New-York tribune., 1908-04-23
P S. MEASURE HELD Up
BILL NOT REPORTED.
.Gorernor' Important Recommends
fions Killed for This Session.
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TRv Telegraph 10 The tribune
Albany April AFTER three hours SESSION me
Assembly Committee on Rules refused to-nsh' 10
,eno-t The Page bill putting telephone telegraph.
fer-v and stage companies under the jursdcuoh o.
the Public Service Commission The vote We
ma nirllor,s. Thus the Legislature VII aoloo'H
morrow without having enacted the No'e'''0
,hres most important recommends tons the anu
-..,.-acl- gambling bill the Public Service IA"
amendments and the direct nominations plop's[i =
r3on This means that all these things VIII 'e -- ~
before tie Legislature for consideration . 1
exfraordina-v session
- I.-s7e,-,-,f as chairman or the com
-7i,tee said that this did no. indicate that me com
rnittee against lie policy of Feso'a..o -. =.
telephone and telegraph companies. but lna' !, II
was held he inadrisahle 70 lnfict tnls
work on the commissions now
We considered IT inapracticai-aln1ost liIlIos-
sble-' he said to expect them 70 H4ho-7 - -
a. Der cent more work than they are Struggling
.Iuder now. They are hardly beEond me eAPe,-
mental stage They have made good eNcelIertlE
and have Done veil as their hest fTields e.'IIu
wish But this extra labor might swamp ilein
and interfere With 1le progress oI '-e-- eV'u
work -
1t saould be mace plain. however. that ne com
aaiiree is by no means opposed TO the TTlncipe o.
placing these corporations under 'he l1i4Su-rli'i
Of the commissions
-. E--res f-o-,,-,ittoe consists of Speaker Wads-
.n-rh snd MesSrz Merritt. of -. Lawrence; fh-
lirs Of hIezary; Z. r Robinson OF Nc" 1oIn'
Tairae-. Of Schofarie. and Oliver. OF Ne" YORK
committeeman fon the Niagara-oTiesns blSl''-
declared today that there would be- no Democratic
candidate for Senator in the coming special eIec-
r5or - vas learned tonight that vigorous eI"T' -
being made "a noTninat" man pleaseo 10 VIZ
against -he Governors anti-saHlhiinE Piiis- a
sfor- which gained wide circulation tonight hao
= that certain Republicans had guaranteed - IN
f7rfer-isl Democrats that II s1oh nan y ere h'I'i
mated -he Republican machine would be conIeiIs1
- vote for him
Big Tim sullivan came - roV-n tonight and
as Cosctad with Fstter sTd hs-e1hlyrnaii cFafieS
! F7oss- Of Niagara who has been mentioned as
: candidate Foley vo-nd FOR tfe snti-garlhlinE
hills a. -re same tine a. declared that sui
Efran Fatteu and Foley we're in communication
with influential Republicans. 7ho would he able
-. zrirs = large part cf the Republican vote IN
That district To the Democratic candidate hF nanip-
,-lsring The r7o factions Of the Republican party
Tledgev tlst this would b" accomplished were Saln
20 have been made TO she racing forces. M Wood
-uF nzs II town tonight.
Nj woodruff said he had seen William Barnes
ST. sud had lked over she special election in
7Hs Niagara Orleans District with him. He de-
sisred that he knew absolutely nothing about an
agreement between racing Democrats and Repuni-
cans elect a Democrat pledged 10 vote against
7le Governor. T5N declined express any opinion
,n the kfnd Of . Republican candidate 70 be nomi-
rated there. saying that the Governor had not cor
Ellted him and he did not want 10 interfere ia
any way ~irh the Governors plans
The absence Of Senator FoelKeT. Of BROOKLYN. be
sausa q sudden illness rendered z- certain that
nothing further would he done with the Governor :
Euti-rscetraca gambling bills this session. Senator
ToeIker who Ras one Of the twenty-five who voted
for The measures was excused to-day Tor the re
Tnai1dcr II the session. lie has contracted case
@ FtoTaaine poisoning
Senator AEnew, sponsor for the bills IN the upper
house. said today that he old not intend Try to
bring them I'd again before the extra session.
What's the useg' he aueried. Instead Of gain
ing any votes I have lost one through Senator
Foelker's absence. ] shall wait until the extra
session. haven't the slightest doubt that the
Governor pgiI call one soon. shall rentToduce
the anti gambling bills then"
Governor Hughes declined to-day discuss Tie
sntigaInbng bills the extra session his speak
ing dates in the future. A mass meeting is being
arranged here for next Sunday afternoon, at which
she Governor vii speak and services in all the
churches Sunday night, al which the anti
gambling bills and the attitude toward them OF
William Barnes, IT.. and Senator Grattan shall
he 1he subject are being discussed BY tie ministers
tentatively.
The general belief ix that the Governor viii cal
1he special session the day after the Legislature
zdjourus, ana probably that time VIII make
some announcement Of his plans for obtaining The
enactment Of MS legislative programme when the
Legislature reconvenes OF course. the main
weapon his arsenal viIl be series Of speeches
which he VIII lay before the people tie attitude
81 The Legislature the anti-gambling bills. the
public service law amendments and the direc,
nominations b.l
al The Governors measures have become
part OF the anJl-gannbllrg fEht, and OF
fall with the racing bills at the extra session The
statement Of Senator Page last night declaring
that the passage OF tie amendments the Public
Service Commissions law would bring pOoIroCnl
the control Of The commissions fash
son that they could he exreTrnilated by =toTyiI I
their telephone and telegraph service inevitably
makes 1ha- measure part ana parcel OF the anti
gambling battle. The direct nominations PROPOSE
zion. he Governors friends declare. vroEld permit
the nomination of who would be sub
ze1-ieur 70 machine influences which would cause
shem 20 vote against their constituents wisbes III
p crisis Ike that OF racing bills.
with that bin q lar-. the voters IN owen Cassi-
siy-s district would not be laInenting that they
might no- be able 10 prevent his denomination. ..
said Hughes man. A man who had outraged
re instincts % every decent IN his district
could not he forced them by The political boss
O. other influences"
AL these things the Governor is expected to take
Ip IN = series Of speeches after adjournment Of
1ne Legislature. in which liz VIII take the public
suto his confidence about tie treatment his Iesis-
1atiHe programme has received His first speech
VII be here Sunday afternoon al large meet
:ns q cergyuen Of every denomination and busi-
ness of this city
Senator Foelker made strong denial tonight of