New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-31
LEGISLATORS EXPECT
NO EXTRA SESSION
Governor Dix Says He Has
Reached No Conclusion on
the Question.
BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED
Senator Wagner and Other Dem
ocrats Believe Legislation
Unnecessary to Annul
Prison Contracts.
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune


Albany, March 30.-There will be no
extra session of the Legislature, accord
ing to legislative leaders Of both the
Democratic and Republican parties, who
we're spoken TO tonight concerning the
announcement of Governor Dix that he
might call one. Most Of them laugh at
the idea Majority Leader Wagner, OF
the Senate, who started for New York
tonight, did not care to discuss the sub
ieCt, but 1t Is understood that he con-
siders there is little or no possibility OF
the Senators and Assemblymen being
called back
The Governor was bitterly disappoint-
ed because OF the failure of the Legis-
lature to pass the bill providing for the
abandonment Of Wingdale prison. and
this is the main reason for his consider
ing an extra term at all He also felt
keenly the failure of the direct primary
amendments and the conservation COM
missions water power bill. but he had
every reason to expect neither Of them
would get through long before final ad-
jour Tie NpNNiiiOl, -
would probably ask the Legislature to
act on both should he decide to call II
back.
AS to tn. Wingdale abandonment Sen
ator Wagner and other Democratic leg
islators, it is understood, are inclined 10
think the contracts can be abrogated
without legislation. They say. however
that II legislation is needed the AS
sembly has once refused tc act on the
proposition and cannot be expected to
reverse itsel; at an extra session. Few
OF them believe, anyway, that the Wing
dale prison situation is Of sufficient i'm
portance to warrant an extra session.
Merritt Comes to New York.
Speaker Merritt started for New York
early to-day, but persons close to him
say that he Is sure the Assembly would
not act favorably on either the Wingdale
or Governor Dixs water storage propo-
sition. He therefore considers II a use
| less waste OF time and expense to force
| the legislators TO come back. 1t was the
| Senate that killed the direct primary
amendment, but in spite Of that fact
| Senator Sage, Of Albany, said tonight
| that whenever the possibilities Of an ex-
! ira session were discussed among the
| Senators on the last day of the session
without exception they secuted it.
| Most of the members Of the Senate ani
Assembly hurried back to their homes
either late last night or early to-day, but
every one Of them who could be foun;
in Albany tonight ridicued the idea o.
all extra session.
| II do not take this extra session tall
seriously" said Senator Cobb, Of Water
town, land have been unable to find any
one who does"
Assemblyman Human. chairman O.
the Judiciary Committee, speaking O
the Wingdale bill, declared that a Re
publican Assembly could not be expected
to reverse the action Of the Republican
Legislature Of two years ago just be-
cause a Democratic Governor wanted
it to.
LAS for the Governors water powe
bill" he said, after speaking to many
Democrats and Republicans about 1t
have been able TO find only two mer
for it--Senator Bayne, who introduce,
it, and Conservation Commissioner Var
KEENAN,. who helped draw It."
The consensus Of opinion is that If tn,
Governor is we'll advised he will not cal
an extra session, and that after he re
covers from the first disappointment o
the way the Legislature treated him n,