The sun., 1910-06-12
POLITICAL NOTES.

, hia friends that be would not be q candtdata
for reelection 20 the AAnembly OF a candi-
date for Congress In biz district nsxt IAN.
Several of the Speakers frisnda have snE-
geutsd that he retire for a short period
and the Republican orRAnlEatiOn Of lhe state
would eco 10 a that ha vas nominated for
Governor In the Presidential year Of 1919.
Tho Aneahsr. and Frederick L. Stevens.
superintsndsA Of Public works. have
patched up their differences. Il was said.
not "a the extent Of forming a dafenaive or
offensive alliance but simplY 10 put an end
10 the personal differences that have az
isted between them for several years.
Others Of Speaker WadsUOrth's friends have
urged him not 20 retire from the Assembly
bat 10 remain a. Speaker, but 70 these Inn
pOrtunities be aaid that he was tired Of the
whole business and added that he wanted
q rest
ThOse Of the Speakers friends who have
advised him 10 retire for q short time from
the activities Of state politics did 20, they
said. because they had no desire that such
q talented young man should be thrown
% the animals They do not want him
nominated for Governor this year. They
do not believe much In the report that
Speaker WadswOrth may be nominated
for senator 10 succeed Mr.. Depew. They
further declared that WAdsWoTth u nomi-
mated for Governor would not be supported
by the Hughes independents. and on the
other hand Hughes candidate for Cover
nOr-wOuld not be supported BY the regular
Republicans.
In the event Of the Speakers retirement
should the Repabllcans retain control Of
the Assembly next fail AsssmblymAn Edwin
A. Merritt. Jr.. of the Second district of
St. Lawrence. chairman Of the Ways and
Means Committee for q number Of years.
would he In direct line Of promotion 10 the
speakership. There has been q little fric-
tiOn in Mr.. Merritts district or rather an
agitation which has now subaidsd.
while Speaker WadsWOrth is on the
friendlIest footing Wiah eA-President ROoss-
welt and the latter speaks highly Of the
speaker. Il is q CuriOusly interesting fact
that Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Merritt In all
their political lives have only met on three
occasions, and then informally. and there
is no degree Of political or social intimacy
between the two men On the assumption
that Roosevelt Ia TO take q keen interest In
the approaching campaign In New York
there h considerable curiosity a. 10 how
Roosevelt would regard the disposition Of
Mr.. Merritt's friends 10 make him Speaker.
provided always Speaker WAdsworth con-
tinues IN his determination 90 retire.
Roosevelt and ex-Rspresentative james
W. WadsN Orth Sr, clashed several years
ago. and one Of the results Of that dificulty
was the retirement Of WadsNOrth from
Congress- Since then though. according
70 present information. Roosevelt and the
elder Nadsworth have come to a better
understanding. u was Roosevelt and the
late Gov. Higgins who made James W.
Wadsworth. Jr.. speaker Of the Assembly
A number Of influential Republican poll
ticiaAs in the New York Organization say
tha, they have information 70 The effect
that senator Josiah T. NeWcomb Of the
Nineteenth district ls not 10 he renominatsd
next fall Upstate Republican politicians
have the same Information.
The only Collector Of the Port Ol New
York nominated for Governor In the last
twenty-five years was Representative J.
sloat Fassett. who was nominated In 1901
and defeated by Roswell P. Flower By
t7.sx7. In fact Of the thirty-fOur Collectors
of the Port Of New York since John Lamb.
the first Collector. appointed March "a.
i7st. none was Governor Of the State Of
New YOrk. Chester A. Arthur became
Vice President and By he death of Gar
Geld President.
! Naturally the extraordinary session %
the Lensiature called by tho Governor
has come IN for much talk on the part Of
the Republican Legislators who have been
In NeW iOrk city since the regular session
| adioumea A tentative programme, In
volving two propositions. has been dis
cussed and rejected. The hrst was that the
1 legislature on assembling at Albany on
June 20. should Gov. Hughes recommend
! legislation on the lines Of the HlnmAn-
Green direct nominations bill. should take
recess until January /. The second
proposition was that tho Legislature should
take a recess until after October 1. when the
Governor 10 70 take HE place on the bench
Of the supreme Court OF the United States
This programme had for its foundation
I the fact that an hills on direct nominations
had been exhaustivsly discussed for months
al Albany, and that the HinInAn Green bill.
tho Cobb-HuEhes compromise and the
Grady-Frisbis bill. after free and open
debate, had been defeated that the Meade
Phillips bill. which the Governor vetoed on
Wednesday. thus carrying out the statement
Of bis emergency message In the closing
hours Of the regular session, represents tho
views of the Legislature. The Hughes men
In New York city. h was learned, have en-
deavored within the last few days 10 induce
Democratic Assemblymen who voted against
the Hinman-Gresn bill 20 change their attl-
tuds at Albany in the extraordinary session.
and have failed. On the other hand, Il was
AsoeFtsined. Republicans opposed 70 the
Hinman-GTeen bill have endeavored 20 In
ducs Republican Asssmblymen who voted
for that bill TO change their attitude At the
approaching extraordinary session. and
have also failed
The lineup. therefore, at the present
moment In the Assembly 10 identical with
that At the regular session No Republican
cared 10 predict what the Senate would
do should the Governor IN hia message 10
tho extraordinary session insist upon direct
nominations legislation along the lines Of
the Hinman- Green bill
Il was the opinion Of Speaker wadsworth
and Mr. Merritt and thsir friends that Gov.
HuGhss's recommendations In his message
to the extraordinary session Of the LsRls-
turs should he respectfully considered and
should receive careful thought The Speaker
and Mr.. Merritt were opposed 20 any
programme which would shut oG further
debate on the Governor IDEAS ON direct
nominations
They believed. though. according tc
their friends, that the Governor must take
the Affirmative and that the GS-sysor's
friends should be ready with a bin snbosly-
Ing bis views on this subject, and that
neither branch Of the Legislature should
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