New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-22
WAR ON PRIMARY BILL
MEASURE IN THIS WEEK.
Mr.. Woodruff Expected to Oppose
Young RepubEcan Club Plan.

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Now tba. the lines on which the fight for direct
urinary nomination bill will be fought out IN inc
legislature this year have been clearly outilleu
~ r.zs-no- ET,shes great interest attaches TO the
question as to how the various political organizes
tons and civic forces viii line up on the PROPOSE
ton. -
That Timothy I. woodruff chairman Of the Re
-rhIican state Committee should come out fatty
IN onnositjon TO direct primary legislation at inc
dinner OF the Brooklyn Young Repunlcan Olup
Saturday at the sans time in winch 0oT ~
Hughes announces his ideas for direct primary
hin f. tsken nv many as assurance that powe<Iul
forces In fba state machine are determined 10 neHt
such legislation to the last ditch-
When seen last night Mr. woodruff sao;
.aI believe I represent the sentiment OF the Or
eanizaton throughout the state IN my atutuoe
think that most students of politics have maze up
their mind that direct primaries are not IeasDle
Some Of them, for various reasons are Ieiu0'
to oppose the Governor
When asked how his position would anecO tIe at
titude If the organization in Kings County Chalr-
man Woodruff said he had not had an opportunity
to consult with the Kings County leaders oeloie
preparing his speech, and could not say "il0'
their future attitude would be
The bill as outlined by the Governor Is the sans
as that which was drawn by the committee OF the
Young Republican Club, assisted by eX-'ueuIe
William H Wadhams. member of the drect pr
mary committee Of the New York county tepu n
lican organization. and others interested IN the
movement
It was said yesterday that the Governor hau oeen
consulted at every step, and. although he nan o.
jeced at first certain provisions OF the Dill such
as preferential position for party committee nonl-
noes had as he said in his speech Of Saturday
night decided that the principle was TOO lnpor
to be imperilled by such revolutionary IDEAS as
taking from the party organization the privilege oh
a preferential position
William Jay schiefelin, president OF the CllIzehS
Inion said last night it would support the enoF's
of the Governor TO get direct primary legislation
this year. but II opposed to giving prefer
en+ia1 position TO names proposed by party COM
rnittees for public office .-
ON the other hand, members of the Kings County
organization which. it is believed, will now SeeN
Some n-etext TO oppose the bill in view OF the att-
tude adopted by Bir. Woodruff the real leader IN
BROOKLYN declared their opposition to that part OIL
the hill which states that the organization nornihe
lions for membership in party committees shaI Io'
have a preferential position on the oaiiot- lhey
declared that their subcommittee. wnlch II was
supposed had been working in harmony WIN tne
subcommittee Of the Brooklyn Young hepuoLc0n
Club had not had opportunity OF caretuuy 60
ing over the proposed bill It was erroneous 10 say
:, was declared that It embodied their views 1t
would probably take two weeks. they said TO CON
slider the entire bill carefully.
TO INTRODUCE BILL THIS WEEK
That the sponsors of the bill do not now have
much hope Of getting the Endorsement OF the KINGS
County organization as whole Is SHOWN py .i
fart they intend 10 introduce inc oii' - 49,
Legislature this week. The fight viii then ne on
or5 TIE onn,sing forces will sharply drawn UP.
As for the New York organization. ex-Justlce
wadhams said last night he had talked with Presi-
dent Parsons OF the County Conmlttee aooul uiis
particular bill He was not prepared to speak for
him on the subject. but Mr.. Wadhams was willing
n say that the head of the County Committee did
not oppose it" Mr.. Wadhams was not willing 70
say what attitude the subcommittee on direct
nomination Of the County Committee would take.
as II had not gone over 1t carefully committee
Il am hopeful however, he said. that the or
ganization here will support IL The bill IS so rea-
sonabe in all Its features msinta lining all OF the
ADVANTAGES and getting rid of all the disadvantages
Of laws IN other states. have no doubt that II will
commend itself to members Of the Legislature from
this county
AS to the attitude taken by the subcommittee Of
the Kings County committee. Mr. Wadhams said:
MY understanding is that they agreed on the
fundamentals Of bill. and promised TO support a
bill embodyng such fundamentals. I should think
they would want to keep their agreement. How
ever, number Of the Republican legislators from
that county have assured me Of their support FOR
the bill. The same is true OF the delegation from
New York County. feel that public sentiment will
demand that the bill b. passed
NOT SURPRISED AT WOODRUFF
Ex-Justice wadhams said the attitude taken by
| Chairman Woodruff surprise TO those who
knew what had been going on II the Repuh-
Hcan party in this state IS 70 maintain supremacy
! in this state IT must be guided by Intelligent
| leadership added Mr.. Wadhams. Many Repuh-
! Icans will be disappointed that such efficient
] party manager as Mr. woodruff should not appre-
ciate the importance of leading instead Of opposing
such an Improvement for direct nominations"
Naval Oficer F. J H. Kracke. chairman Of the
subcommittee Of the Kings County organization.
when asked indicate the attitude OF his COM
mttee to the bill, replied:
The bill it has been put forth by the Brook
| lvn Young Republican Club was received by the
| committee representing the Kings County organ
ization last Tuesday. The committee considered IL
the following day but I was obliged to be absent
! We will probably have another meeting on Tues
! day We canrot pass such a weghty subject
| hurriedly II should be understood that until we
do take action the use Of the name Of our organ
| izaton on behalf Of the bill is unwarranted."
REGULARS NON-COMMITTAL.
Jacob Bremen. chairman Of the Kings County
| Republican County Committee. refused last night
| 70 indicate what position the organization would
| take It is known. however, that he was wroth
when he heard II declared that his subcommittee
had agreed TO the bill OF the Young Republican
Club. The committee says it did agree with the
Brooklyn Young Republican Club on certain
fundamental principles. and understood the two
! committees TO work the details out together
the next they heard. they say. was that the Young
Republican Club had the bill in Albany They
had write and ask for a copy OF the bill.
II his statement last night Mr.. Schefelin, pres
ident of the Citizens Union. after saying his or
ganization would support the efforts Of the Gov
| ernor for direct nominations BILL added: we
hope, however, that the direct nornina tons bill will
| not ernbody provision giving preferential posi-
ton upon the official primary ballot TO the names