The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-18
N. Y. May LOSE SIX
OF ITS ALDERM men
Mills Bill Would Rcdistrict
Manhattan for Sake Of PO-
litical Harmony.
MANY LEADERS. HARD HIT

ALBANr. April 17.--Republicans and
Democratic leaders from New York city
descended o Albany to-day and as a
result Senator Mills introduced In the
Senate Tonight a hill establishing new
lines for Aldermanic districts In New
York city. The a given IL that the
new Assembly districts in many instances
throw Republican and T2mmany district
leaders into the same district. The Al
dermanic lines are 30 laid ont In the pro-
posed new law that there will be little
II any conflict. It is proposed by both
In New York city 20 change their party
organizations from the Assembly to the
Aidernanic district plan II the new
measure becomes a law. When Senator
Mills introduced his bill tonight II was
advanced to n third reading. Al first
senator sullivan objected. but afterward
withdrew his opposition. II In proposed
to make the new AIdcrmanic plan opera
tive for the fall election Of 1917.
The total number of Aldermen under
thc reOTkdIlEdt plhn ~ ltuu''u ~
seventy-thrce to sixty-sevcn. the entire
loss being born by Manhattan. which
will suffer a reduction from thirty-thrce
TO wenty-sevcn Aldermen. II was
pointed out here Tonight that the rea-
son for putting the reorganization plan
through the present session of the Legis-
lature IL due To the fact that the present
legislative reapportionmcnt VIII cut
down the number Of Assembly districts
-. -.A - .yAaNxs
three. which means that "A number or
both Republican and Democratic district
/ aders will he thrown together In new
Assembly districts.
This conflict would cause only annoy
ance to leaders of both parties. The
Aldermanic district basis provides for a
new alignment. The downtown sections
are chiefly affected by the apportion-
ments. several districts being done away
with entirely. while the upper West Sid
districts are expanded TO make way for
new leaders. The Third and Eighth
Assembly districts will be eliminated.
Tn result, OF this would be that James
r. Martin aud Harry Perry IN the Third
and Louis jacobson and Max ;. Levine
In the Eighth are sidetracked ana Nle.r
districts largely thrown into the Elghth
Aldermanic district. which viii h" con-
trolied by territory In the Tenth As
scmblv district. Inc present i"'HtN-
sixth Assembly district Will bc practt-
cally wiped on; by the Aldrrmanic dis
/ ,ric,s that will be put into the new six
teenth and Eighteenth Senate districts
This will mean the retirement OF Samuel
Krulwitch AMI Nathan Burkan as the
Democratic leaders unless some arrange
| ments can he made for their retention as
leaders in adjacent ~reorganized districts
Senator Mills when he introduced th'
A,dcrmanic bill also attempted To intro
duce a measure for reorganizing TN
boundaries OF four uptown Congress
s!onal districts in Manhattan. the Fly
teenth. sixteenth. Seventeenth and Fig
teenth. affecting Representative in Con
gress Conry. pooling. Carew and Pat
ten. Senator Wagner objected to TIT
introduction OF this bill and II cannot
h. put in until tomorrow. which means
that IL cannot pass unless under al
emergency message from the Governor.