New-York tribune., 1908-02-26
GOVERNOR HUGHES IN CHICAGO.
4 LESSON FOR ALL.

a LESSON FOR ALL
From The Washington Star
In showing us what Washington did hs .sl sh9Es ,Es
MS what We ourselves should DO. lie interrrets tns
STeat perfornances Of that day 50 as 10 point 99L
the duty and the possi 2tes 0t @ .hsS & S f % reY1S-
ing helpful public service if We but guide oy the
spirit OF the greatest of the fathers.
SUMMED Up
From The Buffalo Express
BGs SGe b@ Wing that It vas declaration Of be-
lief in M the is intended for their benefit
:SThe common welfare must be the supreme iaEs
salG G3TeTS on We must favor no class. but
tect the interests of all our cltIzeiiS-
ON THE PRESIDENTS POLICIES
From The Chicago Record Herald
The thousands who uphold the Roosevelt potGI.s
r-ars even TO understand that the Governor pc
eves in certain principles that undeIIE those P
as regards rich malefactors he made a very cSsens
plea for sending them 10 bs jan igb5 Of tbs state
the courts and the methods Of eutorcing tne LaWs
Sn S, ilsh a the e President lines and noted
that he addressed himself with special emphasis 70
business men
OPTIMISM.
From The Washington Post
Governor Charles T. Hughes has been decrist
by his political enemies as one anons 1naL c.sS 1850 g.
pressntday reformers whose hand IS Taised asalnSC
The great businesses and the sreat business men
o. the nation TsrIor But m ms so rsTv AZ set forth his
position that the most ardent or MS cppo-
men
i'N lust. Mr. hughes declared that the nation -
morally sound that it's standards Of business have
fairly represent the intelligence and moral senti-
ment Of the nation.
VIEWS ON THE CONSTITUTION
From The Hartford COuraut-
Governor Hughes's speech Il Chicago last Satur-
day had no surprises in II for those who had read
morally sound He thinks need tust now this
tonic OF wholesale confidence He has q robust
faith I'm the country's commercial future Tie
deprecates indscrimnate detraction- lie has sgsln
served public notice all coISerned that he is no
reaCtionary; lit must also be taken 20 be settlsd
policy he saws, that there shall be complete.
effective and just supervision Of our railroads. he
talks about those who would hog for themselves
the treasures OF the public domain quite aS fheo-
due Constitution soundly American
and right as William Howard Taft's-
ERRORS OF THE CONSERVATIVE CLASS.
From The Chicago Evening Post
They who would have sanity OF Judgment and
reasonable solution CT difficult questions should
70 II that they 90 not SUR the people 70 diSraon
by the corruption or representative goVernulenl
They must trust the people and rely upon their
good faith and sense of Justice In the long run
they Will not be disappointed IL they themselves
keep faith and respect the institutions whose pro-
lection they invoke
In these. the most significant words OF his
Hughes touches upon the primary error OF the con-
servatve class in America by persistence In this
ton 10 its abiding interests. In opposition I'm
other words to orderly progress and the security
of fundamental rights
BY persistence In this error this class has given
aid TO the reactionary and 20 the ochlocrat. who
equally are its deadly enemies
IL is the most encouragins evidence OF social and
political advance that to-day in the main through
the leadership OF Theodore Roosevelt this class
has taken sides with democracy. and. TO use GOV
the .p.Opis sad rsisins upon thsis soSd f.ilS ~
1as1sa.