The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-28
HUGHES CALLSEXTRA SESSION
PRESUMABLY TO CONSIDER
PRIMARY LEGISLATION.
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ALBANT. May 2I.-Direct primary legis-
lation must be considered again BY the
Legislature. which Il called b meet IN en-
traordinary session Monday night. June ".
IN accordance with a proclamation Issued
by Gov. Hughes az O'Clock this after
noon. Tho regular session Of the Legs
lature ended az O'Clock this afternoon.
Nearly all Of tho members had left town
before the Governors proclamation wa
issued. Speaker Wadsw0rsh and Majority
Leader Merritt Of the Assembly were the
most prominent members Of the Lsgiala-
ture In town at the time. and they merely
smiled. while refusing 10 discuss the
Governors proclamation. In his procla-
nation Gov Hughes says:
Pursuant 70 the power vested In me bv
section . Of Article Nv. Of the Constitution
I hereby convene the Legislature In eEtraor-
dlnary session at the Capitol In the city
Of Albany on MOnday. tho twentieth day
Of June. 1910. at half past : O'Clock poet
meridian.
That IL the customary form Of procla-
nation converting the Legislature In
extraordinary session. Not until tbs
Legislature meets AZ $50 O'Clock Monday
evening. June 20. will the members Of
the Legislature know definitely just what
subjects Of legislation they are to oon-
slider At the special session. The Legis-
lature can only consider subjec 10 which
the Governor in a special message
TO the SSEate and Assembly invites their
attention. All that h known positively
Ia that the Legislature will be asked b
oevOte il attention again 70 direct pri-
MARES legislation.
When the Legislature meets in special
session on June % the Governor will stu
have a week to further consider the
thirty day bills left for his action. Il
would not be surprising IL the Governor
should ask the Legislature 70 revise the
appropriation bills az the special session
with view 10 having the receipts and
expenditures for the year more equal
than Il appears now viii he the oass II
the Governor h compelled 10 act upon
thu financial legislation Of the session AZ
it stands to-day.
Apparently the appropriations for or
binary purposes for the support IL the
State government this year aggregats
So. 900, or about ~. 900 900 less than the
estimated receipts Although there IL a
substantial balance in the State Treasury.
In order not 10 lessen this balance ths
Legislature to-day passed bill increasing
the inheritance tax percentages. 20 that
an additional - 5OO. 90 viii be- raised an
nually from this source II Gov. Hughes
signs the bill. The automobile license bin
will bring in an additional 81, S0O.Ono.
The organization Republicans In the
Legislature especially the lawyers, were
insisting that Gov. Hughes had gcnp
outside u the constitutional prsrogativss
81 the Governor 10 call an extra Session.
A. such emergency a. l. contsmplatsd
hy the Constitution does not eIist. It
was pointed out that thu Legislature ha1
taken q Cat position on ali phases ~ IN,
direct primaries question and that th,
Governor had nothing q suggest Tor
action at special session which could
not h. aud which was not considered az
the regular session which closed to-day
The insurgcnt senators and Assem- w.
men outside Of senators Human. Davln-
port. Newcomb and Rose generally o4-
pressed tbs opinion that they though
the Governor was overreachiug himself
in continuing to press hi personal opiniin
upon the Legislature. and the organization
Republicans said that the extra Session
either should take recess until Octol,ar,
when Gov Hughes goes On the Supreme
court bench. or else that u should ho ar
ranged ~ that neither the senate nor
Assembly would have a quorum 10 d.
business az any ons time
Gov. Hughes arK,ez that tho IeEisla-
lure adjourned to-day with the Sanat1
and Assembly DEADLOCK on the diract
primaries question. a. evidenced hy mo
Republicans IN the senate making tbs
compromise direct p-l-
naries hill party measure. while tho
Assembly killed tho bill. Gov. Hughas
eels that hs would not be doing his duty
" tho people Of the State II he did MT
pive the Senate and Assembly, an oppor-
unity to reconcile theas differences a. a
pecial session. with nothing elss 20 o.
'upy their attention or divert their minda
In other words. having fooled the or
lAnizaiion Republican Senators and cap
ured a Republican majority In the senate
through the party caucus for thu princi-
Ne Of direct primaries enumerated in
be Hughes-Cobb compromise ball. Gov.
hughes believes that in some way or other
e may b. able 20 take the last trenches
{ the Republican STATE organization in
he Assembly by storm az a special session
nd force the Hinman-0reen ball through
9th houses Gov. Hughes friends
lake Il plain that the Cobb bin AZ far a.
went was along the Inca Of the Hinman-
reen bill and that the Governor felt that
. should nOa hesitate % accept Il.
A. q matter 81 fact the real reason the
Governor is calling the Legislature hack
, act on the direct primary question 10
scauss some Of his friends In the senate
ave told him that Speaker WadaWOrth
nd tho Republican organization Of the
sssmbly would not b 20 strong after
- Legislature had adjourned. a. ths
Ovegnor would bold the whip hand over
- Assemolymen In HE disposition Of
lirty day hills.
Gov. Hughes has been told by thsDs
,nators that votes against the Human
rocn bin and against The Cobb cOmgro-
iss bill Wers seoured BY the Republican