New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-11
RAINES MAKES REPLY
syOTHER DENIAL OF MR..
4GNEW'S CHARGES.
rs5,ises Parsons TO Lay Blame for
Election Bills Defeat on Hin
man and NepcOmb.

man ana " c1DCOnlU.
..,saiRua " Y Oct. I0.-John Rsines.
s.,-,,v leader Of the state Senate. in formal
p.a,.roent tonight replies 70 charges made by
s,.-nert Parsons president Of the New York
,..rt,, committee. that important amendments
:. ,bs election law were defeated in the last
LEGISLATURE through a deal by upstate Repuh-
49, leaders 10 get Democratic votes for the
-.-s,ertion Of Speaker Cannon OF the House of
Representatives,.
senator RRines says that only on two OF Sen
,.,, Agnews seven election law amendments
,,sre resolutions introduced to suspend the rules
5 discharge the Judiciary Committee from
r,-.her consideration. one Of these, he says,
.,u,ss known as the Identification bill. and this
4 presumably. the important bin which was
ss,eated on account of the alleged deal between
,s agents Of Speaker Cannon and the upstate
bsiers.
Z have said there was no such deal. TO my
tnoNledge Mr.. Parsons has cited the defeat
sthis bill the result Of that deal"
The vote this BILL Senator Raines says was
Hs follows: For the suspension of the rules.
Senator's AgneW. Aids Brough, Cobb. Cordts.
Davis, Gledhil. Grattan. Hamilton Heacock.
Hewitt Hiu, Holden, Hubbs. Mackenzie. Meade.
Patt Raines Rose. Schlosser. Travis Vain
hoDuDllCanS.
with four exceptions. all from above The Bronx
Those voting in the negative were Senators
Bayne, Burlingame. Caffrey Cronin. Cullen
FraVleE Gardiner, Grady Harte Hinman Kis-
se- Mc''arren. McAIanus. Newcomb. Ramsperger
Schulz. Stillwen c D. Sullivan. T. D. Sullivan.
Wagner three Democrats from above The
Bronx one Republican from above The Bronx
Mr Hinman; thirteen Democrats from below
TIE Bronx and three ReD,blicans
It Mil be noted that Senators Hinman and
Newcomb voted against the suspension OF the
rules. Had they voted with the other twenty
four Republicans. most Of them from up the
state the rules would have been suspended, and
IL all probability, Mr.. Agnew's bill which Mr..
Parsons says was vital TO secure honest
elections in the city of New York would have
been PASSED.
IN view Of this record. what becomes OF Mr..
Parsonss statement as TO the conspiracy on the
part Of upstate Republicans TO defeat this legis-
lation in the interest Of Mr.. Cannon's reelection
as Speaker: and what becomes of Mr Parsons's
charge OF bargains on the part of upstate Re
publlcans with Democrats for the defeat Of this
legislation? Let him charge IT to Senators New
comb and Hinman. who voted against IT. or to
Senators Allen and Davenport, who did not
vote al all.
The fact that on the last day of the session
Senator Agnew's motion to reconsider the vote
by which the motion to suspend the rules was
lost the previous day failed to receive the
necessary votes, and that several changes OF
votes were made on that day. is not factor as
srllenoe Of A bargain. because il was thor
Oghly understood that to carry such motion
meant that no business whatever would be done
bsfore the hour fixed for adjournment of the
legislature.
at Is not necessary to discuss the merits OF
this Bill ] find voted for it, but have some
doubts as TO whether I should ever do so again
as il virtually makes II possible on Election Day
70 compel. through challenge. the answering by
each voter Of all the Identification questions
which are put the four days of registration
rader such system the possibility Of block
sde at the polls on the one day Of election would
seem TO be very great.
The only other bin on which a record was
made was Senator Agnew's bin, Introductory
No 81 for which Mr. Wards bill was sub
stituted This bill is one which 1 have always
favored il being a restoration Of the election
law to the form IN which il was first passed
PROVIDING that election districts should consist
O four hundred voters. The motion 20 lay or
tie table was carried, simply because that to
consider the bin then would have resulted ii
Blocking most important legislation. This bill
does not seem 10 be OF that important nature
which would authorize Mr.. Parsons to charge a
eonsplracy between upstate Republicans and
others Tor its defeat"
Senator Raines adds that the comfy Of feel
ing between himself and Senator Grady. the mi
hcrity leader. is only such to prevent dlbus-
tering and promote the orderly transaction oi
he business Of the Senate. He repeats his de-
ma Of having aided his son TO obtain place in
'he Office Of the Controller OF New York. and. in
closing refers in sarcastic vein M Parsons
Who. he says can cite as proof that he did not
Intend 70 rehabiltate himself in some way foI
DIS alliance with the insurgents. his numer-
Gus applications 10 friends Of Speaker Cannon
. secure for him from the Speaker important
committee assignments"
hope this communication will satisfy him
Nat such attack was unwarTanted," Senator
faines says "One OF the most important feat
ofes in the prevention OF casting Illegal votes is
p" Keep tie names off the registers. In the
'1ort 10 DO that a Republican Legislature has
e'he 70 about the limit"