New-York tribune., 1909-01-26

sacred duty to leave untouched policies not os
There viii be unanimous agreement that dl1, Pres H.
dentelect Tafts Judgment as 10 S Tt least to that
this matter is not inferior 10 sa! inc 'e"'' -
of Governor Hughes.
THE SPEAKERS STATEMENT
Sneaker WadsHo-th sprang to the defence OF
the Assembly with the following statement;
have read with interest Governor Hughess
speech Friday evening on the aIestol 4I % a
Io # fuIiV in an interview but there are one or
two premises and conclusions by nterenCei oL ,rI,s %
his remarks as to the conditions under when ne
seges e large ms]qF9 h2 Gl the and electo The
Governor has suddenly discovered + S.s, exietence
of which has never occurred TO any one eIse +ae
IT would perhaps aee ne' than be three ourths
Of the Assembly are chosen from districts Where
the nomnati9n "I III ,n9 nsfter what sort Of man is
by the dominant party he G is nGaStSay STssny
horrbie state of Affairs and would shoT that oGg g
government at least In the ieeiSi"'''e
In order to arrive at such conclusion ana c9 ere
compelled to assume ma strcts OF the state of
forths Gf E the faSis PPortunately it true
does not occur 10 the GoyernpPT tsI snnnt a
be Nominated under the system eT an unless Ss be
majority Of his party assent in 10 a. nnrafV Of his
ennstituents And il does not seem to occur 10
l nun, '' hI nominating good for Office. and that
the character tt Of fns f5e party Succession at
polls, 49,. combinations of a vast ma jor-
tT of the present Assembly. would rot have been
| decisive had ii not been for the high standlns
;b +haes men nioy in their respective districts
sn 70 s9v that the nomination of itself is the de-
cisve factor is an aSsump{ion Wb TT InV memory
tbsre have been a dozen instances in which the
rebnked either by the election nominee
Of bs the oTeTnGr PTSTS Pdy so takes occaso to
many words that in so far as nominating 'coeVen7 en-
ons e to rpf tse most paT sham So
according to him about three f9urths OF the mem
bers of the Assembly are nominated and eief5eq e4
sham basis @ 1 WHICH, tae of rSe New york s ney
the SI Of efe the efe people Of the State This
is most astonishing conclusion 70 arrive at ana ana
reaches by inference and which unthnking people
will accept from his remarks S o,,,s,,n :. ,s n,,
To absolutely refute this conclusion IL is put
| necessary to examine the record Of the Assembly
- st oSdy d yeIae daTaa Sody the
STATES has @ded II peo than the
| Assembly of New York. It has responded will
ihs fTee asa from graft. corruption and improper in
Suences: no legislative body excels 1t in cleanli-
hSsbp G5 It is not subject to outside dcation
hands Of soeaed bosses or m TecoT
and its bearing during the trying political sltpao
Impossible Of belief serious consideration an as
sumption that any d eort4d on the sham
basis / may be pardoned. think for enpnaslzliIt ~.
7 Know a good deal about the Assembly-perhaps
more than the Governor; and cannot perfrii' 'i'e
/
| Governor Hughes tonight declined to comment
on these statements. II has been the Governors
custom to make replies in formal manner al
son,. ni,hIc function at which he is scheduled TO
speak It Is understood that the Governor has
tentative list Of speaking engagements arranged
during the next weeks at which he Will launch
further arguments in supper: of his proposed eec
ton reforms Speaker wadsworth has declared
his intention of speaking in the western section
of the state next month TO explain why he Is op-
posed to direct nominations.
Senator Agnew said to-day that President Parsons
of the New York County committee in n few days
would appoint a committee to draw up a direct
nominations bill.
- expect Mr. Parsons will advocate the passage
of direct nomination legislation said Senator
Agnew He said that William Chilvers, leader OF
the 2sth Assembly District probably would be a
member of that committee. Mr. Chilvers already
has declared his support OF direct nominations He
saw Governor Hughes to-day. but said he knew
nothing about his possible appointment on the
Parsons committee.
In the Assembly tonight Mr.. Cuviiler introduced
a resolution questioning the constitutionality OF
the proposed direct nominations plan. recommended
by Governor hughes. and calling for the appoint
ment following lawyers to pass on the ques-
ton: Alton B. Parker, Joseph II. Choate. David b.
Hill. Denis 0 Brien, Charles Andrews and {. L.
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