The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-08
THE NEW YORK NOMINATIONS

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Never were two state conventions Of
more potential Importance than those
which have been in session in New
York the past two days. A governor
of New York is always a possible
president of the United States, and it
is from this viewpoint that the con-
ventions have their chief interest.
The republicans have, as was ex-
pected, named Charles E. Hughes, the
lawyer who so ably and fearlessly con-
Quoted the insurance investigation last
winter and through the Importance Of
the issue raised. leaped from local to
national fame in a day. Mr.. Hughes,
if elected governor of his state this
fall, and especially if by good ma
jority, must be reckoned as presi-
Dental possibility in the republican
party, says the Minneapolis Journal.
He has come upon the scene when the
republican party of the empire state
was racked with factions and has re-
stored peace No faction owns him,
no boss claims him, no pledge binds
him. He is the most footloose states
man who has appeared on the repub-
lican horizon in recent years. He has
the confidence Of the people. He has
an unsullied record of splendid pro-
fessional service. He has great abil-
ity as a lawyer and apparently excep-
tional judgment as a public man.
The republicans made their nomi-
nation by reclamation. There was OPP
position to Hughes, but it was worn
down in the preliminary conferences
and disappeared.
The democrats were not so fortu-
nate. They named William r. Hearst,
on the first ballot it is true, but not
until the man VINO was about to re-
ceive the nomination mad been de-
nounced in a series of speeches the
most bitter and CALLING ever heard in
a convention in regard to the man
about to be honored. Jerome threat
ems a bolt and the democracy of New
York. divided as it is between Murphy
and Mcclellan, can hardly unite upon
the man who has denounced the boss
Of trin ho q
holding a stolen office. The platform,
moreover, is in direct contradiction of
the things which Hearsts newspapers
stand for. 1t appears to have been
drawn in anticipation of Jerome's nom
ination. 1t follows the precOnvention
speeches of the district attorney in
condemning socialism and municipal
experiments and in demanding a re-
turn to democratic conditions when
the government was excluded as much
as possible from interference with pri-
waite industry. 1t is strange platform
on which to run Hearst, the mouth
piece of every attack upon the "Plun-
derbund," which consists of every man
who has an interest in a franchis,
and who has declined to run from his
own at the shout of the yellow kid
The republican platform, on the
other hand, appears to assume that
the achievements of the national par
ty reflects sufficient glory on the staet
organization. 1t makes no very dis
tinct announcements on local matters.
1t comes to this that in New York
each candidate must be his own plat
form Mr.. Hughes will appeal to the
rational voters in both organizations.
Mr.. Hearst will appeal to the ciscon-
tented everywhere.
Let no one suppose there are not
enough of the latter to give Mr.. Hearst
standing, with or without a plat
form. The sad fact is that the state
of New York has been excessively
ring ridden, boss-corrupted and cor
will appeal to thousands who have
yearned to see the gentry who have
siezed the streets brought to their
knees
One cannot avoid the thought that
Hearst has weakened his appeal to
these people by seeking the nominal
ton of a convention dominated by
Murphy, the leading political scoun-
drel of the metropolis. AS the can
dldate of the Independence league, he
might have been gilded into a Sir
Galahad. AS the follower and retainer
Of Murphy, he becomes a disgusting
object. All of the natural objections