Governor Hughes fights gambling push in Albany turmoil
The New York Senate and Assembly confront Governor Hughes over anti gambling measures as lawmakers clash on race track reforms. Debates rage about executive influence, with leaders like Grady and McCarren clashing over gambling policy and constitutional duties while factions align with or against the governor. Public figures push for commissions to investigate immigration and criminal court procedures amid broader political strife.
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Barnes
Iran
Grattan
Agnew
Hughes
Public Service Commissions
McCarren
Nira
Governor Hughes Pushes Anti Racetrack Gambling Bills
Governor Hughes urged the Legislature to pass anti racetrack gambling measures and vowed to fight for them. Opponents hailed the stance as a setback for betting interests in New York as Citizens Union leader R Fulton Cutting pledged renewed public mobilization.
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Hughes
New York
R. Fulton Cutting
Citizens Union
Lieutenant Governor Praised For Courageous Racetrack Vote
Lieutenant Governor Chan ter addressed the Young Men's Christian Association in Troy New York on The Rights of American Citizenship. A resolution commending him was unanimously adopted for breaking a tie to save the right to again present racetrack bills, reflecting broad political support.
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Tribune
Troy
N. X
Chanter
Young Men's Christian Association
Floater bills passed in Albany to curb election fraud
By telegraph to The Tribune Albany April 9 the assembly approved two bills by Assemblyman E R Robinson aimed at eliminating the floater fraud in primaries and elections. The measures require hotel keepers to keep on file registries of signatures and descriptions and grant the Metropolitan District superintendent supervisory power. Supported by the New York Republican committee, the bills faced fierce Democratic opposition led by Tammany members and Al Smith who warned of disenfranchisement for the illiterate. Robinson countered they protect fundamental rights and apply mainly south of 14th Street. Big Tim Sullivan warned he would lose thirty thousand votes if enacted.
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Senate
Walter Laidlaw
Citizens
August Belmont
Jockey Club
Cutting
New York
Hughes
Fuller
Taylor
Greater
Gilchrist
Brooklyn
New York City
City of
Laidlaw
Empire State
Percy-Gray
Belmont
Albany
Michael J. Flaherty
Kings County
East 19Th Street
Merchants’ Association of New York
Tribune
Assembly
E. R. Robinson
New York Corn Republican Committee
al” Smith
14Th Street
Paradise
Jimmy” Oliver
Bowery
Robinson
Tim’ Sullivan
Banking bills pass in Assembly and Senate actions noted
Albany April 9 Assembly approves two banking measures. One raises capitalization for branch banks and aligns with Senate amendments pending concurrence. The other requires monthly reporting to the finance committee on securities loans and discounts. Eight banking reform bills set as special orders for next Thursday. Senate advances six bills as special orders and two for final passage. Also includes transfer of bank supervision duties and governor Hughes message. Senate approves Arm strong highway repair and Adirondack preserve expansion bills, and Wilcox optometry regulation measure.
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Albany
Assembly
Senate
House
Finance Committee
Hughes
Armstrong
Adirondack
Wilcox
Carmody Named Democratic State Convention Chairman
Thomas I. Carmody of Penn Yan is reported to be the temporary and permanent chairman of the Democratic State Convention in Carnegie Hall on Tuesday. State Chairman Conners would not confirm but said the temporary chairman had been chosen and would have a speech ready. Carmody, a lawyer and former chief examiner of the State Civil Service Commission in 18%, is a fluent speaker in statewide campaigns.
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Thomas I. Carmody
Penn Yan
Waldorf
Conners
Carnegie Hall
Carmody
State Civil Service Commission
Big Four Slate Emerges In Hughes Circle
A four member slate led by General Stewart L. Woodford and including ex Mayor Seth Low Frederick H. Hazzard and Edward W. Butler was announced amid party maneuvering for the Chicago convention. The plan drew both support and criticism among Hughes backers while Odell was dropped and Woodford named as eligible. Upstate delegates arrived as the state committee prepared for Carnegie Hall proceedings with Ex Justice M Linn Bruce as temporary chair and James S Sherman as permanent chair.
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Hughes
Stewart L. Woodford
National Hughes League
Seth Low
Frederick H. Hazzard
Syracuse
Edward W. Butler
Buffalo
the Evening News
Woodruff
General Woodford
Lotus Club
Albany
Chicago
Hughes State League
John E. Milholland
Schurman
Cornell University
Philippines
Odell
Woodford
Mr. Woodruff
Tim
Low
Hazzard
Erie County
Butler
Upstate
Hoffman House
Greiner
John G. Wickser
Hotel Astor
State Committee
Carnegie Hall
M. Linn Bruce
James S. Sherman
Upstate Conventions Split Delegates Throughout New York
In Pulaski Oswego County split for Bulger and Mansfield Cullen factions at the Democratic convention with both delegations uninstructed. Columbia County Democrats chose uninstructed delegates with no resolutions. Orange County Assembly District 2 voted uninstructed. Westchester District 1 chose uninstructed delegates aligned with Tammany. Westchester 3rd District elected delegates with new resolutions. Sullivan Republicans endorsed Roosevelt administration and instructed delegates for Hughes and Bradley.
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Pulaski
N. Y
Oswego County
Bulger
Mansfield-Cullen
Gray boom for Democratic nomination starts in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia April 9 the George Gray League organized in the city to back Judge George Gray of Delaware for the Democratic presidential nomination. An executive committee of leading Democrats from across the state was named and pledges were made to use honorable means to secure Gray's nomination at the Denver convention.
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Philadelphia
George Gray
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Hughes Nominates Olmsted to Public Service Commission
Governor Hughes names John B. Olmsted of Buffalo an independent Republican to the New York Public Service Commission for the 24th District replacing Charles H. Keep who resigned to head the Knickerbocker Trust Company. Olmsted, born in Leroy Genesee County in 184, Harvard graduate, has been Buffalo lawyer and Civil Service official. His term ends February 1 1912.
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Albany
John B. Olmsted
Buffalo
Senate
Hughes
Public Service Commission
Charles H. Keep
Knickerbocker Trust Company
New York
Committee On Finance
Olmsted
Executive Chamber
Leroy
Genesee County
Harvard University
Heidelberg University
Germany
Buffalo-Pittsburg Company
Civil Service Commission of Buffalo
Buffalo Civil Service Reform Association
2D Ward Good Government Club
Garfield and Arthur Club
Saturn Club
Liberal Club
Harvard Association of Western New York
Buffalo Municipal League
University of Buffalo
Porter Stevens Republicans Protest In Lockport
Eighteen Porter-Stevens members of the Republican County Committee meet in Lockport New York and adopt resolutions upholding the 1st Assembly District convention action on refusing to seat Ward delegates by court order. They protest Merritt faction efforts at a rump convention and urge the state convention to reject Merritt seats.
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Lockport
N. Y
Porter-Stevens
Republican County Committee
1St Assembly District
Fd Ward
Merritt
New York
Taft League elects vice presidents in New York
At a Taft Organization executive committee meeting in New York four vice presidents were elected: Martin Hlerrmance of Poughkeepsie, William G. Phelps of Binghamton, A. C. Hastings of Niagara Falls, and Danforth E. Armsworth of Albany. The committee also added Henry Db. Cooper, William F. Atkinson, R. A. Smith, and W. J. Van Pelt to the executive slate.
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Taft Organization
State of New York
Martin Hlerrmance
Poughkeepsie
William G. Phelps
Binghamton
A. C. Hastings
Niagara Falls
Danforth E. Armsworth
Albany
Henry Db. Cooper
William F. Atkinson
R. A. ©. Smith
W. J. van Pelt
Bryan Plans New York Trip with Mrs Bryan Return
Lincoln Neb April William J Bryan will be in New York State from April 17 to end. In New York City he will meet Mrs Bryan who is expected to return from Europe.
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Lincoln
Neb
William £ Bryan
New York State
New York City
Bryan
Europe
Delegates Chosen to Back Hughes at State Convention
New York delegates at the Republican convention were instructed to vote for Governor Hughes or withdraw. Key districts named Hughes supporters including Parsons and Barnard, with Beattie and Dady clashing in Brooklyn. Roosevelt praised. Agnew absent, Douglas promising Hughes nomination as leading rival fades.
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Hughes
Herbert Parsons
Otto T. Barnard
Republican State Committee
Guy van Amringe
Alexander V. Campbell
Stewart L. Woodford
Whitman
Roosevelt
Parsons
G. B. Agnew
Douglas
Agnew
Union
New York
Ith
George E. Waldo
Kracke
18Th Assembly
F. A. M. Burrell
William M. Calder
Alfred E. Vass
Westchester Delegates Back Taft for President at Convention
At White Plains the Westchester County delegation voted all 29 delegates for Taft after a straw ballot between Hughes and Taft. Ward reported 75¢ of 14 county names in favor of Taft and 300 for Hughes in a county poll. Other districts chose Hughes supporters for national delegates.
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William L. Ward
John FE. Andrus
White Plains
Mr. Ward
Taft
Hughes
Chicago
Westchester County
Francis M. Carpenter
J. Mayhew Wainwright
Franklin Q. Brown
Dobbs Ferry
Taft Delegate Leads In Wisconsin Race
Dispatches indicate LaFollette delegates elected in the Seventh District and a Taft delegate Walter Alexander in the Nineteenth District. Other districts favor La Follette with unofficial returns awaiting canvass for ten days.
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Milwaukee
LaPollette
Walter Alexander
Taft
la Follette
Barnes Prefers Tat to Hughes for Chicago Delegation
William Barnes Jr announces support for Taft and against Governor Hughes in the New York Republican delegation race. He and Horace S Van Vogg win Chicago convention slots as uninstructed delegates, backing Roosevelt administration and opposing a Hughes candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Barnes
Chicago
Horace S. van Vogg
Schenectady
Roosevelt
Hughes
Delegates Named Across Districts for Taft Ticket
A series of Republican district conventions named delegates to the national convention. Walter S Hemton and Robert D Clark were chosen in Peoria to support Taft. In Bloomington Frank H Smith and A L Phillips were named. Otto E Greeley and W Eustis were chosen in Minnesota’s Air Congress District for Taft. C W Curtin and J H Liningee were picked in Parkersburg West Virginia with M R Luther as elector. Isadore H Himes and John F Devine earned the Sh Congress District seats for Cas son.
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Peoria
Walter S Hemton
Robert D. Clark
Cannon
Bloomington
Frank H Smith
Dwight
A. L. Phillips
Gibson
Minneapolis
Otto E. Greeley
W. Eustis
Air Congress
Minnesota
Taft
Parkersburg
Boston
Wiliam H. Taft
Curtis Guild of
Massachusetts
11Th Congress District
J R Clark
Charles H. Innis
Chicago
Isadore H. Himes
John F. Devine
Cook County
Casson
Special Convention Rates Considered by Rail Leaders
The Central Passenger Association urged Eastern railroads to set a summer rate of one and a half times the fare for conventions with more than a thousand attendees. After support from some opposed lines, a special session will decide final action next week. Beneficiaries include the Republican National Convention and conventions of the Grand Army of the Republic in Toledo, the National Educational Association in Cleveland, and the Baptist Young People's Union in Cleveland.
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Chicago
Central
Republica National Convention
I Grand Army of the Republic
Toledo
The
Mational Educational Association
Cleveland
Baptist Young People’s Union
Earle Family Turmoil Ends With Fjord of Disputes
An elderly Hoboken woman presented carnations to Mrs Earle as relations of Earle arranged a Paris divorce. Earle and Miss Kuttner claimed they were soul mates, while Mrs Earle sailed to Paris with the child to pursue a divorce. Earle faced hostility upon reaching Monroe with townspeople threatening him, tearing clothes and seeking to tar and feather.
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Hoboken
Earle
Monroe
Elizabeth P Lane
No. 12
East 17Th Street
Paris
Miss Kuttner
New York
Kuttner
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Lowville
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