The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-11

From the address Of the Hon. CHARLES
EVANS HUGHEs at Batavia last night we
take the following:
The Cobb hill passed the senate In my iudg
mcnt II mcrted the support Of all the sincere
friends o. direct nominations Il would have
carried us not n Tar IS Nc Wish hut long dis.
lance IN advance Of our present methods
The hlL however. was defeated In the Assem.
bly, Butnis fair 70 add that the conditions which
necessarily existed At the cose Of the ssssion did
not favor an understanding and appreciation Of
The content and importance Of the measure
4 moro inaccurate report Of essential
facts we have seldom encountered.
The truth is thai in the senate twelve
Republicans and fifteen Democratic
senators Indicated their opposition to
the Cobb bill. that is, twenty-seven out
II an available membership of forty
nine BY employing the caucus. the
time honored weapon Of the machine.
the twelve were compelled 10 surrender
10 the twenty-five, and these twenty-five
senators thus triumphed over twenty
seven. But only by the most drastic
application Of boss machinery was this
victory achieved.
Even more misleading is the Cover
nOT's recital Of the history Of the Cobb
bill IN the Assembly Il il true that
technically tho Cobb bill was drafted
hut a few hours before il was rejected. 4
Yet in fact i was nothing but an embOdi- .
ment Of the suggestions made by the
Hon IoSFPH II CHOATg and a score NJ
Republicans. and embed
led IN n memorial TO the members Of
the Legislature II was indeed nothing
more or less than 4 limitation uf the an
phcatlon NJ the principles and provisions
n ID" Hinman-Green bill 20 legislative
and county officers. with the addition Of
congressional nominations A such. It
Vas known tn every legislator weeks
before il was voted upon and was dis
rtIssed by the Governor himself at
II Is not for THE SUN To estimate the
,fCci of the Governors Endorsement Of
he Cobb ball upon the minds Of the sup
portcrs ~ the original HInman-Green
DIll, who have rejected this COMPROMISE
- worthless Yet Il il obviously safe 10
'orecast thar this portion of the Cover
,or : address will not produce a renewal
II ancient allegiance or q return ~ for
ner support For those who believed
a surrender and a desertion
here Is no palliation here.
For THE Sun, however, the only inter
sting question Is whether the Governor
AS met the charge that IN summoning ,
m extraordinary session be has abused
rs powers and adopted the method and
manner u a boss under the preteXt Of q
polishing b0ssism To explain that h.
lac called back the senate and Assem- ,
.ly simply Because one house defeated
bill without proper knowledge is pat q,
ntly a poor explanation az best made
Torthless when n is recognized that
10Th houses knew perfectly the content I,
{ the Cobb bill and had the benefit Of the !,
iovernOrs own opinion on the essential
etails " the measure.
The simple fact i that twcnty-seven !
M " forty-nine senators present n !,
ote Indicated their opposition 70 the >,
Obj bill either in caucus or on the floor
( that house. In the Assembly ninety .
x ont Of a hundred and forty members Il
citing declared against il. The verdict y.
the legislature was thus I2I ~ CS :,
gainst the bill T.,