New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-19
LEGISLATURE. IN SESSION
Few Present as Reapportlon-
ment and Charter Bills Go In.
NO WORK TILL THURSDAY
Bracket Serves Notice That the
Republicans Will Oppose APP
portionment Bitterly

BY Telegraph TO The lIlhuN.'l
Albany Sept 1S.-Witn scant handfut
OF members In each house the Legislature
convened tonight to permit the introduc-
ton of the Congressional reapportonlnent
and the amendments TO the proposed New
York City charter.
Because of the deaths Of Assembyman
Oliver and Luke McHenry, clerk OF the
lower house, and the fact that tomorrow
Will be primary day upstate no legislatVe
business will be attempted before Thurs
day. The leaders say that they expect
full attendance then and hope to clean up
all the work OF the session by the end
of the week. As a matter Of fact. they
will consider themselves lucky II they can
get rid OF the charter mess before the
end Of next week.
Not much comment was made on the APP
| portionment bill. Senator Stlwel when
It was presented tried to have 1t sent to
the committee OF the whole. He SAID
he didn't want it acted on until he knew
what had been done TO The Bronx. Sena-
tor Frawley assured him that he would
have plenty of time TO study il, and on
| that promise he let the bill be advanced
to the third reading Senator Bracket
served notice that the Republicans would
oppose II bitterly. as would be the case
with any bill prepared at the dictates OF
Tammany Hall"
The caucus of the Republican members
! which had been called for tomorrow was
declared off until such time as the Demo
cratic leaders shall have formulated their
party programme.
The Democratic apportlonment scheme
may be deemed by Governor Dix far
eniugh, so that he can sign II ana not
figure that he approved a gerrymander.
The Republican legislators and some up
state Democrats won't agree with him II
he takes that view The districts have
been carried out pretty well as to size.
The fashion I'm which upstate counties have
been split, however. for fancied partisan
advantage and the way I'm which the Demo
Gratis have combined counties TO foster Re
publican factional fights make this appor-
tonment more truly "A gerrymander than
any irregularity OF districts in New York
City did in the existing Republican appor-
tionment.
OF course the Republicans were prepared
for ths They expected Tamman\to take
whatever advantage was obtainable and
admit this redistrlctng will make plenty
OF trouble in their party, if il doesn't make
as many Democratic Congressman az its
trainers hoped. one of the most brilliant
trouble making schemes Of the apportion
ment committee was to hitch fifty thousand
Troy voters on TO Albany County That I'm
all probability won't make a Democratic
Congress district as William Barnes jr..
will be able to handle affairs i'm this county.
1t will make a great deal of trouble i'm
Rensselaer, County Republican politics,
though it may result easily i'm the down
fall Of Cornelius V Collins as county
leader
The rest OF Rensselaer, County is put
with Saratoga, Washington and Warren
counties. That means that Senator Brack-
EFT, OF Saratoga; Mr. Collins. the Emersons
of Warren County and Ike Baker and
Assemblyman Parker, Of Washington, Will
have to work out a political living arrange
ment Braok ett Heretofore has been the
dominant factor IN his county Senate and
Congress and judicial districts. The plac-
ing of part of Monroe County with Orleans
Livingston, Genesee and Wyoming intro
duces George W. Aldridge as a political
factor I'm ;he affairs Of the WadsWortn
bailiwick. Congressman John Dwight, Of
Tomplins and cX-Congressman Fassett. OF
Chemuug. have been dumped into the same
district in the Democratic belief that they
will fight for control and the Congress NOM
nation In dividing Westchester County
the Democrats figure they have spoiled
good Republican district and made couple
Of Democratic ones. They say they have
left one Republican district in Manhattan
and two doubtful ones at the upper end OF
the island.
The charter amendments were introduced
in both houses. Senator cullen announced
a meeting Of the Senate Cities Committee
on the charter on Wednesday.
In the Assembly Mr. Ahern, Of Kings.
was prevented from introducing a bill
amending the rapid transit act The bill
would give the Board of Estimate and APP.
portionment the unmistakable power OF
final disposition in franchise matters, Mr.
Ahern stated that at some future day
ne would give notice 10 have the rules sus-
pended 30 he could introduce the bill