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or the nine Spoakershp candidates
sounded by committee headed by Mr.
Crane only Alexander Macdonald II
Franklin. Republican, failed to reply. As
TO the others, Mr.. Crane reported as
follows:
Harvey j. Hinman Of Albany. Repub-
1ican. sent acceptable replies to all uu,s-
tions except that ne was against a direct
primary law abolishinC State canVen-
tions. He said he couldn't 'bc unfaitb.
ful to the clearly expressed position Of
his party"
John Leo sullivan Of ChautatIGua Re
publican: Replies favorable and has a
good primary record"
Clinton r. Horton of Erie Republican:
"Replies favorable. direct primary record
excellent favors abolition of the rules
committee and state designating COM
mittee TO replace conventions"
Ameth W. Hon of Kings: "R.plies
favorable: for retaining the State con-
vention only as an advisory body"
Francis r. Stoddard of New York
"Repies favorable. faNors 'lasi iguation of
primary candidates by petition only and
abolition of the rules committee"
Michael Schaap of New York, Pro
gressive Replies favorable"
Thaddeus &. Sweet of Oswego: For
retaining the convention system until the
short ballot is obtained for nomination
Os petitioIl OilH IoT retaining rules COM
mittee with minor changes generally for
the party organization"
John -. Mcknight of Wyoming :
'Didn't reply to questions. but sent "A
letter saying he would like to discuss
matters personally"
Cyrus ". Phillips of Monroe: "Didnt
send replies because he was in the far
West as chairman of the workmen's COM
pensation committee of the National
Civic Federation"
Calls barnes HumOrist.
Having given his summary of the re-
plies, Mr.. Crane read from THE SUN
a letter wherein State cha .rman William
Barnes said he had no candidate for
Speaker. Mr.. Crane said:
This puts Mr.. Barnes in the class with
Pro Bono Publico and Nox Populi and
shows that Job Hedges is not the only
humorist in the Republican party"
The conferees We're sure that Mr..
Barnes was backing somebody. but many
of them suspected that the man he will
eventually boom for Speaker Is not Mr.
H.nman. but Charles o. Pratt of Wash
ington county.
This resolution was passed "ResoIred
that this conference at this time does
not commit itself to any particular can
didate for Speaker of the 1914 Assembly.
and that the committee be instructed to
continue it's work and report at the next
session OF the conference"
When Mr. Schaap read his report ad-
vocating revision Of the Assembly rules
ESQ as to insure to the House itself at
all times complete control of its own
proceedings" 1t developed that three of
the seven members of his committee
Meyer. Lockwood and Nelson-wcre
against depriving the Speaker of his power
to appoint committees
Other Recon- me nda tiOns.
Some Of the other recommendations were
that the Assembly should consider no
new bills in the last three days of the
session except on message from the Senate
or emergency message from the Governor
that all committee meetings should
be open to the public and that every
bill shall be accompanied by "A statement
Of it's objects and probable beneficiaries
''The Quaintest comedy in the Assembly,
said Mr., Schaap. "is that under the rules
you have got to vote on every bi!' al
though there Ia nothing In the rules that
compels you to know anything about the
bill you're voting on. cant imagine
any greater travesty on parliamentary
government. The rules ! suggest are de-
signed to remedy this
Asoemblyman Martin said that IL nc
had his way no bills at all would be In
troduced in the next session. "as we
are suffering from too many bills now
He was for biennial or triennia' sessions
I Since the conference was canVaSslne
speakerphlp candidates II was suggested
that Z also look into the quaiihcatohs