New-York tribune., 1909-03-20
GOVERNORS BILL In
MEETS PROTEST FROM Or
GANIZATION MEN.
Raines. Uads5corth and Barnes Par
ticuIarIy OutspOkeH against Coz
ernOr's Others Praise 1t.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune ]


Albany. March 19-Completed at daybreak.
the direct primary bill drawn to meet Governor
Hughess suggestions at conferences where ne
was present and rewritten and revised BY him
personally and his staff. was introduced to-day
bv Senator Harvey D. Hinman. OF Binghamton'
poIitical leader Of Broome County. and Assem-
b,,,r,an George A Green. Of Brooklyn II was
greeted by such protest as left no question tna<
it's opponents will fight it to the last gasp
..Rotten. rotten. rotten" declared Senator John
r7afnes his voice fairly shaking with passion
..I-fcIous senseIess legislation" echoed Speaker
Wadsworth.
Its trainers do not know have forgotten
what human nature is like" asserted Wllharn
Barnes. jr-
Governor Hughes is willing to await the puO'
lies verdict -
? 1.4sta+,,ra has arranged a tentative plan or
bat11a II includes meeting OF the state COM
ro,t+ee where resolution would be introduced
condenning the Hughes bill and calling on tns
RenubIicans Of the Legislature TO caucus
against IT, Caucuses then would be called IN
each house. as The Tribune several weeks aga
--adic+ad Then the war would be on in earnest
The confident prediction is made by the Hughes
e,nnorrarz that such a resolution in the stats
committees would find nothing like unanimous
acceptance
The Governors plan Of campaign is simple.
His mail since the first OF the year mas oeen
burdened by requests and pleas for speeches on
his direct nominations recommendation All No
would have to do would be TO make a choice
and he could make one or more speeches
a,.ar,- 4av for several weeks to come The more
prominent legislators who aided in drafting this
measure also have long lists OF engagements
and there Is no possibility that a full and de-
tailed discussion of the measure will not re-
| suit.
FRIENDS OF BILL SATISFIED.
The bill as presented contains 133 pages OF
| printed undergraduates roughly stitcned 10
| getber-Nhicb we're assembled about a. m
| In general il follows the plan outlined oy Gov
] ernor Hughes in his speech before the BROOKLYN
| Young Republican Club. It's details have been
worked out carefully Its friends DO not CON
| slider it perfect measure. and know that u
| viii need corrections in some details. but they
/ are satisfied. from the Governor down
! AssenbIyran Green simply dropped the meas
ure into the bill box 1t was referred TO the
/ Judiciary Committee in Zach house
| Within five minutes the Legislature had ad-
| fourned. and there was buzz Of comment
/ around the CAPITOL like the sound Of A hive OF
| sv-arr7ing bees Senator Raines burst into q
! storm Of denUncation-
..Tt's rotten, rotten. rotten he declared The
| authors of this measure practically have ool'ed
/ their party. and might just as well bolt tneir
| 1
! should bind all party men. has been thrown
! aside and its principles repudiatsd- I don't
| want to say anything more about this bill now
| Wait until we begin to fight it. 1t is 4 measure
without root OF sense You can sum It all Up
| by the one word. Rotten"
Senator lothian ?. Aids, chairman OF the
Senate Finance Committee. said he was opposed
TO any measure which sought to abolish the
convention system
MIR BARNEs's STATEMENT
William Barnes jr.. leader of the Republicans
organization of Albany County, made the fol-
lowing statement:
| Tho F5inroan bill has many excellent features.
especially the election OF party committeeman
by the people direct but it's trainers do not
know or have forgotten what human nature ts
like The nomination Of a ticket by commit
tee leaving eight weeks for those nominations
10 be pounded by malCOntents within the party
under the cloak OF good cltlze7snlp' would US Us
figure the best ticket that ever could be gottsa
together by the highest minded and most m
The bill provides that IN 1910 the Republican
state Committee about the 4th OF July shaIl
nut up a ticket and eight weeks are ieft ror
everybody who does not like it to pound IL It
IL wins at the primary in September II will not
have wind enough to go thrugh the campaign
70 election This proposal reminds OF a
general who, before going into battle. command
- his forces 10 be divided into rival camps and
batter each other to pieces for a couple OF DAYS
lust for practice and In order to get them ready
for the conflict against the enemy later.
I would suggest that the Harvard and Yale
crews next June take a practice spin OF eight
miles a half hour before they compete with eacn
other. just as demonstration Of how nuch the
boys can stand.
If the Republican party loses the State Of New
York in 1910 II will be a reflection upon the
administration Of President Taft and might
easily put him out of the running for Tenonina-
tfOn. Some things are very simple II one only
looks beneath the surface
SPEAKER WADSwORTH's VIEWS.
Speaker WadswOrth. when asked about the
bill after the session. was busy reading the
statement of Senator Davenport He said:
have not had time to look the bill it
self but I stand upon what have previously
said about direct primaries / look upon the
committee plan OF the most CHASTITY jobs
/ ever Perpetrated on the people OF the state It
/ is vicious. and nothing more or less than statu-
| tory bOsSism I've been very much impressed
| with the statement Of Senator Davenport about
/ the nomination Of candidates by committeeman
/ in open public meeting. I can't adequately eX-
! press my opinion of such provision. II =
/ merely calling the roll in public arter the deal
has been made How beautifully IL reads and
/ how little it means I suppose il is 70 give the
! good people of the state the impression that
/ they are being represented properly.
! Mr. Wadsworth referred to the plan Of draw
I ing up the platform by the party council and the
| candidates. who have been nominated fan
| tastical' and said that the fixing Of the date
! of the primary at the seventh Tuesday before
| election was better Tor the organization than
| anybody else in the rural districts. This IS be-
! cause at that time. he said. farmers are un-
usually busy while the organization viii get out
| its anyway
/ Assemblyman Francis of New York said that
until he knew more about what the bill con-
/ .a{,A5 h. x,as an tba fanrs Rut he declared.