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b The decisive defeat of the Hinman-
Green bill in the Assembly does not pri-
marily represent the victory Of a faction
Or The defeat Of Governor. II Is rather
the triumph Of sanity and a vindicaiiOn
of Tho principles Of orderly govern
meni Above all elss II Is a reafiirma,iOn
IN unmistakable form Of the hinda-
mental theory Of American polit cal in
stltutons that the legislative and exec
utive branches Of government should be
forever separate
Il Is impossible TO mistake the fact
thai rlch strength ~ tho HinmRn-Grsen
bill actoEaiy commanded rested entirely
upon tho conviction that the Governor
Ol this State had determined 70 compel
its passage by reluctant Legislature
The proof Of this lies patent in the
fact that the moment the Hon. CHARLES
EVANS HUGHEs announced at Bingham
ton that he would no, attempt coercion
the collapse Of the fight for his bill was
recognized by friend and foe alike.
What the Governor asked for on he
half OF his bill in this address he ol--
tanned. 4 fair and open debate. an
unrestricted opportunity 10 vote uNon
the main question uncompliCAted by
any parliamentary trick. each member
Of the Assembly had Yc; in the face Of
this opportunity clear majority voted
against the hill and made it, defeat
not temporary bu' permanent for the
present session
With the final defeat ~ the Hinman-
Green bill it il not unreasonable 10 hope
that m a'tIck " hysteria in this stats
has c0me to an end The practice Of
injecting into a dehate about govern
mental reforms irrelevant and prepOs-
terOuS moral issues has wrought meal
Cilable harm. The course Of the Chief
FyeCu:ive II this State in appealing TO
the mob 10 terTorize a legislative body
into compliance with his own personal
desireSno unnauirally brings apprehen-
sion ne well as humiliation 10 the minds
Of thoughtful citizens.
When the Hon. CHARrRs EvINs
HrGHFS became Governor Of this State
he was unfamiliar alike with the ma
and the men who operate the
Of party government BY
taste, training and habit he had been
removed from the field Of practical poll
tics. vet with a strange combination Of
the spirit Of a prophet aid the method
o. an agitaior Mr. HUGHES sought 20
achieve by a single measure, devised
by himself. results Which generations Of /
eTor; have not been able any |
where to attain.
In his campaign Mr. HUGHEs was
aided by the complete Reorganization /.
Of party life by the Widespread and jus,
resentment felt agalns, corrupt and in 4
sficient politicians and by the universal .
respeCt his high attainments and I'M .
questioned public service in other fields .
had earned These advantages he used /
10 the utmost. and the spectacle Of .
4 Governor daily dsnouncing the men
md the methods OF State public life
md arousing popular fury BY violent
'harges became familiar for he first time
n recent years Where the Governor
Iaused, moreover. his followers took
~ the cry with appeals TO the passlons
md preiudiceS Of the thoughtless and
he careless.
II il true that At the critical moment
he Governor declined 10 carry 10 its
ogical conclusion the plan Of campaign
10 had followed Il Is significant. more
,ver, that in his oWn camp he should
Ilready have been criticised for this act. /
he mos, praisewor'hv. the most honor
HE in the whole episode Il is probably
Iot an eXaggeration 70 sav that the
o-Called anti-bOss crusade in the state ,
allied becsuse the Hon CHARLES Evans
irGHFs at the deCisive moment de-
lined n play the boss and force this
leasiTe through the Legislature Once ,
h.s DECISION became of common knowl- a
dge. the battle. which had been A. GOOD a
: lost whom tho Governors retirement 4
'as announced, was endei
With the notion that the result in the d
SSsmblv was a personal reverse for tho
Ion CHARLES EVANS HUGHEs We do NOT \
gree On the contrary n seems rather a
hat Governor HuGHFs has here won ]
irtorv which will hereafter CRAFTY both .
imscIf and hls admirers in this State
he temptation 10 corrce when coercion }.
a. certain bring victory was natural q
o resisting II tho Governor earned an a
lmiration which Will endure when tho b
~ pralsnworihv incidents in his cam a
nj IN are forgotten. !,
Asforihe lct ion ~ the Assembly by ia !.
nfeai Of the income tax amendment and ],
% Hinman-Green bill the members and n
aderS alike have earned an honorable %
ace IN the history and the gratitude Of u
le state a.
Needless Arrests. y
n anything were needed to convince =,