New-York tribune., 1907-06-05
NEW APPORTIONMENT.
SOME SWEEPING CHANGES
Expected to Go Through This Week
Prospect of adjournment.
IBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune.

/ ions, the reappOrtiOument bill prepared by Sem
| ator Tuy will he introduced tomorrow. With
/ out doubt an emergency message will be sent
in by Governor Hughes to allow its passage by
| Thursday Friday. With this task once out
of the way, adjournment. it is thought, can fol-
low quickly A resolution setting the time for
adjournment sine die at 2 D. m. Friday will
be presented tomorrow.
Considerable difficulty was stirred UP in the
caucus by Senator Emerson. who has his po-
liticai scalp drying in the smoke and who. since
he go, inkng Of the fact that his present dis
trict to be split. has been trying on every
hand to enlist support in crusade against the
Tully bill He denounced the bill. It's purpose.
its supporters and even advocated open deh-
ance of the Governor by the Senate. But the
others even though some of them would have
liked to force an issue with the Governor, have
had enough of that. Sadly but firmly they
squeIched Emerson and neglected to listen TO hisi
mutterings.
AS by-product of the reapportionment ques-i
tion the likelihood of another election OF Sem;
ators this fall came up in the caucus. This was
generally discussed. for every Senator knows
how important a subject this would be with q
brand new district his hands. The result was.
soothing to most of them. since the lawyers %
the Senate almost unanimously gave it as their
opinion that no election would Reed TO be held
Senator White particularly. who said he had
given much study to the subject. declared he
could see no construction of the opinion OF the
Court of Appeals on the old apportionment whichj
could make necessary a new Senate. The fully
bill officially adopted party measure to-days
creates the following districts:
DETAILS OF THE NEW DISTRICTS
1st-Sufrolk and Nassau, 137.175.
2d-Queens, 179,746.
Sd to 10Th. inciusive-Kings County. averages
1i,h e. O7J ;-.I,,atra NJ, vo-s. -I,,,r&x. av~I
erage 149390.
23d-Richmond and Rockland. 1O7.6s1 \
24th-Westchester (unchanged), 2O2, 500.
25th-Orange and Sullivan. 135 236
26th-Coumbia, Dutchess and Putnam (un-
changed). 1922
27tR~UIster and Greene CunchanEsd) 1850.
2Sth-Albany (unchanged). 16S.9sS.
29th-Rensselaer (unchanged), 11S.IS2
3Oth-WashingtOn and Saratoga. 1O8.1OS.
31st-CIinton. Essex and Warren. 1O7 $50.
32d-St. Lawrence and Franklin (unchanged)s
33d-Levis. Fulton Hamilton and Herkiner.
1924
th-schenectady and Montgomery. 111.45I.
35th-OtsegO. Madison and Schoharie. 132.S35.
36th-Jefferson and Oswego. 1897
3Tth-Oneida (unchanged), 1888.
247' f,''' D'''' v ''' 'e''''e' anu -'O''''''
89th-Onondaga Cunchsnged). 16sTs2.
40th-Cayuga. Seneca and Cortland, f166S1.
41st-Tonpkins. Chemung. Tioga and Schny-
leE: I2d i22j45I; 15I,n. Ontario and v.,.. 1,ssos
43d-Steuben and Livingston. 1155S1.
44th-Genesee. Wyoming and Alesany. 1o1,-
PSI.
45th and 46th-Monroe County unchanged.
47th-Ntagara and Orleans tunchangeD. 1OI.-
SOS
4Sth to 5Oth. inclustve-Erie tunchansedD. av-
5ist-Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Cun-
The present apportionment OF AssembIyrnen
10 each county will be re-enacted as follows:
Albany. 3; Anegany l: Broome. 1: Cattarau-
gus. l; Cayuga. l; Chautauqua. q Chemung. 1;
Chenango. l; Clinton, l; Columbia. l: Cortland.
l; Delaware. l; DutChess. 2: Erie. 3; Essex, L
Franklin /: Fulton Hamilton. l. Genesee =
Greene. 1; Herkmer. l; jefferson. 2; Kings, .;
Lewis. !; Livingston /; Madison, l; Monroe, .:
Montgomery. l; Nassau. L; New York, 30; Mag,
ara. .; Oneida. 3: Onondasa. g. Ontario. l.,
Orange. 2; Orleans. l; Oswego. 1; Otseso L.
Putnam. /; Queens, 4; Rensselaer,. :: Richmond
l; Rockland, 1; St. Lawrence. ,; Saratoga. l.
Schenectady. /; schoharie l.: Schuyler l: SEN
eca 1: Steuben. .; Suffolk, . Sullivan l: Tioga-
l; Tompklns /; Ulster. ?; Warren. i; Washing
ton l. Wayne. I, Westchester, 4; Wyoming. 1.
and Yates. l.
The bill provides that the supervisors in each
county entitled TO more than one Assemblymant
shall meet on the first Tuesday OF July next tos
divide their respective counties into Assembly.
districts. In New York City the Board OF AL
dermen shall perform this duty.
II is provided that the act shall take efect
immediately"
CORRECTIONS IN THE 18TH DISTRICT.
In New York County the bill merely makes COR
rections to meet the objections of the Court OF
Appeals to the 18th District 1t corrects this
territory in such fashion as 70 change the boun--
diaries of the 11th. 18TH 18th and 18th districts
No change goes above 25th street. No shifting
of political control will result from the changes
The 18th District under last years appOrtiOn-
nent resembled rather a large hshhook. ths
hook feature extending out TO the Bowery. This
hook has been cut of and the boundaries Of the
other districts changed that the lines OF the
18th under the new bill are: Beginning at q
line at Whitehall street and East River. thence
along Whitehall Broadway. Beaver, william.
North William Park Row. Worth, Broadway.
West Sd Sixth avenue. West Washington place.
West 4th. Christopher Bleecker, Eighth avenue.
West 14th Seventh avenue. West 22d, Eighth
avenue West 25th. Seventh avenue West 31st,
Ninth avenue. West SD. Tenth avenue. West
30th 10 Hudson River and thence south 70 place
o. beginning also Bedlow's. Governors and Ellis
islands.
All the interest In the plan centres in the up
heaval of political relations In the upstate ter
ritory which the sweeping changes in this plan
make necessary. Badly the plan damages
some politicians and legislators. IT Is regarded
here as measure fair to the legislators gener-
ally. while many legislators declare that IL is
the most honest and equitable appOrtiOnment
ever made in this state Senator Tully's aim
draft q plan having districts nearly I'D 70
the constitutional requirements OF compactness
and of equal population possible, they declare,
prospered wonderfully we'll
Senator Tully submitted his plan TO the Re-
apportionment Committee after adjournment ot