The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-04
SENATORS TELL THEIR WANTS
CONE TO SEE WOODRUFF LOOK
ING FOR CHAIRMANSHIPS.
Some Gail On the GOvcrnOr-elect. VINO
NOu'r NEEDLE Il nucU Ia Settle Rural
CIuimS-Jhc Assembly ClerkShip IL
Mi. NOOdrun's Principal WOrriment.

NIpinS-1hC Assembly CIerkSnlp 10
MI. WoOGruT's Principal WOrriment.
Vest srday was Senator'S day at Repub-
ican state headquarters. To-day will be
Acknowledgements day az the same spot.
Yesterday Chairman Woodruff of the State
committee talked with a number of Repub-'
licau state Senator's concerning the make
UP of the committees. incidentally a good
deal was said about the chairmanshipS
and most Of the visitors were not at all
backward in making their wishes known.
It was said that nothing definite was deter
mined and that tho whole matter would
be left to the Senate caucus, which will
meet in Albany on January ?. Mr.. Wood
ruff is to visit Washington later in tho
week and G-overnor-elect Hughes may be
there at the same time, so that many
%. matters which we're discussed yesterday
md will be talked about to-day may he
~ gone over with President Roosevelt.
!, Governor-elect Hughes, it was made
Known, will have nothing whatever TO do
with the organization Of the Senate or OF
: the Assembly, and wip not attempt to
influence the chairmsnships ortthe election
LOT the President pro tom. Of the Senate
4 or of the Speaker OF Clerk of the Assembly.
= Some of Chairman Woodrufrs ~visitors
! Yesterday were the following Senators:
! Carl s. Burr, Jr., Of Commaok. Otto @.
4 Foelker. Eugene NJ. Travis and Alfred j..
4 Glchrist Of Brooklyn: George B. Agnew.
( Martin SAKE and Alfred r. Page OF Man
4 haitian; Francis NJ. Carpenter of Mount
Kisco, lothian p. Aids of Norwich. Horace
y White Of Syracuse, Harvey d. Human OF
+, Btnghamton, Owen Cassidy OF Watkins,
: William J. Tully OF Corning and'Stanislaus
i p. Franchot of Niagara Falls. Then there
were James s. Whipple of Salamanca, Gov.
.Hixgins's Forest, Fish and Game Commits
sioner; Cornelius V. Collins. Superintendent
= OF State Prisons, and Supreme Court Justice
Michael H Hirschberg.
There il little or no opposition. TO the re-
I eleotion Of Senator Raines as President
! pro tenn, of the Senate and on CAUCUS night
he will be unanimously chosen. Senator
!, Armstrong is conducting a still aunt for
the Craftsmanship Of the Finance Committee,
90 succeed Mr.. Malby, who has Just been
y elected to Congress. Senator Pager 1t was
said. would like to be made chairman Of
the judiciary Committee, the place made
vacant by the retirement OF Senator Brack
EFT. but Senator Allds also wants that
Craftsmanship, and this Is one OF the differ
ences which will have to be threshed out
In the caucus. Senator Pages bashfu
friends also said that they would like to
have him made chairman OF the Com
mittee on Insurance, made vacant by the
retirement of Senator MCEwan; further
more, that Senator Page would like to be
chairman OF the Committee on Penal In
stitutions, which has been made vacant by
the retirement OF Senator Barnes. Col.
Dunn accompanied Senator Hinman on his
visit TO Chairman Woodruff, and senator
Human said hat he would take any place
that was assigned to him. Those at head,
quarters said that Senator Hnman would
very probably be made chairman OF the
COMMITTEES on Codes, the place maze vacant
by the retirement Of Senator Elsberg. Sena-
tor Tully was spoken of for chairman OF
the Committee on Taxation and Retrench-
ment. which has been made vacant by the
retirement OF senator Merton T.: Lewis.
The defeat of Senator Goodseu, chairman
of the Committee on Miscellaneous Corpora
tions, has made Senator Sanford W. Smith
of Chatham a candidate for that place.
Senator Smith would also ike TO be chalr-
man of the Committee on Banks. Senator
Wilcox wants to he retained as chairman
of the Committee on Railroads, and senator
White will undoubtedly be reelected chair
man of the Committee on Cities.
As only nineteen of the thirty-one he
publican Senators were reelected. there will
be plenty Of room for new senators on I'M
portant committees. OF course the great
demand on the part OF many OF the old
Senators is to get aboard the committees
on finance, railroads, taxation and retrench-
ment, miscellaneous corporations and
banks.
In addition to the Senators who came
70 town there were the three Assenblymen
from Onondaga county, Edward Schoeneck,
Frederick W. Hammond and George L..
Baldwin. They were here to push, along
the candidacy of Ray b. smith for Clerk OF
the Assembly, Mr., Smith having teen
assistant clerk for nine years, and all the
time a rustling organization man in Onon-
daga county.
Chairman Woodruff expects to have a
talk on Wednesday with Col. Archie f.
Baxter. who has been clerk for twelve
wears. This Assembly clerkship is bother
Ing Mr.. Woodruff. Col. Baxter has been
one OF the favoTites OF the Republican
organization Of the State for many years,
but his own State committeeman, Repre-
sentative j. Sloat Fassett, IS opposed TO
Col. Baxter and has 50 told Mr.. Woodruff.
Mr.. Smith and his friends believe that he
Is entitled to promotion. chairman wood
ruff does not believe that a row should be
started at this time and a proposition was
heard yesterday to the effect that Col.
Baxter may be reelected on condition that
he will not be a candidate for reelection
next winter, By which time some other
important place can be provided for him
This was only a tentative proposition, II
was stated, and up to late last night Mr..
Smith and his friends were not inclined 70
lsten to il. Speaker Wadsworth ia sure
10 he reelected, it was stated, and after
Wednesday something definite will be
known as to the result Of the controversy
over the clerkship.
Several of the Senators, after seeing Mr..
Woodruff, called on Governor-elect Hughes
at his home, SO West End avenue. Mr..
Hughes stayed at home purposely to re-
ceive them. Afterward he said:
"The Senators who called on me to-day
made social visits only. l did not talk poll
tics with them nor did they talk politics with
me. There was no reference either in our
chats to such things as the organization OF
the I egisiature, the Chairmanships Of the
committees, questions Of patronage or 10
any subjects of that kind. ] would like TO
ges well known 10 all the members Of the
Legislature, and as I knew that they were
10 be in town to-day and that more OF them
are to be here tomorrow ] thought the OPP
portunity was a good one to shake hands
with them and get hetter acquainted"
TTENTY TRIAL TERMS At ONCE.
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