The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-20
HUGHES NOT AFRAID
TO TURN 0N.L|GHT
New York Governor Determined
That Legislative Scandals
Shall Be PrObed.
USING THIS MEANS IN
CONTEMPLATED CAMPAIGN
Said to Have Backing of Presi-
dent Taft in Scheme TO :
Run Again. q
BY Leased Wire to The Tribunc.

DS LtdSeu W Ire 10 The Tribune.
u; ALLBANY; y. y. Feb. l9-Governor
Hughes. who won his spurs as an i'm
/ Ncsugator during the Insurance investi-
gallon. is determined that Mount Scandal
shall ne allowed 10 orupt as long there
is. anything to bring forth. no matter
| jured.
There is q persistent rumor here which
| IL spoken In the intervals between the
bribery gossip that President Taft has
! persuaded Governor Hughes to become a
! candidate Tor governor again next fall.
and the governor has taken the most
| unique method Of c1mpa iEning ever
| adopted since the art of politics was first
in It's swaddling clothes.
Governor Hughes isn't injured in the
least by the Aids -Conger scandal, nor his
administration tarnished in the slightest.
| turthermorc, he Will not be injured by
| The, investigation into the laud scandal
! which h" has just ordered. In fact. these
| Investigations VIII help Governor Hughes
| and The only harm they will do viii be TO
the clique which has always fought him.
May Kill Off Few,
With the governor enjoying carte
I blanche, delegated to him by President
.Iatt. he entered this Week on the initi1-
tive stages OF his campaign and started
ball rolling which may crush out a
number OF political lives before II stops.
Governor Hughes. IL may be said, is the
man who has made Investigations famous.
and he is entering upon an era Of in
QUESTIONS now that will oveVshadow any
other OF thc past The governor has
large personal following Of RcpublI
cans. Democrats ana Independents. with
iacit orSauizauon in every part OF the
state. Ills organizations are not rings"
.they are merely bodies OF men who think
.like.
What could he more help 10 Governor
Hughes than 10 court Investigations OF
wrongdoing on the part OF those Rcpuh-
President Taft fully appreciates the
unique position the governor occupies IN
New York. and IL is believed the preSi-
dent will lend personal assistance to hcip
him. Some leaders arc asking what part
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt viii play in
New York politics. The magnates of the
the return Of the colonel bu, whether
their haste is a necessity or policy is "A
question OF debate.
More Is Yet 10 Come.
The so-oalcd Adirondaci land frauds
have been i source OF gossip In the state
for o long time. Certain politicians are
alleged 10 have gotten large slices OF
profits by these transactions According
10 state Senator Benn Coneer. In" pres
cnt disclosures are not "a Hc1 bite to
what win uahsplrc subsequently when
the probe is sunk into the hdiyondackS
case. So intent is Governor Hughes upon
following every trail of civic dcbauchery
that j." had thrown aside many OF ms
legitimate duties as governor so that ms
work viii not bc retarded.
The political barometer has been %ob-
Hughes has hecn as firm as a rock, and
his friends look with just as much con-
iidence 10 his campaign next fall as ihey
90 TO his ultimate victory in the chain
OF luuuisitions he is starting.
There is one feature OF graft that mas
always been considered which viii come
i'm for Its share OF the limelieht. This
Is of the sort described by Senator Con-
ger in his testimony IN the pending
bribery case. Senator Conger declared
that he obtained protection from legls-
LltiVe interference with the bridge Srdlt
Iov making a contribution TO the Repuo-
lican campaign fund.
When the state senate resumes lts
session in Committee Of the whole. PrG-
siding Officer Davis Will announce ms
decision a : TO whether certain tar-rcacn-
Ing questions shall be arnitrated; rms
question relates 10 the distribution oi
s400O which was given 10 Jean Burnett
a member OF the assembly who has Slnce
died Burnett's brother will be asked 20
tell what other asscmpivmen lccIEeu
nortions OF the $1,000 bridge fund
Inc ,rcsiding officers rule that the ques-
ton shal be arbitrated. This wlil mean
,hc blasting of further regulations and tne
air ,,f gloom which has lowered over Al
banv il considerably dcepcpcd thereby.