The sun., 1910-06-28
GOV. HUGHES ON THB RETREAT
READY TO COMPROMISES FUR
THERON DIRECT PRIMARIES.

Practically Agrees 10 Exempt New GSFk
City aud An Sf the COuntIes IN the
I1ty Prem the OpeFAtloRs % the Cobb
Direct Primary Rnl ENeTy Year.
ALBANY. June y Gov Hughes. with a
view Of oorralling more New York city
Republican legislative votes for the Cobb
compromise direct nominations ball. has
agreed practically 10 exempt New York
, city and ell Of the counties in the city from
the operations of the bill, not only every
fourth year when a Mayor IL to be elected
bat every year Collin n. Woodward,
secretary ~ the New York county Repub-
liCan committee was ia Albany last week
aud he was here again to-day with amend
ments 20 the Cobb cOmprOmise bill. intro
duCsd a, the special sesaiOn by senator
Cobb aud AssemblymAn Green. which
accomplish this purpose Not only thai,
but other amendments favored by Chair
map Griscom and Secretary Woodward
permit delegates 10 he elsOtsd from any
district. whether they live in the district
OF not. and provide that a committeeman
Tor district need not live in the dis
triCt he Represents
These provisions also Will apply 10 New
York city only Gov Hughes and
Majority Leader Cobb in the Senate have
agreed 10 the OriscOm- " OodWArd amend
msnts. which Ia effect make the Cobb
oomprOmise direct nominations bail apply
only 10 localities outside u New York
city Some of the Hughes adhersnts
point out that the Democrats should favor
this bill. as the direct primaries bill in
lrOduced by senator Grady and Assembly
man Frishie. which was prepared by NE
Democratic League, also eliminates New
York city from the operations Of the bill
on the ground that New York city Is not
ia favor Of dirtCt primaries ~ Hny sOrt
or description
The adoption u the GriscOm amend
m,nts would permit fusion ln New YORK
city every year instead Of only the year
whru q Mayor Is 70 be- elected, aud the
New York county Republican OrganiLa-
tion has made Il plain TO Gov Hughes that
II would not have a chance % elect many
county officials in the future under the
Cobb blll. ~ these officials are elected
frequently IN wears when q Mayor IL not
to he elected
state Comptrull-r Clark Williams hal
two bills introduced in thu Assembly
which the COMPTROLLER hOprS will greatly
facilitate hrs department "a both the
cOrpOTatiUn and the stock transfer taxes
one Till amends several SECTIONS ~ the
corporation tax Law. generally Clarify ing
that statute and doing AWAY With some
of the rOmplCat I'd and CUmpl'x phrase
nl1gy Of the Law which has been giving
congregations a cha1ce - rvaie the real
purlport ~ the statute The bIH pro-
pns-s - put the CORPORA ipi taN Law
Nh-rr o. Vas four ear az" apd eliminate
a1V provision which male q dtihcult
{, determine the tax uu CERTAIN corpora
lions like the lnjerhurpuRh Railroad
Company Tor instance
Camttroller Williams wants up make
th. statute 50 clear and sp-cihc 'bAi
Their. Wili i- little n any need for app-als
~ IA. q, uTts aud the hill intruduCrl
tonight has all the plain lArguayr sug-
gsztad bY d-yisiuls uf the tyurt ~ Al
u-Alr Ssua'nr Meail. hal a similar bill
passed in the S-naIe. hut q isiird - Ct
through the Assembly A. tle regular
s.ssiOn lhr principal Opposition - the
bill IA toe SENATE came from the Inter
borough Railroad COMPANY. which claims
that under the plaiu language 81 th-
anendments a. will have 10 paN al al
diubnal CJrptfstlt tax ~ sunrti ing
like tpO uI0
Innptrollsr Nilirm = s-Cund bIll adds
A neN section tu the stock transfer tar
iaW which - aimed - prOhlbIt the settling
or purchasing ut stock transfer STAMPS
h.lnW par The C0mpt ROLLER h-a DIS
covered that old stock transfer stamts
have been resUld aud the State defrauded
by the use II cancelled stamps. These
frauds have l,een under suspicion for some
time but the Iomptroller'- department
hss never is.-n ahle TO locate the guilty
"a rites The new section ia the law gives
the COnpt rollers depa Ttm~nt the rght 20
ferret out all suspected yiOlaliOn- II the
law end 10 institute criminal proceedings
against the stock transfer stamp traders
| Cpmpt roller Williams thinks the State
will IL saved 81 OJJ. IN a year " the con
nivpry ~ stock transfer STAMPS ~ brought
tp an end aud he believes the prOpOas.,l
amendment 10 the lAw will help the de-
partment accomplish that purpUse.
Tho senate and Assembly has Deen ad-
/ iourning from day 10 dav sinCr last Tues
/ dsy IN order 10 make legislative days "a
. NOlluN ~ INV foiANAAANNNfAAN NuINN HANa
printing Of bills The neNt business SEES
| sion II the senate will III held nett Thurs
dav night The neNt business session Il
the Assembly will probably he held Thurs
day morning SPEAKER WadswOrth to-
: night ieleRraphed ~ the members u the
| Jidicia ~ Committee 20 liz here morrow
night 10 consider tho direct nominations
bills and the ward election law am~nd-
ments
The members u the Assembly Waya and
Means Committee and of the TAEation
| Committee have lssrn telegra phed 10 he on
hand wednesday morning 70 consider the
| bills referred 10 these committees
Speaker NadswOrth presided Rt the
Assembly session tonight. a. which moth
ing was done but the Introduction 81 two
bills Only half a dOZen Asaemblymen
were present Legislative day sessions
will he held all the week until Thursday.
AasemblymAn Andrew p Murray Of
New iOrk announced tonight that he
would Offer 4 resolution Ia the Assembly
TO- morrow proposing the appointment Of
a COMMITTEES of three Senators and five
Assemblymen 20 investigate generally the
question u rsplsnishing the State Treas
tTy and the most practical means Of
securing needed revenue without too
great a burdsn upon the people The
resolution calls for an appropriation AZ
the start Of SO. 90 and for the report Of
the COMMITTEES by February IS Of next
year
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