New-York tribune., 1910-03-31
HUGHES MEN HOPE
SEE END or OLD PO-
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which combined business and politics. IS
broken. The overwhelming vote OF 10
10 by which the Senate found Jotham
! j Aids guilty II accepting a bribe was
the frst indication Of this other ind!-
cations were plenty to-day AS a re-
suit. progressive Republicans predict
] Ihat the Hughes legislative programme.
including the general investigation OF
legislative corruption and the party
( housecleaning. viii be adopted. though
several hard fights will be necessary yet
+ TO bring tha, TO pass.
Governor Hughes tonight called a
special election for April IS in the 35th
! Senate District 10 choose successor to
/ 10Th IA p. Aids That district is made
( UP Of ChenanRc. Madison and Otsego
courtes. Hughes supporters said II was
virtually foregone conclusion that who
ever was elected would be pledged TO
! support the Hughes programme.
Already Chenango and Otsego counties
have put forward candidates. Nelson p.
Bonne-. young lawyer of Norwich.
who served on Senator Benn CongeT's
legal stafs during the bribery tria!. is
1 said Ia te the candidate of q consider
( abe elenent Of the Chenango Reput--
l.cars. Bonney Is distinctly ar inde-
pender.
kssemhIynnsn Clark Willing 10 Run.
Assen'blyman Stephen c. Clark. Of
Ctsego County. also is said u he willing
Ia step irto Allds's shoes ir the Senate.
The senate Finance Committee next
week will begin 20 formulatc resolution
providing for a general investigation Of
! legislative corruption. which will be- re-
/ ported and without much doubt will pass
the Senate. Indications now favor its
I passage in the Assembly. Speaker
( WadsWorth's attitude is believed by some
persons 10 be rot so bitterly antag-
/ onistic TO a general investigation as it
was while ago. though he undoubtedly
will night the proposition somewhat. The
resolution now being considered by the
Senate leaders .would not lee so drastic
as either the Wainwright or the New
comb resolutions now before the Finance
! Committee Some of the more radical
/ Republicans think that il might not go
I far enough. as in the tentative shape in
which il now rests il would provide only
i for the investica tion OF specific state
ments put forward by substantial peo-
pie. However. before it is reported it
/ probably will be put into such shape that
it will provide Tor an inquiry broad
enough 10 serve any practical purposes.
Defeat FOR Wadsworth Forces
Another indication of the smashing of
old habits and customs came in the As
sembly to-day when the Wadsworth-
Merritt organization was oVerridden by
a heavy vote. The measure under con-
sideration was OF little moment politi-
cally and the lineup on it not indica-
tive strictly Of an organization SEN
timent in accordance with the size Of
the vote. but the fashion I'm which the
defeat ~ the Wadsworth Assembly lead
ers Was brought about and the personnel
90 the men who contributed materially
10 that defeat promise i'll FOR that organ
ization when the fights come over the
general investigation of legislative cor
ruption and the Hmman-G Green bill.
At the beginning of the legislative
session when Assemblymen Bennett.
Bates and Higgins. Of New York City.
refused 10 vote for Ray B. Smith, they
were dubbed the Insurgents" the
: Lonesome Thre-' and other names in
dicatiYe OF a sor; Of good natured iegis-
lative contempt Messrs. Rennett.
Bates and Higgins have been saving
little but have been working hard since
thai time. in company with several
other Republican Assemblymeu who did
not like the way Speaker WadsVorth
and his big committee chairn'ea were
handling Assembly affairs They got 4
chance to-da: 10 do little work which
was merely an indication Of what may
. happen later.
riow Organization Was Beaten.
Assembiymar Donovan. an Indepen-
dence League man. last Monday night
attempted to introduce a resolution call
/ inc on the ATTORNEY General 10 begin ac
4 tioa against those implicated in the
4 transactions revealed by Superintendent
7 Hotcnkiss's fire insurance investigation.
; Under Speaker Wadsvortf's ruling his
4 resolution was turned down. on the
grouni thar such resolutions couIG he
! introduced onIv during the first two
months of the session Donovan went
I To the Speaker to-day ana said he
wanted 10 get that propostic,i before
+ the Assembly IN some shape.
The only thing YOU can do is to sus-
pend the rules" said the Speaker. To
suspend the rules against the Speaker
and his committee chiefs Is almost un-
/ precedented
Donovan waited until the Speaker had
/ loft tho chair Assemblyman Merritt
was acting as Speaker and Jesse Phil
+ lips. Of Allegany. as floor leader Then
4 Donovan made his motion to suspecG the
rules Phillips protested against the
4 motion ina a hot speech. L:ndon Bates.
O'Connor of Kings. ana others sup
/ ported Donovan motion. Bates men
r TONED three resolutions which had 5eeu
introduced this month saying that il
one member had this privilege others
should have. Finally tho Donovan mo-
+ tion to suspend tho rules was carried.
- 20 l.. which Will permit him to pre-
sent his resolution next Monday night.
This was only a little troublemaller,"
said one of the -Wadsworth Assem-
blymen. Wen try il out with some
thing worth while the next time"