New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18
PRIMARY FACES DEFEAT
Organization Men Say Hughes
Bill Will Be Beaten in Senate.
FAVOR ASSEMBLY MEASURE
indications That Direct Nomina.
tons Sentiment Is Dying
Out in Albany.
FBy Telegraph to The Tribune. J

Albany, May I7-Opponents of direct
nominations are predicting tonight that
Governor Hughes's direct primary bill will
pc beaten in the Senate tomorrow. Or
sanization Republicans say that the
Meade-Phillips bin. which passed the As
seuably viii be adopted by the upper house
without trouble. This, they assert conf
dently, viii end once and for ell the direct
Urinary agitation which, they declare, had
i,s beginning in Governor Hughes's ad-
vocacy of that system, and will have ifs
end as soon as he moves from Albany to
Washington.
Just to show how the direct nominations
rentirnent is dying out. Senator Cobb said
tonight that he expected before his com
premise bill' was voted on to amend it
radically. His amendments will be de-
-iEned 70 meet some of the criticisms made
n Governor Hughes's Binghamton speech.
As Il stands now. the bill provides for the
direct nomination of Senators and Assem-
blv1nen. but would not take effect until
1917 That would make the first crop of
Assemhlvrlen directly nominated fall dur
ing the tall Of 1911 and of Senators In the
fsIl Of 1912 One OF the amendments which
Senator Cobb expects to offer will make the
bill take effect Immediately. SO that il It
became law the Legislature of 1911 would
he nominated directly at the primaries A
8 second amendment would extend the direct
primary principle TO Congressman.
e Senator Cobb has some hope Of getting
the followers of the Hinman-Green bill to
vote for his bill, amended, If the Govern
ors bill Is not passed. He tried 10 get
some OF them 10 promise their support TO-
dse. So far as could be learned. he did
not obtain any promises although rndoub.-
edly he viii get some votes for the amended
bill. as some OF the direct primary people
consider II, in that form, a much better bill
than the machines proposition which the
Assembly adopted
However, the Governors supporters in
the Senate are feeling distinctly hopeful.
I don't know whether the Human
Green bill viii be passed or not said
cne Of their leaders I'VE may have
tTenty-four votes; we may have twenty
seven, and nobody knows one thing about
j. more than that tonight But rest as
sured this issue will be made so plain
tomorrow that he who runs may read
ara the wayfaring man. though fool.
need not err Every Senator will have il
Put TO him plainly just what he is voting
on' and when he takes his stand the
state viii know all about il, and why
The organization Senator'S on a careful
fstimate, give the Hinman-Green bill
twenty-five votes. They do not count in
ti'at canvass . couple of Democrats.
schulz and Bayne, who by some direct
primary people are said TO be likely IN
vote Tor the Governors bill. These votes.
however. would not pass the bill.
All the primary bills now are in general
ORDERS awaiting action of the committee
OF the whole The unders,a,,,5;,,-~ : -,
they VIII be advanced to the order of 6na1
passage without debate. but that they viii
He debated then. First. the IinInan-Greep
'lil will be taken UP; next the Grady
rlsnie. or Democratic, League bill. if the
Governors bill should be defeated. After
The Democratic bill would come the Cobb
-'coInpromise'' measure.
All Of these measures thus would have IN
n defeated before the Senate could act on
nc Meade-Phillips bill as it passed the As
Esmhy