Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-09
BOSSES FALL IN LINE
N. o. M. Tells of the Brisk
Stampede to Hughes.
BUT THEY ARE NOT HAPPY
TEST" Vote of Yesterday Was a
Screaming Farce.
DOESN'T SHOW ANYTHING
BUT THEY ARE NOT HAPPY
SHOW ANYTHING
DOESN'T s
One Politician Brutally Calls Hughes
"the Candidate Everybody Is
for and Nobody Wants"
Special From u Staff Correspondent.

NEW YORK, September 9-The stam-
pede of the hitherto opposing bosses to
the Hughes band wagon has commenced
in earnest and presages his denomination
for governor at the republican state con-
vention next week. Gov. Hughes will be
renominated under protest. 1t will be
half hearted proposition all the way
round and will be done because the
publicans see no other way out of their
dilemma.
To recall an expression which was one
time applied to candidate higher up,"
Gov. Hughes will be a candidate whom
everybody Is for and whom nobody
wants" That sounds brutal, but in these
dispatches 1 am telling the facts about
the political situation and not playing any
partys game nor any group Of politicians
game.
One of the leading republican politicians
of this city made this remark to me this
morning. will be excused for not using
his name. for the kind of quoted inter-
views that are given out are not worth
telegrap phi tolls as a rule:
A Bit of Plain Talk.
I'VE will have to renominate Gov.
Hughes, because if we do not the repub-
Hcdn party Will De dCCuSeO VI OouSHS d
moral issue
This leader went on to say that he had
grave doubts of the ability Of the repub-
licans to carry the state unless the demo-
Gratis should be more than usually fatu-
Gus in their candidate and platform.
The first of the local leaders to mount
the Hughes band wagon is Herbert Par
sons, chairman of the county committee.
In statement given out at noon he said:
THE result of the test vote taken in
this county shows that considerable
majority of the enrolled republicans pre-
fer that Gov. Hughes should be renomi-
mated. We took the test to put the ques-
tion up to them, and if their desires were
explicit. to act accordingly. The test
shows that there Is some bitter opposi-
ton.
But in view of the controlling senti-
ment in favor of Gov. Hughes renomina-
ton, which the test has made clear. it
is my opinion that large majority OF
the delegates from New York county to
the state convention will favor GOV.
Hughes denomination"
"Test" Vote a Farce.
Now, it is we'll known in this neck of
the woods that yesterdays so-called test
vote" on Hughes denomination was a
farce of the first water. Why. the Rogers
Brothers or Williams and Walker or Nc
Intyre and Heath could not get up a more
screaming farce than that test vote. IL
was designed simply to give the political
bosses who wanted to turn to Hughes
soft blanket to fall on. The vote was not
a test In many Of the districts selected
for the So-called test not one-thlrd OF
the enrolled republican vote turned out
In other districts the vote cast was un-
doubtedly instructed.
The only honest vote was on the East
Side which is anti-Hughes. and there
the boys turned out with a whoop and
not only registered their opposition, put
had it counted.
This is supposed to be an object lesson
Of the anti Hughes sentiment which Is
to be developed at the polls in Novem-
ber Well. as against that there will
also be the votes of the stay homes.
who did not enter yesterdays farcical
proceedings.
Humble Pie for Leaders.
Anyhow, the opposition bosses are
eating humble pie Mr.. Parsons prom
ises a delegation for Hughes from New
York county. The Saratoga convention
will make wry face and swallow the
nomination. The leaders will trv to
smother the expressions of hostility so
as not to give the democrats too much
powder for their campaign.
| The next question will be whom will
| the democrats put up? Democratic
| bosses are still at sea There is talk to-
| day of Representative Sulzer, but he is
| a poor man and cannot finance the cam
paign. There Is also talk of Frank M.
! Palmer and of Alton B. Parker. but
State Chairman Corners has not been
| able thus far to combine the candidate
and the campaign fund to his satisfac
| ton.
! State Chairman Woodruff does not
| climb upon the band wagon with the
same agility displayed by County Chair
man Parsons. However. Mr.. Woodruff
! is more portly person. as his ample
waistcoat measure demonstrates. He
| gets up with much grunttng and COM
| planning.
In a statement issued late today Chair
man Woodruff still harps upon the Oppo-
| sition to the governor. as evidenced by
| the attitude Of various leaders. He thinks
yesterdays test vote" is significant.
| Up to the Convention.
| However, in the end the state chair
mans statement declares that the whole
proposition will have to be thrashed out
at the state convention, and then he has
tens to add that whatever the verdict of
the state convention, the state committee
and all loyal republicans will turn to and
! help elect the candidate.
| Well, the state chairman comes up COM
plainngly. but he is on the band wagon
| just the same. He will take Hughes next
! week along with the rest Of them. The
latest gossip this afternoon in regard to
the democratic gubernatorial situation in
| cluded the name of d. Cady Herrick as a
possible candidate. He ran in 1904 and
was beaten in a presidential year by Hig-
gins, republican. n. Q. NJ.