New-York tribune., 1908-06-12
HUGHES MAY RUN AGAIN
BIG BILLS NOT PASSED.
Gouernor Willing to Press These
4gain, Many BeieUe.
tBy Telegraph to Tn. Tribune.I ]

Albany. June 1f.-Although the Legislature
was forced to give Governor Hughes his anti
gambling bills and at the regular and extraor-
dnary sessions adopted many of his minor rec
concentrations, it refused persistently before ad-
journment to pass several of the important bills
recommended by him. These included the direct
primary nominations measure, the new Public
Service commissions bill, extending the commits
sions' Jurisdiction over telephone and telegraph
companies, the bill to regulate political Or
ganizations and prevent corrupt and arbitrary
methods and measures creating commissions to
investigate Wall Street speculation and the
condition of the unemployed
All these were killed deliberately because they
encroached on the sacred preserves of the bosses
and the special interests which the Governor
has attacked. The machine element in the Leg
islature answered the bidding of its bosses and
defied the Governor. Because of the fashion in
which he committed himself to the war. many
here believe the Governor will be willing to take
a second term and press all these bills to pas
sage then.
Most of this bill slaughtering done in
the Assembly by tacit understanding with Sem
ate leaders The lower house finished its work
to-day by beating into submission those MEM
bers independent enough to have tried to pass
the Governors Public Service amendments in
chine. Assemblyman Wainwright moved for
suspension OF the rules to permit the Page bill
to be taken from committee and passed. The
Democrats were with the house machine solidly.
and Paradise Jimmy oliver moved to table
Mr. wainwright's motion
Mr. Wainwright protested. but he was "sewed
up" local bill of Senator Carpenters. in
which he was deeply interested, had been beaten
Yesterday as a rehuke to him. District ,condi-
tions made necessary his passing that bill and
to do that he had to have the votes controlled
bv the leaders. Thereupon he made a WY
face. swallowed his medicine. tried to smooth
over affairs as best he could, and subsided.
AssembIvman Francis spoke for the Page bill
,,d against MI divers motion All those who
stood against the machine element yesterday
voted against the oliver motion, but 1t pre-
vailed So to 36. If Mr.. Wainwright had not
been outgeneraled yesterday so that he was
prevented from taking up the Page bill then'
II nrobably could have been passed. as the in
s,,rpents" had the votes present then. To-day,
az the machine element hoped. many Assembly,
men had gone home.
Roth houses of the Legislature passed the
Auds-FiIley bill, amending the agricultural law
n assist the State Agricultural Department in
its war on bovine tuberculosis and the Page DILL
changing the Jurisdiction of the Court of Claims
so that claims may De louSeu against the stato
without preliminary consent by the Legislature.
The boyine tuberculosis bill is accompanied by
ON annropriation of $145, 900 for payment by the
s,a+e to owners whose cattle have been killed
on account of disease. In the Senate the vote
was practically unanimous. The Assembly had
already approved the bill of Assemblyman Lam
ot,o when it passed the Aids bill The Gov
.rnor will receive two bills relating to the Court
Of Claims, one being the bill of Assemblyman
f. j. Staley.
Senator Grattan insisted On having this passed
ia cent to the Governor though he declared
that he didn't expect the Governor to sign 1t
when he could sign Senator Pages bill for tho
co. purpose--one of TIC customary racing
senator sneers a the Governor
An appropriation of $4,000 for the expenses
IF the extra session was adopted. miscellaneous
business finished up and both houses adjourned
sine die about 2. m