Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-02
PROHIBITION HERE
Representative Hull Thinks No Leg
islation Will Be Passed Now.
LONG CONFERENCE WITH TAFT
Secretary Stayed to Luncheon With
Long Time Afterward.

ion that Gov. Hughes will not change his
attitude as to the republican presidential
nomination. At the same time he pro-
nounced Gov Hughes one of the great
governors of New York and every inch
| a great statesman.
Senator Armstrong headed the insur-
ance commission of the New York legis-
1ature and is responsible, more than any
other man. for bringing Gov. Hughes into
the political limelight. 1t was the Roches-
ter senator who selected Mr.. Hughes as
counsel of the insurance committee and
gave him the opportunity to expose the
Insurance scandals of New York. He has
been more intimately associated with Mr.
Hughes than any other man in New
York personally officially and otherwise,
and he knows the man. If anybody does.
He came to Washington on business
not political business. he wanted 1t un-
derstood-and called on President Roose-
welt for a chat. They talked briefly on
New York and national politics, but there
was nothing of significance IN what
passed.
Conditions in New York are curious,
said the Rochester senator. Il don
know who the state will be for. All
know is that my congressional district is
for Hughes at this time. Some of us were
talking socially with the governor re-
Gently. We were all having good time.
The governor is big, warm-hearted,
kindly fellow. who can and does tell
good joke and likes to hear one from
| others. Socially and personally there isn't
a more companionable or warmer man
in the world. He is attractive, magnetic
when not at work on official or profess
sional matters. Toward the last of the
call said: Governor, 1 want to tell you
that my district is for you for the re-
publican nomination for President. His
VT rrfr
he didn't say word. and shortly after
| ward he re-entered his office.
Conscientiousness, Not Affectation.
us this attitude affectation on his
part?"
Not bit of it. He is conscientio 's in
his views on these questions. I was
ISOLATED with him for months on the insur-
| ance investigating committee7-for months
before there was any talk of his being
nominated by the republicans for COVER
nor-and the methods of his mind were
just the same then as now-judfcial,
reasoning. absolutely refusing to cross a
bridge until he got to it. His tempera-
ment is that of man who decides nothing
until the right moment. During the for
NATIVE period of the campaign to nomi
nate him for governor he was just as
uncoEcerned and Indifferent as he is to
the talk OF the presidential nomination. 1
across Broadway to get the nomination.
All that ever knew of his saying to
any one in connection with the guber-
Material nomination was that he would
not accept it if he was not left absolutely
free to do as he desired"
How does the governor stand as to the
policies that have been followed by the
PRESIDENT"
81 think the best description of Gov.
Hughes political intentions that know
of is that he is a radical in purpose but
a conservative in action. That tells
the sort of man he is. 1 may say right
here and now that l do not believe any
man can be elected President of this coun-
try who fails to indorse the policies of
President Roosevelt. If the issue should
go before the people as to standing by
Roosevelt or opposing him the people
whelming majority. 1 say this BECAUSE 1
believe that the President and Gov.
Hughes are in close sympathy as to GER
tain policies. and i believe that the I'M
derstanding between them will grow closer
from now on. There is no reason for them
| to be apart. The>President is too big and
great a man to feel personal animosity.
and / am satisfied he would not offer the
slightest objection to the nomination of
the governor. He will understand Gov
Hughes better as the friends of the gov
ernor tell him the sort of man he is
Yes. / think it might as well be I'M
derstood now as at any time that Gov.
Hughes will say nothing or do nothing
more than he has for the presidential
nomination, and that he will be perfectly
unconcerned what is done. This is the
man and he is conscientious in his posi-
ton
May Bring Out LCortelyou.
Col Michael Dady, ne of the Brooklyn
bosses. is in the city and called at the
White House today. He also had a con-
ference with Secretary Cortelyou Col
Dady is. like nearly all New York organi-
cation men, not warming up to Gov
Hughes. The Brooklyn county republican
organization will meet on the 14th of
January. A Hughes resolution will be
presented, and the chances are that the
organization men will try to defer action
on it. Col. Dady intimated that the
voters of Brooklyn are waiting for crys-
| Utilization of sentiment, and that until
sentiment does crystalline 1t would not be
fair to rush into the game with resolu-
lions indorsins anybody.
There are suggestions from Brooklyn
that Timothy Woodruff and Col Dady
| may undertake to arouse Cortelyou sem
timent to offset the Hughes sentiment.
No Prohibition for District.
Representative Hull of Iowa, one of the
republican leaders of the House does not
believe that prohibition legislation for the
District of Columbia will be enacted at
the present session. He called upon the
President today, and when asked as to the
probable result of efforts for prohibition,
| said: II do not think that any bill for
prohibition will pass at this session. Per-
sonally 1 shall vote against it. l con-
slider Washington about the beSt-managed
city as to liquor in the country. No good
results would follow prohibition here.
While l do not expect the question to
come to vote, I would prefer having the
whole thing submitted to a vote of Dis
| trict people rather than that they should
be saddled with legislation which they ap-
pear to be strongly opposed to. Voting
| than making law that did not have the
| backing of the people,
Reward for Moonshiners' Enemy.
| AS a reward for long and arGuous
service in running down moonshiners
| in what is considered the most danger
| Gus of the strongholds of the Illicit
makers of whisky in Kentucky. A. S.
| Johnson of Breathitt county will be
placed in the classified civil service as
| storekeeper and gauger in the in
! ternal revenue service by special order
| Of President Roosevelt. Johnsons rec
| ord was today placed before the Presi-
| dent, by Representative Langley of
/ Kentucky, with the result stated, The
order will mean that instead of getting
| $500 a year for such dangerous work
| and being a temporary man he will
become permanent and get 81 a day
| Representative Langley also talked
with the President about nominating