New-York tribune., 1912-01-04
NEW PRIMARY BILLS DRAWN
Senator Loomis Seeks to End
Defects in Tammany Law.
lBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l


Albany Jan. 3-Asserting that direct pri-
mares are impossible under the Tammany
direct primary law. Senator Loomis. a
democrat, OF Buffalo, to-day introduced a
Dill which he believes will fulfil the pledges
made at tbs Democratic State Convention
which nominated Governor Dix
This is an attempt to correct some OF
the glaring defects of the present law, not
TO accomplish the IDEAL" said the intro
ducer.
The Loomis bill provides that independent
nominations may be made by obtaining
the signatures Of l per cent Of the en-
rolled voters and they may be filed three
weeks, instead a possible five days, after
the committee nominations. The state COM
mittee is to be made up by the election Of
one member from each Assembly district.
The present law provides that the state
committee shall consist of such number
and elect such units of representation as
the respective parties shall provide by rules
adopted at state convention. The men,
bers of the state committee are 10 be
elected by direct vote. Under the present
law they are 10 be elected by direct vote
only in case a majority of all the votes
cast are for one candidate.
The direct election Of delegates to ma
tional conventions is made mandatory.
whereas under the present law it is per-
mitted by party rules. The provision con-
stituting the party as the emblem Of the
party committee in the primary is stricken
out. and the use of the party emblem by
any faction in the primary is prohibited.
The form of ballot is changed so as TO
abolish group voting for candidates for
party positions.
Another bill of Senator Loomis was in
troduced TO correct the Levy personal reg
istration law of last year. which was de-
clared unconstitutional. The bill provides
for the registration of voters by affidavit
in places where personal registration is not
required now.
Two election law amendments were in
troduced by Senator Roosevelt. one pro-
vides that members of all party commit :
tees shall be elected at the spring primary
this year. The present law provides that
they shall be elected at the spring primary
in all parts Of the state except New YORK
CITY The second bill strikes out that sec
ton of the Levy election law which au-
thorized the use of party funds for the
legitimate expenses of the candidate be-
fore the primaries.
In all ffty-flve bills were introduced in
the Senate to-day. In accordance with
the recommendation of Governor Dix In
his annual message. the long looked for
measure TO repeal the Frawley boxing law
of last year was introduced by Senator
SAKE. Fourteen highly technical banking
bills were introduced by Senator Grady.
Their general purpose is said TO be >to
stimulate the market for state bonds and
to provide safer repositories for state
| funds.
| A bill introduced by Senator Griffen
fixes a fve-cent fare as the maximum
charge for passenger service on suburban
traffic trains for steam railroad between
stations in New York City. bill intro
duced by Assemblyman Goldberg requires
street railways operating between Man.
haitian and The Bronx to give transfers
so that a person may travel from any
point in one borough to any point in the
other for five cents.
Senator Frawley introduced bill in
creasing from 81 800 10 s1,750 the maxi
mum annuity that may be received from
the public school teachers retirement
fund by a teacher or principal In New
York City