The sun., 1910-05-27
GOV. HUGHES DEFEATED AGAIN
i,SEWBLY MILLS MS PRIMARY
BILL M DECISIVE VOTE.


Assembly Accepts Nh Challenge.
ALs,Nr. May 2a.-Ths state senate
,sssed the Huehes-Cobb direct primary
r,l to-day by a party vote of ~ 10 y.
The assembly after a session lasting
,s,s into the night killed the bin by a
vote larger than was registered on the
defeat II the Hinmah-Grsen bill
The reading Of the Hugbes-CObb bill be-
unatTSo'clOck and ended at midnight.
Then the discussion Of the bin was begun.
the bill being on its tlnal passage. The
h.ll was defeated by a vote OF ayes. %;
uoes. n. Assembiyman Donovan, an
Independence EsaGieF. referred 10 the
compromise measure a. the 'ChmshOe
primary hin
A motion 20 reconsider the vote by
which the bin was lost was defeated by a
vote n ayes B noes o.. thus killing the
bill absolutely. There has been talk Of an
extra session all day on this direct pri-
mary question. but II h believed the
decisive votes in the Assembly on al Of
he bills may change such a possibility.
Gov. Hughes changed HE mind over
nigh, and not only sent an emergency
message TO the Legislature permitting
Tho passage Of the Cobb compromiss
rrimarlsa bin but sen, a special message
announcing that he would veto the Meade
Phillips primary reform bill which has
passsd both houses Of the Legislature.
Dsspias the fact tha, tho Meade Phillips
hills had 10 be reenGrOssed and will not
roach the Executive chamber before TO-
morrow Gov. Hughes oticioliy made
kuown his diaaPproval Of the bill with a
view Of forcing the Hughe--Cobb COM
promiss bill through the Assembly. as
his bin had passed the senate before
the special message reached either branch
n tho Legislature. The eject Of the
Governors special message was the op-
posits 70 what was expected. for the
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prom'se eSc0vo"u 'ha' %EA'nse tns h'n-
man-0reen bill.
The ssndinR of this npscial message
by the Governor announCing his dis
approval Of the Meade PHILLIPS bin was
an unprecedented procaduFe and not
In ronaonanrs with Gov Humhaa'a own
rule. established when be first became
Governor not TO Indicate what action
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Inc assembly, promptly sc'eI''en 'ne
gauntlet thrown down by Gov hughes
IN HE special message. The Hughes
Cobb bali had been rushed over 10 the
Assembly a. soon a. il was put through
the senate. when the regular calendar
An the A.aembly had been disposed oE
n wms announced that the Hughcs-CObb
b.lI would be taken up and dibposed Of
before the Assembly bad adjourned
tonight. Then 10 the surprise Of every
one the Governors friends. led by As
.smblyman George " Green Of King.
,psiaicd that the Assembly postpone
action on the bill until 10 O'Clock tO-mor-
row morning. without regard 70 the fact
nat The Legislature must adjourn finally
noon tomorrow
Mr Green and his friends insisted that
Inc bill had not bean before tho Assembly
5nE enough for the members 90 become
ar1uainted with Ice provisions, but Ma
Jorty Leader Merritt confronted Mr..
Green with the emergency message Of
uc Governor demanding the immediate
"a sage Of the bill and with the Cover
nors special message Declaring that he
Nould veto the Meads-Phillipa bill and
indicating that he would sign the com
/. promise bin
A. this point Assemblyman Oliver
moved tho yrrviOus question. which would
cfoA debate On :Ss blil. Speaker Wnds-
worth mad Mr Oliver withdraw the mo-
ton The Speaker insisted that the bill
vas NJ such importance that the Assem-
blv a. Whole had = riRht 10 disCusa IL
freely and act uonn Il a. its bast judR-
nsnt diFtAted and that Il wOuld b~ unfair
u summarily cut OF discussion on the
measure
Assemblyman Jsaae 3. Phillips declared
iia, postponing action on the Hughes
Cobb hill at this time. when even the
neEsooys Ia the Capitol we're thoroughly
iamliAr with What Il meant. Was out Of
ne question. he pointed out that Assem-
olyman Green bad been running around