New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-18

Ii.. ana Gray, his colleague, are being
roundly criticised for their course of o,,no-
siuoh TO Governor Hushes's direct non,ina
'iohs reform, while even the con1bin ed
strength Of Malby and Kilhurn rnev And
lts match over the denomination of Senator
Coats- Inc caucuses to choose delegates
10 the Merritt and Gray snowstorm CON
'0iuons VIII be held on June Is Merritt
mas s4"avs anirmed that there was no d.
Iect nominations sentiment in his county
though there was a little bunch of sore.
heads"
let at present there IS q pronounced d.
rect nominations wave in the county led
ny George ". Sisson, jr, of the St Law
renee County Direct Nominations League
Direct nomination men in Potsdarn, Cow
erneur, Canton, Massena and other towns
are gong into the caucuses They intend
TO nave direct nominations resolutions in
troouced. and expect to pass some of them,
though the machine men will fight hard.
year ago the Massena people went on
record in their caucus in favor of direct
nominations. Mr. Sisson will head the
Tight in Potsdam. Merritt's village. In
6ouverneur Supervisor Aldrich and others
will carry IT on
The Massena Republicans are so irate
over the legislative course Of Senator Coats
that they are said to be talking about a
candidate Of their own. NJ. H F1aherty,
bank president who served in the Board
OF Supervisors and in the Assembly, Is
the man they want IT is believed he
would make strong candidate. Coats s
denomination apparently will cost many
Republican votes in the ID Assembly Dis
trtct of the county, where the Hughes
sentiment is hottest
Trouble in Wsdsworth Ring.
There is said to be trouble in the Wads-
worth ring in Livingston County, which
may force the Speaker to become q candi-
date for the Assembly once more. Pc
littca1 gossip which has come down from
the Genesee Valley in the last day or two
has II that the Speaker doesn't relish fac
ing q direct nominations fight again this
autumn, and wants to nominate z W
Moses. his clerk at Albany, as his success
soy. Moses is said TO have 50 little strength
that various Republicans have protested to
the Speaker against any such course.
County Judge Carter. who as an tndepen-
dent defeated Otto Kelsey, a WadsWorth
man, is said TO have g candidate Of his
own for Assem- blyman. a clerk IN his Of
fee. Speaker Wadsuorth doesn't Ike that
plan. Judge Carter now Is q wadswortn
man, but Is reported 10 have told friends
recently that Jim is q qualified fool for
fighting the Governor the way he has"
Representative wadsvorth is said to
be telling politicians around the county that
young Jim will run again. The notion Is
growing that 10 avoid trouble in his own
machine and to escape being called q
gutter after having fought the Governor
SC hard the Speaker will run next fall.
Assenlblynan Murray said yesterday that
he hoped 10 obtain enough signatures 10 the
call for caucus to insure the issuance Of
the call BY the chairman Of the caucus
committee, Assemblyman Phillips.
IF the caucus is held said Mr. Murray,
81 think that the chances of the Cobb bill
IT. the Assembly will be excellent. Although
Chairman Phillips is opposed TO it, ] think
he will issue the call
Governor Hughes having vetoed the
Meade-Phillips bill there remains nothing to
do except to pass the Cobb bill or the Hin
nsn-Green bill. I am still as much as ever
in favor of the Hinman-Green bill. hut
think 1t has virtually no chance of enact
n1ent. Governor Hughes has said since the
Legislature adjourned that he would sign
the Cobb bill and as 1t preserves the sta tie
conventions / think that we can get enough
machine men TO vote for Ii to put It
through the Assembly. and as the Senate
has already passed 1t I do not see why it
should not become law