The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-03-01
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Sss foga. March Daring The
state campaign Last fall, predictions
were made freely that Charles T..
Hughes. II elected governor, would
loom ap very strong ms a republican
presidential possibility In 1908.
Since the election of MIR. hughes
BY decisive vote this presidential
talk has been on the increase. and
Governor Hughes has been greeted
as a probable candidate on frequent
occasions. While he IN attending
strictly to business In the eSeoutts.
chamber at Albany and is doing
nothing TO encourage this talk. IL Is
very plain to those around him tina,
the mention OF his name In connee-
ton with this nomination does not
bur, his feelings In the least
Mr. Hughes is strong man anu
is performing the duties of his office
in manner to justify his election.
In addition TO being "A strong man
there Is no lodging the fact that
Governor Hughes Is about the chill
Hest proposition that has been dis
covered in New York political life in
many years This makes him doubiy
dangerous TO the plans Of President
Roosevelt and other Washington
statesmen who have been going
ahead with their own ideas concern
ing what the republican national
convention of 1908 would do.
When Governor Hughes was inves-
tigating the lighting combine of this
city and then was investigating the
insurance companies, he demonstra-
ted to the satisfaction of the public
that he was a man of determined
ideas concerning the conduct of pub
lie officials. On the strength OF this
he was elected governor and. In his
two months in office, certainly has
carried political death and desola-
ton into the headquarters of ma
chine politicians.
The fact that Mr.. Hughes was cleo
ted as a republi m has contal1ed no
grains of comfort for his party as
sociates Had he been democrat he
could not have been more ruthless in
his pursuit of republican offlcehold-
ers who did not come up to the STAN
dard he had set. The result is that
his two months in office have given
satisfaction alike to clean democrats
and clean republicans, but have
caused terror among those in the
machine ranks.
Not since the governorship OF
Grover Cleveland, now quarter OF a
century ago, has the state of New
York had an executive determined tt
secure political reform by frs
cleansing his own party. Hughes
like Cleveland, has stirred up bite
strife in the ranks Of those wht
worked for his election. But it wa
this action on the part of Grove
| Cleveland that made him the candi
! date of his party for the presidency
in 1884, and many close students OF
political affairs believe that history
now is repeating itself.
During the two months in office,
the governor has beaten the leSlSla-
ture into submission, has named his
own man as superintendent of public
works to build the SOL, 100000
barge canal has Instituted search
ing reforms in the national guard,
and has gone after the state insur-
ance department in manner that
promises its complete overhaullnS
He also is responsible for legisla-
| ton to completely remodel the state
railroad commission, and so far, has
only begun,
Whether or not Governor Hughes
| is destined to become his party 5
candidate for the presidency next
year. at the present time he certainly
| is casting a shadow that can be seen
| from the White House without the
| aid OF glasses.
New Workers will be travelling in
steel cars beneath the surfaces OF
both the Hudson and East rivers IN
side of six months. If the promises
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