Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13

Hughes If he turned his mind to ma chine bu lding. A very large amount of patronage will bs within his gift in the next two years. On January l he must appoint three commissioners for the newly created state highway board, which will have the handling of the larger part Of S50,O00,0 900, which the state will devote to the construe- ton of new state roads.
 Between now and the close of his term, he will appoint four public ser vice commissioners at S15,000 a year, for terms of five years each, and all -four have to appoint a state superin- tendeut of public works, who will have the handling of the immense canal sys- tenn of the state and a large voice in the construction of the new SOL OOO,OOO barge canal improvement. Sew en members of the appellate division of the supreme court; state superin- tendent of insurance, two state tan commissioners Uhese fix the special franchise tax valuations of all cor pCratiCns doing business in the state) two state water supply commission CTS who will have immense influence in the disposition of the almost un- limited water power resources of the state, and a host of minor appoint nents, all fall within the gift of Hughes during the next two years.
 They say that when Odell looked over the pubic service commissions law for the first time and saw the i'm mense powers the commissions would nave over the public service corpora tions of the state, he said:
 If l had had those commissions, would have been king by this time
 Suppose that Hughes should take il into his head to build a machine. 9 When they were trying to nominate him for the presidency, he said: '1 have been elected governor of the state. to serve for two years. I do not find in the constitution or the laws which contain my instructions any thing to the effect that the governor shall devote his energies to getting himself nominated for some other of fce-even for the presidency of the United States. You shall do as you please about it. You'll nave to ex- cuse me; l have troubles of my own
 So. when they were belaboring him with telegrams, asking him to with draw his name from consideration at Chicago, he said: q know of no emergency that has arisen to require me to withdraw my name. The dele gates are responsible to the consti- tuencies that elected them"
 Suppose that Hughes, having beat en the bosses ito a frazzfe," and hay ing them actually at his feet, should decide to use them. There will be two years after his term has ended, during which he can make use of the machine he might be building mean while. The bosses who nave fought him tooth and nail would welcome him as 3 lOng-lost brother if only he would take a hand in their game Sup pose he should?
 Roosevelt himself never had more enthusiastic popular support in New York state than Hughes. He came so near being defeated for governor that people do not speak to him of it. For every vote that Roosevelt got when he ran for governor of New York state, Hughes, on November 3, got four. What a golden chance he has now to play politics"
 Out in the west and in New Eng land they have their eye on Hughes. D He is headed for the White House by all the rules of. the political game. And between now and 1912 he has no African hunting trip in view. He has shown little interest in the White House. He is attending to his knit ting at Albany. Has our political sys- tenn room for a man who will conduct the business of a great governorship "on the level" regardless Of the fact that if he chose he could use it to en- throne himself in a place from which it would take many years to dislodge him?