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Show NEW YORK . Plays a Part in the Reapportionment of Congressmen Washington, July 12 New York politics is becoming considerately Involved In-volved in the- reapportionment of the House of Representatives as a result of the consus of 1910, and tho conditions condi-tions in that state may possibly cause a postponement of the reapportionment reapportion-ment until next session. Tho fate of the bill, however, has not been determined. deter-mined. Tho Empire stato gains six members mem-bers under the apportionment bill as it passed the house, and, by increasing increas-ing the total memlershlp from 391 to 433, the bill avoids the loss of a member by any state. Accompanying Accompany-ing the increase provision is the necessary nec-essary authority for a general congressional con-gressional rodlstrictlng in all the states. There's the rub. The New York legislature is Democratic Demo-cratic and the Republican leaders contend that any outline of congressional congres-sional areas now made nd any dhange would be for ton years and would be in the Interest of the Democratic Demo-cratic party. Senator Root of New Xrlt ls a strenuous opponent of the housq, bill on the ground that It Is unwise to.en-large to.en-large the house membership, but ho , is also mindful of party conditions In his Btato. He and those senators aligned with him are deteisnlned to amend the bill, if possible, so as to retain the old number. For contrary reasons, tho Democratic Demo-cratic leaders of the house are pressing press-ing for action bv tho senate. Chairman Chair-man Underwood of the committee on ways and means, in Informal conferences, confer-ences, advised some senators that final fin-al adjournment would be indefinitely postponed unless this bill, which passed the houBe early in the session, was also passed by the senate He said that tho Increase pio.oscd 'by tho house bill was Indorsed hy both a Republican and Democratic house and that the house prerogative of dealing with its own affairs should be observed. |