The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-20
THE WRATH AGAINST THE
BOSSES.

ROCHESTER, August 1S.-The longer one
remains in the upstate cities the less prac-
tical value attaches for him TO the usual
fashion Of sounding public sentiment 90 far
as the Hughes question ID concerned. Elim-
mate from the problem Of tho Governors
candidacy everything but the personal ele-
ment. and 1t Ia equally possible TO get frank
and representative opinions for and against
Mr.. Hughes. To 20 among organization
Republicans Is to find hostility OF q very
marked sort. To go among independents.
that is. independent Republicans, Of course.
Is to get just the opposite point OF view.
In this quarter the Governor Is the perfect
type OF public servant and, as the politi-
clans say, both elements have votes to cast.
Yet after all this form Of investigation seems
more or less idle because the true situation
In New York State appears only slightly
connected with the Hughes and anti
Hughes sentiments, the existence OF both
Of which must be conceded. There is
something infinitely more impressive than
this argument over the numerical quantity
and the moral quality OF the men who favor
and oppose the Governor. There is m
thing else In the wind. Any one who has
sat out on q lake In o rowboat and watched
q thunder shower come up knows that there
are far more significant signs OF the APP
proach OF the storm than those Furnished
by the daily weather report. 1t 10 precisely
this figure Of speech that best describes the
situation In New York State at the moment
Whether viewed In New York. Albany,
Buffalo. Rochester or elsewhere there is
political thunder and lightning audible and
visible everywhere.
Standing out perfectly clearly and dis
tinotly. the only clear and distinct element
in the whole situation is the growing public
passion and increasing popular fury, espe-
cially In the cities, against the bosses. the
Republican bosses. 1t is something vastly
more potent. more instinct with destructive
vitality than the mere question OF the re-
nomination or the rejection OF the Governor.
At most this is only the chance occasion OF
the thing, the spark that sets on the fire.
works. The real emotion Is the emotion
not peculiar to New York State, or indeed
to any State; 1t is the emotion which Is
equally visible in Topeka and Buffalo. In
Milwaukee and Manhattan; It Is the anti
boss feeling.
Each time Mr.. Woodruff has gathered
a select body OF quesi-statesmen at Ramp
Kill Kare-it may have been for the pur-
pose OF settling the destinies OF the nation.
1t may nave been to collect o~zone-there
has heen nm ipatant evidences of popular.
tae,,nv and pon,lar disanproyai. One
could seel Il instantly. was in Buffalo
the other dav when Greiner and the Erie
county R~enub,icans performed such a
hegira.
sDoes Tiny Tim think that he and the
80, ~ that hunch can deliver meps vas
tha soornfu, and Indignant outburst Of
nv CHANGE breakfaat aoouaintance. His
vroth moreover was instantly suggestive
~ tbe vide avyeepins rush Of the .Ioway
Idea-. Men talk this vay about .reac-
t;on.r,sa. in Wiaconsin. There was nre-
o;se,v the samte sort OF emotion TO be noted
when AZ tbar aoant Renublican state oom-
rittas n,eatinr the searfullv and wonder
f,liv oon.,;t,ted advisory COMMITTEES was
.nno;ntad Thera vas not n s,nole member
~ mi. Commodities Who did NOT personifv
-. Io.aWtv .u.that VA. hateful In thu
AZ. ~ a n~oIitica, r.. IN Buffalo Repub.
ucars rarad at the reappearauoe Of Odell.
,h~ po,he.,.r R~snuh,oana made no effort
- oono.,I thair .nt;nathv for Barnca.
sW. vouldn,t rive Barnes smsllpox IN
p-ooh..,>-. w.a one comment. Eyerv
I.osl.v ..su,sd IN have In own ~sneoisl
-. a. svear about In addition there
~. az s..r..a,a NJ hoss offence niled nm
~ enc ,on,nitt.e'
.Ind nov va have not than all toretber.
,.,.. soaI thsmI. Here was somethina
-, ~. t..,ing thia COMMITTEES evoked. n
$50, 20 40 big no one could misa Il.
7. e,,ht 70 10 nerseotiv olaar that tbere
- - .o,nsthine wholly outside the
s,n,r,s nnsstion OF the renomipation or re-
t.oton ~ Govarnor Huebes. It seems mar
Sectlv Apparent, on tho superficial evidence
~ Is,st shat the present feeling In the
o,.as nm ths state A long AFRO transosnded
~ 49, limit ~ anv -Gubernatohal
osod,daov .J.ook out for sna-boe. storm.
This 4. The DANCE siensl disnlaved eyerv-
-. NJ ona can he ls.s than stona deaf
snd utterly Mind and not hear the thunder
~ - m. Iirhtnino. Wberever one
sns,rntsrs : oool and u~nnrsiudioed OBJ
$500 ma, =, nol,No.l exnsr,.noa ons
49, H.. ;n.vitah,e statement that n the
90, 80. hsra ~ viii inst.ntiv obitarata
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