The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-26

tAsm. Z know What you are noing To
ask mass that IN. what Win be th@ eject
of shw 0ovesnnR'a ryeiremsnt from politics
On tho Republican pa- Y nsxt fan and all
thne sOrt % thing. b. it's q snhjert thar
! decline 60 talk shout OF 10 sxprSss an
opinIOa upOa.'
Chairman 0riscom % the county CON-
mittss said: -Of course thin TAKES the
/ Governor out % politics. TaAt will mean
. great lOss tn the Republican party not
only IN tbts ataae hut In the country
TIE ideals for which he fought in political
hfe and the vigorous tone IN which spoke
thoss ideals had a great deal "a do with
the maintenance % Republican asrend-
sncy at Albany and NAshin gton. Hut
while ws have not hia help IN this years
campaign what he has tried "a accom-
pliah and the elean politics he has al
ways stood for will he a permanent asset
10 the many Republican leaders who are
sndsavorinGto put their party nn a IA CHER
plane IN this state
With many other Republicans who
will think - I do. I regret that ~e will
not have his active support this wear.
bat in the campaign which 10 tn come "a
the fall the fight for party purity which
he has besn making will 20 IA and those
Who belisv. IN his ideals will struggle a.
hard a. ever so nd the party 70 men who
are q disadvantage to 10. Because 81 hAs
great public work Gov Hughes deserves
this elevation to the highest court in the
land. but { am bound to ssy that in re-
moving himself from politics the he
publican party | am sp~aking now Of
course Of the better element of ehe party
lose~ one Of ia most influential members.
TO my mind 3. was one Of the Greatest
campaignsrn the Republican party ever
had and the party - bound TO feel the loss
Mr. Griscom refused TO speak on the
sub iect a. to the possible effect which
the withdrawal % Gov. Hush-- might
have on the atats election this year
Otto T Barnard. Republican candidate
Tor Mayor last year. said No b-tter
appointmeat could have besn made md
10 will not only atrs0 gthen th. United
States supreme Court but will increase
which " after all the bulwATk 20 the
nation. Bat AZ the same time u dos
seem too bad that Gov Hughes has de-
tsrmins-i to take hims-lf OFT ~ active
work in the future for tbs. Republican
party He had made il clear ~ course
that he would not run again for Governor
hist u WAS g~neTally thought that he
WosIld bs an active worker IN the ne VI
campabHn and that the hest type Of Re
psIblicans welcomed that thought l.-cau-s
stats leaders would have To agree To the
nosnsnafion % . candidate in whom Mr.
Hughes would have cOntid~nC-
N Mayor seth lsow. president ~ the
Republican club. aid: The ',O,Intry
10 10 b- congratulated On th-. splendid
.KhitSitiOn 20 Tra,rio'isn shown Nv G"v
Hughes
Isoai- stern said. = am deli ght.,I in
oas way Ia hear the ns~s. hut sorry ia
another The acceptance % tho once
by Uov HuGh-~ will mean a <rs.at los Ia
the party IN tho state
Morgan % Bri-n. one 20 ia. organizers
of the Democratic l..agIe said The
Appo,htment OF Sov. Hugfe- - a splendid
one because he 10 singulATiy fitt.-d by
son of Errai ability and attachments 10th
- lAw at Que of our leading univ-r-itie.
la fiil tho POSITION TO which hs has b.--n
appointed by tbs. President The Re
publicAns la losing tsOv HuGh-s will LOSE
one 81 their greatest aaaets Hts retire
meut makes brighter the outlook for the
DemocVats next fall b~cauae n b.. had
cooa-need tO run again I don't think 10
would have been posAibl~ tn find a Demo
cratic candidate Who could hav. defeated
him Therefore from = purely pplitical
standposnt the Democratic party gains
ey the si.yAti0n - Gov Hughes ~ the
SiPr~ms Court
fh~r~ vas a general Opinion among
tha~- who tAlkcd over thu situation that
as the Bovsrnor Would not "a to the SsI
pTsms court until after the stats Gun
VOCATION he you'd ind msanA to uws his
ibhusnce fog the nomination % a Re-
publican candidate for the GovernonAhip
Who woalld b. tn sympAthy With the |
r~foTma which no has planned