The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-18
HUGHES DOOMED
FOR PRESIDENT
Professor SChurman of Cornell
TrOtS Out the Governor of
New York as Candidate.
ADDRESS AT COOPER UNION
TOPIC ADVERTISED WAS "A DAY
OF REFORM"

OF REFORM"
New York, Nov. 17.-In an address at
Cooper Union tonight. President scbur-
man of Cornell university discussed Gov
! ernor Hughes as presidential possibility.
and declared that while Mr.. Hughes
would not lift a finger TO secure the
! nomination if the people summon him
to service, he would undoubtedly respond
with loyal devotion to their call"
President Schurman's topic was a
Day OF REFORM, and after describing the
originating causes Of the present move
ment of reform, the objects which it had
hitherto gained and the need of further
reform, especially Of economy in public
expenditures, he referred to the part that
had been taken in the movement by Cow
erEor Hughes, as follows;
Part of Hughes in Movement.
out Of this movement of reform thers
has emerged upon the political stage one
commanding figure. We have made him
governor of New York, but his name and
fame have gone out to the uttermOsU
parts of the United States. The investi-
cation conducted by Charles E Hughes
into the afafirs of the big insurance com
panies gave to the movement of reform aE
irresistible impulse. for IL demonstrated
by the logic Of indisputable fact the havoc
were making Of funds which had been
cOnsecrated by the highest obligations %
the protection Of the fatherless and thS
widow. But Mr.. Hughes not only laid
bare the hideous disease from which ths
world of big affairs was suffering; he
prescribed remedies for its cure and pre-
ventives for its recurrence.
Constructive Craftsmanship.
With rare constructive craftsmanship hs
drafted bill for enactment by the legs
lature which placed the vast insurance
business Of the state. and indeed OF the
United States, on the firm foundations ot
honor and integrity-and that without i'm
pairment but with an obvious augmenta-
ton of its vitality and efficiency. ana
then this penetrating legal investigator,
this master of the figures and principles
Of finance. this same conservative re-
former resumed the practice of his pro-
fessiOn in which ne continued TO dlIIer
from other eminent lawyers by his refusal
10 take retainers from corporations or or
any other way to barter away his own
independence or freedom of action
Silent and DignIfIed.
His name was mentioned everywhere
for the goveruOrship. But in silent dignity
he diligently attended to the business or
his profession When fnalIy II pecdIu7
apparent through the expression OF pop
ular sentiment that his party could win
at the polls only if he ran for governor.
he still refused TO dicker with politicians
calmly awaited a mandate from the peo-
ple-and from the people alone The poll
ticianS and bosses did not want MIN, TOT
he was not the type of man TO work FOR
them or to further their ambitions OF local
suzerainty. But they sOrroWfully recog-
nized that no one else could get the vote
of the people And the people paid their
faithful servant the compliment or elect
ing him alone on his party's ticket
Confidence in the Man.
This favorite of the people has con-
tinued day after day since he became gov
ernor to merit and to acquire in increas-
ing measures the confidence, the adnnlra-
ton and the support OF ms IeHoW clIl-
zens. You may search all history ana YOU
will not find a finer eXemplar or dlSln-
terested and devoted public service lie
has not sought to reward his tr1enc-S po-
liticaI or personal, OF to punish MS en-
emies His sole aim has been the best r.
terests of the state. and he has served the
state with all his heart ana Hilnq ana
soul and strength. Nothing has diverted
him from this object, nothing else mas
interested him For Mr.. Hughes is q.
man not only Of tremendous capacity for
voluntary concentration, he is man VINO
invOluntarily gets absorbed in the WorK
he IS doing. For his cOnscienuousness there
IftpraIlv is nothing at present outside the
duties of governor Of the state or New
York. The functions OF that Office ne us
charges to the utmost Not one Jot or
little Of the work of the office to which
the people have called him Will be ne
elected or overlooked. He cares for moth
ing else and thinks Of nothing else. 1t is
the easiest thing I'm the world for him 70
be a constitutional executive. To the best
of his office he gives himself completely
and UnreserVedly.
Reverence for Constitution.
And what a man he is for our state
to have as chief ma gistrate. A man who
has always earned his own livelihood and
who naturally sympathlZes win ali VINO
A. NTH al
Justice and fairplay, q lawyer with an old
fas hioued reverence for the constitution;
a man of affairs who handles the prin-
ciples of business like merchant a
Statesman i'm poise, self-contrOl and mod
Grafton who while intensely loyal to the
details of individual initiative and local
self-government which have made our re-
public the marvel of the nations. TecOg-
nizes the need, under present economic
conditions, of public protection against
the tyranny and oppression OF corpora
tons. Such governor 50 progressive,
fair and sane, was happily destined 10
settle in our state the great national ques-
ton of the control of public service cor
pOrations And the law he drafted ana
got enacted by the legislature is likely 10
serve as model TO all the states OF the
Union.
Hughes for President.
''There is much talk today about max
ing Governor Hughes the next president
of the United States But the governor
the duties Of his office 10 speak or think
of anything else. Some things. however.
are perfectly ciesr. Governor HuSnes VIII
not lift a finger to secure the nomination.
And his nice sense Of what Is due to the
state of New York from the officials he
has appointed has led him TO forbid them
making any effort to advance his own
political fortunes. Nor would a man like
Governor Hughes want nomination at
the hands of the bosses. On the other
hand, If the people summon hlIn 70 service
he would undoubtedly respond with loyal
devotion to their call If the people want
him for higher service it is for them TO
take the initiative and extend the call.
He would not accept an invitation from
the bosses. And the call of the people
would make the Intervention of the bosses
unnecessary. Governor Hughes conf
dence in the people and his devotion to
the peoples interests are unbounded. he
will spend and be spent for that; but he
will not serve or recognize any other
political master. His political future Is
in the hands OF the people. Let the pub
lie say what they want"
INDEPENDENT ORGANIZE.