures
OF the Apportionment committees Of the two
| houses OF the Legislature TO agree on a new ap-
portionment, the Senate leaders mapped out and
! began to-day a series of manceuvres which.
| without yielding one vital thing TO the Assem-
| bly,, will put the upper house in practically a
faultless position. The Senate stands ready TO
! adopt half the changes suggested by the Assem-
| bly,, and if necessary will embOdy them in a
| caucus measure. Having made these COnCes-
| sions-costinS the Senate nothing-the upper
| house will demand the adoption OF its compro-
| mise by the Assembly. This will leave appOr-
| tionment so fair. the Senate leaders say. that
| nothing but the most patent selfish considera-
| tions on the part of Speaker WadswOrth will
| prevent its acceptance. This move by the Sen
ate is apparently trick Of pretending TO make
compromise by accepting mere incident to
| the Assembly proposal and rejecting everything
| that Is essential 10 il.
Immediately following this. the important
! features Of which will be accomplished on Mon
/ day night. the Senate will hasten finish its
| other business. Direct nominations viii be acted
| on and the various other bills recommended by
| the Governor taken UP and considered Thus II
| the Assembly fail 10 accept the Senate's COM
| promise obviously it will be holding the Legis-
/ latWe here 10 the detriment of public interest
| 1t will be compelling additional delay. Governor
| Hughes counsered haste in special message TO r
/ the Legislature to-day, urging the enactment OF
| a measure for an aIdermanic reapporttonment
| in New York City. This viii be advisable only
| after Senate districts in New York City ,
| have been made and Assembly districts laid out :
| within them. that the boundaries of the new al I
| dermanic districts may conform TO the boUn- {
daries of the new Assembly districts
| TWO MEETINGS WITHOUT RESULT
/ Two meetings of the Apportionment commit
tees brought no plan satisfactory to both houses +
| to-day The committees held early meeting. :
| which was adjourned 10 permit the members to /
! attend the sessions Of their houses After the |
session they met again. but after couple OF !
| hours Of discussion reached no agreement and {
! decided that some drastic action would be nee !
| essary-
So when the Senate had reconvened Senator {
/ Hinman refntroduced the Tuy bill precisely as it
had been passed by the upper house at the regu- ]
( lar session. Senator Asnew. representing the !
Assembly and Chairman Parsons of the New !
| York County Republican Committee. who is sid I
| ing with Speaker WadswOrth. introduced bill 1
| containing the changes demanded by the Assem- .
| bly, This bill differed from the Tully bill in
| these districts
Citizens,
Steuben and ChemUug
schuyler. Tioga Tompkins and Cortland----..1o3.77s
BroOue and Delaware SS+
Madison Otsego and Chenango. l22 s6s
Schenectady Montgomery and Schoharie---1S6,5S3
In this plan the greatest variation is 92s04.
taking into consideration the seven districts in
the infected territory" The difference between
the largest and the smallest OF the Senate plans
districts in this part of the state is i0.TS0 The
plan which the leaders intend 70 adopt viii have
n net difference between the largest and tho
| smallest districts in this territory Of 2o.S02- It
will take four districts from the Tully plan. as
! follows,
1y-.L.1a Ontario ana Yates .I1s S03
TornkInz Chenlung Tioga and SchuyIer......1 i51
Cayug-, Seneca and Cortland OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES -1lSbsl
To these will he added the Broome-DeIaware.
| Madison Otsego- -Chenango and Schenectady
I ontgoruerv-SChoharte districts from the As
sembIv's latest plan. The largest district in tho
| con1prornise plan will be the SChenectady-MOnt-i /
! eomery-Schoharie with 1858 population; the
! smallest Steuben-Livingston, with 11o.9S1
Their difference will be 11So2 less than the dlr-
| ference in the pure Assembly plan
WON'T REMEDY SPEAKERS GRIEVANCES
OF course the Senate leaders who expect 10
adopt this compromise plan AT their caucus on
| Monday night recognize that it viii not remedy
| Sneaker Wadsworth's personal grievances in the
| least While the Senate Will COnCede half OF
| what the Assembly asks. and so can be under
| no accusation OF failure 10 compromise It's con-
| Cession will not embrace that half where tina
| sneaker deems himself vitaly concerned New!
ertheless the Senators fail 10 see how. logically,
| he will be able TO furnish sound objections TO
the adoption Of the compromise which meets tneJ
| Assembly half way and creates such equal dis
| triCts.
senator Raines declared after tse Senate's;
| session to-day that there would be caucus OF
| the Republicans on Monday night on the TulIyl
| and the Assembly plans
| ..1-ndar the districts as laid out in the Senate
MAN there is less variation in population byj
| some II 600 in the seventeen counties in tho
| western part Of the state than in the AsseTnoIyi
| plan" he said 1T is true that the Assembly
Man creates districts where the difference IS less
| in The six districts in the middle part OF the
| state
..Wiu YOU agree 10 the Livingston-Wayne-i
| Ontario distrIct?" was asked.
| II cannot answer for the Senate replied tho
majority leader. y shall be guided entirely byt
| the Judgment of the Senate. I will not accepti
| ANYTHING which the Senate will not accept
| In turn Will the Senate accept anything.
| which YOU will not accept he was asked
| He smiled broadly. but answered nothing.
| THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
Earlier in the day Governor Hughes sent to-
| the Legislature special message urging action
| on several subjects. Those of chief interest,".
| were an amendment to the New York Gty char
| ter permitting ths Controller 10 sell at private
| sale bonds unsold after public bidding and an,
| other providing for Aldermanic reappor-.
! tionment- The message follows:
State or New York
| Executive Chamber.
Albany. y. Y, July II. 1907.
| To the Legislature.
| recommend the following subjects for Your cone
| sderatiOn:
| : Amendment Of the greater New York charter
/ so as q provide that whenever the Controller oc
| the city has unable to sell public sale any
portion Of the bonds and corporate stock duly Of
| fered such portion may be sold by him at private
sale for not less than their par value On account
of the recent failure OF offer OF corporate stock
| the Controller is urgent that such amendment be
10 dispose of per cent corporate stock at private
! sale at not less than par. The Board of Estimate