The Washington times., 1907-11-07
ATTACK HUGHES
FOR HIS VETO
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one man who can do that and this is
why the third-termers are pressing so
vigorously.
They realize that time IL precious for
II Hughes gets New Yorz saved Up
while the Administration friends are
standing idle, there viii he an N1eltent
chance of that gentleman hce0mi ~
the leading power in the convention.
Roosevelt Is regarded as Jle only man
who can prevent this, AM the lccl. fu-
ION OF Chairman Woodruff shows nov
determined they are 10 force HIM into
the race or to use his name II he doesn I
authorize IL.
There is not the slightest doubt as
10 what viii happen at the next Ike
publican convention" Mr.. Woodruff IS
quoted as saying. President Roosevelt
will be nominated, no matter what his
own inclinauons may be- He may
fatly decline TO accept a denomination,
but the situation that will arise viii
be, ! think, one that he VIII not DC
able to control"
The situation" to which Mr. Wood
ruff refers is simply a situation in
which the President viii be demanded
by his followers and renOminaIed
whether or no: the alternative TO this
being that Hughes viii get New York
ana become the likely nominee
No Other Man Favored.
1.-The situation" is that no man whom
Roosevelt can pick can be nominated
and elected. They are all saying 50.
Cannon or Knox might possibly be
nominated If the President should take
them up; but IN the light Of recent de
velOpments politicians insist neither
could beat Bryan. Hughes might beat
Bryan, but the President viii never
take up the Hughes candidacy. he
wants to keep his policies al the front,
and Is not willing TO have Hughes. He
must himself be nominated or else one
OF two things viii happen; man VIII
be nominated TO be beaten, or else
Hughes viii be nominated, whom the
President does not want.
This IS the way the thlrd-termers
figure It. But they are now going fur
Their. They are attacking the policies
OF Hughes, and declaring that his
record he could not possibly be elected.
Opposition to States.
Their argument on this point Is that
BY his veto OF the 2-cent fare bill he
slapped IN the face the Republican
legislatures and executives of half the
country, which have passed such laws.
It is urged that by that one act lie
furnished the most powerful argument
that the railroads had to use before
the legislatures of other States in which
the 2-cent fare law was under COnsld-
Grafton. In some of them the New
YORK pEtee5ieDL aClHHlly was WeiSAlS
enough TO make defeat of the laws pos
sible. In others Il made passage Of
such laws much more difficult. ana
otherwise put sand into the legislative
machinery that was grinding out pro
gTessive legislation. Nothing Of the
last winter gave the railroads so much
aid and comfort as Hughes veto OF tEis
measure, and both the veto and the
manner Of il are deeply resented in all
the progressive States.
It Is declared by some of the prOmi-
ent third-tergm boomers that hundreds
OF legislators. governors, state officers,
and leading men all over the country
men who will have 10 do with picking
delegations to the national convention,
and many OF whom VIII be delegates
will never consent TO Hughes because
the alleged Pharisaical tone with which
the governor OF New York rebukeQ the
prOgressiYes Of other States was both
an insult TO them personally and a
severe blow at the reforms they favored.
Feeling Widespread.
This feeling is deep and widespread.
it is declared on high authority. But it
is not ali OF the objection to Hughes. II
IS further declared by his critics that
the public utility bill viii prove a cor
poration measure The public utility in
terests in various States tried to get
the New York measure copied. and il Is
charged that they wanted II because
they considered it the best scheme for
them. Along this line il is said, the
New York law is likely TO be much I'M
der discussion in the next few months.
and II will not be In the lands Of its
friends, either. The aim Will be 10 con-
vince the public that Hughes was either
Willingly or unwitttngly the means OF
getting the corporations what they
wanted IN New York, and setting there
a precedent TO help them get II in other
States.