The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
REPUBS SPLIT IN NEW YORK Over the Gubernatorial Problem. STATE MAY GO DEMOCRATIC Roosevelt Administration Trying to Force Hughes Renomination. Nearly All the Organized Repubs in New York are Protesting Against
 Hughes and Want Him
 Sheived.
Bv ALFRED ;. STOPPER.

Washington. Sept. 6.-tSpecial.l l-- Although not a great many public men have dropped into Washington this week. there have been quite a number of talkative and apparently we'll posted people In town who have brought some interesting political gos- sip
 At present the fierce struggle going on within the Republican Party for control of the coming State Convention which Is to meet at Saratoga on the i4th inst. attracts more attention than anything else up in the eastern sec tions of the country. As is pretty gen- eraiiy known by now. the mighty ques- tion with the Empire State Republicans is whether to give Governor Hughes another nomination or send him to Ahe political bone yard.
 Visitors from up that way are di- vided as 10 what the result will be. They can't exactly. yet make up their minds as to what majority or the delegates are going 10 do to relieve their party of one of the most embar- rassing situations that has arisen since 1882 That year as the older politicians remember the Arthur administration literally forced the nomination Of Sec retary Foiger for the Governorship. Foiger was slaughtered at the polls by the unprecedented majority of about ise.eo0, the late Mir. Cleveland having been his Democratic opponent. True. In that, terrific contest, the light was largely between the two fac- tions of the Republican Party denom- mated as the vIlaif Breeds'' and the ''Staiwatts." :" The Half Breeds" train. cd under the banner of the late James 0. Blaine, and the "Staiwarts" were adherenfs of the imperi0us and never give-in'' Roscoe Conkiing. Blaine's crowd put the knife into Folger in 1882.
 To Force Nomfnation. This year the. Rooseveit administra- ton of Hughes. fn the face of the earn est protestao of nearly all the oFganiSed pensshiienY.n fl, New York that if he iss not sheived it wiil simply be a repatitiof, of the busfness of 1882. But President Roosevelt and his closest po-, ;Iitfeal advisers do not seem to De able. to see 1t in that light. They are. bent on having Hughes run again. From the talk that can be heard here the President undoubtedly thinks that If Hu9hes is not renominated it will se- rio,Ialv endanger the chances of Pres idential candidate Taft not only Tn New York but in the adjoining States. The machine leaders are just as pos tive that if they are interfereu with ana Hughes Is forced upon them by inc national administration against the urotest of the active party workers io the state. the interests of Taft will not only suffer, but they come out nat. footed and assert that New York VIII be captured by the Democrats.
 Two weeks ago, so the story runs. President Roosevelt was beginning to weaken and seem disposed to let tho New York Republicans fight 1t out among themselves. Since then. the statment is made that such a howl has gone up from among the so-called reofrm lement that if Hughes IS turn. ed down. they will get on their hind Seet that Roosevelt has felt compelled to take a hand and let 1t be known that he. too. must have Hughes Hoose- vaif Is looked upon as sometnlng or hoss himself on account of the attituoe he has taken. and the local bosses quite naturally have become incenseo. And what makes them hot around the collar Is that the President Is trying to make fl appear that he Is speaking ,raraiv as a citizen of New fork' whereas. they charge that as Presi- dent he is using his position ana power araInst the local managers ana tnaI inc Federal oficeholders also are ex- pected to get out and hustle TUT 'ho nomination of Hughes.
 EncOuraging to Democrats:
 Well. this condition of affairs 10 h,ehiv encouraging to the New Tork raaroocrats Several who have come over to Washington this week say that 1t makes no difference now wnas tne Ranmhiicans do. They are confident that with d strong State ticket. which they expect to nominate. New 40rk z t. yoiShty apt to go Democratic this year. whether the Republicans nomi- nate Hughes or take up new man. .,.. Thsv are, therefore. enjoying greatly inc t,eht that Is raging between the Republican factions