The Washington times., 1907-12-21
HUGHES BOOM
GIVEN BLOW
BY BOOMERANG
Fear of Plot and Hostil-
ity to President I'M
doing of Managers.
Governor May NeyerGet
an Endorsement From
His State Now.

The bitterness Of the Hughes man
ayers in New York toward the President
was responsible for a severe blow which
was dealt the Hughes movement at the
meeting OF the New York county COM
mittee.
From the moment when It was first
intimated that the friends OF the Ma
! uonal Administration would Ike an in
, dorsement OF the President and his
policies hitched to the Hughes indorse-
ment, there was war. The Hughes
leaders in New York county promptly
saw in this suggestion a sinister purpose
| OF annexing them to the Taft move
ment, or, at least. OF neutralizing the
force OF the Endorsement for Hughes.
They declared forthwith that there
could under no circumstances De any
/ concession Of the kind. The Hughes
resolution must 80 through and 20
through without any complications with
an Administration Endorsement.
politicians OF the common. or garden.
! variety that grows outside OF Manhattan
Island. are united in the opinion that
the Hughes people played squarely into
| the hands OF the Administration by
| taking the position they did. There
was supposed to be no question about
passing a Hughes Endorsement through
the county committee. The Administra-
lion was not opposed: indeed. the
/ proposition that a Roosevelt indorse-
ment be attached to the Hughes reso-
luton was never actually conveyed 70
i the Hughes people.
Some Of the latter got the notion
]
oy the Administration forces. and at
once hey vocalized their protests with
sn earnestness that seemed quite unac-
ooUntable. They wanted everybody to
know that they controlled: that they
ulun nave TO make any concession,
! however, nominal to the White House.
that they would indorse Hughes and
deny Endorsement 10 Roosevelt; that. in
short. they were in the saddle and
would ride their own pace
Wen. somewhere along the line they
| seem to have reclzoned without their
host Yesterday afternoon the New
York evening papers, issued on the eve
Of the meeting OF the county commit
tee, all contained vigorous pronounce
nents by the Hughes men that they
had the situation surrounded, and would
] Kermit no Roosevelt Endorsement. They
would even go 20 the extent Of passing
a resolution demanding the resignation
OF Chairman Herbert Parsons, If ncces-
| sary 70 make him be good.
Others Claim Roosevelt Ideas.
The wonder IN every politicians mind
| today is why the Hughes leaders were
so violent iE their determination to
keep out any reference to Roosevelt
and Roosevelt politics. Every other
/ candidate for the Presidential nomina-
/ ton IS loudly proclaiming that he is
an original Roosevelt policies man.
| Fairbanks Is one. KnOx's strongest
claim IS that he was Roosevelt's At
torney General and helped % do the
/ Job; CannOn's supporters point ont that
as Speaker he was the right hand Of
! TIE Administration In getting all the
! legislation it has got; la FoHette's ad-
| mirers urge that La Toilette invented
some OF the things the President has
/ adopted. and Bryan's followers, even
] overlook no opportunity TO insist upOn
| their claim that Bryan was the orig
insI Roosevelt mantle man who made
! the poa-ies the President has been
! enfOrcirC
/ IN short, there has been no candi-
| oate' 10 this time. with the temeritv
| 10 cut loose from Eooseveltism and
want his candidacy free from ideDtfa-
! cation with the policies that have come
| from the White House sine Roosevelt
has been there.
Until now, the Hughes people have
| oeeI or this same mind. They have
VI Seu Lh1I Hughes was a better Roose-
welt tEs:: Roosevelt; that he out-Herod-
ed Herod; that he was the real thing.
the only one eXtant. And they had a
great number OF people believing it.
Chose Unusual Course.
| Why, then. did they oppose an fndorse-
ment Of Roosevelt politics? II would
not have been unusual Politicians
point out that any old convention al
ways indorses the Administration-na-
uoAal, State. county. city-every ad-
ministration in sight that is Of the same
political complexion as the gathering
that is doing the Endorsement Ii Is a
perfectly formal and meaningless thing
to indorse "Our splendid national Admin
istration. our able conduct Of state af-
/ fairs, and our skillful and economical
/ administration of municipal matters"
/ To refuse this Endorsement might cause
I some wonder; it would be unusual ana
Irregular; II would cause comment and
wonder. and yet that is just what the
| Hughes men did.
Again the politician asks. Why did
they do it?
| The general opinion is that some
/ amateur politicians who had assumed
| charge of the Hughes interests lost
| their heads, and in the violence OF their
| suspicion OF the President concluded -
/ slap him In the face. What haspenod
\ however. was that the county committees
/ postponed all action on the inGorse-
ment proposition, and the Hughes peO-
I pie went away demoraliZed and discom-
/ fitted They had done an uncOnscionabIc
amount Of Dragging, and had been beau
\ tifully trimmed"
Hughes May Lose Endorsement.
/ Governor Hughes is left in a most re-
marKable position. He has never taken
any position on specific national issues.
He is an unknown. If he rejects Roose-
welt policies. where does he stand? That
/ is what ne will have to explain before
the next meeting of the New York
county committee If he Is to get an in
dOrsement at all. There is the best po-
/ lftical information on which to base the
| statement that in all probability no or
/ ganization in New Tork-State commit
/ tee, New York county committee, OF
| Kings county cOmmittee-will indorse
Hughes. The anti-Administration dem