The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-16
WHITMAN SIGNS THE BILL
CUTTING DOWN ALDERMEN
Mills Measure Reduces Districts in Manhattan Only
Tammany Hit Harder Than Republicans by
Many Changes-Board to Be 81.

lican leader: Eighth. II which Max s.
Levine is the Democratic leader. and
Louis Jacobson. the Republican Twenty
sixth. Nathan Burkan, Democratic
leader. and Samuel krulcwitch. Repub-
lican. Both the Third and Eighth dis
tricts will be controlled by present Tenth
Assembly district territory In the new
Eighth Aldermanic district.
The present Fourteenth Assembly dis
trict where Michael y. Cruise is the
Democratic leader and John Shea the
Republican leader will be thrown into the
new Fourteenth Aldermanii district.
which in turn will be controlled by ter
ri,ory now In the Eighteenth Assembly
district. Therefore the Third, Eighth.
Fourteenth and Tw~enty-sixth Assembly
districts present four leaders in each
party who mus. double up witt somebody
else or be discarded.
May Inherit . Fight.
Democratic leaders John r. Ahearn
and l.. j. Scully. who divided the present
Fourth Assembly district between them.
will have parts of three other Assembly
districts IN their new territory and may
also inherit a fight for control. In the
same way Peter + Dooling and William
+. Dalton. Democratic leaders who main
KAN u uudl lttltTfHlD VI lNe .Nltltu us
,ric'. will be apportioned into the new
Flfth Aldermanic district with Frank J.
Goodwin, Democratic leader OF the
present Seventh Assembly district.
The new Twenty-iirst Aldermanic dis
trict will present a novel situation. too.
and unless an agreement Is reached. will
bring on a row between the leaders of
the present Twenty-ffth and Twenty
seventh Assembly districts OF both party
r.
oclatic leader OF the TWenty-ifth. and
George Doncllan of the Twcnty-scventi
will he thrown into the same bailiwick.
and the Republican leaders. Clarence II.
Fay OF the Twenty-ffth and Beverley
X. Robinson of the Twenty-seventh. will
be IN the same district,
Washington Heights has been cut UP
IN such a fashion that the new Twenty
sixth Aldermanic district will be an opc
field for the election OF "A new Demo
cratic and a new Republican leader
Likewise the present Twenty-third As
sembly district is so reapportioned that
Thomas +. McAvoy. Democratic leader
will be in the new seventeenth Alder.
manic district. n Collin II. woodward
his Republican opponent In the Twenty
third. will he in the new Nineteenth Al
dermanic district. Thus a new Reruh
lean leader will bc elected IN the Sew
ontcenth AlderNlanlc ulStri't anu Il Ht"
Democratic leader IN the Nineteenth
There are many other features OF IN
reapportioIment which are either puzzlint
or satisfying TO some leaders in both par
ties. The Twelfth Assembly district
Charles r. Murphy's. viii become
stronger han ever, as far as IN
Democratic organization Is concerned
Also the plan has been so worked
gu. that the new sixth Alder
mamie district. sam Koenig's, Will "
stronger than ever Republican. As Z,
the other districts affected by the reap
,ortionment plan few know now wha
is going TO happen. Furthermore. tn
district comm!tteemen chosen from elec
ton districts will in many cases fin
1t necessary to organize iH %altogethe
new territory.
The Mills bill signed by the Governo
a!sn reduces the number OF home rul
and local Improvement districts In In
city from twenty-five to t~Senty-four. an
their boundaries are changed accord
ingly.