The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-12

AIBANY March II-SanatOr Georg'
, n Cobb of WAiertown. Jefferson county
= was to-day elected pre~ident pro tempOr'
, 81 the senate This once carries viii
u the post Of Republican leader oE
|, the floor ~ the Senate. and Mr.. Cobl
, now assumes the leadership 80 long hello
, by the lare senator John RAines OF Can
andRigia. Mr. Cobb, nrHt entered ths
, Legislature a. q senator In isOS and hAs
served continually since. He 10 chair.
man of the senate Railroad Committee
which position he will now vaoaie H
was a candidate Tor the ohAirmanshiE
Of the senate Finance COpmittee when
senator Aids resigned from the commit
tee after his election a. Senator Raines' =
successor at the opening ~ the se~GiOu
in January. Lieut. Gov. White at that
time. howevW. passed over senator
Cobb's claims for the Finance COMMITTEES
chalrrlAnship and bestowed the coveted
honor upon Senator Henry " Hill 90 Erie
Senator Cobb acquiesced At the time
without . mvrmur. lille occupancy
81 the chairmanship Of the Senate Finance
Committee was one OF Cobbe best arRu
ments Why senator George A. Davis 81
Buffalo should not have the majority
leadership
/ Every Senator present voted for Sena-
tor Cobbe election as temporary pres
ident 81 the Senate to-day when the motion
Of senator Hill to that effect came before
the Senate Just before the Aids trial
was resumed this morning The Demo-
cratic Senators had no comment 20 make.
but Joined N the compliment 20 senator
Cobb by making his election unanimous
/ " was agreed upon all sides. a. the sug-
| gestion ~ Senator Brarkett. that all the
Republican Senator's would abide by the
caucus selection ~ succeed Aids. but
siN ~ the Hughes insurgent Senators
violated the spirit OF that pact to-day
IN explaining Their votes for Cobb Sen
ators Alien. Bracket. Davenport Hinman.
NswComb and Roes In explaining their
votes IN favor ~ Senator Cobb when the
roll wac called IN the Senate each dep
reca,ed the selection N Cobb and said that
they voted for him only because he was
the caucus choice.
For the third timc the Republican
Senators caucussed last night ana were
in session continuously for six hours
before senator Cobb was nominated
On the forty ninth ballot at 7.7S A. NJ.
There were thirty three Republican SEN
atorS IN the caucus. ~ whom thre~-
SENATOR'S Cobb. Hinman and DAVIS. were
candidates. According to custom candi-
dates do not usually vote whore they are
personally concerned. hut the Hinman-
Davis contingent arranged for Davis 20
vote for Human and Human 10 vote
FOR navis in order 20 make u necesaary
for Cobb tn get the votes ~ seventeen
S-nstorS Ia nominate him. Otherwise
u tBe~# three Senators had refrained from
voting sixteen Senators would have been
= ma iOrity To nominate.
Ai all times fourteen senators voted frr
Cobb and thers Mas not = break in their
lines from the start to the finish Senator
Cobb did not vote until the final halIot.
when ~ cast the seventeenth or deciding
vote for himself Rfter senator HubhsA q
Long Island and senator Wtttsr of AII~-
gAny had switched from Davis 60 Cobb
Up until the forty -ninth ballot eighteen
senators divided their votes betweeu
senator HinmAn and senator Davis. The
highest vote HinmAn got AZ any time Up
10 the final ballot was H. while the highest |
vote Davis received was -. at the otItset.
Fred GranieT. the Republican boss ~ /
Ere county and postmaster ur RuMslo. /
was in Albany and tried to swing the |
DAVIS strength to Hinman. hut neither
he nor the Root or Hughes influence could |
accomplish ia. Likewise there were three /
or four Hinman senators who refused to I
vote for Davis. and when u became aD-
parent IN the early hours OF tire morning
tina; Cobb had his fourteen votes solid and
that neither Hinman nor Davis could get !
enough votes TO nominate several ol the
anii-Cobb forces began to- waver.
shortly after O'Clock. when IS hallota
had hsen taken. q number ~ Senators
became tired and suggested that the 1
three candidates get together 4 race~s
was then taken for that purpose senator
Cobb suggested that each Of the thr~e
candidates relen-e their supporters from
their pledges and permit a free and open
ballot S.nAtor HinmAn demurr~d 20
this and senator Davis also refused 10
BCcsde to the suggestion. When the eau
ct~ WAS resumed report was demanded
by several senators ON the conference 4
between the three candidates senator
Cobb stated his position and senators
Human and Davis again declined to w. 4
lease their supporters. Then the bal
lotin was resumed.
During the recess Speaker WaCsworth
and Assemblyman Merritt. the Repub-
lican leader OF the lower house. Joined
the senators in the senate Finance Com
Inittee room. where tn.- CAUCUS was being
held. and did a little missionary work for
Col,b " developed that as a result of
The conference OF the three candidates ,
Hubts and senator Witter and i.
senator Meade % Niagara. all Davis ,
men. red agreed Ia vote for Cobb before f.
the night was over when they realized
thsi laws could not get the nomination
: ND that neither Human nor Davis would
relec -. their supporters and permit an a
open ballot The Hinman Davis people q
therefore were taken somewhat nv sur !
prise a. the DISCRETION Of Hubb~ and Wittsr 4
- soon after the recess. senator Mac I
kenzie lso would have voted for ColIs
IN the forty-ninth ballet 10 re- had not
b~~n nut IN she coVTldor talking with
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