New-York tribune., 1907-09-09
GOV. FLOYD FOR HUGHES
LIKED IN NEU ENGLAND.
Ne1o Hampshire Man Thinks He
WM Get Support of Section.
from The Tribune Bureau. 7

secures favorable consideration at the hands
OF the New York Legislature next winter. New
England will line up for him in the contest for
the Presidential nomination declared Governor
Charles VI. Floyd of New Hampshire to-day
The Governor and twenty-five members OF
his official staff. all attred In the uniform of te
New Hampshire National Guard. are returning
from jamestown. Norfolk and Richmond They
celebrated New Hampshire Day at the exposi-
tion last Wednesday. and yesterday were re-
ceived by Governor Swanson at the Executive
Mansion They will remain In washington
until Tuesday
The chief executive Of the Granite State. who
is brisk. businessliEe man. resembling a pros
porous banker rather than a merchant by his
defeat OF the state machine on the one hand
and Winston Churchill and the reformers on
the other last year. became a political power In
his state When asked what he thought OF
Governor Hughes and his chances Of securing
the nomination, he showed plainly that he. al
least had quite made I'D his mind whom he
would support IN the next national convention.
Nothing has been done in the way Of testing
the strength Of any Of the candidates. he said
but there has been a capitalization OF sentf-
rnent IN favor Of Governor Hughes. In nv
Judgment. If he can again make anything Ike
the showing he made with the Legislature at
Albany last winter he will secure the votes Of
We" hampshire am OF the opinion that he
Will be able TO do and that, therefore, the
New Hampshire votes will be given 10 him
NEW ENGLAND WATCHING HUGHES
This is quite true OF the rest OF New Eng
land, which has been watching the course OF
Governor Hughes since the day he was norni-
mated by the Republicans at Saratoga He an
peais TO the people Of New England because he
Is their ideal kind OF man. He is clear cut
clean. strong. thoroughly efficient as a LAWYER
investigator. Governor Of a great state and a
man who rights wrongs and gets things done
Inc faTne or his deeds and qualities has spread
| over every New England state. and to-day there
IS more talk Of him in that section probably
than OF any other man whose name has pror,i
nently been mentioned for the Presidency.
I DO not say that the present Governor Of
New York IS the strongest candidate before
the people to-day. but if he continues 10
make good in the next year ss he has in the
past he Will receive favorable consideration
at the hands OF our people. Secretary Taft
Speaker Cannon and Vice-President Fairbanks
all have friends IN New Hampshire. L met a.
man the other day who said he would walk all
the way from Boston to New York to cast 2
vote for Mr.. Taft. I don't doubt that there
are many who would do the same thing for Mr.
Hughes
This is the day OF young men. and TO them
GONSLAiOI hughes dpptdlS- he - Young, eQSr-
getic. aggressive. Many OF the older and quite
conservative people OF my state inclined
TO look with favor upon vice-President Fair
banks. but it must be remembered that in New
Hampshire as well as elsewhere there are more
young and middle aged men than those old
enough to have become decidedly conservative
The chief reason why Governor Hughes Is 50
popular IS that he has the aggressive spirit os
the young men Of our time"
Are you in favor OF revision OF the tarir?''
the Governor was asked
II have so much 70 do attending to the duties
of my Office that 1 have really had no time TO
think about what could be done with the tariff.
he replied
This brought the Governor 20 the subject OF
state politics.
IF Senator GaIIinger has any opposition
when he seeks reelection he will not be
turned TO the United States Senate" he said
This Will De largely because OF the part he took
IN the last campaign Several months before
the state convention Of last year I came to
Washington to see the Senator, because he was
power in the state politically told him that
If he was going to give his unqualified support
to Greenleaf I should not run He told me to
go ahead that he would attend the convention
and vote for GreenIeaf. but would not engage
actively In the fight IN his behalf. He said the
same thing to three friends OF mine. who still
retain the letters he wrote them In the face
of those promises he made the most acttvs
campaign in his career In behalf OF Greenleaf-
CANDIDATES AGAINST GALLINGER
Three possible candidates against Senator
CaIlinger have been mentioned They are Ir-
wing W Drew a lawyer: Frank s Streeter. na-
tionaI committeeman. and Representative Cur
rier. II is my Judgment that one OF these will
be a candidate and that Senator Gainnger will
nor return TO the Senate after the expiration OF
his present term
Regarding the contest for the Republican nom
ination for the Governorship. Governor Floyd
said:
II understand that ". L PilLsbury. editor or a
paper, will be the candidate OF the Reformers, so
called. and will be backed by Winston Churchill.
who was himself a candidate last year I do not
believe that New Hampshire Is In need Of re-
form such as these people want to give II New
Hampshire Is the best governed state in the
Union. Its people pay less taxes than those OF
any other state
Those who believe that the state Is well gov
erned will also have candidate for the nom
ination next year. He will be a who has
not mixed much in politics. but who has been
engaged wholly In business or professional pur-
suits When I was elected 10 the State Senate
had never before been in the State House L
think IT is a good thing have men at the head
of a state who have not devoted their entire
lives to politics So far as I know. Senator
Chandler has no thought of seeking the nom
nation