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ENLARGES ATTACK ON LAW BUPEEME COUBT JUDGE IN NEW YOEK PEE HITS ADDITIONS 10 PETITION Fourteen New Petitioners Join with Former Appli ¬ cants for Setting Aside of Apportionment Act and Incidentally HartAgnew Law New York November 21 Justice Edward B Amend Kitting iu Part 2 of the Supreme Court granted ou Saturday the applieatiou of fourteen petitioners to become parties to the action recently instituted to overthrow the 1007 apiwrtlomneut act of districtsTli Senate and Assembly districts Tli is act has been attacked oil the ground of its imcoustitutionality and six other grounds and an order to show cause why it should not be set aside was served last week on Attorney General E It OMalley Governor Horace White Speaker Wads worth of the Assembly and George H Cobb presi ¬ dent pro tern of the Senate SenateBriefs Briefs in reply to the argument petition will be tiled WednesdayNullification in the Supreme Court next Wednesday Nullification of the apportionment act will mean the knocking out of the UartAgnew antirace track bills and other legislation jammed through under the Hughes lash without more than passing regard for constitutionality The principal contention is that the apportionment was made at an extraordi ¬ nary session of the Legislature whereas the con ¬ stitution makes it mandatory that an apportionment act l e passed only at a regular session sessionEnlargement Enlargement of the action to include fourteen ilker itelltiouers was accomplished through Frank J Johnston attorney for William S Reynolds prin ¬ cipal petitioner in the original action and now rep rerouting each of the newcomers The new petition ¬ ers are areEdward Edward M Henry of Pleasautville Westchestcr County president of the Compass Publishing Com ¬ pany and editor of the Mount Pleasant Compass During the last election he was chairman of the speakers and public meetings of the Democratic county committee of Westchester WestchesterHoward Howard F Carpenter of Port Chester West Chester County director and secretary of the Port Chester Publishing Company publishers of the Port Chester Daily Record During the last election In was chairman of the press committee of the Westchester organizationCol Democratic organization Col George Hochderffer of 013 Sherman street Ilichmond Hill for the last twentyfive years a resident of Arizona and who came to New York to become a resident two weeks ago and consequently vines under the constitution of this state for the first time He has held the offices of city marshal of Flagstaff Arizona treasurer of Flagstaff sheriff f Cocouliio County Arizona sergeantatarais of thi Arizona Legislature and a member of the terri ¬ torial council councilElliott Elliott A Hauscman 148 West Sixtyfourth street Horongli of Manhattan who came to this city from Philadelphia last year He is au art broker and appraiser of art goods goodsWilliam William Stewart 336 West Fortyseventh street Borough of Manhattan who was 21 years old ou May 11 last and who consequently cast his lirst vole at the last election electionJohn John L Moore 173 West Eightyfirst street who is president of the Moore Electric Company CompanyWilliam William J Hart 345 West Fortyseventh street a contractor and builder builderHerman Herman Ortloff 004 McDouotigh street Brooklyn IK ml of the firm of Ortloff Inc custom tailors J3 0 Broadway BroadwayJames James Bradley 448 Amsterdam avenue Borough of Manhattan president of the Packard Times Square Auto Company CompanyThomas Thomas J McQuade Jr 420 West Fortyfifth stmt Borough of Manhattan who liecame of age last vcar and consequently has just attained his rights as a voter under the constitution constitutionDr Dr William J Stewart 302 West Twentythird street who has resided in the Chelsea district of New York County for over fiftyfive years yearsJoseph Joseph Nordeuschild 12 Park place Brooklyn broker with offices at 2 Broadway BroadwayHerman Herman W Beyer 405 West Fortyseventh street president of the Beyer Dyeing and Printing Com ¬ pany and vicepresident of the A H McRac Com ¬ pany druggists druggistsExplaining Explaining the attitude of his clients attorney Johnston said saidIn In view of the fact that it has been widely MH tliat a successful attack upon the apiiortinn mcnt act would mean a1 knockout blow for the HartAgncw bills I might at the same time say that some of the petitioners who have joined with William S Reynolds the principal petitioner are iMMcmic a resident two weeks asto and consequently on other legislation which will follow the success of this action
