The Washington herald., 1907-05-17
FROWNS ON ALLIANCE
Hughes Refuses to Get Into
National Politics.
NOT HELPED BY ROOSEVELT
sanders Removal Agreed On in
April. and Not in Interest of State
Administration. Say Governors
Friends-Surprised that Washing
ton Does Not Understand.
s,oe.,I q, The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Albany. May ia renewed attack Of
Presidential politics broke out here this
morning, following an announcement IN
an inspired Washington dispatch Of the
INSIDE truth" regarding the relations be-
tween the President and Gov. Hughes,
and a statement in a local dispatch that
an emissary from the White House had
been here yesterday to discuss the Taft
boom and offer the national influence FOR
the governor in return for the governor S
influence to promote the Taft boom
To dispose Of the two rumOrs in order.
the Washington dispatch is regarded here
as stating the case inacCurately in one es-
sential detail.
The assertion is made that the removal
Of Sanders was asked for by Supt. Ste
vens a few weeks ago, because Sanders
was corralIinE senators and assembly
men against GOV. Hughes policies. The
information here is that the request was
made by Mr.. Stevens directly after the
defeat OF eN-C0ngressman James W.
Wadsworth. ST.. and solely for political
reasons. including a desire 10 drive the
Wadsworths out of political control in
Western New York.
No Help to the Governor.
Il IS also said here that an agreement
was reached at that time that Sanders
should go at the end of Wadsworth's s
term. and. pursuant to that agreement.
he was asked 90 resign in April. Obvi-
oUsly such a transaction would have no
connection with the Hughes administra-
ton, since it was agreed upon before
Stevens had any connection with The gov
ernor's administration.
The view held here at all times was
that the idea of helping Hughes was a
bit OF orat0rical flourish added at the
moment the thing was finally done. Now
this seems 20 have been the governor S
idea. for he rejected the notion that he
had asked for help and indicated pretty
clearly that he was embarrassed by this
sort OF assistance. At the same time. he
did not remove SUpt Stevens, so that it
must be clear that he did not hold him
responsible. That he let 10 be known with
unpleasant Clearuess that he was not
dealing iu post-OfiiCes and this type of
bargaining seems To have given offense
at Washington. 20 judge from the dis
patches sent from there since then.
Hughes Not in National Politics.
The governor also made it clear that
Herbert Parsons was not the emissary
who came here to lay before the gov
ernor the prospects Of alliance, and even
of the Vice Presidency. There was some
doubt left after the governors talk to-day
as 20 whether any such emissary had
been here. No one i'm Albany. however.
has now. or has had, any other view
than that such an emissary, however in
portanJ OF highly accredited. would re-
Ccive the C0ldast sort OF welcome and be
informed with great frankness how dis
tasteful 10 the governor is this whole ef-
fort 10 drag him into the vortex Of ma
tiOnal politics. II an emissary has been
here, his return 10 Washington and sub
seqUent report viii end any illusions
there as 10 the possibility Of any ALI
ance
As to the rUmOrs that the President has
been endeav0ring To defeat the policies
and programme Of the governor, for re-
Vense, this is utter nonsense. The only
harm that has been done to the governor
has been through the inspired" Wash
1ngton dispatches, which have left the i'm
preston that the President was dissatis-
fed with the governor for not doing
something or saving something which the
governor could never say or do. This
final incident, however, makes it clear
10 Albany that the governor, in the face
Of every variety of pressure, viii remain
q governor. and not a collector of dele
gates or a purchaser of political remnants
at any bargain counter. But this has al
ways been clear here and the wonder is
that it does not seem to percolate else
where.