New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-24
"Boss" Murphy in Position to
Get Almost Whatever Legs
Iation He Wants.
REPUBLICAN RANKS SPLIT
Leaders Fear They Cant Make
Minority Anything More than
a Leaderless Mob, Ready
to Accept Favors.

control OF the Legislature. Just as " imam
rarr.s ~ now Republican state chair
man then found certain Tammany men W
vote with the "old guard Repuohcans'
"poes" Mummy Of Tammany. now mas
certain Republicans who are Wiling al
onv time 10 desert the majority OF thei
rartv 10 vote with Tammany AS re-
eul, Boss" Murphy henceforth VIII get
whatever he wants. for he has managed
- reduce Governor Dix rs we'll as the Leg
islature 10 terms
Il makes a great deal Of difference whose
foot tho shoe pinches. Mr.. Barnes last
wear considered the bipartisan combination
clever politics. Now he regards il in
vastly different light. Indeed as AFFAIRS
stand tonight. his leadership Of the party
organization IS challenged. The situation
Is considered 50 grave by some Of his lieu
tenants that they have about lost nope
81 making the Republican minority IN
the LEGISLATURE anything more than leao-
erless mob. its stronger members graohihs
whatever they can get in he way OF favors
from Tammany and giving TO the Demo
Gratis in return whatever aid they can.
Mr.. Barnes came to ,hc Capitol this
morning bright and early TO rebuke SEN
atcrs Areetsinger and Ornrod. who did not
take kindly to Mr. Barnes's words of re-
proof any more than they had to Senator
Brackets last night.
MIR Barnes argued with them that their
act made II look 10 the state at large as
~ the Republicans were doing business
with Tammany Hall This made Argetsn-
ger angry. and seemed tn amuse Ormrod.
Argetsinser told the state chairman that
he didn't ike the way things were going
ND
stand FOR a lot Of conditions which didn't
please him Ormrod said:
We'll. Nj Barnes. if YOU have any or
ders 10 give. YOU ought TO get around
with them before the event-not after
everything is over but the shouting.
voted for Cohalan because l liked him and
felt like it,"
Tsmnany Sure Of Republican Votes.
Both Areetsinger and Ormrod deny that
there was any deal with Tammany in
volved on local legislation or any other
basis. Whatever the reason underlying It
NAV he. Tamnany is perfectly confident or
several Republicans on any bill. save. per-
haps. the reorganization Of State Highway
Commission and certain excise legislation.
whenever they are needed. In this list
Tammanv men place the two Monroe
County men. Senator Walters. Of Syracuse
Senator Coats. of Franklin County, and
Senator Emerson, Of Warren County. 1hey
have two or three other men whom they
think they could get In an emergency who
would AZ least help them to the extent OF
STAYING away from the Senate sessions.
All this IS so evident that Senate
Bracket who has been trying all session
TO defeat Tammanys various schemes ny
different kind Of a bipartisan comoiha-
tion-one Of Republicans and insurgent
Democrats-has given it up. tie went nome
in disgust this afternoon, refusing to at
tend the Senate session.
lie declared his leadership was farce,
a. nothing remained of Repuhlicanism TO
n lead
Various conferences II Republican Sena-
tors. including weekly dinners during the
session. have not brought the minority into
harmony AZ all While there has been
much talk Of caucus. it seems unlikely
that q caucus at this time would achieve
any great result. one last conference is
scheduled for tomorrow night-a dinner
20 which all Republican Senators have been
invited.
Assembly Conditions Worse.
IN the Assembly conditions are even worse,
from the Republican point Of view There
a few Of the 5ldti ners. including Assembly
man Merritt The minority leader ana
Jack" Yale have struck out on lines
Il rolicv entirely different from these fol
1,oed n, Bracket in the Senate. Bracket
was supposed to he doine ~hat S's'e
,hei.roan Rs,res believed wise as to party
roiicy I'm legislative matters.
g. rar a. can he learned Barnes never
,ri,lirr In the Assembly there were no
,o-forer-cs and oaucuscs There seems to
l.. "a thorough understanding there be-
,ye., .hs majority and minority leaders.
oro Of tho interesting developments has
aon ~ activity in both houses Of Ray
:. ~.v,,.n i,rmerly Assembly CLERK.
Smith now has a commission 10 consoil-
- - .... e.. csued Ca nor charter lcr Ne"
No~k and the an aft charter prepared D. the
legislative CHARTER commission some peo-
We here saE III, s emrl9Ene9f' r sTr
eSno R~ew ard admired mis- legislative aoil-
,-r ANYHOW. recently Smith has taken q
great interest IN Tammany legislation, and
Win raving had large part in bringing
about the existing Tammany Repunhc an
combination
An Irreparsble Split?
Meantime. as the Republican Senate
delegation seems 70 have split irreparably,
tho rev insurgent" Democrats appear 10
have reached an understanding, and TO
have formed n pact which guarantees six
Democratic votes against Tammany n
oertin bills of importance TO Tammany
and the Republicans In view OF the past
rerfortr9-cos ~ the iusureert Democrats,
this. Of course is TO he taken. with grain
a. salt on tho face Of tho returns, though
Senators Roosevelt. Stwel Griffin. Bayna,
Black and Duhamel independence
League Democrat, are off the Tammany
reservation They managed 20 make con-
siderable trouble FOR Tammany to-day on
an excise bin on which no Republicans
dared to take the Tammany side This
vss Senator Harte's measure reducing from
three years To one the time In which a
license might not he granted for premises
against which a violation OF the liquor
laws had been listed There was long
debate I'm the Senate on this bill. but finally
Tamrnanv laid 81 aside. having learned thar
the new insurgents and the Republicans
were against ii.
This incident shows the possibilities from
8 Republican point OF view in the existing
situation II the Republicans could be held
together The new insurgents and Sena-
TOR Bracket had planned the death Of the
highway commission reorganization scheme
The elaborate scheme 10 emascuate the ox-
Csc laws the so-called Kings County rip
le- bills. the bin abonshing the canal adj
visory board Of engineers and the bill abOl-
ishine tho Court of Claims-all part OF
Tammsny's plans With six Democrat
standing out. Tammany could do nothing