The sun., 1908-08-22
CHEMUNe AND j. sLOAr FAssETr.

to carry the momentous tidings that Hughes
sentiment was non-existent in New York
State. 1t Is fairly Illuminating. therefore,
TO listen to the views Of the fellow oitizens
Of the Hon. j. Sloat upon this same sub
jeot. The first resident OF Elmira to whom
l appealed, man who In not In politics
but has served as an admirable informant
In other campaigns. had this TO say;
"If Mr.. Fassett would spend little less
time in Washington and Bass Rock and
little more in Elmira he would find that
the overwhelming continent OF his own
county 10 for Governor Hughes"
The second man interrogated was Q Re-
publican, follower OF Fassett. who has
held high Office a. such. He volunteered
this idea,
"Just about 90 per cent. Of the Re-
publicans Of Chemung county would be
satisfied with Governor Hughes. Q good
many OF them want him strongly; In fact
about the only fellows that I have heard
against Hughes are few thoroughbred
sports.'
How do you explain Mr.. Fassetts Oyster
Bay announcement, them" asked In sur
prise.
-well, guess there 10 little bit Of per-
sonal feeling In Sloat's position and point
Of view"
The third witness has held high ofioe
because Of MIR. Fassett's favor and lost tho
same Office because MIR. Fassstt's favor hes
lost some Of its local potency. He said:
sIt would be suicidal, amply suicidal,
for the Republicans to turn down Hughes"
All three Of the foregoing opinions came
from the Fassett side OF the fence. Here
Is the view Of man who has for years held
important place In the county machine.
but is now opposed to Fassett:
sAt least 80 per cent. OF the Republicans OF
Chemung county arc for Governor Hughes;
the bulk Of them want him strongly.
tell you that It will Be sorry day for the
Republican ticket, State and national.
as we'll In this State and IN this county In
particular. IL Fassett and Barnes and tho
rest Of those fellows turn him down.
Even more significant was this utterance
of yet another lifelong Republican who has
held many high Offices:
Il shall vote straight Democratic ticket
this fall for the first tirne In my whole life.
I shall do It because believe that IL is tho
only way to purify the Republican party
and get rid of tho thieves that now control
It,. I'd hate TO tell you how many other
Republicans are in the sanne position.
"oh. yes, we are all for Hughes, but
there Is no hope for him. Fassett. Barnes
and that crowd can't use the Governor;
he won't do as they say. so they are going
to beat him. either directly or indirectly.
'Sloat can't use him. All over the
city there is this same explanation oiWhe
antipathy Of the Hon. j. sioat for the Gov
ernor. The foregoing opinions are repre-
sentative; they were not speciaiiy selected
or colored; they were In the main matters
OF chance meetings. Ihere should 90 m
oluded the hostility OF number OF hspuo-
lioans who are against the oovernor-
almost without exception however. tho
organization Republicans. the sporting
element or a few readers Of hir. fassetts
local organ the Elmira Aduerf'ssr.
But sentiment for Hughes and sentiment
against Hughes, and the former vastly pre-
dominates. are as blank cartridges TO dyna-
mite when compared with the anti Fassef
sentiment. There are men VINO ieet euongy
that the Governor ehouid % named because
OF bis own merit Dut tney are gentse ana
soft spoken beside the roar OF the men VINO
are Tor Hughes because faasets aeeanss
him. since tho Two elements nave un"Sd.
they now form the vast majority OF cne
hepuohcans oi ohemons' VIA Whoe ""
Chemung has been going Democrauo on
the Fassett issue Tor numoer Of yeafs'
wholly or in part, now.
We are going to give our peerless leader
1000 majority-that Ii for the Democratic
tioket,' was one Republican anesr. Ths
hatred Of Hughes among the Fassett peo-
pie 10 as burned incense TO brimstone beside
the hatred Of Fassett by the antt.Fassett
people.
The politics Of Erie or OF Monroe are mere
exercises Of freshman debating club
compared with the Donpybrook Fair OF
Chemung. Any student OF political oondi.
tions who desires TO collect good set
Of specimens Of the anti-boss germs should
como to Chemung. Out here 1t sounds like
the East Side when Jerome was on the
crusade. Incidentally the Hon. sloat is
filing the c. Francis Murphy rols perfectly.
They have boss In Chemung--s real boss
and the boss issue has already obliteratsd
every other landmark. not In the local fight,
not in the State fight. but in the national
campaign; and THE 6uS's correspondent