New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-09
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on our side IN the 1uture as tnere were
to-day" laughed Senator Roosevelt
eve ere not thinking Of changing so
YOU could notice t. II the Sheehan peo-
rIe want 70 make it long session, re
can accommodate them. The RESPONSE
bility for the deadlock rests on them,
and nothing they can dc can shift IT,
We went into the council to-day. We
are ready 70 60 into any other council
proposed in good faith If there is any
hope OF reaching e settlement OF the
trouble. ! don't believe any change will
come before next week. The end OF the
week will bring counsel, and next week
.aay bring light"
While the conference to-day, though
held behind closed doors with huskies
guarding them on the theory that there
might be hot talk. developed nothing
even lukeWarm, considerable i'll feeling
exists among the insurgents over the at
titude Of the Governor. Several of them
have a notion that the Governor has
been working q great deal TOO hard for
the election OF Sheehan 70 justify any
further pretensions OF neutrality or nom
interference, and that they haven't been
treated quite fairly IN the process. All
call attention TO the case OF Assembly
man Friedman Friedman has been
summoned several times TO talk with the
Governor. Reports circulated by the
Sheehanites last night that he was going
70 flop, among other insurgents, were
based on work they knew the Governor
was doing. They expected Friedman 10
go into the conference and say he knew
the Governor wanted the deadlock
broken and that he had the approval OF
the Executive in shifting his vote. That,
the Sheehanites thought would cause at
least four other shifts.
Friedman's Brother on Hand.
This might have come to pass. too, II
Friedman's brother had not come here
late last night and got hold Of the young
Assemblyman early this morning. He
soon convinced the Assemblyman that
his position was such that IL would be
foolish, even wrong, for him 20 let any
thing which even the Governor had said
influence him 70 change. Moreover, he
told him his attitude had the approval
Of his district. So Friedman stuck.
I'm through with going to see the
Governor" he said tonight. IF he talks
sheehan we can't agree on this matter,
and my position is taken absolutely and
finally"
The conference this morning was a
"talkfest" and nothing more, save for
one thing. That was the inference drawn
! from a speech made by Senator Bayne
that he might not continue loyal TO the
caucus choice indefinitely. He was q
Shepard man in the caucus, but since
has voted for Sheehan. He said in the
conference that the long continued dead
| lock was 50 damaging 20 the party that
! IL had become q grave question in his
mind whether adherence to the caucus
mandate was really for the party's best
/ interests.
! Sheehanites had built high hopes on
| the result OF the affair. They thronged
/ the Capitol corridors ard hung in groups
/ outside the doors of the Assembly par
! lor, where the gathering was held. In
! side, Senator Grady was delivering a
! long lecture on party loyalty and obedi-
! ence 10 the will Of the majority, in a
paternal tone which grated somewhat
on the sensibilities Of the insurgents.
| One Of them remarked afterward that
! Senator Gradys recent experiences in
/ his campaign 10 become temporary Pres
ident OF the Senate showed the outcome
! Of party LOYALTY, and the way the Will Of
the majority worked in a Murrhy re
! gine.
Details Of the Conference.
Senator Thomas Y Cullen. OF Kings
called the conference 70 order at 10:15
o'clock, ard announced that It's purpose
was merely Tor an exchange OF views on
the senato-ship situation with a view
70 arriving ~ solution satisfactory to
all the Democratic members. Speaker
Frisbie was then called 70 the chair.
Before the conference convened there
was c. tentative arrangement among the
anti Sheehan men that Senator Roose-
welt would speak fer the signatory in
eurcants, Assemblynan Shortt for those
who did not sign the anti-Sheehan pact
and ssamblyman O'Connor for the In
dependeuce Lea gUers. Each OF these mer
before entering the conference declared
that nothing had happened 10 change his
views as 10 a proper senatorship candi-
date, and so far as known. that the other
insurgents 70 e man held 20 the same
position.
Majority Leader Wagner started the
ball rolling by requesting the insurgents
10 give the reason for their opposition 70
ur. sheehan. Senator Roosevelt. after
expressing his approval Of the conference
plan, said he believed thar some good
might be accomplished by 2 free ex-
change Of views.
Assemblyman O'Connor the hide
pendence League member. plainly told
the conferrees that in his opinion nc
4 good could come from conference SC
long as the majority continued 70 sup
port Mr.. Sheehan.
Senator Grady then, as ALREADY men
toned, took up the cudgels for the or.
ganization. speaking for more thar
twenty minutes. He pleaded the neces-
sity CT the Democrats getting together
without further delay
Friedman Arrives late.
Assemblyman Friedman. the only
member Of the insurgents missing Uher
the conference convened. arrived and
entered the conference az 1875 o'clock