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Show I RADICALS RULE I CONFERENCE IN I EMPIRE STATE H Republicans in Session in New Hi York Approve Direct State-Hj State-Hj ; wide Primary Law, Against Hj Wish of Chairman. I DELEGATES ALMOST EQUALLY DIVIDED H! Subject of Primaries Dis- H cussed by Republican Sen- Hi a tors; California Progrea- H; sives Out of Party. H M3W YORK", Dec. 5. The radicals ruled tho Ropublicnn sUto conference H; this afternoon and forced the approval 1 of a direct, Etatc-'wido primary law. j State Chairman William Barnes's mo- tion to rcaftrm tho more conservative i' primary plank in tho last Republican fl, i platform vms defeated" bj a voto of H 192 to 1S7. The radicals, led by Henry I. Stim- eon, former secretary of war, split with Mr. Barnes nnd his follOTverc over the 1 question of retaining party conventions. Tho state chairman's proposition was 1 that the conferenco favor the direct nomination of congressmen, members V' of the stnto legislature, county and i UHinirijml officcra; but kcop tho stnto H; convention for tho nomination of gov- 'Tiior and other oflicors on the state M, tn't. ct. Delegates to this convention vrro to bo chosen directly by tho i otcr?, iv ho hould have tho right alto to xprcss direct preference for nomi-i nomi-i I'PtiouH for Mate officers if they bo H Parly Emblems Opposed. ' This did not suit 31 r. Stimson and 1 I s friends and after a long debate H : ticv carried a smnll majority of tho , 'unferccs with them. Tho resolution H adopted declared that all candidates ' should stand on an equal footing. It ; opposed the use of party emblems on the general election ballot nnd tho fac- fl tional column on the primary ballot. 1 At the tame time it expressed belief ut part organization and reiterated i the belief of former Governor Hughes tij that tho direct primary should bo an i adjunct to nnd a check upon, rather than a substituto for tho deliberation H and conferenco of the party's rcpreBen- M' tuthes. Tho conference was called by ' the state committeo to recommend log- H islatioa to tho 'Republican members of ' the state assembly, which was returnod A to Republican control in the last olec- H tion. H Considered Binding. H Since nearly all tho Republican as- : Komblymcn-olcct participated in tho HI : conference, its recommendations were H considered binding and were accepted HJ as tho programme of tho assembly HJ majority at tho next regular session. HJ . The meeting recommended tho adop- HJ 1 tion of a vigorous compulsory work- HJ ingmen's compensation law, reform of HJ the rules of tho assembly and tho HJ amendment of tho state constitution HJ 1 to take all state officer except those HJ of governor and lioutonant governor HJ out of the electivo lint and empower HJ the governor to fill them by appolnt- Hl ment. Hi A motion to include judges of tho HJi court of appeals among tho officers to HJ bo appointed by the governor was de- Hs foated. HJ Befercnco to tho Progressives who M had left the party was made by Job HJ "E, Hedges, former candidate for gov- traor, who said: HJ "Let's toll them to come on back nnd stop thoir nonsense, and lot's get WILLIAM BARNES, JR., Republican state chairman chair-man of New York, who loses in fight in conference with the more radical members of tho party. |