New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-12

New York city mayoralty campaign.
Put it into effect next year.
Those were some of the influences
that affected public opinion regarding
the direct primary bill, and the COM
b1ned Influences were sufficient to give
many senator and assemblyman a
reason for voting against the measure
that would be acceptable to most of
his constituents.
Corporation Influence.
The attitude of many of the newspa-
pers in opposing Hughes measures in
New York state, particularly in New
York city, has been caused by corpo-
ration influences. He has regulated
the operations of public service and
allied corporations in manner not to
their liking. The public service com
mission has been spear between the
ribs of various street railway and rail-
road companies, etc. One New York
city street railway company claims
that it has had to file 1000 reports
with the commission since the board
has been In existence. The Hughes in
surance reform and banking reform
measures have antagonized these in
terests and their powerful allies, such
as fire insurance companies, etc. He
has further attacked telephone and
telegraph companies. All these inter-
ests have influence with political par
ties, and so with the legislature.
Through the aggressive Hughes pol
icy regarding the interests of the
classes named the governor has arous-
ed antagonism that will prove too
strong for him to successfully combat,
for he has no machine, and his
strength with the voters is decreasing
through lack of new appeal of the
necessary impressive qualities.
A Fatal Compromise.
Probably the failure of his direct
nominations campaign was inevitable
when he decided to make his bill
compromise. It did not provide for
simon pure direct primaries 1t gave
preference to political organizations,
unlike the Wisconsin and other plans.
Resultant was the disapproval Of vari-
GUS civic bodies that however, sup
ported the bill perfunctorily as at least
step in the right direction. The Re-
publican and Democratic organizations
Joined in a common cause to defeat
the direct primary bill, and when this
was accomplished this bipartisan COM
b1nation was maintained until several
important measures affecting corpo-
rate interests were either defeated or
emasculated by the devious process Of
amendment.
The great trouble with the govern
or's campaign for direct primaries,
which has vitality affected his career,
was that he offered the compromise
himself instead Of forcing his oppo-
nents to do so.
Men who have voted for every re-
form measure the governor ever pro-
mulgated went on record against him
on his direct primary bill; also last
year the Hughes telephone and tele-
graph control bill received over thirty
votes in the assembly. This year it
got but four votes when first voted on
and five the second time.
Real Rulers Of State and Country.
The business interests Of this coun-
try control this country. The business
men of the various states control the
various states. The business men con-
troll political parties. When the gov
ernor Of state so conducts himself in
Office as to antagonize powerful bust
ness interests and to fill them with
distrust of his policies he faces fin
ish fight for his political existence.
The stringent nature Of certain Of
the Hughes reforms have caused some
Of the important business interests to
attempt to go to the other extreme
and wipe out all state control over
their affairs. An interesting indica-
ton Of this tendency was revealed be-
fore the judiciary committee Of the
New York state senate week before
the legislature adjourned
Joseph II. Choate, former ambassa-
dor to England, appeared for the Ryan
to the Davis bills extending the power
Of the public service commission. He
condemned the measures numerically.
Finally Senator George A. Davis Of
Lancaster, the committee chairman, in
terrupted Mr.. Choate, asking:
'Mr. Choate, is it possible that you
can find nothing good at all in these
bills?"
EYES," quickly retorted Mr.. Choate
II haven't been looking for anything
good in them"
The political future Of Governor
Hughes will be determined during the
next year.
His party organization is willing to
stand by him, to renominate him If he
so desires or to promote him-for
consideration. And that consideration
is that he modify his policies, abandon
radical reform programs and follow
the lead of his organization instead Of
trying to lead the organization. In the