The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-26

Gov. Charles E. Hughes, OF New
York, has accepted President Taft's
offer Of an appointment to the Sa-
preme Court bench as successor 10
Justice Brewer. and his nomination
IS now before the Senate.
Mr.. Hughes will resign from the
.governorship, and Horace White,
of Syracuse, will succeed him in
the executive chair at Albany This
change, however. will not take place
until the opening Of the fall term
OF the Supreme Court, early in Oc-
tober, when Gov Hughes will quail
ify as a member Of the bench. There
viii be, consequently. only little
more than two months OF White as
governor OF the Empire State,
OUT OF STATE CAMPAIGN.
Gov. Hughes acceptance means his
7 personality viii be eliminated from the
fall campaign in New York State. and
that the directing head and hand Il
Theodore Roosevelt VIII be behind the
. Repblican fight there next fall
Il can be said on good authority that
+ Republican leaders in New York are
counting on the active influence Of Col.
. Roosevelt to whip the party organization
iu,o sha-e. and 10 stand behind it in
/ the coming campaign There IS good rea-
son TO believe that assurances already
have been received that he VIII lend q
/ hand. There is talk tonight that Col
I lector Loeb, Col. RooseveIts former sec
retary. may DE drafted from the couec-
torship 70 run the campaign next fall.
. and il IS even inumated that Mr.. Loeb
may be pushed forward On his record as
. a house cleaner in the sugar frauds as q
candidate for governor. Nobody doubts
now that M Roosevelt wiz enter ac-
lively into the New York State cam
Daicn and Will dominate the entire fight.
Hughes Policies 10 Continue.
{ It is the belief of members OF the New
York delegation in Congress that the re-
tirement Of Gov Hughes from politics
Of the State will in no way retard the
/ progress Of the so-calied Hughes ideas.
and that party reorganization begun IN
[ der Hughes viii be carried forward and
completed under Roosevelt influence.
+ The acceptance Of Gov. Hughes came
as a surprise, even 20 President Taft
himself The President made his offer
. ~ letter on April p. and it took the
/ governor only a little more than @ day TO
make up his mind
/ The President had had Gov Hughes IN
mind for the Supreme bench long be-
fore Justice Brewer died when the
/ President was In Albany about the mid
die OF March he urged Gov. Hughes 20
run fer third time as chief executive.
and when the governor told him L was
I impossible Mr.. Taft suggested the possi-
! bility of an appointment 70 the supreme
/ bench. At that time. however, Gov
/ Hughes said that he did not feel he could
I aAcrG 20 accept SNtl an appointment
Cabinet Unanimous on Choice.
! The President al last Fridays Cabinet
meeting discussed the appointment Of a
successor TO Justice Brewer and Il was
/ the unanimous opinion Of the Presidents
advisers that the appointment ought 70
/ be offered 20 Gov Hughes on the re-
mote possibility that he might change his
mind. The President himself wrote 70
Mr.. Hughes, but as late as z o'clock yes
terday he told several OF his friends that
| he was fearful that Gov. Hughes would
! not take the place.
J The President was iGst preparing 10
/ leave the White House for Howard Uni
versity at o'clock when the letter from
! Albany dated April q was delivered. II
was apparent that the President was very
much pleased. and instead OF climbing
4 into his automobile and starting for the
/ University. where Andrew Carnegie and
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