The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-12-04

Fl place. the Democracy would have
carried the state. chiefly thrO1g1 Re-
publican default. apathy. indifference
and. IL some cases. oTerconnccncs-
Roosevelt's administration Is Gov
eruor created an atmosphere IKE
that which comes with the northwest
sind after a week Of depressing dos
say weather. The anzneIsEs sad tsaL
be knew 10 finance. the economists
declared that be was not learned II
political economy; the dIettznte de-
cizred be Ess too unconventional,
and some % the choicest Of them the
psrlor politicians. those Who handle
politics with sugar to1gs. we're dis
pIeased with him. and some OF them
we're fond OF saying that Roosevelt
vas too fresh" The expression "a
quoted here because II was used o.
one politician conspicuous as an indie
pendent and a mugTump. But not
z-ithstsnding these criticisms. Rooss-
Z veIt-s administration gave splendid en-
I courzgemeut 20 the young meu % the
STATE. and they we're tempted into POI
itical activities, especially in this city,
and an activity which vas conspicu'
ously unselfish.
I Redeemed from Tammany's Power.
His influence permeated the entire
Z local organization. Il was controlled
when be became Governor by certain
I repellent Influences. its leadership
vas not wholly honest and far from
unseIfsh. Captain Norton Goddard, a
man OF great wealth and OF equal en-
thusiasm and zeal. plunged into the
heart Of one Of the East Side districts,
set up his civic club discovered that
most men who work for wages are as
self-respecting as intelligent, as con
scientious as those who live in the
brown-stone districts. and at last, up
on the election Of this month, this
district. once a banner district for
I Tammany hall. elected the fusion can
didate for alderman and was practl-
cally redeemed from Tammany inhu-
I ences-
& The leader Of the local organization
I for several years was at last forced
/ through the influence Of the younger
/ element 10 retire. and in his place
I came Robert c. Morris. a descendant
/ OF one OF the great intellects Of re-
I voluntionary days, a member Of a
/ truly typical. aristocratic family OF
\ New York. and a believer in the ideals
and al the same time in the stern, hari
! politics which are so peculiarly char
/ acteristic OF Mr. Roosevelt The hst
/ OF younger men whom Captain God
/ dard and Mr. Morris typify might be
/ greatly extended
odelI as Governor.
/ After Roosevelt. who was New York's
( contribution TO the Presidential ticket
of 1900 quilted the Governors chair
at Albany his place was taken by an
other. who had no other reputation
when nominated and elected Governor
than that which belongs TO the pro-
fessional practical politician. The
| mugwumps presumed that under Gov
! ernor Odelrs administration We should
have a government of New York
State from lower Broadway, New
/ York City. The Independents spoke Of
| Odell as the man and as Senator
4 Platt as the master. But Odell's in
augural message struck a new note,
u that seemed also 10 be reminiscent of
\ much that Governor Roosevelt had
said In one respect it was an ADLER
document than any that had come
I from Roosevelt. Odell as a business
man Of experience and success,
and as a practical politician, who had
never failed in any political work he
undertook. was in some respects bet
ter equipped for his responsibilities
when he became Governor than Roose-
welt was. He did understand taxa
ton as well as any man can master
that extremely difficult and compli-
Gated subject. at least in State like
New York He did know the meth
DDS. the rules. and the laws of fin
p nance, and he knew every politician
in New York his personal Characters
+, tics. his weakness, his strength, and
methods Therefore Odell in his mes
sage was able TO be detailed. where
Roosevelt had been general, but the
same flavor Of independence. of a
sense Of responsibility TO the people
= the same ideals. based upon the
theory that moral principle serves in
public life as well as in private or
? business relations. characterized
Odelrs first utterance as it had char.
! acterized all OF Roosevelt's.