New-York tribune., 1906-07-28

q % se1a el Fe country as Indicated h the volume
greater than i1 MS a @ q Imports and exports Is
a. 's 'Sei'eFess tnat las just closed. under the
est Working eeSsnI Roosevelt has asen The great
$500 ot reinforcement OF important legislation fn
tb bssss bi @ q the people is unsurpassed It passed
os ~ LoF the regulation OF railroads While not
Po1saS 1aSsSe measure, yet. enforced By President
Ss9l Ss1 with, With railroads on a level The Pufs Food
nay % wnSs Seeos mas seg1 pending fes many years has
passed Pas and new star added to the Dag Trriga-
Of the West Under the Meat inspection bili
s5s Erased oy CSngress our foreign trade wiI IN the
t5 4Sssi : GTeat things are expected 70 come from
toraton Of the merchant marine passed the Sem
eLe. and win undoubtedly receive the considera-
to this three hundred other important bills effect
ing very many o1 our people. were enacted into
,.11i This Is q record which cannot fan 70 commend
ucans are entitled 70 credit for passing these laws
but tbe ue s9t e y95se for for sny q them
g entitled e the credit or the blame therefor. The
Republican House during the balance Of his adj
ministTatiOn win also help in the fan election. A
republican Senate and a Democratic House would
greatly hamper and embaErass the President in
e3yng 5eIs out tas further Eefors which he desires
this tni9 state next fall and believe that his name
gins Is a candidate. I do not believe that he Is a
candidate IN the sense that he is seeking to secure
But we must make the fight In this state largely
lature during his administraflon- Il is record
upon which we ought to win. favor nominating
OvernOr some It tO%erh %s Hs National n snf r gse s T0s
S5a SeeEetery e Root you'd take the nomination be-
ASVe governor Higgins would be the first 20 re-
quest him to DO 1t.
But in the absence Of such q candidate believe
that Governor Higgins Is the strongest man we
can name I believe that his strength has steadily
reason for this is that the people have confidence
can everv dsy P b,z Ifs ne 5s 0qs IS Pes G Hs 3
conducting the affairs OF the State OF New York
honest himself and he insists Oa honest work from
Ts one e0nneG5ed sS %n m ais M %
put no breath Of faulthnding has been heard to
gins's administration. When he was elected many
people professed to fear that the poor and insane
ment; but to-day only words Of coInmendation are
state for his administration The timber thieves
n the Adirondack region. for the first time, have
termlnel to protect the lands Of the state.
s,sso 10 Governor in recent years has had so many
predecessors have had behind them a powerful or
puShing throug6 the RGR ss desired es
ton In the Assembly the powerful figure Of
untrted man took his place. Prominent Repub-
assisted the administration along Legislative lines
bur have hindered 1t at every opportunity and yet
Tne record OF the last Legislature, under Governor
Higgins. is one which must commend itself to the
was enacted Drastic bills were passed IN behalf
OF the poltcyhol6ers Of the great insurance COM
Of a political machine. but because It had an en-
less talk Of graft about Albany last winter than in
any Legislature for twenty years
When Governor Higgins came into ONCE the
revenues OF the state failed to the necessary
expenditures by many millions Of dollars. At the
end OF q year and g half Of his administration we
nave provided for many unusual expenditures. We
nave provided money for the canal and the
interest on the same. We have provided for high
way improvements amounting to more than $780,
Coo A large appropriation made for the relief
or San Francisco. Normal College buildings have
been built IN place OF the destroyed by fire in
Albany. new State Library has been built The
insurance investigation has been held and a new
time In the history OF the state, every dollar OF
direct state tax has been wiped out, and Octo-
Der l, 1905, after providing for all ordinary and
extraordinary expenditures. there will be left in
the treasury OF the state more than Ss 100000
II the people OF the state desire great business
man to conduct their affairs for the next two
years. Governor Higgins is their man Governor
! Higgins Is not a snowy man; he Is not good ad-
yeruser. The faithful performance Of duty every
day does not make good headlines for newspapers
But where has he failed? The people have been
greatly excited for many years about graft among
public officials Has there been any talk Of graft
IN any Of the departments during his esministra-
ton? Is there prominent Republican to-day op-
posing Governor Higgns's denomination who Is
not doing II because his requests have not IN all
cases. been followed by the Governor? Is Gov
eFnor Higgins to be refused denomination be-
eau se he has insisted upon being Governor him
self and using his conscience IN the administration
Of the duties OF his Officer My judgment Is that
the objections Of these will not carry weight
and that II he viii accept he Will be given re-
nomination by the Republican Convention in Sara
toga IN September