New-York tribune., 1908-09-17
THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
The nomination of Lieutenant Governor
Chauler as the Democracy's candidate for Gov
ernor is a great and probably conscious trio-
ute to Mr. Hughes. In the discussion Oh eau
didates which preceded the nomination MI.
s-banIer was invariably mentioned as the
strongest man the Democrats could put up
and when this assertion was accompanied U!
a, exclamation If always came out that MT.
Chanler,s strength with the voters was due 10
his great and outspoken admiration or Gov
ernor Hughes His strength did not depenu
upon ANYTHING he had done Inc duties oi 'ne
Lieutenant Governorship are not exactlng anu
the opportunities for distinction tnereih die
peu and for between and none of them mas
come Mr. Chanler's way. The PUBIC can proo-
ably remember only a single Official act OF MS
his vote LAYING on the table the anti-Sa"oliiiS
bills after their failure at the regular ee'7i''i .
This we believe. is regarded as an element OF
stra,,e,tb IN the Democratic candidate because
1t indicated sympathy with the Governor III
his fight to uphold the constructor
Rut This vote is not to be compared WIN me
snaacbes that Mr. Chanler made testlfylng MS
unbounded admiration for Governor iiughes hs
ground for his being 1.-The strongest man IN the
Denoocra+ic na-tyn 1t is by these speeches that
Mr.. Chanler has impressed himself upon tue
naonla of the state or more particularly th2t
section of It which votes the Democratic tlchet
so powerfully that the Democratic convention
nominates him for office, violating its esta5-
Iisbed custom of naming only those VINO nave
proved their strength by previous defeats and
nrefarring him TO the defeated Herrick and the
defeated Parker If it had not been for those
snaeches the party would hardly have thought
seriously of Mr. Chanler as its candidate. More
than once Mr. Chanler has declared his admlra-
tion for Governor Hughes each time establishing
himself more firmly in the regard OF his feil0"
citizens who shared his feelings toward tne
chief Executive Common enthusiasms pro-
mote mutual respect. At the Dutchess County
dinner last January the Lieutenant Governor
had this to say of Mr.. Hughes
DO not let us be blinded by petty partisan
nreiudice in selecting the men TO fill our of1lces
Let US rather seek out an honest man, ana tnen Il.
having found such man keep him Wnere ne Is
needed 1 have always said that believed the
Governor of this state to be an honest man
faithful to the trust imposed in him. Altnoueh
some of his ideas may not be my IDEAS ana ms
political party is not my political party i leei
it an honor to take off my hat to that man ana
proclaim him who has worked nara anu I
faithfully not for his party, but for the people
of the State of New York. He IS a nne type Oh
the wholesome. sane American cltlzen
And again. speaking at the hotel mems din
ner last winter he said: I'VE have at Albany
"at the present time a man who is doing his
..Ubole dutv as Governor of the state and rs
Governor of the people" Utterances Ike
these convinced the state that Mr.. Chanlef
knew good Governor when he saw one ana
had the courage to applaud devotion to puDhc
service without regard to partisanship Every
body thought we'll Of a Democrat who thought
well of the Governor. Mr.. Chanler shone with
a reflected light He was great and strong as
that man was famous who had shaken the hand
-lI Tra+ +hn mo O
non-partisan spirit as he himself evinced. we
can't help admirin,. in the young Lieutenant
Governor his admiration of the Governor 1t
is q worthy trait and Mr. COnners and Mr.
Murphy did exceedingly we'll to recognize H.
Mr. Chanler is great by contact with greatness,
and strong from admiration of strength. he
is interesting to the voters of the state as the
man who had once seen Shelley was interesting
TO the poet:
All. did YOU once see Shelley plain.
And did he stop and speak to you,
And did you speak to him again
How strange it seems, and new.
But Shelley was dead when the verses were
written and Hughes is very much alive and
renominated. 1t doubtful, therefore, en-
gaging as the quality is, that the voters VIII
prefer admiration of Mr.. Hughes's good quail
tiles to the good qualities themselves.
With Mr. Chanler running as a Democrat
WI isn't afraid TO admire IN q RepuOHcdH
that which all the state is admiring, who
doesn't care who knows that Governor Hughes
is his ideal of a public and a Governor,
the campaign in this state will be even more
fantastic than the national campaign with Mr..
BRYAN running against Mr. ROosevelts party as
the narent and heir of Rooseveltism. With a
Roosevelt Democrat out for the Presidency and
Hughes Democrat in the field for the COVER
norshin the bewidered voter may well ask IL
there is not something in the party whose Op-
ponents bestow on it the sincerest form of fiat
terry. Mr.. Chanler's task seems even more diff
fcult than Mr.. Bryan's. The Nebraskan can
pretend that he is the natural heir but there
is no room for an heir in New York. Mr.
Chanler will have to show us why he would
displace the man who is doing his whole duty
"as Governor of the state and as Governor of
"the people" He will have 70 show why we
should not keep where he is needed the man
whom he himself declared to be IAN honest
man. faithful TO the trust imposed in him.
admiration Of whom is Mr.. Chanlers most eli
gaging quality. The situation calls for dex-
terity.
The rest of the Democratic ticket appears TO
be up to the average of those put forth by
Democratic state conventions. For all the state
knows some mute. inglorious William Schuyler
Jackson turks among its membership.