The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-25
The LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS
tSSENBLY DEFEATS TIE DIRECT
NOMINATIONS BELL.

~ 1917 .eh~ e@88~S"PS We wv
Hughes Arc Passed An the Geyernsr's
Nominations Cenlsrmsa ~ ths senate.
ALBANY. July s4.-rhe state Assembly
to-day deoisivsly and squsrely dsfeatsd
the optional primary direct nominations
bill introduced by Senator Eugene M.
Travis REP. Kings) which was desirsd
by Gov. Hughes. Then. after passing
all the other nine bills suggested by
the Governor except Senator Pages bill
making constitutional the present code
provisions for the ~punishnsnt Of Witnesses
IN contempt In non-iudicial proosedings.
the Legislature. after In all day session.
adjourned for good shortly altar s O'Clock
this afternoon,
All the Governors appointees TO State
Office we're confirmed by the Senate with
out comment, except that OF Thomas N.
Osborne as a member OF the upstate
Utilities Commission. Senator Grady
opposed Mr.. Osborue's confirmation.
ostensibly because he Is morally unfit,
but really because Mr.. Osborne last fall
organizei the conservative Democrats Of
the State and caused Mr.. Hearst's defeat
for Governor. The Senate considered
Mr.. 0sbornshs confirmation 10 executive
session for over two hours. when IL de-
veloped that the incident with which Sen
atcr Grady charged that Mr.. Osborne was
connected happened over twenty years
ago Eventually MIR. osborns's nomina =
ton was confirmed by a viva voce vote.
Senators Grady. Frawley and MoManus
alone voted against confirming the New
York City Utilities Commissioners, Senator
Grady said he must oppose them because
the commissioners we're not represep-
tstive. He ms Isted that the lsboring
interests we're responsible for the public
utilities law. and yet Gov. Hughes had
not appointed a single labor representative
on either commission,
Senator McCarrsn differed from senator
Grady. saying that Gov. Hughes should
have appointed all Republican Commits
sioners so that the people would know
on whom to place the full responsibility.
The important legislstion passed at
the extra session to-day included the FULLY
amended apportionment plan. a bill
respportioning the New York city Alder
manic districts. Senator McCsrren's bill
permitting the New York city Comptroller
TO sell at private sale city bonds not taken
at a previous public sale. q bill providing
for the connection Of the quarantine sta
tions at Hoffman and Svinburne islands
with Staten Island by a submarine cable
and a measure directing that q systematic
plan be devised for extending the State
fair properties at Syracuse before any
more State money 10 spent on the project.
The Senate passed the apportionment
bill by a party vote Of 80 10 ~. except that
Senator Ackroyd CDem,. Oneids) voted
with the Republicans for the bill. The bill
raised the Assembly by a vote OF % 10 40.
Assemblymsn Sohoeneck Of Syracuse being
the only Republican to vote against II.
He insisted that a valid ap~portionment
can be passed only az a regular session OF
the Legislature. There was no discussion
Ct the bill In either house.
Senator Pages contempt witness bill
raised the Senate all right, hut came ur
At the tail end Of the session In the Assembly
after many members had left for homo. II
received only II affirmative votes and "
in opposition. At the regular session the
hill passed the Senate, but the Tammany
members defeated it in the Assembly, Al
i was aimed to aid the Commissioners oi
Accounts in the examination OF witnesses
in the invest cation Of the administrator
If Borough President Ahsarn. 1t alsS
would have helped Gov. Hughes's experts
in their examination OF State department.
and commissions under the Moreland in
v~estigation Law passed At the regular ses
sion.
The Travis primary direct nomination.
hill passed the Senate by . vote OF 30 TO 4
Senator's Gilchrist, Cullen, Fra~ley anc
Mullaney voting against 1t. Senator Nc
Carren insisted that the people Of King
county wanted direct primary nomination.
and urged the Legislature to permit then
TO try the plan. Senator Gilchrist's short u
substitute a mandatory measure for tn
Travis bill was defeated by a vote OF 2
too
The Travis bill vas one Of tina last meas
ures considered in the Assembly and tn
lower house resembled a bear garden Will
the bill was under discussion, mainly be
cause Of the efforts Of members TO dodg
voting The number Of msmbers VII
lodged or were absent was forty-sevsn. o
nearly one-third Of the membership.
As~semblyman Ralston offered the Gl
christ bill as an amendment and Assembly
man Chamberlain Of Steuben o Foley o
Niagara introduced substitute bills. bu
Speaker Wadsworth persuaded them all .
withdraw 10 that there could DO . dirsc
vote on the main proposition. Only
Republicans and II Democrats voted 10
The bill. as follows;
Repubh scans Allen, Apssr. Avsnl.. Bosh
art, Brady. Brooks Brengh, Burhyts. Coli
Colne, Conklin. Dssroot, Dowlins. EGglestor
Francis. Gray. Green. Hsine Hamm, Harm
Hart. Hubbs. Lee. Lupton. Marlatt, Mathew
Merritt. Morsland. c. y. Murphy. ssun'
O'Brian. Parker. Patton. Phillips. Roger
shuttleworth, O. Smith. Myron Smith. star
ton, Wainwright. Weber. Wsimert. Well
g. n. Whitney, Winters and Youns-+7.
Democrats-Baumsnn, Burzynsh. Donnsh'
Fay. Flanagan. CARRIE. 0seshagsn. hoime'
Mooney. schwsgIer and Todd-ii.
Independence Leaguers-C6lhns-i. Tota
a.
The negative votes were a. follows
Eepublicans- Bald win. Blue. Brown, chsn
tnrI.,. r.u..d. l..uNs,gAARa nranAr. Eluf