New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-06

was OF no value TO the committee Their
evident prejudice was so marked that no
man would ever have been willing 20 SUBJ
nit the primary cause 30 such q jury
Referring 20 Secretary I'resr's letter
that Labor Commissioner Beck had offered
statistical help 10 the committee. it may
nc said that tho Bureau OF Statistics IN
the State OF Wisconsin is one Of the very
finest IN the country and is closely related
20 the University OF Wisconsin. Commits
sioner Beck. in commenting upon the incl
dent which Secretary OF State F'rear men
lions. says In a letter under date Of Octo-
Der !. 9O9:
s few weeks ago Henry Sielheimer. sec
reta~v Of the Primary InvestiEa ting Com
mittee Of your state Legislature. called NJ
the Office and made an appointment for me
TO appear before that committee In about
week or ten days. | deferred a very I'M
portant matter which would have taken mt
out OF the city an order to be able TO meet
this committee when IL returned TO the
state e. make this investigation. On its re-
turn the committee called at the office OF
the Secretary OF State. in the Capitol
Building. and Secretary OF State Frear sent
FOR me 20 come 20 the Office.
I was introduced 10 Mr.. Knapp. VINO
asked me a few questions regarding our
statistics on primary elections. and told
him II he would accompany me to the Office
l would be glad to show whatever infor-
4
from tie Secretary OF states Office To TINS
Office tthe Bureau OF Labor and Industrial
Statistics NJ. Knapp raised several OBJ
lections TO our primary election system. but
on examining our statistics il was found
not one OF them could be sustained lie
asked me to hold myself in readiness and
he would send for me to appear before the
committee. That Is the last time | saw or
heard OF him until after the committee had
adjourned. when he asked me TO send what
ever Information had 20 him I'm Buffalo.
o n o.
sired 10 be fair. n appears TO me they
would certainly have called upon this de-
psrtment for ali the infOrmstio we had.
but instead. as soon as il was learned We
had infolma ton, nothing further was asked
OF us ] can account for this in only one
way. and that is the committee was or
ganized FOR the purpose Of defeating any
primary election bill which might be pre-
scented 10 your Legislature; that only such
Information as would be Of assistance IN
accomplishing this purpose was aCCepts Die.
and. falling to find anything in our records
that would contribute to this end, nothing
further was desired Of lis. In other words,
this committee assumes the attitude OF
District Attorney who is bent on making a
name for himself by sending a man over
the road, regardless OF his innocence.
Assemblyman Green declared that those
who had spoken against the Governors bill
and in favor OF the committee bill had
represented merely individual views while
those who would be introduced 10 speak
voters from all parts OF the state.
Speaking OF the present situation in New
York. William II. Wadhams declared: 1T
is not enough to clean house but must
90 some constructive work which will pro
tect our political habitation against the &C
cumulation in the future of those things
v HIGH necessitate a houseclesnins. to make
our politics pure. The way to go about this
constructive work is TO pass the Human
Green bill"
Darwin r James. jr.. president OF the
Young Republican Club. OF Brooklyn. said
that he represented sentiment in Kings
County for direct nominations that was
wellnigh Overwhelming. In answer to the
criticisms Of tho opponents Of the hill that
the plan had not worked well wherever II
had been tried, he contended that none OF
these states had returned 10 the conven-
ton system.