Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-14
HUGHES NOM|N ALTON
IS PRACTICALLY
ASSURED
New York Stale Convention
Expected to Name Gov
ernOr to Succeed
Himself.
SPEECH BY ROOT
FLAYS BRYAN IDEAS
Secretary Calls Attention to As
Serti0nS of the C0mmoner and
Points Out Position of United
States as Result of Re-
publican Rule.

saratoga, sept. lf,-Inat Governor
Charles h. Hughes will be renomi-
mated by the Republican state con-
vention as a result of tomorrow's
balloting became all but a certainty
today and even the anti-Hughes lead
ers, while still determined publicly,
have begun to adnat privately that
it might be done on the first ballot.
The opening hours today found the
anti-Hughes forces ready to renew
with unrelenting persistence a dogged
hight to accomplish the governors de-
feat. Even the most enthusiastic ad-
vocates of the governors renomina-
don admitted toGay that the delegates
opposed to him might defeat him IL
they could be united upon any other
candidate. All efforts to find such a
candidate have been found futile.
The plan tentatively agreed upon by
the antI-Hughes men is to present as
many names as possible with view
to preventing the nomination on the
first ballot and playing for the COM
olnation later.
1t is conceded this afternoon, how
ever, that the efforts of the anti
Hughes men have failed and there
seems little chance that the ants will
be able to form any combination of
sufficient str sngth to defeat Hughes.
Inc convenuou ret at 3 o'clock
and adjourned after appointing COM
mittees and listening to the speech of
temporary and permanent chairman.
Elihu Root. Secretary Root in his
speech took occasion to call atten-
ton to some of the ideas advocated
by Bryan and to point out their
worthlessness. He said:
But Mr.. Bryan gives specifications.
He says there are three reasons why
the people do not rule.
First, because there is corrupt use
of money at elections. Does he mean
to say that the two millions and a
half of votes which constituted Mr..
Roosevelt's majority were bought;
that to such a frightful extent the
American electorate is venal? Does
he produce any evidence of such a
charge? Not the slightest. Does he
produce any facts tending to sustain
even suspicion of the justice of
The second reason why Mr.. Bryan
says the people do not rule is that
We have not direct election of sena-
tors and he holds the Republican
party responsible for not having pro-
cured an amendment to the constitu-
ton of the United States to provide
for that. There ia no more necessity
for an amendment to the constitu-
ton providing for the direct election
Of senators than there Is for an
amendment TO the constitution pro-
VidIng for the direct election of presi-
dent. II the people Of any state
wish any particular man to be chosen
as senator, they have only to Instruct
their legislature, as the people of a
considerable number of states make II
their practice to do now, and no leg
islature will ever for a moment think
OF disobeying the instructions any
more than presidential electors vio-
late their obligations. The proposed
amendment is simply to enable the
people Of each state to escape from
the performance of the duty of elect
ing a legislature that can be trusted.
Are We prepared to abandon thu per-
formance of that duty?
The third reason why the people do
not rule, says Mr.. Bryan, is to be
found in the rules of the House of
representatives. The Denver conven-
ton declared in It's platform that 1t
observed with amazement the popu-
lar branch OF our federal government
helpless to obtain either the consid-
Grafton OF enactment OF measures de-
sired by a majority of its members,
and a majority can change them as
It will. Manifestly. there must be
rules to control the conduct Of the
business Of the House. or no busi-
ness could be done. over thirty thou
sand bills were introduced in the last
session OF Congress, and there are
3S6 members. II one-tenth OF the
members had attempted TO speak five
minutes each on one-tenth of the bills
that were introduced, working eight
hours a day for the average legisla-
tive session and permitting the trans
action OF no other business they
would have been speaking still and
the term of office OF the entire Con-
gress would expire befort one-fourth
OF the one-tenth could be heard.
Plainly, there must be rules to limit
oratory TO provide for the selection
OF the measures which shall come up
for discussion. and 70 provide for the