The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-06
DIRECT PRIMARY FIGHT IS ON
Critics az THE HUGHES RILL
FONT OFT DEFECTS.
sharp~si OS Jer,Is0 o. to the Abolition 90
the GSaN ratlsa ayStem Also nars
PssP NsDlrants for Publle Life
sharp RepubIIraa Opposition olcess.

sharprsl eph IertISn o. to the Aboltion ~
the a'0aN ea1lsa System Also Bars
Poor NsplrAnts for PubIle Ihe
sharp Republleaa Opposition slcess.
ALBANY. April S. For the first time
since the Human -Cireen direct nomina-
tons bill. the Hughes measure. has been
beEore the legislature n serious fight
VAS made Rgninst u this afternoon at
= hes ring before the Judiciary com
nitteea Of the two houses Members Of
the Direct Primary Association from
different parts Of the State met nj the
up Capitol Hill.
The chamber was full ~ well
known men Interested in TIE welfare Of
I both the political parties. and they
we're emphatic in their OPposition To
abandoning the convention system
Henry Adsit Bull. Who has hem one Of
the leading supporters of Gov. Hughes IN
Erie county. said that while be was with
Gov Hughes in everything else ~ Tar
advocated by him he was. because Of
his own personal experience IN politics.
absolutely opposed to the Governors
plan to abolish the State convention.
; He favored the Mead Phillips hill desired
by the Republican State organization
I leaders
The convention svstem.- said Mr..
Bull -ia the traditional form ~ American
political activity The number and value
81 conventions for all commercial. phil
anthrnp,c and civic purpose. - con
stantlv increasing The cause for COM
1 plant AGAINST political conventions Lies
! / think not IN the system itself hut IN
81 .ssaoN "A
/ ~ ..ho,-ing delegates, which can he
cas- 81 without Overthro~ing the entire
system.
| Iudg. Walter ~ Knapp ~ Canan-
diis,Ia. who Vas counsel for the less
la'iV- investigating COMMITTEES "n direct
! primaries reviewed the work oT the
cnmmi-si,a He insisted that the Hin
! man 4 rpen tall was not dOTert nOEnllla-
! uona measure. He pointed uut that
IN the recsnt election IA Boston Mayer
ylect Fitzgerald was elected despite the
direct Nominations provision u vas
urRed also that the Pittslurg officials
4 now 50 grnerllly accused ~ brihsry
were chosen At dirs,;f nominations pri-
mRries.
Judge Knapp said that usIllly the
worst candidate was s~ls.ctet by a mi-
( nority vote at direct primary He m
] .isfed that the p..pple would not favor
Gov Hughes's hall Il they knew u did
away with the larty convention.
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