The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-31
HUGHES TO FILL
DIFFICULT PLACE
Next Governor of New York May
Have Made His Own POlitl-
cal Grave.
MUST FIGHT GRAFT" OR
OBTAIN A "STAND IN"
Result in Case Either Horn of
the Dilemma Is Chosen Ap-
pears Doubtful.
snecial to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune. :.
NEW YORK. Dec. 30.-Polltlcs IN
New York City and State, which have
been rather quiet since election-the
lull which follows the storm-may pe
expected to liven up within the next
week or two. when Charles f. Hughes
takes his place as chief executive OF
the Empire State.
From the Democratic point of view
it would appear impossible that Mr.
Hughes should make good as the new
Governor, The position OF Governor
of the State of New York, winch ut
ono time was supposed to be the step
ping stone to the Presidency. during
these latter wears has apparently be,
come regarded as much Of political
morgue % as the position Of Mayor of the
CITY of New York. And when r man
is made Mayor of New York he writes
his own death warrant. This is sald
TO be due to the prevalence or
graft and the condition of affairs,
always bad IN the city, is now said to
be even worse up the State
No Idea of Task,
1t is probable that Mr.. Hughes. HIM
self. has not the slightest idea OF the
nature of the task which has been cut
out for him A conscientious man with
out previous. political training is quite
likely to worry himself almost sick
over some of the problems presented
TO him. He must appoint some one 10
the political Offices vacant and II ne
sppoiats men not iudorsed by the po'
iitical machines, he is quite likely to
fall into the hands Of political adven-
turers On the other hand, If he ap-
points the men Endorsed by the polih~
cal machines he is likely to select men
more familiar with the running OF the
machinery Of the Government and con.
sequeDtly men less likely to make bad
"breaks,D but on the other hand ms
administration soon becomes tied down
to the existing political machine and
try as lie NAV he finds that he cannot
lift his administration out or the mud
and the miro into which he has fallen.
If Navor or Governor could only
deal with general principles and let the
patronage go he might still hope to
come out on top, but. unfortunately
there are ward politicians who care
mora about their man being made
ianitor than they do about the other
man 8 man being made President oi
the United States.
Does Not Know Dark Side.
1t is 10 be doubted whether Cover
nor.to.be Hughes has ever been Obliged
TO consider the ugly side of politics
the side that some men would call prac-
tical politics-the actual vote buying
and money collcctlng-the going out
into the saloons and the highways and
the hy-ways on election day and com
peling the voters to come in by the
most eloquent of all persusders. 1t
is true that re learned something of
the darker side of the corporations
when he was the counsel OF the corr
rnjttee upon tine occasion of the LIE
insurance Investigations. but all of his
work gives indication even there that
ne was considering the legal phases
rather than the economic and political
effects Born. not exactly with sill
Yer spoon IN his mouth. but born the
son Of pastor of fashionable church,
his life appears 10 have been spent IN
the schools and colleges. then as tutor
st the various collegiate institutions,
then as an attorney III the Offices OF
great corporation lawyers, 1t would ap-
pear as though, take it all in all, his
life has been cast upon the sunny side
OF civilization. One looks IN vain for
paragraphs in the newspapers which
throw any light upon the purely human
side Of the life of Mr.. Hughes-wheth-
er he is good. bad or Indifferent. We
could almost wish for stories at times
showing that he received whipping g
for raidiug the orchards of the neigh"
bors when he should have been attend
ing Sunday school instead, or we
could almost hope TO read something
to tho effect that he took a whipping
which in reality belonged TO another
boy But. unfortunately, his life APP
pears almost colorless up 10 the time
that he was made the superintendent
of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Sunday
school-the Sunday school of which
young John d. Rockefeller is the star
attraction.
Boosted by Republicans.
While in charge of the Fifth Avenue
Baptist Sunday school, John D. Rookie
feiler took liking to the young law
yer and made him the Rockefeller rep
rescntativc of Brown university, the
university here in the East which is
being endowed by the Rockefeller mil-
lions Just as Chicago university is be
ing endowed in the West. As the
Rockefeller representative on the board
of trustees he 'tmsde good and in
this way his work attracted the atten.
tlon of some Of the larger corporations
of the city and State But he appears
TO have had nothing of the experiences
of life which have made men like Lin
coin. Garfield, Roosevelt and thou
sand other msn in ,peblic life really
enjoy the rough and tumble game OF
politics
Hence it happened that when John
II. Rockefcller and others were asked
by Gov. Higgins, whose Olean connec
tions with Standard Oil were pretty
close, to sugght man for counsel oi
the legislative committee which inves
tigated Consolidated Gas, an arm of tn,
Standard Oil. Mr.. Rockefeller sug
gested the na4ie OF his Sunday -schoo
superintendent and the man who repre-
sented him on the Brown universit,
board of directors. The committe,
which investigated Consolidated Ga
practically peteted out, though this wa
undoubtedly thk fault of the commit
tee rather than Of the counsel. Bu
when the Rock Aefeller interests rcall,
wanted TO throw out the small "graft
ers" who Infected the life insuranc
companies and 3ontrol these life insur
ance companies along the lines whicI
had made STANDARD Oil so famous. elm
mating all of tie smaller fry, Huehe
again appeared 10 he the ideal man t
perform the bou$e cleaning The aues
tions which he asked were largely pre-
pared for him b3 the Standard Oil sys