Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-29
CAN SEE ONLY HUGHES
COL. WATTERSoN RET1RES OTHER
REPUBLICAN POSSIBILITIES.

+ LOUISVILLE. April 29.-In an editorial
which appeared this morning Col Henry
Watterson foresees q hard road to travel
ahead of President Roosevelt and predicts
the nomination of Gov. Charles f. Hughes
of New York the next republican candl-
date for President Mr.. Watterson says:
Mr.. Roosevelt has broken all the rec
ords. Tyler. Fillmore, Johnson and Arthur
long ago paled their Intellectual fires before
him. He is a law unto himself Nothing
seems to phase him. Doing wrong things
outright or good things in the wrong way
backing and filling as the case requires
making issues of veracity with the PROOF
against him. choleric in method. cynical IN
action. by turns daring temporizer and
rash assaiant, a practical politician among
the most practical politicians. retormer
among purists.. Inconsistent as conserve
tive. illogical radical-there stun ex'sts
in the popular mind a fixed beief IN ms
essential virtue. in his good intentions. ms
integrity and his courage. His enemies
would agree that if you offered him a
bride he would knock you down Inc gooo
in bad men, the bad in good men are some.
times magnified and sometimes denied out
here is a man who gets credu lot sooa anu
bad alike and there is nothing so success
full as success.
yet, nevertheless and notwithstanding.
the President is going to find Jordan nara
road to travel. In the end, II lie Is aoie 10
keep his party together and issue from inc
FRAY drums beating and flags flying. he VII!
be fortunate indeed because he can no
more divert the republican party from is
nature Kill in it the reason of It's peins'
than he can out-Bryan Bryan III Tue eS'i-
nation of the democrats.
On a Narrow Strip.
''The republican leaders we'll know mat
the party is treading that narrow strip OF
political territory which lies between the
devil and the deep blue sea. Concession
and compromise is bound to be the oloef
Of the day.
Every delegation in the national con-
vention will have its price: every delegate
his tag Factionalism will rise high but
1t is likely to run straight. Taft! why not
Roosevelt himself? Fairbanks. why hot
Hartman? Foraker! Why. anybody can
beat Foraker. Uncle Joe Cannon! Coca
enough. but too old Knox? Fiddle-dee-
dee. Crane? A little shadowy. Root? TOO
bad, We dasn't. And so along the gamut
of likes and disikes, preferences ana aver
sions. very tenpin alley. where most are
set up only to be knocked down
II am going to bet on dark morse l
picked nearly year ago. 20 Wit: Char'es
E. Hughes governor of New York
Il met Gov Uhen Mr. Hughes familiarly
in Providence during the 1905 commence
ment Of Brown University. He impressed
me as a fine type of the New England
American in the prime OF MS powers, uii-
affected and sturdy with a charming twin
kle Of dry humor. At the time SAID 10
him:
when you get to Albany give your days
and nights to a close study of the career
OF Samuel j. Tilden. because you VIII sta ana
In precisely the relation to the presldentlal
nomination of 1908 on the republican she
which Mr. Tilden stood in on the demo-
cratic side in 1876. The issue which maze
Tilden the democratic governor made him
the democratic presidential nominee. Inc
issue which is going to make you a repuo-
lican governor will make You the republican
nominee for President. They Will no more
want Won for President than they now want
YOU for governor But they have to take
YOU The issue of the time and the sltua-
ton of the party will force them.
Gov. Hughes seems to have learned the
Tilden lesson pretty we'll already, and the
rest will take care of itself.