Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-22
LINE UP FOR BATTLE
Bosses Hard After Hughes on
the Recount Bill.
COMBINE TO BEAT HIM
First Fight May Decide Whether Gov.
ernor is to Rule.
IHMSEN REGISTERS. A KICK
He Wants to Find Out Why Hearst
League Gets So Little
Patronage.


ALBANY, January 22.-The first battle
to- be offered Gov. Hughes by the boss COM
bine will be over the bill to recount the
ballots cast at the last mayorahty elec-
ton in New York city. The governor rec
commended In his message the passage Of
the bill. which Is now in the judiciary COM
mittee Of the assembly, Of which Assembly
man Mead. q factotum Of William Barnes,
jr.. the Albany boss. is chairman. Until last
night it was not known that there would
be any serious opposition to the bill.
1t develops now that the combine Of
bosses surviving the cleanup of last year
has decided to oppose the passage of the
bill. Congressman bill" Ward, the West
chester county boss. is engineering the OPP
position. and has ordered Senator Carpenter
and the four republican assembiymen from
westchester to vote against it. Ward and
Barnes are intimate and will undoubtedly
be together in any move to prevent re-
count.
Ward has been cunning for votes to beat
the bill. and has lined up quite a number.
would be against it. Wards opposition to
the recount proposition Is based upon the
ground that 1t will be bad republican pol
itics to pass such a measure. He has con-
suited several county leaders and is said
to have found that they share his views
A canvass OF the assembly revealed the
fact that more than thirty republican men,
bers who voted against the bill last year
are still opposed to 1t. Ward Is using this
fact to procure recruits. The Tammany
members who will obey the orders Of Boss
Murphy are solidly for the dill, though they
opposed it last year.
Jackson Not Reapportionist.
Democratic Attorney General Jackson will
not take a stand in favor of the reappor-
tionment of senate and assembly districts
ordered by the republican legislature of
1905. The question Of constitutionality will
be argued before the court of appeals on
January 2S. Jackson will withdraw all the
motions made on appeal by his predecessor,
julius NJ. Mayer, and assume neutral
attitude.
Jackson does not agree with the conclu-
sions Of law presented by his predecessor.
He said yesterday:
'In the three cases now pending in the
court of appeals, have invited former At
torney General Mayer to participate in the
argument and file a brief. This has been
done in order that all sides may be fairly
presented, and for the reason that the pres
ent administration of the attorney gen.
erals office Is opposed to the position, upon
the reapportiOnment and construction of the
constitution as taken by the former attor-
ney general.
jackson Informed Mayer that his Invita-
ton did not carry with It q retainer from
the state. When asked whether he would
fight the reapportionment on the ground
that Il Is unconstitutional, Jackson replied:
I'VE shall be neutral
Democratic politicians think they see a
chance in the attitude for q decision over
turning the republican reapportionment.
Mayer will participate in the proceedings
he says and argue along the line that won
favorable action in the lower courts.
Ihmsen After State Ofacials.
Dissatisfied with the way some of the
democratic state officers are treating the
independence League. Max F. Ihmsen,
Hearst political manager. came to Albany
yesterday and registered kick. He had
a long talk with State Engineer Skene. The
latter, according to Independence League
politicians. has not given them the patron
age to which they are entitled. They have
reminded Skene that IL 1t hadn't been for
Hearst, Joe" Cassidy, the former Queens
county boss. who had Skene's name placed
on the democratic ticket. would have been
thrown out of the Buffalo convention linn
sen also paid State Controller Glynn visit.