The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-08
HIGGINS SLABS AT WOODRUFF.
SAYS THE WHOLE STATE TICKET
NIGHT HAVE BEEN ELECTED.
The GOV 90 Make Some More Appoint.
ments Before Tie Retires-Hughes
Appoints Robert II. Fuller Secretary
To Name Military stan In . Few Days.

Appoints Robert n. Fuller Secretary
To Name Military star In . Few Days.
Gov. Higgins, like Ex-Governor B. B..
OdeIl, Jr., SHE'D a brick yesterday at e1-
Lieut.. Gov. Timothy l.. Woodruf's man.
agement Of the Republican State campaign.
MIR. Woodruff as State Chairman has fired
back at Mr.. Odell, but yesterday afternoon
he said that it was apparent that there
was nothing personal in Gov. Higgins's
criticisms and so he had little thought of
replying TO them.
Gov. Higgins said: "The whole State
ticket might easily have been elected,
but a party can't succeed which makes
the mistake of conducting a campaign on
personalities rather than principles; it has
got to interest the people in its prin-
oiples. Now there never was a crew Of
State officers who worked more faithfully,
more efficiently or more intelligently
for the State than the present crew
Did you sec Mr.. Odell's criticism Of
the campaign management as asinine?'
mo, l didn't happen 10 see it, the Gov
ernor replied.
whom do you blame for the loss of the
rest of the ticket"
~Oh, / blame no ne.
Gov. Higgins went on to say that he had
read OF Mr.. Hughes's intention not TO in
terfere with the Legislature, and declared:
That was my policy; it was the one always
believed in; il is the proper policy"
Gov. Higgins said that he was going
away for a long rest. Il am glad TO lay
down the responsibilities of %office,. he
added, and in that Mrs. Higgins joins
ments which l shall attend to before the
end of the year"
Gov. Higgins by this it was said, meant
that he is to appoint the two County. Judges
in Kings county TO succeed Judges Asplnall
and Crane, who have been elected to the
Supreme Court bench OF the Second Depart
ment.
Several important Republicans have said
hat Gov. Higgins was to leave these two
appointments to his successor Mr.. Hughes,
but Mr.. Hughes said:
Il have not had any conversation what
ever with Gov. Higgins on the subject:
There is not going to be any wide
authority. Gov; Higgins will, assume,
continue to discharge all the duties Of the
Office until the end Of his term"
Governor ELECT Hughes yesterday APP
pointed Robert H. Fuller TO he his private
secretary. Mr.. Fuller, like Frank f. Perley,
Coy: Hisgins,s Secretary has been bs a le Fsan
on the Herald stan for a dozen years. He
is a Harvard man. having been graduated
at Cambridge in 1898. He subsequently,
worked on the Worcester Spy and the Albany
Etening Journal before going TO the herald.
Governor ELECT Hughes is TO go to Wash
ington to visit President Roosevelt on Tues
day, and on Thursday he il 10 speak in
Rochester at the dinner of the Chamber OF
Commerce. He expects TO begin TO live in
the Executive Mansion at Albany a day
or 20 after Christmas.
The Governor-elect In to announce his
military staff within a few days to give
"the pretty boys" time TO get their new
feathers and gold lace and fixin's.
Representative Herbert Parsons, presi-
dent of the New York Republican, county
committee, said yesterday that he had
nothing 10 do with Thomas l.. Hamilton's
appointment by Mayor Mcclellan to be
Tax Commissioner to succeed Samuel
Strashourger.
Were you oonsulted?"
81 was not" decisively replied Mr.. Par
sons. Mr.. Hamilton is the crOny OF William
Halpin. whom Mr.. Parsons supplanted
IA president Of the New York Republican
county committee.