New-York tribune., 1907-04-18
NO ACTION ON KELSEY.
ANOTHER WEEK OF DELAY
Senate Judiciary Committee Fails
to Take Up Case,
LRy Telegraph to The Tribune.

albany, April 17.-Expected events came to
pass In the Kelsey case to-day, for the Senate
Judiciary Committee did not even hold an exec
utlVe session to consider the Governors recon-
mendation Of removal. mass of hearings
among them one or the recount bill. kept the
committee sitting until well toward night. An
executive session will be held tomorrow morn
ing but 1t is unlikely that the Kelsey case ca
be taken up then; another week Of delays
Will result-another week. during which all leg
isiatlon Of Importance will be held up including
the Public Utilities bill. by this seemingly inter
minable affair
Supporters Of the government think that Su-
perintendent Keseys position is not being
helped any by delay. and even some Of Mr.
Kelsey's friends seem anxious to get the affair
settled definitely. Until the Kelsey case is out
of the way the judiciary Committee cannot we'll
take up the serious problems presented i'll the
numerous amendments to the Public Utilities bill
suggested by the railways and lighting cor
porations Senator Page had hoped to get the
measure in shape to report early next week. but
from the present prospect II will not be ready
for two weeks yet
This delay and its resultant suspense are not
displeasing TO many Of the anti-Hughes men
here. They still count on some sudden change in
the Kelsey case or some unforeseen development
to whip wavering Republicans into line against
the Governor on the Kelsey removal question
and, having forced direct stand against Cover
nor Hughes there to keep them in line to make
important amendments to the Utilities bill.
Governor Hughes has not indicated any strik
ing alarm to his friends this situation The
general opinion here is that tomorrow night at
Buffalo the Governor will make public his views
on hitherto untouched sections of the Public Util-
tiles BILL and perhaps the Kelsey affair.
Only by divertng a strong section OF the Repub
lican majority from the party policies can Gov
ernor Hughess plans be endangered, and those
in his confidence represent him still retain
ing confidence in the loyalty of the majority Of
the Republican legislators to party duty, even
II some of them might be inclined to fail in
highest public service.
The failure Of the apportonment conferences
last night to reach any result has caused
shver of apprehension among some of the up
state Republicans who would not care to have
new districts mapped out for them 1t becams
known to-day that Senator Page last night said
that IN his opinion only a complete redistricting
o.! the state would meet the situation. This was
somewhat significant since he and Senator
Raines were the only ones who had read the
complete opinions Senator GiIchrst. of Kings.
said he thought no mere shifting of Richmond
County and revamping of the Manhattan district
lines should be permitted.
Senator Raines has had severai conferences
with Governor Hughes lately on this subject.
but up 10 date the Governor has not expressed
10 him or any one else his views on the problem.
He is studying 1t carefully. Some legislators
fera. and the fear is based on the straightfor-
ward course he has taken with every other prob
lem. that he will declare for a complete redis-
tricting which will disregard completely party
questions No action IS likely 10 he taken tow
ard drafting an apportionment bill until the
Governor has given his opinion on the question.
since the Senate leaders do not feel inclined to
take tho chances Of a veto, with possible spe-
ciaI session to consider a constitutional appor-
tIonment