Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-03
Governor Hughes Picked for 1908.

Governor Hughes Picked for 1908.
Henry Watterson in Courier Journal.
/ met governor then Mr. Hughes.
Familiarity in Providence during the 1896
commencement Of Brown university, which
conferred degrees upon each Of u.s. He
impressed me as a fine type of the New
England American in the prime of his
powers unaffected and sturdy, with a
charming twinkle of dry humor. The Anal
evening which we passed together around
a delightful board, where there was a good
company and plenty OF soda water. I said
to him: THE republicans will nominate
you for governor of New York. Mr.. Hughes.
They don't want to- but they will have
TO- They can elect nobody else. Now.
when you get to Albany give your DAYS
and nights to a close study of the career
OF Samuel j. Tilden, because you will stand
precisely in the relation to the presidential
nomination Of 1908 on the republican side
which Mr.. Tilden stood to on the demo-
cratic side In 1876. The issue which made
Iilden the democratic governor made him
the democratic presidential nominee. The
Issue which is going to make you a repub-
llcan governor Of New York will make you
the republican nominee for president. They
VIII no more want you for president than
theE now want you for governor But
they'll have to take you. The issue of the
time ana the situation Of the party will
force them"
Governor Hughes seems to have learned
tne 1llden lesson pretty we'll already and
the rest will take care of itself Here then
Is my guess or the republican ticket In 1858
For President,
CHARLES n TgTrGIIu,c
For Vice President,
JOSEPH @. CANNON of Illinois
Taft in His Fighting CIoths.
Washington Dispatch to New York Times
The keynote Of Secretary Tafts charao-
ter is loyalty, both to the principles he
believes in, the men who advocate then,
and the interests Of his friends. The spec-
tacle OF the big barons of the republican
party openly organizing for a reaction
against President Roosevelt and his poll-
cies stirred the lighting fibre in Taft's
blood. He was appealed to In the name
OF Rooseveltism by circumstances and by
men TO help fight common enemy. Then
came his friends and the brother he loves
to beg him to accept the situation and be
the candidate for the presidency.
Reluctantly almost sadly and after the
pressure became well nigh Irresistible, he
yielded. Now that he is enlisted for this
fight the country will see a new Taft. the
hghting Taft. 1t is time people got &C
quainted with this man. The Taft they
know is the genial, laughing. good-natured
giant who goes about here and In foreign
lands, patching up troubles, chloroforming
revolutions, smoothing down the stiff
bristles OF anger-the smiling agent of
peace
But there is, a Taft whose smile has
faded from his lip, leaving a strong mouth
set like steel trap above a protruding,
pugnacious jaw. The blue eyes Of this un-
known Taft Taft the fighter, contract TO
points, points blue with the blueness OF
FURNISHED steel His voice is cold, hard and
steady, but his big fists clinch in anger as
forceful as his other qualities are forcefui.
1t takes a long time to get him mad I"
but when effort succeeds II is a sad time
for those who have reused him
The men who follow the fortunes Of
William II. Taft into this political cam
paign will find all the fighting they want
and he will lead just as long as there is
anybody left TO follow.