The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-24
The "CnmnromIse."

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sented NJ Albany will deceive no one.
The fact IN the situation Is too patent
70 leave room for any fiction, however
convenient The primary legis alton
prepared and advocated by Governor
HUGHES has been defeated. The man.
ner Of It's defeat has been such that the
Governors own declaration in his Bing-
hamton speech precludes the POSSIBLE
ity Of his calling an extra session to
pass the hill by executive coercion. so
far a. the fight represented battle for
an avOwed principle. 20 far ~ !, was
an honest and honorable contest, it has
been lost.
Al this point, however, il has occurred
to certain ingenious and experienced
politicians that the hour IL appropriate
for employing time honOred methods
A State campaign Is AZ hand. Votes in
numbers necessary promise to he din
cult to get this fall. Therefore. having
defeated all that the Governor has reck-
oned vital in his measure, these politi-
cians are ready. even eager, to pass a
sham measure, bill bearing the same
label but having nothing Of the con-
tents of the Hinman-Green hill. For
the passage Of such a bill they could
then claim much credit from a deceived
electorate hereafter.
For the success Of this scheme one
thing il essential. Their -compro-
mise bill must bear the Enforcement
Of the Hon. CHARLES EVANS HUGHEs.
His certifcatiOn Is necessary II It u
70 succeed in bringing tn the Repub-
lican machine the support Of that fac
ton which has followed him. Now
that the Governor has taken himself out
Of the field Of State politics. his posi-
bilities as a stalking horse have been
increased rather than diminished
II Is a notable fact that the machine
politicians have rarely succeeded in
making the Hon. CHARLES EVANS
HUGHES their duTe Nor Is there any
conceivable reason why this latest and
most transparent trick should sic
coed. The Governor himself in his
Binghamton speech indicated his con-
viction that the compromise now pre-
sented TO him was unsatisfactory, and
asserted that IL would not prOviClV'a fair
or valuable trial Of the principle Of his
own Statewide bill. In this view he was
unanimously supported by the press and
the platform champions Of the Human
Green bill. What temptation there can
be for him TO yield now, therefore, il
IL hard to conjecture.
IfGOvernOr HUGHEs shall now accept
the scheme offered n him by the ma.
chine element Of his party he may save
some votes TO his party in the next
election. He may even gain the sem
blance Of a personal triumph, but at
the generally recognized sacrifice Of a
principle ne has proclaimed vital and on
terms he has rejected once ~ impossi-
bic. Already he has had tO face the
criticism Of supporters who have
charged him with deserving a real cause
for personal advantage. How inf
nitely more severe will he the criticism
II he sacrifices the cause itself for the
incidental glory Of an empty personal
triumph!
The Hinman-Grepn bill is dead All
that now remains is the proposition that
the Hon. CHARLES EVANS HUGHEs shall
give his name and sanction to a dishon-
est and fraudulent bill. designed no, IN
bring about any primary reform but to
attract under false pretences the votes
Of the men who have followed Governor
HUGHES in his fight against the Repub-
lican leaders. Such a compromise
ran only result in compromising all con-
cerned in Il.