The Washington herald., 1906-11-23

Il viii drive Boss Brayton and Bray
t0nism from the State capitol If il lies in
my power 10 do SO, said Democratic
Goy.-elect James H. Higgins, OF Rhode
Island. IN an interview with a Washing
ton Herald reporter al the Raleigh Hotel
last night. AT least. / will make it so
hot for Brayton and his detestable prac-
ticcs tina. he viii be glad 10 seek head
quarters elsewhere. I viii strongly urge
reforms In the constitution al the earliest
possible moment, and urge upon the legis-
leture the charging of the governors
power Of appointment, and also the giving
10 him the lower to veto. With a strong
minority of Democrats ana Independents
in1te senate and house. hope to be able
u bring about many needed reforms.
The boy governer," as he is called in
his home State, prefaced his remarks with
the statement that ''in view of the fact
that the State returning board has not Of
hciaIly announced ms election, / feel
somewhat difident IN saying what I viii
do or viii not do as governor of the State
However, if the State returning board
finds the wardeus' counts correct have
no hesitation in saying / will fulfill every
pledge made during the campaign The
driving-out OF Brayton is one of them"
VIII Hold Record.
Upon his induction into office on the lst
Of January next. GOv.-clect Higgins Will
be the youngest governor of q State in the
country. His short career has been a bril-
liant one and he has just wound up one
Of the hottest campaigns the smallest In
tegra! part of Uncle Sans domain has ever
known. The campaign was one of the
most aggressive in the history Of Rhode
Island, and was bitterly fought through
out
Early i'm the evening the governor-elect
addressed the students of the Georgetown
Law School
Recent victories. ne said, had shown
that they were % be won without the aid
Cf. the party boss" whose day was wan
ing. Let the politician who was gifted
with ordinary intelligence adhere TO clean
methods and he was bound TO succeed.
The meeting was opened by Prof. I.
O'DOuoghue or the college, who, after re-
marking upon the success that has 4
marked Gov. Higgins since his entrance .
into politics. said that there was no
need of introducing "A man so We'll known. F.
factions. said Prof. O'DOn0Ehue. speak 4
Ter themselves. In all the world OF poll 4
ties to-day there IS not a man whose .
name stands higher as "A man who can 4
win without The power Of some one else +
Than th- man we have before Us this
evening. II he can reach a higher Of 4
foe 1 his state than be already has. let .
rs hopo that Dec viii get it, And w.o .
cam tel byr that some Gay he may
lee chosen 90 nU THAI highest OF all honors. 3
which IS given bv the people of the United .
States, aad IS tEe greatest Of all honors a /
man can receive (
Given the "Hoya."
As Cav. Higgins rose 20 address the F..
class the cheers mingled with the "Hoya" =
a. Georgetown. became so deafenirg that .
j, was several minutes before he could .
speak He said that IL seemed familiar
10 be upon the platform or Georgetown .
college once more. and torture his audi
ouce rs he had tortured them SD often
before in his attempts to debate.
CONTINUING he remarked that he also
was a product of Georgetown College.
and that even though the college might
not be proud of him and other of mis-