New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-03
PRIMARY ''COMPROM|SE"
Provides for Direct Nominations
for State Legislators.
ANTl-HUGHES MEMS WORK
All Bills on Subject To Be Re
ported-Governor's Oppo-
nents at Sea.
by Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

by Telegraph TO The Trioune.1
Albany. May 2.-Evolved by those opposed
TO Governor Hughes's direct nominations
measure. the so-called compromise direct
primary bill in which Senator Cobb has
taken so much interest was finished to-
night It provides for direct primaries for
state legislators only. If IL ever gets 10
the floor of the Senate, it may then be In
such shape that 1t would not take effect
before 1911.
This "cornprouise' Is along the lines sug-
gested by Seth Low, Jacob Gould schur-
man and other conservative Republicans IN
their recent memorial to the Legislature
It is a compromise only in the sense that
the Governors opponents think it less
dangerous to them than the Hinman-Green
hill Il was blocked out at conferences at
which none of the Governors supporters
was present It will be submitted to SEN
ator Human for mis- approval, which IN
do,1btedly will be denied very quickly
Then II will be handled as a SUBSTITUTE Ioi
the Governors measure
All the primary legislation before the Iu,
dietary committees Of the two houses WIN
- d,,-,,e5 orr for consideration OF the
aqislat1re this week. The Assembly Ju-
dietary Committee will meet to-morro" u
consider the Governors direct primary OH
+bA RAnubIican machines uonSrel prllilalS
amendments and the Democratic A@eas 0
so-caIied direct primary measure
, Tho Governors and the Democratic
Leagues bills will be reported tor the coii-
sideration of the House; the rl4Cl.liIo
measure will be reported faVoThDlS
ea-,bIv-,ar Jesse Phillips Can manage II
- dtfroronca is that the bill reported IA
yo-ahlv goes on the calendar autornatlcally
IF
he necessary and may precipitate then ana
shore q debate which will settle their 1aIe.
The Senate Judiciary Committee Will not
meet before Wednesday. The plan there Is
TO report all the bills for the consloera tioi
| or the Senate. That probably would thro"
debate on them over until next week l.
! ,z tho 4n+en+ton to take a vote on the HIN
wan Cree, measure first Whether the
| robb Compromise will be offered as
amendments or a substitute bill mas not
been decided definitely yet It may be held
and offered as a committee measure IL lh7
| Governors measure is defeated.
| As g mater OF plain fact. the opponents
| ~ the Governors reform are entlrely uiloe-
oiaAs What they will or can do Iney kno"
I'll what they want TO do-to Kill the
/ tIinroan-Green Dill and pass the rach1lle
-,aseT7re the Meade-PhIllips Dill But Sen
- ~,hb who isn't enamoured OF direct
n-,,,aries any more than Speaker "ads-
| r.-.b gees so great a sentiment for that
/ ..--, that he wants 10 compromise
| -. --,+e him and his followers In the
| &c somewhat at odds with the machine
-. n the Assembly. who want no direct
--i-,.ries and no compromise even 10
tatze effect in 1911.
| So with one scheme in one house anu
another in the other mousse Ilev Gil III"
+,-,,+i1, uncomfortable over the prospect
Eenecially is this true because direcl
Urinary men, after count or noses. say
tba,, still have votes enough to pass the
| Governors bill in both houses II the ma
chine gives fair play and square vote
On the measure.
In an effort to prevent the unceremonlous
,,ui,g Of all direct nomination legislation
---t,tcr he believes to be the intention OF the
Assembly leaders. Assemblyman William
AZ F2ennett. of New York. tonight moved
60 The Judiciary Committee be discharged
go, f,,rtner consideration of the FTisbie
0a-,ocratfo primary measure. Asked after
80 why he selected that instead Of the
.rIt,,r,ar-creen bill he said that II was
-,a~a1,, 10 bring the exact conditions or
! 80 before every member of the lower
house ,,..
! .r,tna+ions" he said in his speech. nave
baep enchred by the action of the Assembly,
Loot week He declared that under Ine
resolution extending the life of the judi
,;.r, Committee for week 10 consider phi
49,, legislation if the Hinman-Green Dill
&c ,,enorted adversely and report is agreed
- Abe measure is dead Otherwise 1t would
on ,nto rho Rules Committee, and Ny Ben
natt had little confidence in the mercy OF
-bar bod,- for anything that Eavored OF d.
rect nominations
Tn orter words" he said, ''the effect OF
mis- resolution was simply 20 postpone for
one week the putting OF this bill into rules
.l.-Ah.. bringing lis that much nearer 70
.d;o,,vpr,ant without action and making its
massage more probleunatio. Last week there
u,ere eighty-two votes for the bill IN the
Assembly Tho object of such tactics must
he m rostpone a vote AZ long as possible n
The home that some OF the supporters OF the
bill win drop away
.~7-hts is a good time Mr.. Bennett aAded,
40 remember the sacred parable OF the
steward who Uns intrusted with the gold Of
his master and buried il, We have been
here for months. What have we done?
Passed a few bills TO prevent spearing
suckers through the ice and putting labels
an SKINNED milk, while the Ihing-the
great thing-we were sent here TO do re-
mains undone. Fifty-hve Of us were elected
On q square Issue 20 uphold the Governor s
views on direct primaries Others on this
;da 81 this House would not have been
here had they not let it be understood that
,hev ,yould stand by the Executive. Let me-
ren vou. Il we are recreant 10 our trusts
there VIII be weeping and wailing and