New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-10
Glynn and McCOmbs Prom
ised Aid in Making
Osborn Chairman.
SURVEY FOR DEEPER
HUDSON Is ASSURED
Governor Appears Before Two
House Committees Urging
Water Legislation.
From Tho Tribune Bureau

Washington. Feb. Ex-Governor Glynn
and William f. McCombs conferred with
President Wilson to-day on the reorgani-
cation OF the New York State Democracy.
agreeing that william Church Osborn
was the best person 10 supplant Palmer
| as state chairman, after which the Gov
! ernor appeared before the Foreign Af-
fairs and Rivers and Harbors commit
| tees OF the House. ffls plea for legisla-
ton giving the state control OF the
! Niagara waters apparently had little e.
feet on the Foreign Affairs Committee,
/ but he left Washington tonight virtually
assured by the Rivers and Harbors Com
mittee that the appropriation bill to be
reported this week would provide for
survey and estimate Of the cost OF deepen
| ing the Hudson.
Mr. Osborn Is regarded by President
Wilson as possessed Of the necessary
qualifications to LATHE with the Tammany
forces in New York. The President freely
| admitted before the conference that he
was deeply interested" i'm the political
affairs i'm that state but suggested that
the ideas must come from New York.
That he intends TO keep in close touch
| with the reorganization plans, neverthe-
| less. is beyond the slightest question.
| The situation in New York City will be
i'm the hands of Mayor Mitchell and Dud-
lev Field Malone while Governor Glynn
and Mr. Osborn, with Franklin ID. Roose-
I welt, Assistant Secretary Of the Navy,
will wage the fight upstate for the new
freedom"
REPORTS that Mr. McCombs intended to
/ retire from the national Craftsmanship ana
would be succeeded by Secretary Tumulty
were set at rest by the latter. who said
! Mr.. McCombs was more deeply occupied
than ever in working out the state situa-
tons. and had every intention of con-
| tnuing as chairman.
! Rumors that Mr.. McCombs or Governor
| Glynn might become candidates for the
| United States Senate To succeed Senator
Root brought no comment from either.
1t was said authoritatively however, that
| candidates for the Senate were not men,
toned in to-day's White House confer
ence
channel p feet deep and at least as
vide as the present channel and basin IN
| the Hudson River from Hudson City 10
the dam at Troy is contemplated In
the survey and estimate of cost promised
by the Rivers and Iarbors Committee,
with a view to promoting commerce be-
tween the great lakes and New York
Harbor. II was indicated that provision
also would he made for the recently an
nounced plan for Improvement OF the
East River. including the removal OF the
dangerous lodges in the Hell Gate and
Coentics Rock sections.
The Governor quoted a traffic expert as
estimating that a deeper waterway MP the
Hudson TO Albany and Troy would save
the country S2oo1o,00D year in freight
charges on westbound traffic. He pointed
out that the state already had spent 500
Ooono on canals, and that deep channel
in the Hudson would increase traffic %
per cnt.
| Governor Glynn became involved IN
lively colloquy with Representative Cline.
of Indiana, Democrat, and Cooper, OF
| Wisconsin, and Bartholdt, OF Missouri,
Republicans, when he appeared before the
Foreign Affairs Committee. When Mr..
Cline intimated that the New York Legs
lature had turned over the Long Sault
I Rapids in the St. Lawrence. with vast
horsepower, TO the Aluminium Company
of America, at a merely nominal price
and without any time limit. the Gov
ernor said that it had not been done in
his party's administration.
Representative Bartholdt. OF Missouri.
took the Governor to task for frequent
references 10 party politics In connection
with legislation regarding water power
development, saying that in question of
the relation OF the federal and state gov
ernmcnts party politics did not figure.
Representative Cooper asked when GER
tain corrective bills regarding water
power legislation had been introduced and
Governor Glynn holly resented what he
took as an inference that the bills had
been introduced since the last conference
OF the Foreign Affairs Committee with
the New York legislative committee.
Mayor Mitchell said yesterday he hoped
that the conference which Governor
Glynn and William F. McCombs had with
President Wilson would result in their
getting into complete accord" on the
New York state political situation.
"Will you cooperate with them?' the
MAYOR was asked
If YOU mean will / cooperate indi-
vidually," he replied. II will answer yes.
But in no circumstances will any one get
this administration mixed up in politics
The Mayor said he mad no appointment
TO meet Governor Glynn to-day, but lie
expected 10 see him. He wanted 10 talk
with him about city legislation.