New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
SITUATION In ORANGE
oDFLL AGAINST HUGHES.
Y.5onendent Voters Like Governor
and HM Support Him.

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.b,,-r \. Y. Aug I5.-Ask lieutenant of
t-overnor OdelI who is in absolute control of
.. ,,-onee County organization. what will hap
a. the Saratoga convention renominates
-a--.-,or Hughes and he will say that the nor
.,,,-slitv of 1000 will be cut nothing and
.,o Democratic candidate for Governor.
- he Is. stands an even chance of carry
,-e the county.
merchant carpenter or farmer the same
tor and the answer will be that Governor
S-.-nas IS as strong as or even little stronger
30 vas two years ago and that what ne
,ose IN account of the hostility Of the state
lection viii be offset by the votes of in
..,deut Democrats
,--iscsnt feature Of the situation is that
a, the friends Of Mr. Odell are against the
--o- and desire the nomination OF some
s,se they concede that things are drifting
N-,is+elzablv the Governors way and that he
z4u be renominated-
The seeker after political truth can hnd the
= nth he is looking for. If he wants TO
=. d. volume OF information tending 10 show
-. Governor is thousands of votes weaker
-, his marty he viii have no difficulty IN tax
-,-b that particular kind of purveyor. On
-. .-her hand. If he wants a rose colored
..-.or If the overwhelming strength Of the in
..,,-5s,,t voters. and of the predominance OF
.o-sc,ence over guile and the wicAedness OF
-,fs world. he can get that, too
-. <ac+ is that the Republican organization
- orange County is in a revengeful state OF
- with 2 marked disposition TO repeat this
- the performance OF last fall. when the city
:. &sDburg which ordinarily is good for a Re
,lIican plurality OF 500, elected McCung,
T,r,ocrat Mayor by q plurality Of about $40,
r.. last time the city elected a Democratic
,t.,or was about fourteen years ago
oDEIL NOT AN ADMIRER OF HUGHES.
-L situation in Newburg to-day can be
--.as5 in hve ietters-Oden. The hostility OF
=. machine lies in the fact that the former
t-overnor is not Ar adrnirer Of Governor Hughes
sn5 ali his friends and followers know It
T Is not susceptible Of proof that MT Odel
I'll f7t1 70 advise all his friends to rally to the
.r,no-t Of the ticket on Election Day Political
v.-srsps ike the former Governor are punctil-
a. .boyr such matters If the Republican or
,srjzatjon Of orange gives the Governor only a
-,ssrre support II will be because the Odell men
.,s carving around a monumental crouch
r7-s- of all. they have an old score to settle
-,t RE Governor. Two years ago, with the in
.--anoe investigation fresh in the minds OF the
,o-ers Governor Hughes visited Newburg on
one OF his campaign trips Mr. Oden was on
hand 10 greet him. To use the words OF friend
of Mr. OdeII Hughes paid about as much at
ten+ion 10 Odeu as ff he had been a big New
foundland dog
tn know how thing like that will strike IN
II Neyyburg one should know the town In
general way every one knows that Nj OdeIl
&c factor here. In fact. he is more than that
H comes pretty near being the head and fore
front OF everything that runs successfully ana
makes money in NewbUrg. He has fully recoV-
s-es his health. which a year ago so bad
that he nearly died He has plunged heavily
into various industrial pursuits-some old and
some new He Is the head Of the Central Hud-
sor Steamboat Company. operating nine boats
between New York and Albany He is the
head Of the company that furnishes the city
with ice He is the head OF the light and trac-
ten COMPANY Within a year or two ne mas
created Z large amusement park-Orange Lake
Park-six miles back OF Newburg, and extend
e his electric railroad TO II. He is heavily in
terested in 4 successful lawn mower manu-
featuring company and another concern making
metal upholstery springs. He has a thousand
men OF the payrols Of his various enterprises.
and he il the most alert business manager IN
the city OF New5urg- He knows where the
next spike is 20 be driven on his traction lines,
and ne is aware Of the fact if the cook on one
ming his particular department. He works
pretty much all the time, and everything that
he manages. so they say in Newburg, pays
handsome dividends.
FOUND THE CITY DEMOCRATIC.
That's the kind of a man Mr.. Oden is. now
that he is no longer Governor or state leader.
Last fall when he was sick. the voters woke
Up the morning after election TO find that the
city had gone Democratic. When Mr.. Odel
had chance TO talk with his lieutenants their
explanation was:
We didn't ask you what TO do We thought
We would show them"
The them referred 10 probably were the
anti-Oden men around the state who made a
target Of him following the insurance investiga-
ton
Leaving entirely out of consideration for the
time the question Of right and wrong, and
looking at the situation in Orange County TO
discover the probable fact, the seeker after
truth is sure TO come to the conclusion after
patient inquiry, that If Governor Hughes is re-
nominated he will not fare particularly well al
the polls in Newburg on Election Day AL
over the county the OdelI men are sore"
They are just as sore over in Goshen, where
e1-Sherif Hook is the leader as in Newburg
where Mr.. Odell is in active control Mr. Hook
Is the head Of the trotting track interests in
Goshen That place is trotting centre and
many of the farmers there raise trotters for the
market Mr.. Hook this week cancelled the dates
Tor the fall meeting. giving as a reason that OF
account Of the anti-gambling laws the meeting
would better be called of. There is every in
oication that Mr. Hook called off the meeting
Tor the express purpose Of prejudicing the farm
srs around Goshen against Governor Hughes