The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-12
CHANCE YET FOR HIGGINS.
II Hes Not Named. His Friends Say. q Dark
Horse Will win.

III heb NOT Named, HIS FRIENDS say q Dark
Horse VIII win.
'It1l be either Higgins or a Republican
whose name has not been hitherto mem
toned was the verdict Of all Republican
politicians who discussed in the dark the
result Of the interview between President
Roosevelt and Gov. Higgins at Sycamore
Hill on Monday.
There lie a perfect understanding be-
tween the President and the Governor"
said a Republican at the Offices Of the Re
publican Congressional campaign commit
tee in the st. James Building, and any
body who believes to the contrary fails to
r~eoollect the events OF the last six months
and more. Higgins can have the nomina-
ton IL his friends are successful at the
primaries in New York and Kings counties
provided the Governor believes it advisable
for him to run again.
But the Governor will not be set aside
for Charles Z. Hughes, on the ground that
Mr. Hughes was the great man in bringing
about insurance reforms Mr.. Hughes
in this matter was merely the lawyer OF
the committee which was appointed by
Gov. Higgins after the Governor had
brought about the legislation which brought
the committee into life."
Another point the Republican politicians
brought out was that Gov. Higgins has a
very strong following among the rank
and Ale Of the party in all counties above
The Bronx, whereas Mr.. Hughes's name
has been scarcely mentioned a. a possible
candidate for Governor in the strong Re-
publican upstate counties.
Republicans at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
last night went on TO say that Mr.. Odell
in his onslaught on Gov. Higgins has won
for the Governor a regard from Republicans
who had been somewhat cool to him. II
was the opinion Of these Republicans that
Mr.. Odellw will be finished at the Republican
State convention in Saratoga on September
rs, that Gov Higgins and his friends will
do the job, and that after that Gov. Higgins
and his friends will decide themselves as
to the political future of the Governor.
Not one of the oldest Republicans at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel last night could recall
where a Republican State chairman before
Mr.. Odell's time had publicly assailed a
Republican Governor or a Republican
President. These Republican authorities
said that it had been the etiquette OF all
Republican State chairmen not to appear
in the public prints as critics Of a Repub-
lican Governor. Yet, Mr.. Odell, they said,
has violated the precedents Of fifty years,
because Of his personal feeling toward
Gov. Higgins. who refused to yield to MFR.
Odell in the matter OF political patronage.
A majority Of the Republicans who talked
yesterday said that Gov. Higgins had been
more than shabbily treated. not only by
Mr.. Odell and Mr.. Odell's friends, but by
Herbert f. Parsons, president Of the New
York Republican county committee, and
Timothy L. Woodruff, chief of the Kings
county Republican organization. Mr.. Par
sons and Mr.. Woodruff were criticised
severely because in their battle for suprem-
acy at the primaries they have neglected in
any way to speak up for Gov. Higgins or
the Governors administration, but on the
contrary have fought shy Of Gov. Higgins's
name and have not in any way given sup
port to the Governors administration