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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
17
A bitter session over Governor Hughes message on gambling leads to heated Senate debate and party splits. Senators attack the Governor’s tone while parties align on anti gambling bills and calls for investigations. Assembly passes immigration commission proposal and seeks inquiry into criminal court administration.
Governor Hughes urged the Legislature to pass anti racetrack gambling measures, drawing praise from opponents in New York. Citizens Union chairman R. Fulton Cutting pledged to mobilize public opinion in support of restrictive betting controls.
Lieutenant Governor Chan ter spoke at the Young Men's Christian Association in Troy N Y on The Rights of American Citizenship. A resolution praised him for honesty and courage in breaking a tie to defeat racetrack bills, adopted unanimously by members from across political beliefs.
Telegraphed Albany report says the New York Assembly passed two bills by party vote aimed at ending the floater fraud in primaries and elections. They require hotel registries to record lodger signatures and descriptions and grant supervisory power to the State Superintendent for the Metropolitan District. Strong opposition from Democrats and Tammany, with Al Smith warning of disenfranchisement for those who cannot write. Assemblyman Robinson defended the measures as nondiscriminatory and needed, noting impact mainly south of Fourth Street. Big Tim Sullivan conceded potential loss of about thirty thousand votes if enacted.
Albany April 9 The Assembly passed two banking bills. One sets capitalization rules for branch banks and awaits Senate concurrence. The other requires monthly reports to the finance committee on securities loans and discounts. Sixteen banking reform bills moved to special order. two more advanced to final passage. Senate passed two Arm strong highway and Adirondack extension bills. Senate also approved Wilcox optometry regulation.
Thomas I Carmody of Penn Yan is expected to be the temporary and permanent chairman of the Democratic State Convention at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday. State Chairman Conners would not confirm the report but noted the temporary chairman had been chosen and was preparing a speech. Carmody, a fluent speaker, is in demand across the state and previously served as chief examiner of the State Civil Service Commission in 1%.
A four member slate backed by Governor Hughes allies is announced with General Stewart Woodford, ex mayor Seth Low, Frederick Hazzard of Syracuse, and Edward Butler of Buffalo. The plan, discussed by Woodford and state chairman Woodruff, seeks Chicago delegates at large acceptable to Hughes and his allies while triggering some discontent among Hughes supporters. Ex Governor Odell is dropped amid the talks, with local events at Hoffman House and Hotel Astor noted as upstate delegates begin arriving ahead of a Carnegie Hall convention. Ex Justice M Linn Bruce named temporary chairman. James S Sherman chosen permanent chairman.
In Pulaski on April 9 the Oswego County Democratic Convention produced two rival delegations, Bulger and Mansfield Culen, each claiming credentials and both un instructed. Other towns reported uninstructed delegates to the state convention, with county GOP in Sullivan endorsing Roosevelt and backing Hughes and Bradley.
Philadelphia April 9 The George Gray League forms in Pennsylvania to back Judge George Gray of Delaware for the Democratic presidential nomination. An executive committee drawn from across the state pledges to pursue his Denver convention nomination by all honorable means.
Albany April 9 John B Olmsted of Buffalo an independent Republican nominated by Governor Hughes to the Senate as a member of the Public Service Commission for the 24th District in place of Charles H Keep who resigned to lead the Knickerbocker Trust Company His biographical sketch notes he was born in Leroy Genesee County in 184 He graduated from Harvard studied in Germany admitted to the bar in 1879 and has been attorney for the Buffalo Pittsburgh Company since 1885 He has held multiple Buffalo civic posts including Civil Service Commission treasurer of the Buffalo Civil Service Reform Association and president of several clubs and associations His term ends February 1 112
Eighteen Porter Stevens Republicans meet in Lockport to uphold the 1st Assembly District convention stance refusing to seat 3rd Ward delegates by court order. They protest Merritt men for a rump convention and oppose Merritt moves to secure seats at the state convention in New York.
At a Taft Organization executive meeting in New York four vice presidents were chosen: Martin Terrmance of Poughkeepsie, William G. Phelps of Binghamton, A Hastings of Niagara Falls, and Danforth E K Ainsworth of Albany. Four new members joined the executive committee: Henry K. Cooper, William F. Atkinson, R. A. C. Smith, and W. J. Van Pelt.
William Jennings Bryan plans a trip from April 17 in New York to meet Mrs. Bryan in New York City as she returns from Europe. The itinerary indicates Bryan will be unavailable in Lincoln, Nebraska during the period.
The New York convention across districts selected instructed delegates, led by Herbert Parsons and Otto T. Barnard in the 13th, to vote for Governor Hughes. Other districts followed with Hughes pledges, while Roosevelt support and opposition critiques from leaders like Douglas and Agnew framed the nominations.
Westchester national committeeman William L Ward and Rep John E Andrus announced Taft as the choice of all 29 district delegates at White Plains. Ward cited a county poll showing Taft leading Hughes 750 to 300. he vowed to vote Taft on the first ballot in Chicago. Alternate delegates were Carpenter and Wainwright. electors named.
Dispatches from the Sth and 11th districts indicate La Follette delegates won there while Walter Alexander declared a Taft delegate in the 9th district. La Follette leads in the other 19th district as a supporter. Official returns will not be canvassed for ten days.
William Barnes Jr. pledged to vote for Tan in Chicago while opposing Governor Hughes. Barnes criticized Hughes as an independent, untrustworthy party custodian and said he would not vote for him. He and Horace S Van Voog were elected uninstructed delegates to the Chicago convention, which endorsed President Roosevelt and lamented a second nomination absence.
In Illinois and nearby states, Republican district conventions named delegates to the national convention and instructed them on presidential preference. Walter Hem ten and Robert D. Clark of Peoria were chosen in the th District, Frank H. Smith of Dwight and A. L. Phillips of Gibson in Bloomington, Otto E. Greeley and W. Eustis in Minnesota, General C. W. Curtin and J. H. Liningee in West Virginia, and Isadore H. Himes with John F Devine in Chicago. Delegates were directed to back Taft in most districts.
The Central Passenger Association recommends to Eastern railroad executives a summer rate of one and a half for conventions with attendance over one thousand. The resolution, backed by moderates, awaits final action at a special session next week. Beneficiaries include the Republican National Convention and events by the Grand Army of the Republic in Toledo, the National Educational Association in Cleveland, and the Baptist Young People's Union in Cleveland.
An elderly woman greeted Earle and his alleged second wife with carnations as they arrived from Hoboken. Earle, who had traveled to Monroe to claim a legacy from his grandmother, faced a hostile mob and threats of tar and feathering. His estranged wife Mia Eat reportedly sailed to Paris seeking a divorce after a quarrel over their separation.
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