The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-07-11
HUGHES STRONG
IN HIS OWN STATE
Fates Seem to be Playing Into
His Hand
How He Threw Responsibility for
Extra Session Onto the Wads-
worth Clique.
LOOKS LIKE A POSSIBILITY.

Washington. d. c.. July 11.-Ap-
parently the stars in their courses
are fighting to keep Gov. Hughes, of
New York, before the people In such
a way as to make him more and more
a presidential candidate.
The beginning of the special ses-
sion OF the legislature convened by
him and the message in which he
throws down the gauntlet to the
Wadsworth clique and warns them
that the people will not tamely sub
nit to legislative apportionment on
old partisan lines are apparently but
the opening guns in a straight out
fight between the government and
the old Republican forces.
Whether he wins or not in the leg
islature and whether he succeeds in
getting the apportionment and direct
nomination bills passed, he is certain
to strengthen his hold on the people.
Moreover, the special session, coming
as 1t does in the middle of a dull
summer season, VIII surely give the
people something to think about in a
political line.
Hughes Career Like Cleveland's.
Whether the governor is an adroit
politician or not remains to be seen,
but everything he has done since the
date OF his Inauguration and, in fact,
since his nomination has strongly
brought to mind the series of political
events which made Grover Cleveland
governor of New York and then presi-
dent Of the United States.
There has been a good deal of
chuckling here at the clever fashion
in which Gov Hughes, without losing
his dignity in the slightest degree,
fastened responsibility for the extra
session upon Speaker Wadsworth and
his associates. The father of the
speaker, who was SO long a congress-
man, made himself distinctly unpop-
u1ar here in Washington by his UNI
necessary attack on President Roose-
welt. The president was largely re-
sponsible for the election of young
Wadsworth as speaker of the New
York assembly, that action having
been taken before the break with his
father.
When the president offered to helr
out Gov. Hughes in his fight ON the
Wadsworth combination the ofel
was coldly received The governor
made it plain that he did not propose
TO carry on the fight on patronage
lines. There was reported GOODNESS
between the president and the COVER
nor for awhile. but it was only re-
ported and there never was anything
more than a slight misunderstanding
between the two men.
His Position Getting Stronger.
According to the politicians, Gov
Hughes has strengthened himself {
great deal by making it evident tina
his fight with the legislature is car
ried on along the highest possible
lines. BY refusing to accept the pat
ronage offered him by the president
the governor has concentrated re
sponsibility for the fight entirely up
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on himself
The regular session was long an'
sensational. and every message thu
governor sent was temperate but en-
tirely forcible. He pushed his puDli'
utilities bill through in spite of TIL
united opposition of all the great cor
porations in New York City. Tn
lpeople are beginning to realize tina
THAT bill, If it can be successfully ex
ecuted, with an honest governor an'
an able, commission, will do a grea
IDEAL more to solve the. trust question
than the more or less spasmodic pros
lecutions by the federal government.
Reapportionment of the state o.
ian honest basis was demanded by tn
governor, and was defeated at III
regular session simply and solely be