Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-13
OPPOSE GOV. HUGHES
Legislation Recommended in
Message Will Fail.
HIS PET MEASURE DOOMED
Judiciary Committee Against Mayor
atty Recount.
WOULD HAVE A BAD EFFECT
Bill Dealing With Future Cases May
Be Passed by New York Assembly "
Chairman Reads Views.
HAVE A BAD EFFECT

ALBANY, N. Y, February 13.-While it
was generally agreed that the republican
senators who constitute the old guard could
be the cause of blocking the more drastic
of the recommendations made in the gov
ernor's message to the legislature, it de-
velops that there are good many as
semblymen who are not in accord with
some of the governors views, and unless
the unexpected happens Gov. Hughes will
not get a number of the recommendations
he made enacted into laws. Just now 1t Is
somewhat generally admitted that there will
be no recount legislation dealing with the
mayoralty situation in New York city.
There probably will be recount bill passed,
but 1t will only be to take care of future
cases.
Two Recount Bills.
Immediately after the governors recon-
mendations became known to the legisla-
tors there was some haste to get in bills
which were thought would cover those
recommendations Senator SAKE and AS
semblyman Murphy introduced the recount
bill of last year, and later on Assemb,yman
Prentice and Senator SAKE introduced a re-
count bill which had been drawn by VIII
liam WINS and ex-Judge Cohen.
Assemblyman Charles w. Read of AL
bany is the chairman of the judiciary COM
mittee. which is considering the recount
oils, and 1t is known that William Barnes,
Jr.. the local republican leader, doesn't re-
gard such legislation as showing good judg-
ment from any standpoint from which the
subject is viewed. One of the most in
huential members of the assembly made
this statement last night:
Sentiment Against Measure.
While 1 haven't polled the judiciary
committee still know to a certainty that
the sentiment of the majority of the COM
mittee is opposed to a recount bill dealing
with the last New York city mayoralty
election. The situation is just this: This
election was held almost eighteen months
ago and the boxes have been hauled around
and been in different hands. Now, what
was to hinder somebody from getting ac-
cess to number of the boxes and doing
some tampering? None that can see, and
l think the members of the judiciary COM
mittee appreciate this fact. too.
Some republicans think it would be good
politics to open the boxes and have a re-
count, but the majority of the members
are not of that opinion. If Mr.. Hearst
believes he has been defrauded of the cleo
ton as mayor the same avenues are open
TO him as are open to any other defeated
candidate-that is the quo warranto pro-
ceedings.
A Bad Pr cedent.
1.-The recount bill would establish a pre
cedent that would have a bad effect in the
future 1t would mean that in any e'ection
where the vote was close the defeated cam
didate would cause the man who was
elected on the face of the returns to spend
considerable money to get his office b. de-
Tending himself from such proceedings
even where there was no intimatIon vi
fraud"
Senator John Raines several weeks aga
announced that he had drawn a recount
bill and that 1t would differ from his bill
of last year, in that 1t would be shorter.
Last night it was understood that Senator
Raines bill will only amend the law so as
to deal with future cases.