New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-12

detailed statement of the vote. and the
Speaker had announced the result
Advocates Of the Governors bill de-
clare tonight that this incident sum
rnarizes and typifies the campaign oy
which the direct primary bill was beaten.
AT midnight last night, despite the al
most frantic. exertionS Of state and local
bosses. the supporters of the Governor
hin still had votes enough to pass IL.
But an all-night fight by the Speaker,
William Barnes, jr.. and several others,
continued to-day by the exertion by the
Sneaker and his lieutenants and various
bosses of every conceivable kind OF
pressure at their command. brought
about the result they desired Most OF
the Kings County Democrats. who pre-
viously had favored the Governors bill,
were induced to switch. Three or four
Republicans were gathered in, and by
the time the vote on the bin was taken
the Speaker and his assistants were in
complete command OF the situation.
Great Pressure Brought to Bear.
The pressure brought TO hear or MEM
bers considered in the least shaky in
their allegiance 10 the Human Green
bill. or those supposed TO be doubtful on
the issue. was tremendous. Supporters
of the Hinman- Green bill say the threat
of use Of the power of the Rules Com
Inittee over local legislation was potent
in some cases. They attribute the duck
Ing of Eveleth to the peculiar persuasive
powers Of State Committeeman Dan"
strobel. who was brought here Yester-
day TO exert his powers against the
Governors bill. They are somewhat at
q loss to explain the vote of Assembly
man Kopp, from the district Of Samuel
Koefiig, Secretary of State. except on
the theory that Mr. Koenig approved it
They say that State Committeeman
Belts. one of the most unreasoning op-
ponents OF the Governor and the Gov
ernor's direct primary bill. induced Mr.
Greenwood to vote against il, in spite of
the fact that when candidate he wrote
q public letter to many Republicans in
his distract putting himself on record as
favoring the direct primary system. E.
H Butter. ct Buffalo. has opposed. the
Governors bin violently for long time.
He spent some time here yesterday. To
this is attributed the fact that Assem-
blvman MacGregor voted against the
bin, although the entire Erie County
delegatieps Republicans and Democrats,
was supposed To be solid for 1T.
During the debate on the bill telephone
end telegraph wires Were working over
Zinc. Speaker Wadsworth was utilizing
several Assembiymen in his efforts to
Hin over others against the bill. There
cas- an interested little coterie OF leaders
snd former leaders watching proceed
ings. among them Lou Payn, Lou
Emerson. Of Warren County. State Com
mitteemen Strotell and Belts, and Will
lam Haipin once Ex-Governor OdelPs
chairman Of the New York County Com
B1ittee.
The Debate on the Measure.
The debate on the primary reform pro-
position resolved itself entirely into
discussion of the Governors bill. The
Grady-Frisbie Democratic measure, and
the Meade Phillips bill hardly were men,
toned. When one e. the other was
touched on. il was in the most cursory
n.
Speaker Wadsworth- The Speaker wound
up the opposition 80 the Governors bill
with an ilnpassioned speech against it,
in which he charged that il was de-
fective in several particulars, and
promptly was contra dicted by Mr.. Per
kins. of Brqorne- COUNTY. who read sec
t5ons Of the bill to refute the Speakers
contentious
I don't believe any scheme cOmpar-
able TO this has ever been devised for
setting up a close voting corporation"
said Speaker Wadsworth How it can
be called direct primary measure is
more than ] can comprehend. A better
nan1c would be statutory forceism.' Po-
sitjcai machines have arisen from the
necessity Of teaching the average citizen
what to do. how 10 do and when to do
"a the polls. They will continue to exist
SO long as this. demand for them con-
tinues
Regardless Of kilograms. regardless
IF alleged political expediency. even
though manufactured public sentiment
should be blowing hurricane. it is cur
duty as legislators 10 resist all pressure
and decline 10 infiict this most remark
able statute upon the unoffending citi-
gems Of New York
II all began. promptly at II O'Clock.
when Mr. Green moved a call OF the
House There We're several absentees,
among them E. Young. of Ulster County,
and II. G. Miller, Of Nassau, both in
favor OF the bill Both We're i'll. Mr..
Young in hospital here. Mr.. Green
consented TO the taking up OF his bill
without summoning. the absentees. and
. the big fight was on IL rapidly SIM
n1ered down 10 a repetition of the argu-
ments made all over the state in the