Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-03
HE MAY MAKE LOEB
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
While Hughes and Roosevelt Were
Working for Same End Thru Same
Means, They Were Pulling Apart
Too Much Alike to Asree-WiIl Now
Be One Leader in State.

it will lave an effect in two respects:
First, it probably will remove Hughes
from the field Of national politics,
which he had already entered, and
he probably will not again be con-
| sidered in connection with the presi-
| dency; and, second, it win, by eliminat-
| ing him from the New York situation,
| turn the control of the republican
party in that state over to Roose-
welt.
II is the latter which is regarded
here as being the more important.
Roosevelt, on his return from abroad.
will be a good deal more powerful
politically, it is believed, with the
party in a great state behind him than
he would be if the party were divided,
a part of it supporting him, and a part
of it supporting Hughes, for the two
men have never worked together, and
| their followers, while taken from the
| same classes in the state, have really
not had much in common.
Loeb For GOVERNOR
With Roosevelt the undisputed lead
er of the party, it is figured here, he
win be able to exert a controlling hand
in the nomination of a state ticket.
| headed by a candidate for governor.
In this work he will be ably seconded
by Senator Root and Collector William
. Loeb. Jr. the latter, it may be, to be
! named as candidate for governor, for
only Roosevelt men will be placed on
! guard, and the governorship being the
; most important position in the state. as
! we'll as theSuost influential, Roosevelt
| will be expected to consent to the nom
ination for governor Of some man who
has been thoroughly tested in loyalty
to the Roosevelt ideas. Such a man
is Loeb, who has been making good
on his own account as collector of the
port of New York.
Until the retirement of Hughes, the
leadership of the New York republic
can party seemed devolving on Senator
Root, much to that gentleman's sur
prise, for he has no aptitude for po-
litical leadership, and none Of the arts
and graces of the political manager.
With Hughes remaining in the state,
Root would have been compelled to
divide his attention between him n
! Roosevelt. and the result would have
been a situation which would have an
noyed him. But with Hughes out Of
it, Root can and will turn all his infu-
ence over to Roosevelt. and work with
him for the uplift of the party in the
! state, along the lines which Hughes has
already marked out.
Two Too Muck Alike.
This antipathy between Roosevelt
and Hughes has been one OF muse
ing and interesting developments Of
later day politics. The trouble seems
to have been that the men were too
much alike to agree. Hughes is as
Independent as Roosevelt, and Roose-
welt is as courageous as Hughes. Both
have displayed wonderful energy, po-
litical foresight, capacity for COM
manding the support of the better ele-
ments of the population. n intelli-
gence and judgment. Both have been
| somewhat inclined to boss" but
| Roosevelt to a greater degree than
Hughes. The result of these kindred
traits was that the two men were
working along precisely the same lines
and for the same kind of results, but
at the same time pulling apart from
each other.
With Hughes remaining a political
factor in New York, it is easy to see
that there WOuiQ nave DeSn d SooO
deal of trouble for Root. and probably
Inc man is more glad than he that the
situation has been cleared by the APP
pointment of Hughes to the supreme
bench.
1t Will be the policy of Roosevelt to
make a winning fight in New York
state this year. He will be the boss
of the party in just as true a sense as
Plat or Odell were eve bosses. altho
without the suspicion of pecuniary ana
patronage rewards which attached to
those personages. He will be followed
all the more readily because Of his dis
.interestedness. He has already had all
the honors his state can confer upon
him. and is not asking for more. The
real reason for his desire to become
state leader will be found in his de-
sire to remain a prominent figure in
1.-The rational game of politics. He will
be able to speak with increased en-
phasis when he has the political power
of the greatest state in the union be-
hind him.
Hughes May Come Back.
Hughes may or may not figure again
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