The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-08
NEITHER HUGHES NOR HIGGINS
SENTIMENT IN FAVOR or A THIRD
CANDIDATE GROWS.

This stAte-Senator Bracket JOlns
Stevens ~ N Announced Candidate.
Gov. Higgins. even his Republican friends
admitted yesterday, Il daily losing ground.
This statement was supplemented by an
other. from unquestionAbls sources, that
Herbert Parsons, president Of the New
York Republican county committee, VII
at the proper time make 1t known that hs
Is not committed to Gov. H~iggins's re-
nomination. Mr.. Parsons's friends said
that such q course on his part had become
absolutely necessary II he wished to rs-
main head Of the New York Republican
county organization.
Neither New York nor Kings county II
for the Governors denomination said this
influential Republican. who Is in the con-
fdence Of President Roosevelt and Is ons
OF Mr.. Parsons's political advisers. And
odeIi md Quigg in New York county and
Dsdy In Kings county Rave secured some
political capital by thrusting forward
Charles E. Hughes az their candidate for
Governor. Woodruff in Brooklyn has not
yet dropped Higgins. but from what ! know
Of the situation Woodruff at the proper
time will follow the example Of Parsons
In New York county and make it known
that be IL not committed to the Governors
denomination"
Senator Bracket Of Saratoga Springs
was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday.
When asked II he was a candidate for Gov
enor he replied:
sYes, / am q candidate real, living.
breathing candidate on my own PLATFORM
Senator Braokett gravely questioned
the political decency' OF Edward H. Healy's
removal as Deputy State Excise Commits
sioner because he had spoken up for odell
in the latter's controversy with Gov.
Higgins, and the Senator also Seid that
the ~disciplining Of Jacob A. Livingston
Of Brooklyn by Mr.. Woodruff because
Livingston voted with Gov. Higgins's
adversaries at the Republican State COM
mittee meeting was contrary TO political
righteousness.
Some of the very highest Federal officials
said yesterday that without doubt President
Roosevelt favored the nomination Of Charles
e. Hughes for Governor; that the President
had personally lost patience viii Gov.
Higgins last spring when the Governor
did not follow up the effort to r~eorganize
the party rs illustrated in the election Of
Wadsworth for Speaker and Parsons for
head Of The New York Republican county
committee by turning out Oden Al chair
man Of the Republican State committee.
While President Roosevelt, II was said,
admits that Gov. Higgins's administration
| haa fAA1 nlAan and rrOOraaafua hA dOoa
not believe that the Governor IL the strong
est candidate for the Republicans to put
forward this fall and at the present moment
the Presidents leanings, IL was proclaimed
are all favorable to Mr.. Hughes.
Gov. Higgins has fifty or more delegates
pledged to him In the convention and Sena-
tor Brackett has sixty or seventy. Gov.
Higgns's friends admitted yesterday that
New York and Kings counties were opposed
to the Governors denomination, but the
Governors friends went on to point out
that In all upstate districts which furnish
the Republican majorities on election
day, Gov. Higgins is looked Upon as the
strongest candidate and that very little 10
heard of Mr.. Hughes. Some Of the Repub-
loans went on to say that neither Gov.
Higgins nor Mr.. Hughes Is the strongest
candidate that could be selected and that
there 10 very grave talk that the fight now
going on at the primaries In New York and
Kings counties will result in bringing TO
the front a new and hitherto unmentioned
candidate for Governor who will represent
In his person and ability and political senti-
ments the wishes Of President Roosevelt.
The machine Republicans, il was furthsr
stated, do not want Gov. Higgins and neither
do they want Mr.. Hughes. Thousands Of
Republicans, It was stated, are incensed at
both the Governor and Mr.. Hughes because
only Republicans were smashed in the ins
suranoe inquisition. 1t was insisted that
Senator Stevens Of Attica In his gas inveSti-
CATION did very much more for the plain
people than Gov. Higgins or Mr.. Hughes
did In the insurance investigation.
The names Of Senator Bracket and
Senator Stevens were very prominently
mentioned yesterday, but the RepubN-
pans who said that they knew what
they were talking about made 1t clear that
! neither Senator Bracket nor Senator
Stevens represented exactly the Roosevelt
idea In politics any more than did Gov.
Higgins or Mr.. Hughes, and that things were
getting into such a tangle that there was q
probability that at the last moment a can
didate thoroughly imbued with President
ROOSEVELT policies would be brought TO the
front.
The President" said one Of his closest
friends yesterday, will not dictate the
nomination for Governor for policy sake.
I wish he would throw away policy and
como out and absolutely dictate the oandi-
date the Republican State convention is to
name for Governor. The only man who
can win this State for the Republicans this
fall IL President Roosevelt. Our people
wouldn't care a button IL the President
came right out and absolutely dictated the
candidate for Governor.
What we need more at this very moment
and all during the campaign ia more OF
Roosevelt and less Of Higgins, Hughes
Odell, Parsons, Quigg, Woodruff, Dady or
any other Republican. The Roosevelt Ad-
ministration can win anything in this State.
There Is a unanimity Of sentiment on this
matter. Higgins Is criticised, Odell has
enemies, Hughes is untried and inexper-
enoed, Parsons hao TO trade on tho name Of