The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-23
GRADY DENIES ALBANY STORY
SAYS NE IS 4 CANDIDATE
FOR SENATE PRESIDENCY.
Report From Albany That Printed An
nsuneesnent to vhe Contrary Is to Ne
Made To-day-Stx Upstate senators
said 20 he Not Favorable to Grady.

SAi0 10 bo NOT fASofuDte 10 6fnnS
Charles +. Murphy's friends were
greatly exercised last night when they
were informed from Albany that the
Albany Argus would print this state
ment to-day:
Close friends OF Senator Thomas r.
Grady announced tonight that the
Senator Is not and will not be q candidate
for temporary President Of the State
Senate. This announcement. they added.
is to be accepted as final and authoritative
and as the Senators own wish
Senator Grady was in Albany yester-
day with senator Frawley. and they re-
turned to New York last night. Senator
Grady's attention was called to the state
ment that the Albany Argus. according
20 the story. is to print this morning.
II was read to Senator Grady. and he
said:
There Is no truth whatever in this
statement. by what authority does the
Albany Argus print il? Deny this state
ment for me as emphatically a. possible
| am a candidate for temporary Presi-
sent of the State Senate. cannot under
stand by what authority the Argus il TO
print that statement
Mr. Murphy and Senator Grady have
had several consultations Of late with
Democratic Senators-elect. both upstate
and.down State. as 10 the makeup of the
senate committees While Mr. Murphy
has refused absolutely TO express pref
erence for United States Senator he has
not hesitated to say 10 his friends that
in his judgment the Democratic Senator'S
ola ,-il ,y, laA ~.
elect senator Grady to be the majority
leader. and. il il also added. chairman
Of the Senate Finance Committee Senator
Grady has been a Legislator. Assembly
man and Senator for twenty -seven wears
There are twenty Democratic Senator'S
elect in New York city and nine upstate
Democratic Senators-e There is one
Independence League Senator. James r
Duhamel of the Eighth district. Kings
county. and IL has been all along said
that Senator Duhamel would not enter
the Democratic Senate caucus
Several upstate DE Ocratic Senator'S
elect have been in town for a week or
more and were here yesterday. One or
two OF them had q story 10 the effect
that Senator. elect John Godfrey SAKE
of New York and Frank lin L. Roosevelt,
Loren III White. Robert ii Gittins. George
d Burd and Frank VI I.oomis. upstate
Democratic Senator'S elect. were not par
tial to the proposed selection Of senator
Grady 20 b. president pro tenn, but II was
said by Democrats who had talked with
these sin Senat0rs-elect that they would
not remain out Of the caucus at Albany.
although they might suggest another
name for majority leader than Senator
Grady
The Democrats figured last night that
even il senator Duhamel opposed the
selection Of senator Grady and even IL
the six Democratic Senators-elect men
toned opposed the selection Of senator
Grady. there would still be- twenty-three
Democratic Senators who would elect
senator Grady The Republicans have
only twenty-one Senator's.
IL was made known though that Senator
Grady rather expects TO have what some
have considered a difficult majority TO
handle. for the reason that II tn" six Demo
cratic Senators mentioned are joined by
senator puharnel they can defeat any bill
introduced by the majority. for the reason
that IL will take twenty six votes to pass a
bill
On. or two OF the ak Democratic Sen
ators-elect havs heard Of a proposition
vet inchoats by which the State High
way Commission IL to be abolished and
its duties turned over To the State Engi-
neer and Surveyors Department. John
A. Bens~l il the State Engineer and Sur
veyor-elsct. Tho members Of the State
Highway Commission are Samuel Percy
Hooker OF Leroy and Thomas Warren
Allen OF New York, Republicans: and
Robert Earl Of Herkimer. Democrat.
While one or two OF These Democratic
Senators elect said that they had no
objection whatever to the appointment
at the proper time of two Democrats 10
s,cceed Mr. Hooker and Mr.. Allen. they
did not b.slisve that State Engineer Ben
sells Department should have power
over the highways.
supervision Of all highways and bridges
which are constructed. improved or
maintained in whole or in part by State
moneys.