Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-17
PLEDGES WILL HOLD
Hughes to Fulfill Promises
When He Becomes Governor.
WILL NOT BE HAMPERED
Plat Has Always Filled the Places OF
Honor.
NEW DEAL EXPECTED NOW
Organization at Albany to Be Effected
Without the Aid of "Boss" for
First Time in Years.

NEW YORK, December 1.-Two points
have been made clear to political leaders by
Charles E. Hughes, governor-elect. One Is
that he will begin his administration when
he takes the oath of office. The other Is
that it will be his own administration and
not a mere continuance Of the administra-
ton of his predecessors.
Specific pledges and promises were made
by Mr.. Hughes in the campaign. Republic
an leaders who have talked with him since
his election have ascertained that he gave
these pledges with the intention OF max
ing them good and they have been led to
conclude that he will use all his power
when he has become governor to fulfill
Them
So far there has been no evidence of de-
sire upon the part of the bosses to ham
per the governor-elect. Most of them real
ize that~the future success of the party in
this state rests with the success of the in
coming administration, and that any at
tempt to embarrass Mr.. Hughes may be
followed with disastrous results.
Mr.. Hughes refusal to be drawn into
controversies which Will be inevitable in
the organization of the new legislature
has attracted much attention among the
political leaders of both parties.
Places of Honor.
fluence and profit in the senate and the
assembly has for many years been regard
ed as the prerogative of the boss Sena-
tor Plat was accustomed to receive appli-
cations for appointments to committees and
to submit his slate to a conference of
the local leaders who composed his Sunday
school," The decisions there reached were
never changed by the men who had been
designated by Senator Platt to fill the posts
of president pro tempore in the senate and
speaker in the assembly.
So dependent had the legislature become
upon outside dictat!on in it's organization
that Governor Higgins found it necessary
of the boss and to exert his influence
to bring about reorganization of the as
sembly.
The refusal of Governor-elect Hughes to
assume similar authority this year places
the legislature wholly upon its own re-
sponsibility and restores to it the powers
which it had permitted outsiders to WELD.
Members will no longer be able to shelter
themselves in accounting for their votes
behind the plea that 1.-The organization
wanted the bill passed or killed. Each
member will be directly responsible to his
constituency and to the state at large. This
change promises to make the coming ses-
sion of more than usual interest
Urged by Woodruff
Another thing that has attracted atten-
ton among the republican leaders was the
appointment last week by Governor Hig-
gins of Lewis M. Swazey of Brooklyn to be
state superintendent of elections to succeed
George w. Morgan. 1t had been known
for a year that Mr.. Morgan was DESTROYS
of resignng, and Mr.. Swazey, his deputy,
had been a candidate for the place. His
appointment was urged by Timothy l..
Woodruff as leader of the Kings county
republican organization, and opposed by
the republican leaders in New York county
on the ground that as the principal work
of the superintendent was done in this
county the incumbent of the office ought
to be a resident of Manhattan.
Recess appointments, made when the leg
islature is not in session, must be submitted
for confirmation to the senate by the gov
ernor when the legislature meets Cover
nor Hughes, therefore, will be called upon
to send an appointment to the senate and
the republican leaders are wondering
whether he will send in Mr.. Swazeys name
or choose another man. While the COVER
nor-elect has not indicated his intention
he has made it clear that the name which
he sends to the senate will be his own Sc
lection He expects Governor Higgins to
exercise his authority in full until the end
of his term, but he himself will assume full
responsibility upon his inauguration.
Mr.. Hughes will probably announce the
names of the members of his military staff
early this week.