The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-24
COMPROMISE PRIMARY BILL
REPUBLICAN SENATOR'S DIS
CUNS ~ ~ CONFERENCE.

[ n Retains Party Zen, rntIons fer Al Gan.
dldAies RNrepS state senators. A.
ssmily men. CeREFcaamen and Countl
Omeer Tea srUatOrS Oppose %.
ALBANY. Nav % The thirty -four Re-
| publican senators conferred tonight on
. COMPROMISE direct primary bill drafted
/ by Gov. Hughs.s's friends and a COM
mittss Of senators headed by senators
( Cobb and Meade This bin practically
! embraces all VI the provisions % ths
Human Green bill except that !; retains
| the party convention for State candidates,
Judicial candidates and city. town and
village candidates. II contains the pro-
visions " the Human Green hill for the
nomination directly at the pEimarie- u
candidate for senate. Assembly. Repre-
sgntAtiyes Ia Congrer- aud county nomi-
nations. II j. provided. hOwev-r. that
county nominations In New York city.
where a Mayor i elected. shall III made
BY convention
Where candidates are 10 be- chosen
~ the primary the ComprumIzs ball pro
yides that this year the assembly. senate
and Congressional committees shall name
the party candidates Ia have the prel'r
ential place ON the primary ballot, while
Ia the future th- preferential places 90
the PARTY candidates arr 10 be designated
bv members u q county committee "
committees within the district Tor which
q nomination 10 made. whether FOR an
Assemblynan senator ~ Congressman
Il developed ON a t--t vote in the con
ference that twenty enators favored
the compromise bill. while ten opposed
IL. provided II ~ amended 90 let members
Of county committees nominate this
wear ins tead Of the Assembly. Senate
and Congress committees. which never
were Intended 20 perforW such an i'm
portant function a. practically naming
party nominees.
On another test vote nineteen Senators
voted against the Meade Phillips bin.
which has passed the Assembly. and
thirteen IN favor II t.
The senate session WA delayed an hour
and a half tonight while the Republican
senators held q conference az which the
fMtNfN lIlNIfi lHN NNlil was NlIlNMWNNu ana
DISGUISED. The conference was then
adjourned until tomorrow night. when
an effort may h. made % turn IL into a
caucus u u believed. however. that
this will he unsuccessful unless n u agrtsad
AZ The same time thai the Meade Phillips
hill shall pass the senate and h. sent 10
Gov Hughes for his action and that the
cOmpromis e bill shall also he passed hv
the senate with Republican votes and
put up to the Assembly for It's action.
having behind Il the foFoe of the Repub-
lean majority IN the senate and Gov.
Hughes approval Several Republican
senators insisted, however. that neitheF
the compromise nor the Meade Phillips
0ill could muster enough votes TO pass
II ~ believed that Speaker Wadsworth
and the Republican organization in the
House will stand by IL guns and in favor
~ The eade-Phillips hill ~ the wisest
primary reform legislation which should
be- pas-ed this wear or any other year
u II not believed that this Compromise
hill would Eet a. many votes IN the A.
sembly a. DID the Hinma n Green bin
The COMPROMISE bin embraces the Hin
m an Green provisions for a State wide
enrolment. uniform primary day
throughout the STATE and the Official
primary ballot arrtnR-d on the Mas-a-
'uH1f'l= lliau ~ UNIV kINuNN luahlhk
y impossible n vote for all party candi-
dates with one stroke ~ the pencil n also
provides that 10 a Presidential year there
shall be- a Statewide primary 20 select
for each party four delegates AZ large %
the national conventions. Who are 10 he
deslRnl;ed for the ofiicial primary ballot
Nv the Respective state committees
senator Grady announced that the
Democratic Senators would confer to-
morrow regarding this new phase Of
primary legislation