New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-07
Committee Reports AID
versely on Whitmans
Nomination
Tammany and C. o. P.
Join in Opposition
Schurman and Wieting
Also Proposed for
Commission

ALBANY. Sept. En- the face Of the
combined opposition of "old guard Re-
rublicans and Tsmmany Democrats
the supporters Of Governor Whitman
tonight forced an adjournment OF the
Senate until tomorrow, and in the
meantime they expect 70 get enough
votes 10 confirm the Governors ap-
pointment Of George W. Perkins ~
head Of the State Food Control Com
mission.
The vote to adjourn was % to Il, but
the followers Of the Brown-Wagner
combination are still confident that
,hev can beat Perkins. They declare
that many Of the anti-Perkins men
voted TO adjourn merely because they
believe that Senators WHO were absent
TODAY should have q chance TO be re-
corded in the vote.
In the absence Of Governor Whitman,
who was in Rochester, the names or
Mr.. Perkins. Jacob Gould Schurmsn, Of
Cornell. and Charles A. Weiting, OF
Cobleskill, we're sent TO the Senate
when it reconvened this afternoon. as
the three members Of the State Food
Control Commission.
Committee Reports Adversely
Tho appointments were referred TO
the Finance Committee, which, by
vote Of 10 to 1, submitted an adverse
,anort on Perkins. Senator'S Walters,
Whitney. George L. Thompson and
George +. Thompson are the four who
voted for confirmation. The appoint
men1s OF Schurmsn and Weiting were
unanimously favored.
When the Senate met tonight to re-
coiye this report, Senator Walters. who
lead the Whitman forces. moved to ad-
iourn until tomorrow morning at II
o'clock. lie knew he did not have
enough votes to confirm Perkins and
sought 10 gain strength by time. A
canvass Of the thirty-seven Senators
present before the evening session, 1t is
understood, showed that Perkins could
only get seventeen votes.
For this reason Senator Elon K.
Brown, the "old guard" leader, and Min
ority Leader Robert +. Wagner, the Tam
Iaarv representative, made a hard fight
against the motion 20 adjourn. They
we're determined 70 dispose OF Perkins
and end the session while they had the
votes.
Brown Urges Action
The Finance Committee" said Senator
al. I. ,crN An
Perkins and if this report is Endorsed
tonight, the Governor will have q
chance TO ill the vacancy tomorrow.
II Perkins is confirmed there is no rea-
son why We can't finish up our bust
ness now. If we adjourn until to-mor-
row. this session may continue over
until next week
Senator Walters, however, had out
generated his opponents. He had
quietly persuaded many OF the anti
Perkins men that because Of the fact
that many of the members could not
set TO Albany to-day an adjournment
should be taken 10 give them chance
10 vote. Al the same time Senator
Brown, with the assistance of Senator
Sage. Of Albany; Senator Slater, Of
Westchester, and Theodore Douglas
Robinson, nephew Of Colonel Roose-
welt, had been lining up Republicans
against Perkins, while Senator Wagner
was doing the same thing among the
Democrats.
Tammany Orders Defied
Several wavering Democrats were
bolstered up by telephone orders from
their Tammany district leaders to beat
Perkins, but at least three Of them are
known to have dehcd the mandates of
the Fourteenth Street Wigwam. SEN
ator Sheridan, in whose district Per
kinS lives. made no secret of the fact
that he intended to vote for all of the
Governors appCintees.
The result OF the fight On Perkins
tomorrow is doubtful, but it is not
believed that Governor Whitman will
permit the extra session to adjourn
until he is confirmed, if it takes weeks
60 do II. Some Of the followers Of
the Brown-WaPner combination admit
ted tonight that they did not know
whether they could hold all Of their
men in line. ard il is expected tina.
when Governor Whitman gets back 70
Albany he will put up a fight for his
candidate which will bring many Of
the waverinG Senator'S over to the Per
liDs side