New-York tribune., 1908-04-24
LEGISLATURE ADJ0URNS
EXTRA SESSION CALLED.
GoUernor U'W Wage Rigorous Cam
paign IN Behalf of Policies.
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\ portant recommendatiO tiOns in his second year,
the Legislature adjourned little after p M
| to-day. Tonight Governor Hughes issued a
| call for an extraordinary session. to convene
| at $50 D. m. on May IL. AT that time, without
question. he will recommend new action on these
propositions. The Governors proclamation fol-
| lows:
Pursuant TO the power vested tn me oy SEQ
tion 4. of Article " of the constitution hereby
convene the Legislature IN extraord1nary ses-
Monar s0n al the the eape ere IN au n Of Nav % 1903 at %
| past eight o'clock. post meridian
! The following day. NAV IL. also under proc
Ian1ation OF the Governor. a special election will
| be held in the 47th (Niagara-OrIeans) Senate
| District to fill the vacancy in the present Sem
ate caused by the recent death Of Senator Stan
isIaus P. FranchOt. Of Niagara Falls
Meanwhile the Governor will wage vtgor-
| Gus campaign to bring bout the success OF his
| policies when the Legislature returns. He will
| speak at big nass-meeting here on Sunday
afternoon and at another In Troy. On May i
| he will speak q indignation meeting In
| Ithaca in Senator Cassidy's district where the
| people trying to beat Cassidy for renonl-
nation because OF his vote for racetrack gam
| bling
The Governor declined 10 discuss other speak
| ing dates These must depend his execu-
| tive duties II Is entirely safe 70 say that hs
| has invitations to speak at indignation meet
| ings in the district Of every Republican Sena-
| tor who voted against the anti-samolins bills.
and the general belief is that he will accept
| most of them.
| ATTENTION ON SENATE DISTRICT.
| All attention will be centred now on tbs
| Niagara Orleans district, where successor TO
| Senator Franchot Is TO be elected on May IL
| Abundant confirmation OF the story that the
| Democrats intended to nominate a candidate
| who would vote with the racing interests and
| expected to get Republican support in the dis
| trict was furnished to-day.
| George W. Batten Democratic state commit
| teeman hurried up to Niagara County tonight
| Barry Murphy. Democratic leader Of Orleans.
went there to-day They will consult local lead
| ers. and Saturday the convention will be held
| and a nomination made
While 1 understood than Chairman Conners
| at time thought the Democrats should not
| nominate a IN this special election" said
| Batten before leaving Albany. "ths local
| leaders thought we Democrats should not lie
| down that way. I don't know whom we shall
i nominate; he will be a Niagara County man.
There are three four candidates. He will
not make any campaign pledge to vote against
| the racing bills; he will be unpledged- He will
| be a Democrat and if elected naturally will
| consult with and follow the Democratic leaders
/ in the Senate, the racing question as Or
other subjects
| Despite the specific denial of state Chairman
Woodruff that any aid in that election had been
promised to the Democrats by the Republican
state organization. several legislators to-day
asserted that state leaders at odds with Gov
| ernor Hughes had given pledges to help out the
| Democratic candidate. They said also that at
the special session an open revolt against the
Governor would be made by the direct orders
of Woodruff Barnes and. perhaps. other Repub-
| licans. 1t seems evident that while Speaker
Wadsworth is among the leaders Of one Of the
Republican factions IN the contested district he
is not concerned in this effort to foil the Gov
ernor. He declared to-day that he never had
heard Of any such plan. and that he did not
believe it could succeed
STEVENS TO TAKE HAND.
Superintendent Stevens OF the Department OF
Public Works leader OF the other Republican
faction is going up there tomorrow He said
there was a general understanding among the
Republicans Of both sides to unite on a candi-
date favorable TO the Governors measure. He
had heard. though. that efforts were on foot
to swing some support to Democrat who would
side with the racing interests
The Governor IS keeping closely in touch with
all these affairs His intimate associates say
that instead of overlooking all the afronts
heaped on him lately by Legislature and party
leaders he IS keen to fight back. but at the proper
time and in proper manner a specimen OF tho
was the unprecedented spectacle furnished to-
dav of AssembIymen in the Assembly chamber.
Kissing and booing when his name was r1en-
toned II was during recess and the Assem-
bIvrnen had been indulging in horseplay- SPEAK
or v-adsvorth and Mr.. Merritt, the majority
leader had been cheered.
Three cheers for Governor Hughes shouted
= member Instantly there was dead silence
"Three cheers for the Governor again called
the As,mbyman, and there came chorus OF
eroans and Kisses which lasted half a minute.
ADJOURNMENT TAME AND sPIRITLEsS.
Everybody was expecting 70 be summoned
hack for the extra session, so the adjournment.
while complimentary speeches and nowers
abounded was tame and splrttless
The closing scenes in the two houses con-
trasted strangely. In the Assembly a brass
hand pIaved for over hour. while the mem
hers shouted yelled. threw paper and generally
created an uproar. Assemblyman Eagleton. Of
New, York mounted the Speakers rostrum and
used A chair for gaveI TO secure order Assem-
bIvrnan Blue made a speech. closing with three
cheers for Speaker Wadsworth for the next
Governor The Governor was Kissed when his
name was mentioned
| Speaker wadsworth. in a brief exten1poraneous
sneech summarized the work OF the Legis-
Iature in the course Of his remarks calling at
| tenton TO the fact that the Assembly. as he put
IT. has placed itself squarely on the record on
| the matter Of racetrack gambling" And he
added:
| There are seventeen Of these measures which.
/ after a very hasty peruSal OF the calendars OF
| the House find. have been enacted and which
| have been recommended by the Executive Surely
| This is a record which shows that the Assembly
/ and / believe. the Legislature as a whole. has
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