The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-13
New York Republicans Do Not Know What to Do With
 Hughes
STATE LOOKS LOST NO
 MATTER WHAT IS DONE
Party Leaders Afraid If They Noml- nate Hughes for Governor 1t Will Be Fatal and Know They Will
 Lose If They Do Not

Washington, September 12-(Special)- With the renomination for governor of New York apparently within his grasp 1t is interesting at this time to note the re- lations existing between Governor Hughes and the President. as it is the latter who has brought about this condition.
 When Hughes was nominated 1t was the President who suggested 1t The ex- posture of the insurance scandals, involv- ing the republican national committee and later the President himself, were realized by MT. Roosevelt to mean a severe party handicap. Hughes, a republican in the capacity of an attorney. had professionally played an important part in the ex- posures. He was the only man the res publicans would pick up to win the cleo ton. The old politicians shook their heads dubiouslyi declared they were In the middle of a bad fix and accepted the dictum.
 Hughes, as governor, has treated the President worse than he has the party leaders in New York state. No sooner had he taken office than he declined to accept advices from Washington and cut loose entirely from the national admin istration. The President was indignant and has roundly denounced Hughes in speaking of him to White House callers. There is no man in the country of equal political prominence that Is more cor dtally dsliked by the President than Gov ernor Hughes. The President, however. has gotten 1t into his head that Hughes is the strongest republican in New York the only one in fact who can help Taft.
 Therein lies the secret of support of Governor Hughes. He cares not one whit Tor Hughes except as a means for aiding Tart, and should Hughes win in New York this year and Taft lose the state the sorest man in the United States woflld be the President.
 This insincerity in the attitude of the residents support of Hughes, the fact tnal hugnes has arrayed against him every politician in the state and the addi- tional fact that every leading democrat m New York will vote the democratic ticket this year are explanations of the commence expressed by Chairman Mack In an Empire state democratic victory.
 Connecticut Situation.
 Thomas M. Waller of New Haven. twice governor of Connecticut, will be named by the Connecticut democrats at their convention next week to make the race against Representative Lilley if he can be prevailed upon to accept the nomina- ton. His name is brought forward by the strongest Bryan men in the state regardless of his attitude on certain party questions during the past 12 years. He is conceded to be the most popular demo- crat in the Nutmeg state, and would lend much strength to the national ticket.
 Of all the doubtful states the democrat ic managers are offered much comfort by the situation, in Connecticut. The repub- lican press of the entire east is severely crticizing the republicans TOT nominating Lilley, declaring that his unsavory rec ord endangers the state for Taft and openly predicting Lilley's dereat at the polls.
 The Connecticut democrats hold their convention next week. They have plenty of good gubernatorial material from which to draw, and expect to make the best of the republican blunders.
 Hlgh-Priced Expert.
 Col. George w. Goethals chief engineer and chairman of the Panama canal com mission, has just appointed cement spe- cialist to work on the canal, at a much greater salary than that of the chief en- gineer and chairman. This information is contained in the Panama News, newspaper printed In the canal zone, and although the News is usually authorita- tive on such matters, nothing Is known of the appointment at the Washington of- fees of the canal commission. Captain Boggs, chief, and MT. Lane, assistant chief of the Washington offices, know nothing about the appointment, and MT. Smith, the appointment clerk, to whom all appointments come, no matter what their nature, has heard nothing of it.
 This story is to the effect that Chair man Goethals has cabled to Mir Haskins of Boston, telling him to come to the canal zone at salary of s1OO gold day. MT Haskns is an expert and is to inves- tigate a number of technical questions about cement and the way it will have to be treated and used in the locks.
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