New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27
Linden Bates. Jr., Alone Con-
ducts a FiIibuster for
Several Hours.
HUGHES MESSAGE RESENTED
Sensational Scenes in Lower
House-Senate Under Emer-
gency Message Earlier
Passed the Bill.


ed in the Assembly tonight by vote Of
As to o. Coming after the reading In both
houses of a special message by Governor
Hughes announcing that when il reached
him he would veto the Republican ma
chimes Meade-PhiIIfps bill passed yes
terday by the bipartisan combination m
the Senate, this action IS regarded. as
making certain the calling of an extraor-
binary session
MANY who voted for the Human
Green bill refused 20 vote for the Coco
bill Among them were Messrs- Higgins
and RaIderes New York County Repub-
leans. and Roberts. of Onondaga, elect
ed on the direct primary issue. the entire
Erie County Democratic delegation. MI
Baumes. of Orange County. and Dono-
van. the lonely Independence Lacquer
After the vote. Mr. McCue. OF Iarnrnany'
moved for reconsideration of the vote.
finally to kill the bill decentralization
was voted down, 81 to As. the same
alignment
The vote in detail follows
INTERRUPTIONS A F. Allen H p
AlI-n Barden. Bates, Bennett. Brainerd- e; r
Brown Cheney s c.. Clark. Colne. Cross, Doher-
ty Feeiey. FiHey. Garfein. Glore, Goodspeed'
L. Miller Murray Perkins Pitkin. Reed. Snep-
ardson. sullivan. Sweet: Thompson, Thorn. Van
DENOCRATS-Abbey Chanler. Cosad. Crock
er. De Long. Evans. HARDWOOD. Keller, Mce'rath
an rPHfF;NDENT-stevenson.
NOES: REPUBLICANS rgstsinser. Baumes.
Boshart. c. W Brown. Bursoyns. Gs1Ian' \
b cIaEks COREY conk d0, S9nne Graz Tsne Green
wood. Haines. Higgins. Hinman. Howard kopp.
Marlatt Merritt. Nolan. Odell. Parker. G. w
PhiIIfp. J. :. Phillips. Raldiris. ROBERTS Saett
~ smith stiyerz TooHPs yieinVs ., Hoss 'y
H White whitley. Whitney. Wilsnack. Yale. F.
l. 12g1s enc speaR Teunsn RovIan CaushIan.
DOnnely Farrell Fay Eosy sr'eh9 1rsIfsr5
Ge sda14 esr Tken HerrieK Hoey. Jackson
Joseph A j. Levy. J. A Levy, McCue. Man
ley McElngOtt. McKeon. Metzend0Tf Ne9-
1sNeiI Rozan Sanner. shOrtt. A. z smith,
SpieIbers. Walker Wende- L H WHITE ana
INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE. Donovan
ABsENTEEs- Lee. ". G. Miller.
Ward Wii<ie and E. Young. Republicans
Beck. GilIen, Patrie and Tromoiy' DEMOCRATS
Bates Responsible for FiIibuster.
AssenbIyman Linden Bates. jr.. Of
New York was responsible for the I'LL
buster. He was one Of the three in
surgents who refused TO vote for Clerk
Raw B. Smith and who bOlted the As
sernbIy caucus. He is a radical Repub-
Iican and a vehement direct primary
advocate. He took this course to ernpha-
size the fact that the Assembly ma
chine was trying TO jam through the
Cobb bill while they had votes enough
assured TO defeat it and while SONS
1r~tr under
a nisconception Of Governor HusnesS
special message criticising the Meade
Phillips bill.
R,,t moor Rates's life was made nnfser-
able for several hours He insisted that
the 14O-page bill be read section by sec
tion. And to prevent any skipping OF
nases or sections he sat in a front seal
bill in hand. and followed word for word
Raw Smith. the clerk. read the bill. NUT
terfng fervent curses IN between the
lines. Bates's fellow Assemblymen for
the first hour or two tried TO guy him
out OF the notion Of forcing the reading
of the complete bill. They had no sue
cess Then Speaker wadsworth tried TO
get him TO suspend the proceedings
speaker iFicS 10 OiOp oalcs-
Get your sense OF proportion at work.
Lindon.' he called down from his desk
But the sense of proportion wasn't half
so strong as Bates's sense of desirability
OF showing up the machines tactics, so
he persisted. despite all the forms Of
suasion attempted by fellow Assembly
men. and as he had the rules undeniabIy
with him the reading OF the bill went on
About 10 p m pages began to bring
around huge sandwiches. and pots OF
coffee were placed on tap These caused
miniature riots. as II soon became ap-
parent there wasn't enough food TO go
around All this time Mr.. Bates was
keeping close watch on the reading OF
the bill. protesting each time he sus-
pected the clerk of trying 20 skip a few
pages. Finally he was driven to the
expedient of Offering amendments
Every few minutes he presented an
amendment and demanded a vote on It
He could not muster support enough to
force a rollcaIl. and when il came 10
viva vOce votes ne was the only man in
favor of his amendments
Each time he protested sOlemn!y that
nobody in the house was giving the
slightest consideration 20 this most i'm
portant measure. and that legislation OF
this character deserved careful attention
So. with points of order and amendments
and protests against haste and indis-
tfnct reading. he held the clerk pretty
we'll 10 his task until the reading OF the
hill was completed
The Assembly said the trouble began
the Governors message. in effect vetoinS
the Meade Phillips bill. which had nor
vet reached him; but then, in the judy
ment OF Hughes men here. the Assembly
was looking for trouble IL certainly
got all it was looking for though not
of precisely the expected kind
Word of the Senate's passage of the
Cobb compromise bin reached the As
sembly. and the Speaker and his lieu
tenants. having made careful canvass
OF the situation and knowing they had
the votes to beat il. were waiting anx-
iously for 10 to come over for slaughter
when Robert H. Fuller. the Governor
secretary. strobe down the aisle.
"A message from the Governor" was
announced by the sergeanr-at-arnls. who
escorted him, according 70. the due and