The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-29

auction Chairman PronderRast appor-
TONED the time among his speakers and
Speaker NadsWorth apportionsd The nns
allotted IN the minority among his al
h,.r-nts Thee ~hS spoke Tor the majority
rspnrt were seth Low senator Davenport
Gen. stewart l.. Moodford and Got.
Roosevrlt Those who spoke Tor the
minority report were SPEAKER Maus-
worth, William barnes, JT. ASsemhlymah
,onklinR. As-emblyman Frank l.. Young
Represantative Fa-sett. As-embiyman
Edwin 4 Merritt, JT.. and Ezra l.
Prentice
wAns WORTH OPENS DEBATE.
Sneaker Madsworth lsd on Tor IN"
minority and said that the report oI Ih.
Majority on direct Nominations Wean,
lttic or nothing, The Speaker ven ,.'
over th,. ground which he has 50 often
takrn within the last thre" wears AZ Al
hany AIR Low repeated what he mas -
Frequently said ot hate IN supp"Tt ni w"
Choate-I Low memorial Ia me i%Glsa-
tura Mr.. Barnes reiterated the SIate
ments which he has mad" ln hrN-p@
interviews and in his newspaper. lhe
Albany FrsniRg journal. AssemblymAh
Conkling Was one 81 the legislative com
mission which visited western ota'es
In INVESTIGATING the subject and he attacked
direct nominations IN hammer ana longs
fashion. He said l..
-Th,, SVutsm Of direct nominations IN
Massachusetts, after ten wears usa' mas
been for the most part aha'ld"n"n ~"
there has been a return t. tn" dreEa'r
aud Convention system. m. 'htn't ~
direct nominations IA Massachusetts, too
mo that tho system was iniqultOu- "
has not been a success IN slnge H'"'"
We visited -
Mr.. Conkling went on IN attack me
system IN Philadelphia, PitShurG NJ
kansas and elsewhere. and whell W" III
claimed direct nominations as prarusru
IA those hAlliwiCks a. "a patent m"dl'ih'
scheme there werp tremendous cheers
Just think Of it. continued Mr. Conk
ling when a system like this reiir"S w"
finest statesmen in the land and elects
blatherskit ties like Jen Davis All Stat"s
ar, returning to the convention system
I'm order to obtain decent government
II YOU ADOPT the plank of IN" malpriN
report YOU are sounding the DEAN hU"H
10 tho Republican party IA this STATE.
Won - sounding thu death kn"ll ol d"t"hi
government Ia Toilette. B-v"rldg" and
ths other insurgents wyrr all hr"uHht
Fnrv tTd py the delrgIi" convention
svSt M. hui SnC" the t'"opl" nave 9"
sired - RAJ themselves 80 theS" Insurgents
IN. Ia nllstt's and thor friends nav"
adopted the direct nominations system.
hut the people viii finally UNDERSTAND th'
parpuse
N--.mhlyman Young sud TINT ~,
present -ys'sm ~ New WORK Stlt" h"'
brought T., the front Roosevelt. Hughes,
Roof and other "min.nr R'purl.cIn- and
h" WIS opposed 10 new tangled ~uEge--
ttun. Gen NOoifoTd sIrd That a "d-
a question whether IN" boss ~houl" rIi"
or the people should rule
Representative Fls-"it attacked Ne
Human Green hall. saying hat that hiil
would l"gaily" bosses And the cobb
measure. N" -aId. wits such an Hh>nrdi'y
a. not To call for moments serious
thought Nj Fa--e,' aid'd that he did
not want any -ufficial patent medicine IA
4. "A .tNN Ia . -
AS-.mhymsn Merritt sad that u wa
folly To- ask the legislatur" 81 adopt a
system concerning members ~ IN" legs
lltur. aud not extended 9" other oihc"rs.
lie continued by saying that tn" Legs
laturs had settled this question To- the
riti-faction II the people ~ the state.
Mr. Merritt pr-dic'"i thar II direct
nominations came al AlbanV next winter
tins convention would ~ ~" last IN ~"
history &c the party for >urn- I'm" 2"
come. Mr.. Prentice supported the mi
nurty report
ROOSEVELT SIIRs EN ~.
col Roosevelt mad. rho final spsech
Or he minority rp"Or' lie -aid m part
We have now come ~ the vital moment
IN TIE convention Now hv YOUR votes
Won ar" =" a. 'eTmine whether IN" R"pIb-
hCtn party - New York - - b" y pro-
g-e-stv. partv or a Bourbon and re-
dictionary one The system 81 direct
nomination ~ not being abandoned IN
other States. A. one %. the gentlemen ~
ne upppsltIon has told Won. ] have
liStnus.d with interest 10 the gentlemen
here who hav. been holding up the West
a. IN example 10 10 avoided In my
Repv hhcani-rn there l. neither Fast nor
West Ia Wisconsin thev have 'uSt held
their direct primaries. All tho money IN
question waS u-ei against the side that
won an overwhelming victory. and the
side that won hardly -p@nt enough money
So run \ Congressional campaign ia tine
state BoohS and cheers
The gentleman from New York men
toned Congressman Sihl"y 6r"at sums
were spent W. influencing direct primary
Just ~ they would ~ spent IN con I.
vsntlCn tHi-~"S. boss. cheers and ap- |
plauSaI
I'm give Won a chance 20 express your
DISSENT again he shouted
They were spent Just ~ th"v would !
have hnrn spent In influencing the con
ventton and hscauS.. u was = case 81 [
direct nominations IN" expenditure was
found ont The difference. - that Nj
Slhley won't ~ = Congressman. whereas
ne would haze heon
-Th. gent" rnsn who presented IN.
minority rrport saw that they represent
III. mai,rltv opinion Col Roosevelt /
was cat ~ 10y yolley ~ cheers thar
lasted several 'mom"nts Tn" Colonel
Nas stamping his laws
4 ask that this Republican convent ion
pat itE.'lf r.hind the Republican Gov
.rnor of The state 81 New York . h.. went
on. and b"hrnd IN" majority ~ th.
Republican Legislators. and that ~ not
put ts.lf behind III" minority Republican
inemi-'r- and Tammany Hall
IS YENPs BEHISD TIE TIMES
The minority report represents what
would have been progress a quarter 81
c-nturv ago II II had b.sn introduced
twenty-five years ago IL would have lr-en
laughed a. by ths forrbears ~ iho-..
Gentlemen who now seek 10 present " TO
Us congratulate you Of tho other side
On having been dragged on by IN. parade
~ progress But YOU ar" still twenty
Ave years behind
You have heard Mr. Fasseit with MIR
Barn, and Mr. Livingston the Colonel
started 20 cay. bat h" was int arrIut~d
by cries q You mean Wordsworth
-ie-. h" answered quickly. that's
who mean
MIR Rarn.~ and Mr. Wad-worth warn
Won tina; II you onc' l"' the system hegin
ther.'l ~. q revolution MIR Fas~att
ray- II has already begIn IN his county.
and there's no revolution II 10 hav"
any progress means revolution then
don't even pass the minority report that
these gentlemen have -et forth
IL has been contsnded that you cant
te,, what the majority report means
Mr.. Roosevelt roared AZ the opposition