Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-01
ADJOURNMENT
AFTER REVOLT
IN new YORK

Albany, N. Y, July hit Ia probable
that the lawmakers of New York will
this afternoon end the special session
and scatter to their homes not only
without passing the direct nominations
bill urged by Governor Hughes, but
with the record of having admins
tered a singing rebuff to former Pres
ident Roosevelt upon his first attempt
to exert his supposed influence after
his return from abroad. The snub
given to Colonel Roosevelt by the as
sembly when it rejected the direct
nominations bill yesterday is expected
to be followed by the still greater hui
initiation Of seeing the senate give up
the fight as hopeless, If it does not
actually record an ~unfayorable vote
upon the measure.
Both the assembly and the senate
have adopted resolutions to adjourn
this afternoon. If there Is no change
in this program the death knell Of dt
rect primary legislation, at least until
the next session Of the state legisla-
ture, will be sounded today.
Speaker James W. Wadsworth, Jr.,
Is looked upon as the man who WELD
cd the strongest influence with the
lawmakers at Albany to induce them
to persist In their refusal to pass the
direct nominations law after Colonel
Roosevelt had flung himself into the
arena.
The Roosevelt telegram gained
teen votes for the Cobb CONFRONT.
direct nominations bill In the assem-
bly,, but the supporters Of the bill still
lacked fourteen votes OF passing 1t.
! At the regular session when the
Cobb bill came up in the assembly 1t
was defeated by a vote of 46 yeas to
90 nays. 1t required se%venty-six votes
to pass a bill In the assembly. When
the Cobb bill again came up in the
assembly yesterday upon an adverse
report from the assembly committee
OF judiciary the bill was killed by u
vote Of 80 yeas to so nays.
Speaker Wadsworth with his eool
~Heutenants had little to do to hold
their forces against the Roosevelt te1e.
gram and the Cobb compromise bill.
1t was really astonishing to onlookers
when they realized the hold which the
organization of the house has upon its
members. Des5ite the Roosevelt tele-
gram, despite the active efforts of the
friends of direct primaries, directed
personally from the executive cham
Der, despite the personal presence upon
the floor of the assembly of Lloyd @.
Griscom, chairman Of the New York
county Republican committee and
Colonel Roosevelt's special ambassador
to the legislature on the direct nomi-
nations bill, and the presence Of Post
master Fred Greiner, the Republican
boss Of Erie county, and a host of
Hughes direct primary agents through
out the state led by Marvin X. Hart
of Utica who were making strenuous
efforts to change the votes Of assem-
blymen, Speaker Wadsworth and the
house organization won a well fought
fight after five hours debate.
Notwithstanding the efforts of the
friends of the Cobb bill to postpone
action the assembly not only voted
down such a motion by a vote of
yeas AZ and nays 90, but, after fore
ing action on the Cobb bill and defeat
ing 1t, the assembly promptly adopted
by a vote of 90 to 40 a concurrent
resolution providing for the final adj
journment Of the special session of
the legislature at Q o'clock this after
noon and sent the resolution over to
the senate for concurrence.
Then the assembly taxation commit
tee reported favorably the graded In
heritance tax bill and reported without
recommendation the bill leyying a
direct tax to raise the $2,00O,OW an
nuaI contribution to the highway and
canal sinking funds. This means that
only the graded inheritance tax bill
will pass the legislature as the result
of this special session, and that no di-
rect tau bill OF new probe resolution
Is to be passed, or a direct nominations
bill.
T~wenty-three senator's have made
the Cobb bill, with the Griscom amend
ments, a party measure, but 1t takes
twenty-six votes to pass a bill In the
senate. Those who opposed the Cobb
bill think that 1t would not get more
than twenty-five votes when 1t comes