The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-06
PREDICT Big BOLT
TO DEFEAT HINMAN
Anti Barnes Men Declare That
He Won't Get Speaker
ship Nomination.
HIS FRIENDS CONFIDENT
Independents Hold a Confer.
cncc and Adopt the Revised
Assembly Rules.

ALBANY, Jan. 5-Those who are man
aging the canvass of Assembyman Har-
old J. Human of Albany for the Repub-
lcan nomination for Speaker declared
late tonight that there would not be
enough insurgents remaining away from
the Republican caucus tomorrow night
to defeat Mr. Humans nomination.
Ogden Mills. who liz organizing the oppo-
sition to the selection by the Republican
caucus of Barnes candidate for
Speaker. was equally positive that enough
Republicans would avoid the caucus TO
compel a compromise on the Speaker
ship.
He said he expected seven Republican
Assemblymen to bolt the caucus. This
would reduce the Republican strength In
the caucus from 10 to 70. or four less
than the IS votes needed to elect n
Speaker when the Assembly organizes
At noon on Wednesday, II the l5J As
semblymen are all present
But the Republican organization lead
ers intin1ated that II only four or five or
the Republican Assemblymen remained
away from the caucus they had re-
serve strength OF three or four Assembly
men not aligned openly with the Repub-
leans who could be depended upon to
make up the necessary seventy-six votes
to elect the Republican caucus nominee
for Speaker.
old Lac Republicans Present.
Old line Republicans from all sections
81 the State have descended upon Albany
and are urging the Republican Assembly,
men to attend the party caucus to-mor-
row night no matter what may be their
individual views upon the Speakershp
question. These local Republican leaders
have rot been In Albany for quite a long
time and the hotel Hobbies presented to-
night all the appearance OF old time legis-
lative contests when the Republicans were
In power.
While neither Assemblyman Human nor
his friends would admit that he had the
pledge OF anywhere near thirty-nine Re-
publican Assemblymen. II majority OF the
caucus the general opinion was that Mr..
Human was a second choice OF a number
of Assemblymen who are for MacDon-
aid OF Franklin, Hoff Of Kings. sweet
Of Oswego and Sullivan OF Chautauqua.
Mr.. Humans friends feel certain that
unless the insurgents who remain away
from the Republican caucus tomorrow
night number ten or dozen. his nominal
ton and subsequent election would DO
the natural outcome OF this situation.
The Progrcssvcs. represented here by
State Chairman Theodore Douglas Robin.
son, Chauncey ]. Hamlin of Erie and Fred
srick w. Davenport of Clinton were work.
ing hard t. corral "A sufficient number OF in
dependent Republicans who would agree
to remain away from tho Republican
caucus.
Other Anti-Barncs Men Meet.
Ogden Mills. Henry l.. Stimson and
Samuel Koenig OF New York. Senator
Seth Heacock OF Herkimer, Representa-
tives Charles NJ. Hamilton OF Chautauqua
and James Parker of WASHINGTON. Luther
W. Mott, Jr., OF Oswego, Edward Schoe-
neck of Syracuse. Fred Greiner Of Buffalo.
Senator Charles :. Hewitt OF Cayuga and
, ether anti.Barnes men also met tonight
70 discuss the situation. They are work.
ins aeains, Mr. Human.
Walter z. Amt. representing the
Young Progressive Republicans. has ar
ranged for meeting OF the candidates
for the Republican nomination for
Speaker tomorrow morning to agree
upon the amendments to the rules, which
will be made a caucus question. II 10
expected this conference also will select
the member who shall act as chairman Of
the caucus, 80 that there will be no dlf-
ferences to divide the caucus
In Robinson's room In the Hotel Ten
Eyck twenty-nine Assemblymen, who de-
Glare they are following the nag OF In
dependence, met again tonight to con-
slider the reports OF committees appointed
q the New York city conferences. There
were present eighteen Prosressives, Ave
Democrats and six Republicans. all but
enc Of the Democrats having been elected
~ Progressive votes.
Assemblyman Crane, chairman Of tho
committee appointed to report on candi.
dates for Speaker. submitted q tabulation
showing their votes on Progressive meas
vres while In tho Assembly. but made no
recommendation that the conference In
lorse q candidate for Speaker.
Uya ~
e0rencs held earlier In the evening nv
the Progressive leaders and q few indie
pendent Republican Assemblymen Tho
Human leaders declared that tho indie
pendent conference did not unite on a
candidate for the reason that they can.
not, as many OF their members would de-
sert them II their favorites should be
eowled out as candidates for Speaker.
Knspp's Declaration.
Assembiyman Knapp, Republican, OF
Chemung declared that he would not at
tend the r publican caucus and he hoped
enough other Republican Assemblymen
would take similar course as to render
Ineffective any nomination the Republican
caucus might make.
Assemblymen Brennan ani McQuis-
zion of Kings, Howard OF Schuyler and
Eadie of Queens, who attended the In
dependents conference. did not announce
insurgency although Mr.. Knapp declared
that he thought there were at least ten
Republicans who would not attend the
party caucus. Mr.. Crane already has
announced that he will not attend the
caucus, and so has Mr. Nelson.
Besides the eighteen regular Progress
sives who attended this conference these
Democrats also were present: Sulzer
and Waller of Manhattan. Wright OF
Orleans. Gallup and RITZ OF Monroe
Assemblyman Alya w. Buringame Jr
and ex-senator Eugene NJ. Travis of
Kings. were looking after the interests OF
Assemblyman Almeth w. Hon. Brooklvn's
candidate for Speaker. They insisted he
had from II to IS votes and that Kings
held the balance OF power IN this situa-
tion. They resented the suggestion that
IIon was n stalking horse for Human and
insisted that this was one time when the
Kings county Republicans could not be
charged with backing a candidate for the
purpose of making deals.
The only political activity Of Assembly
man William Suzer to-day was to attend
the conference OF Independents tonight
During the day he and Mrs Sulzer walked