The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-05
WANT ROOSEVELT
BACK As BOSS
GppeaIs Will Be Made to Him to
Return to Politics and Aid
New York Party.

NEW YORK, November 8.-Appeals
will he made. as soon as ex-President
Roosevelt reaches civilization again,
for him to come back and take COM
mand of the Republican party in the
county and State of New York. This
is the first result Of the blow that
Herbert Parsons, the New York county
leader, aud Timothy L. Woodruff, the
Kings county leader and State chair
man. received in the elections of last
Tuesday, and there is little doubt ex-
dressed among well-infOrmed politl-
clans that Colonel Roosevelt will re-
spond to the invitation. 1t is pointed
out that the present opportunity VIII
give him the chance to reenter public
life. which it is thought he will desire
when he returns, and at the same time
open the way to a very substantial
public service in taking the Republi-
can organization out of the ineompe-
tent hands in which it has been. 1t is
not difficult to see why the Republican
near leaders are looking forward to the
return Of the former President. With
the exception of Governor Hughes, who
has never mixed up in organization pol
tiles and probably never will, and
Elihu Root, whose financial affiliations
make his leadership open to serious
question, there is no commanding fig
nre in the Republican party in this
State. except that of Colonel Roose-
welt.
Next fall it viii be necessary to elect
governor and general State ticket.
It will also be time to elect a senate,
in addition to such assemblymen as
are holdevers this year. The prospect
is not pleasing one to those who have
been fighting Governor Hughes and his
policies, for with the people of New
York city in the mood evinced in the
local election, and those upstate in the
frame of mind shown by the scattered
assembly elections. record of such OPP
position to the governor as was put up
last year will not be good one upon
which to appeal to the voters. In that
event about the only chance that the
Republicans would have of saving the
State would be to persuade Hughes to
run again and to have him ask the peo-
Pile to give him just one more chance
against the gang. To the machine,
that would be little better than defeat
by the Democrats. 1t would mean that
in another two years at the latest the
bosslets would have to surrender their
empty titles to men who could make
some pretense of representing popular
sentiment.
In this same connection it is worth
remarking that the reactionary propa-
ganda which was put under way close
" following the Inauguration of Mr..
Taft has largely failed thus far to
make any impression on the mass of
the people. The committee appointed
by the last legislature to inquire into
the working of the Public Service Com
mission Act. instead of undertaking to
give the commission a general raking
over, found it wise to limit its inves-
tigation to the necessity of extending
the powers of the commission over the
telegraph and telephone companies, and
has since been leading a very quiet
existence without any of the noise that
it was expected to make by the cor
poration interests that were behind its
appointment. Thus the legislative
committee which was appointed for the
purpose of muddling up the situation
apropos of the New York city charter,
to the end that no graft-destroying and
businesslike system should be adopted
has found it well to wait until after
election before beginning it's sessions
As result, it will probably be easier
than was anticipated to get a proper
charter passed by the coming legisla.
ture- Even the committee investigat-
ing direct primaries, according to well.
founded information, win not turn
down the system altogether, but will
| probably propose some substitute fol-
| the governor s measure framed to re-
tain as much of the boss power as
possible.