New-York tribune., 1906-04-04
HEARST BILL LOST,
assembly RecOmmits Recount Meas
are after Hot Fight.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Albany. April 3-The Hearst recount bill was
practically lost in the Assembly to-day by a
vote OF Sc to AZ. but not until il had been de-
bated at white heat for FIVE hours. The admins
tration was bitterly criticised by several disaf-
fected Republicans. who with half dozen
Democrats voted for the passage of the bill
Assemblymen Rogers and Cunningham Sc
verely arraigned the administration. and the
Assembly leader for ''the vacillating course
pursued with regard to the measure.
First it was announced that all good Repubii-
cans We're to stand by the measure and call
Hearsts bluff" said Mr.. Rogers I'VE stood to-
gether and the bill advanced. Now 1t is
suddenly announced that the bill must be de-
feated'
Mr.. Cunningham said he was tired of follow
ing the "acrobatic gyrations" of his party lead
ers.
Assemblyman Moreland majority leader. led
the debate that ended in recommittal of the
bill
If you pass it," he argued, you will open a
loophole for more fraud and debauchery OF the
ballot than was ever possible under the present
law. The bill as it stands permits any defeated
candidate, or any number of them. honest or
unscrupulous to force open the ballot boxes of
an election on the mere filing of an application
and a bond"
also spoke i'm opposition TO the bill. Assembly
man Campbell delivered a wild harangue In
which he declared that he could not call Mayor
Mcclellan a gentleman.
In defence of his measure Mr.. Murphy de-
clared that than half the people of New
York believed William r. Hearst should be sit
Inc vote on the measure was as follows:
For recommittaI of the bnl-Repubncans; F, E.
Allen, Broome; ]. G. Allen, Cayuga; Averill, Mon
Monroe: BOshart, Lewis; Brady. Greene: Burnett
Ontario; Carrier, Chenango; Chamberlain. Steqbeni
NbaT
ware; Crosley. Cortland: Draper. Niagara; Evans
Gates. Oneida; f. j. Gray, St Lawrence; Gregory
OncnCaga: Gunderman, Tompkins; Hammond. On
Genesee; Hooper. Essex; Hubbs SUFFOLK Knapp
Clinton; Lansing, Rensselaer,; Lewis. 0swego; Iup-
thews Franklin: Mead. Albany; Mills Fulton Ham
t53 to6 washingon @SfS@ 1s Pa9on Erie s PhPS AegsHy
Pratt Oneida: Prentice. New York; santee Steu-
smith Cattaraugus; Myron Smith, Duchess; Steele,
Herkimer; Walk. cattaraagus; Waddell Warren
Whitney. Saratoga; Williams, Chautauqua; Wilson.
Orleans Wood Jefferson; Yale @ PuInama@ M, vor,,
Carnochan Rockland: Caughlin. New York; Dress
nett, Schuyler; Hackett and Harawitz. New York;
Kavnaugh' Kings; Keyes, Erie; La Fetra New
New York; G. NJ Palmer, schoharie: quinn, Erie;
New Ney YOKE Thompson. Thompson Kings: Tor T0mpkins New
York, and WedemeyeT BiehpGndm26 rrs,-
nan. Francis. Hartman. Hoffman. Murphy Rock;
SPTsngeT Stanley SteenS & StSTy; WeTS nSne nnd
Foeiker Green. W. l. Lee O'NeiII. S. j. Palmer,
Surpless and Weber all of Kings; Cunningham and
Fowler. Ulster; De Grot. Queens; Grattan. Albany
Hastings. Orange: Miller. Queens Nassau; Rogers.
Broome: Shuttleworth. Erie; Wainwright West
chester; Winters, Tioga-&.
Democrats Bernstein, cohalan and Fritz all Of
New York Feth and Shanahan, Kings; Nolan,
Rensselaer,; Oglesby. Westchester-7;
Municipal Ownership and ndependent-Campbell,
Eckman, Long and NJ F. Smith. all of New York;
Harte queens; Harvey and schnitt kings.
Absent or not voting-Repubicans: Apgar, West
chester; Bedell. orange; Beebe, Monroe Risland,
York; Fish. Madison; A. b. Gray, Dutchess: Mer-
ritt ST. Lawrence: Wade. Chautauqua; Wempe.
Schenectady: West. Yates Wadsworth (SPeaker),
livingston Democrats: Burzynski. Erie: Mcclure
Kings: SchWegler, New York;.