The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-05
ROOSEVELT THE KEYNOTE.
Situation In New York Since Hughes
Appointment RevOlves Around
His Probable Attitude.

part in the New York State CAM
paign next fail. In fact it would
be difficult to find single Repub-
lican in the New York representa-
ton here who does not believe,
now that Governor Hughes has
eliminated himself, that Mr.. Roose-
welt will dominate the Republican
affairs of the State in the coming
contest,
Several members Of the delga-
tion declared to day that Colonel
Roosevelt would be consulted not
only in regard to the selection of
candidate for Governor, but that
he would participate actively in
the campaign, probably delivering
at least one speech.
Several members of the New
York delegation said today that
the Colonel had made plain to them
before he left the White House
that he did not intend to surrender
his right to engage actively i'll the
political affairs of his own State
and that they might expect him
on his return to this country to
take a live interest it all Of the
party's doings
New York Republicans here be
lieve that if Governor Hughes had
remained at the helm and had tax
en- an active part in next falls
campaign there would surely have
been friction between him and the
Colonel. Members of the State
delegation look now to the push
ing and completion through Roose-
velt's influence of the party reor-
ganization begun under Hughes,
In this gossip the name OF Will
liam Loeb, Jr., Collector of the
Port or New York, is being men
toned more frequently than any
body else's as a possibility for
State chairman to succeed Timothy
L. Woodruff. If Mr.. Loeb were
pushed for this place, however, he
would have to resign as Collector.
President Taft's appointment of
Governor Hughes has grown in
popularity in official Washington
in the last twenty-four hours. 1t
is safe to say now that no single
act of the President since he enter
ed the White House has brought
him such universal commentator.
Some Republicans believe that the
appointment will do much toward
setting the President in a stronger
position before the country in that
it affords convincing proof that the
President has placed the Supreme
Court above all partisan or politi-
cal consideration.
Democrats in Washington de-
clined to follow the lead of William
J. Bryan in opposing Hughes for
nomination. In private CONVERSE
ton they did not hesitate to con-
denim Mr.. Bryan's criticisms as in
extremely bad taste.
Several prominent members of
the New York representation in
Congress professed to believe that
the appointment of Governor
Hughes to the Supreme Court
Bench does not mean his definite
elimination as Presidential posi-
bility seven years hence. Those
Republicans recall that Salmon B.
Chase when he was a member of
the Supreme Court was seriously
talked of as possibility for the
Presidential nomination, while in
more recent years the name OF Jus
tees Brewer and Harlan often
have been urged.
Some of Governor Hughes
friends here have been pointing
out the similarity OF the Oppor-
tunities that came to him and to
Mr.. Taft. They pointed out that
it was Mr.. Taft's ambition, proba-
bly, more so than in the case Ct
Governor Hughes, to sit in the
Supreme Court of the United
; States. Mr.. Taft had an oppor-
tunity to choose between a realiza-
ton of that ambition and a posi-
bic nomination for the Presidency.