The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
SKETCHOF
SENATOR HID HINMAN

an Illuminating instance. At one time
in Binghamton tho Kllmers OF Swamp
Root fame we're at odds with Senator
Human and they turned the paper they
owned loose in a campaign of denuncia-
ton. What they said OF the Pride OF
Pitcher" left little to the Imagination
and finally stung Human to the point Of
action What followed showed the sort
OF fighting stun that Is in him. His
account OF tho situation Is worth re-
citing:
You know the papers had been lam
bnsting me numerically and II was VI
TO me to answer back or get out. The
town was not 1T place for me n I
could not make good. 1t meant q night
to the finish. Either had to vamosc
or those people had TO shut up that
sheet.
II was In a corner and I was mad
had wife and son and business IN
Binghamton OF ycars standing. II I
quit It wouldn't be a nice reputation 20
hand on to tho son was raising.
went homo to talk II over with my wife,
as did all Of my political problems, and
generally found her advice good and
followed It.
4 tOiu ntI Wuat tnOuKnt 1 WOuln
do md she said: Go to II. Harvey: and
you bet ! did, hit those people twice
rs hard as they hit me and before I got
through with them Just turned he'll
loose
Well we needn't mind tho details; 7
am still fiourishing IN that old town and
those people amt publishing anything
uncomplimentary now"
Harvey Human has none OF that
quality commonly called personal mag
netism. He Is absolutely cold blooded.
very clear headed. with rare clarity OF
view. and unquestionably very able and
very ambitious. lie knows great deal
OF the innermost secrets of New York
State politics and that knowledge would
give him rare power IL he reached tho
Governorship. II nominated and elected
for that office no would be for Human
first, last and always-so say some OF
his critics. Just what this might lead
to Is matter for serious pondering
on the part OF the Progressive cam
paigners.
An admirer and a political intimate
says that Human "a Governor would ne
amenable TO no ones dictation and an
other has said that the Colonel might
find Il tust as easy to handle the Pride
OF Pitcher without gloves IA II would
be 20 play catch with a ten pound por-
cup!ne" Again. II is declared that IN
line with his record and his personal po-
lltical principles he would be found
ready as Governor to further all bills
Of real merit. in short, his work would
he OF constructive character. Yes. he
would probably build well; favor within
the present day idea Of political morals
his helpers: and look 10 the future with
a canny, calculating eye as he has corr
sistently and uniformly done In the past.
AS has been said, ~ ne be elected
Governor Of this State no man will know
before Harvey u. Human what he Ia
going to do and no one will know why
until a long time after and then not
necessarily from him" Why should no.
Harvey Human prepare his fences for
1915 just as well rs the Colonel. who
now sees all merit in the Pride ~
Pitcher" \ pertinent, question, indeed:
and the real answer Is not for the pub
lie nor for the Progressives: Il lurks In
the back of Humans head for his own
guidance. At least. such can reasonably
be Inferred from that record OF his own
deliberate making.