New-York tribune., 1909-03-31
SNAP ACTION" MOVE
MR. HINMAN PROTESTS.
Further Light on Plans of Direct
Nominations Opponents.
ERv Tslerraph to The Tribune. !

Telegraph
Albany March 30-Further details of the plans
Of the anti-Hughes men to strangle the Governors
direct nominations measure became known to-day.
and produced from Senator Hinman and other sup
porters Of the Governor protest against "snap
action" The hostile plans include a hearing to-
morrow before the Assembly Judiciary Committee
a second hearing week, which the Senate
Judiciary Committee would be present: the death
of the bill in both houses the following week. the
taking charge Of all legislation In the Assembly
by the Rules Committee not later than April Is.
and final adjournment about May /. with about all
the other Hughes legislation and the proposed New
York city charter smothered.
The Senate judiciary Committee had scheduled
hearing on the Hinman-Green bill for April "A.
That would mean delay. some Of the Governors
antagonists thought to improve their position by
showing it ahead week and sitting with the As
sembly committee. Senator Hinman protested to
Senator Davis that Intentionally or not such action
would prevent any expression of opinion before the
Senate committee AS a result there is some doubt
whether that part Of the plan will he carried out
The Senate judiciary Committee asked leave to
sit with the Assembly committee next week" said
Chairman Davis tonight, hoping a week
in that way. But Senator Hinman thinks It would
Inconvenience friends of the bill who arranged to
appear on April "A, so nothing definite has been
done. We will hold a joint hearing though. at any
date which will prove convenient"
After the hearing before the Assembly Commit
tee next week that body undoubtedly will make a
report adverse 10 the Green bill Such a report
would get the measure before the entire House,
where the anti Hughes men think they have
strength enough kill it. In the Senate q some
what similar course is under consideration, al
though some Of the Governors Republican adver-
saries do not know whether il would be advisable
even to let it out of committee there As for other
Hughes legislation, 1t is planned kill the tele
phone and telegraph amendments in the Assembly
committee about the Rules Committee killed
them last year. The Senate Judiciary Committee
has reported the amended transportation corpora
tons law, and In a few days IS expected to report
favorably some amendments TO the existing Public
Service Commissions law. These measures proba-
bly, will be passed. Senator Davis said the COM
mittee would probably report tomorrow the Travis
constitutional amendment eXemptng income pro
ducng bonds for transit facilities from New
York Citys debt limit. passage through both
houses seems improbable
Francis Hendricks Republican leader of Onon-
daga County, spent to-day at the Capitol He made
a formal cali on Governor Hughes end held long
conferences with Lieutenant Governor White and
Speaker Wadsworth Asked what the feeling re
gardng direct nominations in Onondaga County
was he smiled family and parred the question
with the remark:
II don't know. 1 have been in the South FOR hVe
o. six weeks"
Announcement was made to-day that Senator
Davenport one of the Hinman-Green bills strong
supporters, would speak on Thursday night IN
Brooklyn. He will visit the district OF senator
Travis who hoped TO handle the direct nominations
bill this year as he did last year. Senator Davis
is inclined to feel little sulky, and this latest
affair has not improved the situation any.
'I suppose somebody connected with the Logan
Club asked him to speak, said Travis. I GER
tainy didn't"
Jacob a. Brenner and other Kings county Re-
publicans We're here to-day TO see Brooklyn Iegls-
lators They did not produce the bills which they
talked about on their previous visit, but disaNoWeu
anv affection for the Hinman-Green measure
Senator Rasnes discussed what he believed the
effect Of the Governors measure would be IN MS
Senate district and neighboring counties II "ouId
produce he declared, anomalous conditions not
favorable TO right and fairness to the average
voter He objected especially to the compulsory
enrolment Of voters of both the big parties, pre-
caution which the drafters of the bill heheVed
would correct one Of the most glarng evils in the
existing primary system Under the proposed COM
,7itte pan Senator Raines said that Ontario County
would elect twenty-five county committeeman cast
ing 1n2 votes Of which seven committeeman would
cast 52 votes thus outvoting the other fifteen the
committeeman from Geneva, voting with the commit
teerlen from Canandaigua. Phelps and ManchesJer'
.absoluteIv could control the party nominations.
In the Senate convention, he said, it would be pos
sibe for sixteen committeeman casting 125 votes to
control the convention against thirty-one commit
teemen with only ll9 votes.
out Of the whole scheme can easily be evolved
the ultimate destruction of paltie and the reversal
of policies of one hundred years" was his sum
ming up.