The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-23
 IFS HOLDS W YORK KEY D Leaders Must Bow to Him. xRN0R IS AMBITIOUS ices His Party Men to Support
 Him. Fear Ansasonism To state Ad- alstration Would Hurt National Tscket--The Democrats Are
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BY ALFRED ]. SsToFER.

Washington. Aug, 22-(Special)-- SIth but few exceptions the New York Republicans who come to this city can not conceal the worry they are having lover the question of the renominatfon fof Governor Hughes
 Three months ago they felt reason ably certain that the Governor had run his race and would soon be back numbef. Indeed. Governor Hughes bad said himself that he was not dis posed to be candidate for renomina- finn- That was about the time of the meeting of the National Republican Convention. The machine Republicans of the Empire State had hit upon Hughes as their candidate for Presi- dent- They did not do this because they thought anything of him. On the eontrsFy they secretly were against h4xn. .fbut it was the only game they could successfully play just them
 The anti-administration fellows were willing to go into any arrangement that promised to keep the New York dele gation tied up for Hughes go that Judge Taft's friends would not Be able to get hold of it, The forces commonly called the allies" and opposed to judge Taft, hoped and believed that they would pe able to defeat Taft If he did not win fhe nomination at Chicago on the first ballot. They had not then reckoned that the steam roller" would be run over them. ana that under the Inani- nuiation of Frank Hitchcock the raft Supporters would take all of the dele gates from the South and everywhere Nise Involved in contests
 Governor Hughes, 1t will be recalled, nlscovered when the New York prffn- @rfes were held that he was not the Hincere choice Of his own state for the presidency. There was. a strong under Nurrent even in New York for raft. dt1A 2o the Influence of the adnainistratIon uf President Roosevelt. and Goyernof Hushes realized suddenly that he was nfing used for a purpose. He posi- lively declined to be considered for. second place at chicago. probably f6r the reason that he knew he could not get that nomination. either. and was all at sea when the Chicago gathering broke up.
 Not Ria of Hughes.
 The machine leaders imagined they Were rid of the Governor. when 10 and nehold he got to thinking of what a btg man he had been at AIbany. how the moral and business element of the state were signing his praises because he had instituted reforms pleasing. to the. Better classes of citizens. and he srsssse ribht- ssp' snd caused a nowifns @surprtse In the camp of the machine leaders by announcing that he wanted another term!
 He does not think that ali inc re- Forms he has urged have been brought hbout. and that is why he would like to have another term at Albany to force hose issues.
 It was pretty well understood in Washington some weeks ago that the fegular organization had made up their minds that with Hughes out of the 
 not to injure Tafts chances in New Fork. would keep his hands off. ! Hughes never would have been nonf- hated for Governor in the first place f it had not been for the Roosevelt Influence. And inasmuch as he was elected over William Randolph Hearst. when all the others on the state ticket with Hearst pulled through. quite naturally the President laid consider able stock by Governor HuFheE
 Then the mighty dtiestioii evidently arose In the mind of President Roose- veit when he heard that Hughes wished 2 70 'rtsn again that some way must b4 found toHlet him have his way. or 1t would be bad for raft. If Hughes was turned down by the machine the re- Form element would be disgusted. and the chances were that no other Repub- lican could be elected Governor this year. But it would never do for if to get out that Roosevelt and his closest advisers were actually taking a hand In the settlement of a state fight Oh no Ht must appear that the Jim sher- mans, the Tim Waodruffs. the Fassetts and others had of their own volition gone to Oyster Bay to tell Rooseveft of the awful predicament they were in. and finally when it became ap- parent that there was no way out of the muddle, for the reason that Hoose- Welt would be mad and dIsgustSa if Hughes were now brushed aside. the news must be sent broadcast that the organization had willingly and graei- ously decided that all things consider ed, and to prevent a factional fight. and for the sake of the national ticket and to preserve harmony in New York Hughes must be allowed to have an- ; other nomination. and it must be an- 3iounced that ali the old ring leaders were simply burning up with enthusi- asFn for him. They are not Of course and if Hughes Is renominated 1t will from all the information which reach es washington. be about the most bitter dose the organization fellows have had in many year
 Opposition to Hughes.
 They are said to realize that on ae- count of his efforts in the direction of reform he has anta Eonized a pow erful element on which the organiza- ton leaders have for years relied for success at the polls. The race track ,ssaaasszassaAaza