New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-07
PRIMARY BILL PASSED.
LEGISLATURE QUITS
Tammany'S Denatured Measure
Gees Through Assembly by
Strict Party Vote.
GRADY AIDS CORPORATIONS
Strangles Legislation to Give
Public Service Boards Needed
Power-Dix Expresses Sat-
isfaction Over Work.


Albany, Oct. G.-With a wild yell Of
relief that their ordeal had come TO an
end, Tammany's lawmakers in the As
sembly to-day adopted the Tigers :
direct nominations" bin by vote of 80
to SO and sent it 10 Governor Dix, who
probably will sign it promptly. A quar-
ter Of an hour later the legislative ses-
sion of 1911 came TO an end. In point Of
elapsed time Tammany's short bust
ness session broke all records in the his
tory Of the state. 1t came within three
days Of equalling in actual duration, ex-
Guiding recesses, the famous session Of
1881. which covered 204 days.
,hie the Assembly was adopting the
denatured direct nominations bill the
Senate was winding up its career for the
year with a typical specimen of Tam
manys reform work. The lower house
last night passed in amended form SEN
ator Pollock's bill giving to the Public
Service Commission unmistakable pow
ers over issuance of securities in the re-
organization of public service corpora
4 rs. Senator Grady last night had told
representatives of the commission here
that he considered the bill all right and
that the Senate would concur in the
amendments To-day he changed his
mind and absolutely refused 10 let the
bill be considered. 1t is of great inn
portance TO the commissions TO have
these powers, which it was supposed
they had under the original law, but
which a decision of the Appellate Dlyi-
sion in the 1st Department declared
they did not have. As the situation
stands, the commissions are in no posi-
ton TO prevent stock watering in reor-
ganization proceedings.
Another specimen 6f the Grady-Tam-
many consideration for the people fol-
lowed this. Assemblyman Goldberg S
bill compelling the issuance Of universal
free transfers by the streetcar systems
Of New York City has had a stormy
career here but when this morning the
Senate Rules Committee brought in a
special rule to permit its passage before
adjournment things began 10 look easy
for it. Grady, though had 10 he reck-
oned with He prevented the reading OF
the special rule and consideration Of the
bill. Adjournment time came. with
Grady on the job stransling the bill
Assembly ConVenes Late.
1,-t r., ,,,,, ,,,- r,Ia No for tho ra sea 90
of the direct nominations bill were
frustrated last night by the absence Of
some of the faithful of the lower house
that body adjourned until 10 o'clock this
morning It's members, though. were
tired and worn out. and the leaders per-
mitted them TO sleep late and gather at
the Capitol about as they cho '. So 1t
was nearly noon when Speaker Frisbie
called the House 10 order and after noon
before the leaders began to round up the
stragglers. They were certain Of their
votes for the measure. All the so-called
insurgents had been gathered into the
fold, and as everybody wanted TO get
away from here as speedily as kind fate
would permit al" Smith expected no
trouble
Nor was there any. There wasn't even
much debate over the measure. Smith
began what there was by moving that
the lower house concur I'm the Senate's
to the bill. Artemus Ward,
Republican. Of New York. attacked the
bill as a fake.
Under the name direct primaries,
said he. "Tammany is seeking to perpet-
uate its organization by the use Of the
rarity emblem. the party column ballot,
the party funds and an impossible sys-
TEN Of putting a candidates name on
the ballot" He said the official ballot
was virtually a sham as the independent
candidate was up against the full power
Of the organization, fortified by the new
features Of This bill
Murray. of New York, and Hoff, Of
Brooklyn. Republicans, and Fry. Of
Kings. and Drummond, Of Cayuga, Dem
ocrats, spoke against the bill, saying they
didn't believe it was the kind Of measure
the people OF the state expected. The
Democrats said they hoped it would be
q step toward real direct primaries. and
so would support It,
Asscmblyman Merritt, Republican
leader. who has not let his party's pledge
10 pass a direct primary bill interfere
with his opposition to any legislation
which possibly had a right to that name,
took great pleasure in opposing this bill
He said Senator Ferris, whose name 1t
bears. had immortalized himself by it,
Merritt Discusses Measure.
He will surely receive his reward"
said Merritt. "as the best friend the peo-
ple ever had-not for what he has done
for them. but for what he has done TO
them. Some direct nominations people
think this bill does not go far enough.
II any bill could be drawn which would
go further in the direction this bill tray-
els than this one does. Ia like TO see il.
and if any measure could give Tammany
a stronger hold on the troats Of the
voters than this, for heavens sake. let's
stay here day or two longer and pass
it, Certainly this measure goes far
enough. so there's not an atom Of direct
nominations about it,"
"AI" Smith Tammany's leader de-
Tended the bill. saying il was a good