New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-07
Barnes Men Disappointed
at Humans Poor
Showing.
SEVEN CANDIDATES
PUT IN NOMINATION
Agreement for Open Con-
ference First Setback
for Machine.
IN SESSION ALL NIGHT
Minor Assembly Officers Named
by Republicans Without
Trouble.
IBy TeIesranh 70 The rrlhnne !


Albany, Jan. Wednesday,
Thaddeus C. Sweet, Of Osweeo, was
nominated Speaker Of the Assembly by
the Republican caucus at 2:40 o'clock
this morning on the twentieth ballot.
Hirman and Macdonald dropped out
after the nineteenth, and their votes
and their following went to Sweet
The final vote was: Sweet. AZ;
HoH, IS; Horton, 8; Sullivan, 2. and
Tallett 2.
Immediately following the announce
ment OF the vote, Assembly Bur
| lingame. manager OF Hon's candidacy.
| announced his candidates fight was
not ended. Burlingame asked the
chairman of the conference il Sweets
| selection was binding on all Of the Re
| publicans, and the answer was that
| Sweet merely was the choice Of the
majority of the conference.
At 2:45 o'clock the conference ad-
| journed for half an hour. at the end Of
consider proposed changes in the
| rules.
There was but little change from the
first vote until the seventeenth bal
lot when Hinman dropped to nine
teen, and a new candidate. Brereton.
secretary Of the conference. appeared
| with two votes. Breretons supporters
were Hopkins. who had been vacillat-
ing between Hinman. Sweet and Mac
Donald, and Law, of Westchester. who
had been up to then with Hoff on
the eighteenth ballot. however, Sweet
passed Hinman. with a vote OF twenty,
leading Hinman by one.
The four ballots taken between mid
night and o'clock this morning gave
no indications of the deadlock being
broken. In the twelfth and thirteenth
Hinman lost ground. but in the four
teenth he reganed his loss Of >. max
ing him again Il. The fourteenth gave
Sweet IS and Hoff If.
on the fifteenth ballot Phillips lef-
Sweet and went TO Hinman, giving the
latter 22, his largest vote and leaving
Sweet with II. The vote follows:
| Hinman Adler Baxter, Boyd.
! Blakely, Chase, Dubois. Dewitt. Ellen
bogen Grimler Hopkins, lie Fevre, Ma
lone. Mackey, Magee, Murphy, Pratt,
Seelye, Talmage, Wood, Phillips. Wells.
Wilson-22
| Sweet-Bewley Bockes. Christman,
Fuess, Fuller, Grant, Gillett, Jones
| (Chenango), Machod, Montgomery.
Maier. Moore, Quick, Springer, Tai
lett. Wheeler. Webb-1I
Hoff-Ahern, Brennan, Burlingame.
| Conkling, Flamman. Green, Garbe.
Karutz, Langhorst, Lockwood, Law,
Mathewson McQuestion, Simpson-l4
Horton-Crane. Eadie, Gage How
ard, Knapp, Knight. Nelson, Preswick,
Stoddard, Thorn--lO.
Macdonald Brereton. Fairbanks.
Jones (Jefferson) Kenyon, Seaker.
! Smiths.
Sullivan-Cheney. Ferry
Tallett-Arnst. Buechler-2
| Even the most ardent Hinman ad-
herents were willing 10 go half way
and admit that the outlook for Hinman
was dark. though they would not con-
cede his defeat
Samuel 5. Koenig. Herbert Parsons.
| Henry L. Stimson. ogden l.. Mills and
other ant! Barnes leaders watched the
fight with pleased expressions as the
eakness OF the Hinman- Barnes CON-
bination was apparent
Caucus Plan Defeated.
| The anti Barnes forces won their
first battle in the fight for the Speak
ership, when the seventy-nine Repub-
lican Assemblymen unanimously decid-
ed last night TO nominate their choice
for Speaker in an open conference.
This was brought about By the untiring
endeavors OF the anti-Barnes leaders.
who obtained promises from all the
candidates earlier in the day 10 stand
| for an open conference.
The Republican majority was called
10 order at s47 o'clock last night by
ex- x-Assemblyman Herbert l.. Allen, Of
! Oneida, Icy virtue of his appointment
as chairman of the caucus committee
Of 1918. No sooner had Mr.. Allen an
nounced the assemblage In caucus than
Samuel A. Jones. OF Chenango. intro
duced a resolution changing the caucux
to conference.
We are called together TO enact
| legislation which will be for the best
| interest OF the state" said Mr.. Jones.
in offering his resolution and by our
| acts we will win glory or shame
hope that all the candidates for Speak
er-fIinman, HCn, Sweet. Sullivan.
Macdonald and any others-wlll be
given lair show and will be voted for
until one is elected There Is no rea.