New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-19


nous consent. Senator Human wss
the first speaker. He prefaced his arSu-
ment with the statement that he was an
organization Republican and always
would be If he thought his bin wouId
destroy party organization. he said he
would not only not have introduced II
but he would vote against ii. Then he
took up the Governors speech at Bling
hamton. He read extracts from it which
he said could refer only to the Meade
Phillips bill, which the Assembly passed
These led him to believe that the Gov
ernor inevitably would veto that bill If
| it went to him.
/ Governor Not Back Tracking.
Don't let us fool ourselves in the face
| of such language" said Senator Hin
man THE Governor is not back-track-
ing, nor has his backbone weakened
He has committed himself to a position
where he will not retreat and will not
want to retreat OF course, we have not
delegated to the Executive a right 20
exercise our consciences and Judgment.
but we shall not wrong ourselves in
hesitating long before we go contrary to
his Judgment
Senator Human said that the commit
tee designation feature of his measure
meant publicity of action on the part
of the party leaders, and would do away
with back room dickers and trades.
Four notable advantages would be OBJ
tanned if his bill became a law, he said
state wide enrolment, an official pri
mary ballot, the election of party COM
mitteemen by the voters and the direct
nomination of party candidates by the
voters. Then he took up Speaker
Wadsworth's arraignmeDt Of the Gov
ernor's bill in the Assembly debate. quot
ing The Tribune's report Of the Speak
er's characterization of the bill as stat
utory bossism.'
Whether this system would strengthen
party organization depends entirely on
the leader and the organization" said
| Senator Hinman. at would strengthen
! a good organization; it would weaken
| corrupt one, because the leaders would
have to come out into the light of day.
Find leader who is against this bill on
the score of bossism and you will find
leader who does not dare stand out and
let the people know how he is conduct
ing the party affairs"
Senator Human ridiculed the preten-
tions of State Committeeman Belts, who
at a hearing on the bill asserted that
he represented the quiet unhystericaI
thinking people Of the state
81, the great l." said Senator Hin
man with mock dramatic emphasis, II
represent the people by divine right
From whom did this self-appointed rep
resentative of the people receive his COM
mission"
Pokos Fun at Mr.. Dos Passes.
Mr.. Hinman pointed out that where
| Speaker Wadsworth and some bosses
professed to oppose the Governors bill
on the ground that it sanctioned and
strengthened hossism. other bosses OPP
posed it on the ground that it destroyed
the organization and weakened the
party. IA regular three shell game
he called this elusive and incoherent
kind OF opposition. He had some fun
also with the contention of John r. DOS
Passos that to favor the Hinman-Green
bill was to encourage and Inclte
mob" That, he said, was the note un-
deriving all criticism of the olrect
urinary system-that the party voters
were a mob, a rabble.
Senator Human said that a prominent
nartv leader told him the organization
never could stand for the party designa-
ton scheme because the organization
man certainly would be cruclfed- IhlS
would not happen, the Senator rnalli-
tanned if the organization really repre-
scented the sentiment of the voters. AS
a suecimen of the way in Wnlch con-
ventions work. he mentioned the renorll-
nation of Governor Hughes in 1908. rms
u-as brought about, he said, by President
roosevelt Mr. Taft and Senator Root
z,-,,o were in touch with the voters in ana
out of this state and knew their sen'i-
;nents.
And the party leaders in this state
oheved.r he said, though they curSeo
and hailed the time when Terrible Ieooy
and Hughes the Baptist would be gain
cred to their fathers
eDoes the Senator know where fresl-
dent Roosevelt stands on this Dill!
Il1HTlR0
Saws Roosevelt stsnds for Plain People.
"F5e stands and always will stano LOT
the nronosition that the plain people are
cutie able TO handle their own analrs'
retorted Senator Human He stanos
for the plain people against the speclal
interests and this bill stands for the
came thing. And want to tell you now
that when he gets home and looks over
the record he'll be likely TO discover
+ho+ things in New York State polltl-
ca1Iv couldn't be much worse. though L
take it they could be made better ana
that he'll help TO do it
Senator Meade chairman of the Leg
;o,a+ive committee which investigated
direct primaries, made long speech
against the Governors bill, based on the
rer,ort of that committee. He quoted
various sections of the report from Mas
sacbusetts TO Wisconsin, opposing the
direct primary system.
1.-The fiercest opponents of the Hin
n,an-Green bill know its power" said
senator Davenport. They know that
every political faker and the representa-
five of every special interest will be put
o,1t OF power"