New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-02
BOMB FROM GOVERNOR
4PPORTTON1IENT ASKED.
Action Follozcs Preliminary Yictory
of Kelsey MeR.
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the Governors secretary with a message from the
Governor. That message demanded the passage
Of an apportionment act of "unquestoned valid
ity'' and of a character to commend itself to
the intelligent judgment of the people That
message carried CONSERVATION to the old linz
Senator's in the midst Of their victory. for. what
ever the purpose of the Governor in writing it.
TO them it meant only one thing. The Cow
ernor has begun TO hit back at u.s.
Gaugtng the Governors actions by the Old
time rules OF politics, the Senate Immediately
held itself on the defensive against Governor
armed with the powers of veto and patronsge.
Nobody who knows Governor Hughes and his
methods of work intimately for a moment be-
lieves that he Will advocate his reform pro
gramme in that fashion. that the
Democratic Republican coalition has showed al
most Enthusiastically that it has the power to vote
tomorrow TO retain Otto Kelsey IN defiance OF
the Governors recommendation of removal
Nevertheless. the Governors message has been
represented by Kelsey men to many Senators as
a threat. form of coercion. and according to
general opinion here has resulted in a tishten-
ing of the lines among the Governors opponents.
OPEN RUPTURE EXPECTED
Seemingly nothing avert open
rupture between the Governor and the Senate.
and loyal Republicans fear lest it be carried be-
yond the actual retention of Superintendent ESel-
sey 10 question OF political differences which
might endanger the utilities bill. Friends Of Mr..
Kelsey tonight predict confidently that the final
vote probably tomorrow must result in defeat
OF the Governors recommendation for removal
by 20 TO 81 votes Even impartial observers
estimate the vote as from 27 to 20 for Kelsey.
Hughes men philosophicaly await the outcome.
calm in the belief that the defeat OF the Gov
ernor on the Kelsey issue will create such
storm of public denunciation that the corpora
ton antagonists of the Governors policies must
be driven TO cover.
THE Senate may vote to save Kelsey" said
Hughes tonight. very good; what then2
The Governor has let them play out their game,
without putting on pressure in any one of a
hundred ways while the Kelsey have
pulled every wire between Buffalo and New
York. and the Insurance companies and their
allied interests have united 10 save Kelsey and
kill the utilities bill. Do these Senators forget
that the Governor owes them nothing. and tha.
he is the Governor of the people VINO will judge
: EN- and him? Can any Senator. matter
how biassed his views by political or other con-
siderations believe that any political OF any
financial combination can defeat Governor
Hughes when all he wants is 70 do his duty
an honest Governor of the people demanding
| relief from conditions rapidly becoming intol-
erable?"
| As supporters Of the Governor viewed ths
presentation OF the apportionment message i'm
mediately after the Kelsey vote IL indicated a
| belief on the part of the Governor that the
| situation required a Roland for the senate's
Oliver. An apportionment. mot one OF personal
preference or of individual interests. would
come perilOusly near TO disturbing the districts
OF two or three men reckoned among the Gov
ernOrs Oitterest antagonists and easily must
drive them out of political life. This il still
in vie Of ne spread
among the anti-Hughes men that the Governor
has been in receipt OF communications from sew
eral lawyers that a Senate election this fall
might be necessary. and in consequences or these
opinions has about abandoned the stand re-
ported joyously about a month ago by Senator
Raines that election could be held
SENATORS DRIVEN HALF FRANTIC.
How far the opposition 70 the Governor. even
on the Kelsey case. win go that Governor
Hughes has eyinced awakened interest In
legislative procedure by this message. is the
predominant question tonight While the Nc
Carren-Ra Raines-Cirady group Of Senators unques-
tionabIy swayed the Senate IN the vote which
resulted to-day in the adoption OF the entire
Raines form of procedure. permitting counsel
for Kelsey TO make q final appeal tomorrow.
the situation lis in the cards. in the phrase Of
one Hughes man Political considerations. Gues-
and the habit of Difference TO corporation DOM
tnation are driving some Senators half frantic.
Little of this was manifest in the vote to-day.
which was precipitated by Senator Armstrong;
determined opposition TO the part OF the Senate
Judiciary Committees report allowing counsel
for Kelsey to address the Senate for two hours.
There the Kelsey men had the advantage OF a
spirit of fair play 10 the utterrnost. on which
some Senators throughout have voted to give
the Kelsey side every possible means Of defencei
and this explains the vote of 35 10 Is BY which
the proposition adopted
When the report was read to-day Senator
Armstrong moved that the vote on its adoption
be taken separately. one vote on the main body
of the report and another that part permit
ting the appearance of counsel After the main
part of the report had been adopted he declared
that the part 10 which ne objected was so ride
ulous that IL should not be adopted without
more than passing notice
The Judiciary Committee has refused 70
make a recommendation" he went The
members have reached conclusions. and might
have made a recommendation for or against
removal without doing any violence 10 their
opinions They refuse and take this remark
able course. so ridiculous thar the message
might as we'll have been referred ," the stenog-
raDher on the floor TO hear and transmit testt-
mony: or to a master in chancery to hear testi-
mony. The committee lodged it's duty and aodi-
Gated it's functions. This course has Telesated
the committee 10 the strange, unfortunate posi-
ton of becoming mere scrtvener. mechanical
instrument 10 transcribe the testimony and
transmit it to the Senate Now add 20 the
ludicrous and absurd position by recommending
that counsel be allowed two hours 10 sum up
suppose the purpose is apparent. don't want
hFDtH her