Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-06-01

: that In whatever position he ha
been placed he fixed his eyes upo
the need of the situation, used a
his energy and devotion in meetin
it, and accomplished his task wit
extraordinary success.
There was no better student a
Madison or Brown, no better youn,
lawyer at the New York bar, no bet
ter professor at Cornell University
no better public investigator in al
the body of insurance experts. WheI
he was summoned to the office o.
Chief Executive of the State of New
York he gave us an administration
and leadership which ranked him
among the greatest Governors we
have had in the entire history Of the
state. And, tho layman may hest
tate to pronounce any verdict upon
judges, am confident that public
opinion does not rate Mr.. Justice
Hughes second to any judge who to-
day sits upon the bench of the Su-
preme Court of the United States
But whether sitting in the high
and sheltered places of Justice, or ad-
ministering in the full blaze of party
criticism the multifarious and
weighty affairs of the Empire State.
or engaged in the private practice of
a stirring and keenly competitive
profession, the thing that arouses
wonder and admiration is the ade-
quacy. the ample and apparently easy
adequacy, which Mr. Hughes brings
to every task. His whole public
life has been a succession of great
and surprising achievements II
any man is equal to the Presi-
dency he is, for he has been equal
to every other great office. And
there is no better training school for
the Presidency, and no better testing
place for a Presidential candidate,
than the Governorship of the State
Of New York.
What leader Hughes would make
for the Republican party. His person
ality, character and public record
would reinspire and intensity popular
In "the party Of moral
deals" For, strong and capacious as
mis- intellect is, it was not primarily
by his intellect, but by his honesty,
courage, Independence, in
flexible principle, and resolute devo-
ion to the public good, uncolored by
he shadow of personal or party ad-
vantage, that he rallied to his stand
lrd the voters of New York State anl
thruout the Republic the
of great statesman and
party leader.
And what campaigner he would
,e In the presidential campaign Of
1908 he so far surpassed every other
Republican speaker that he had
scarcely second His great speech
It Youngstown was like broadside
rom a whole battalion of orators.
His luminous exposition and fiery
loquence pierced even to the div1d-
ng asunder of the joints and mar
ow of all the progeny of Mr.. Bryan's
And not only Mr.. Bryan,
ut President Wilson, at once the
nost finished and the most effective
peaker of the Democratic party,
7ill be in the campaign of 1916. 1t
,ill be no easy thing to overcome
i'm, for the President besides being
n able man and trained orator, is
lso shrewd politician with thoro
nowledge OF recent politics. What
Their Republican Is so we'll qualified
, be our protagonist in this com
at as Charles E. Hughes?
The instinct of the people, as is
ways the case, is wiser than the
lans and devices of the political
lanagers. The people have made up
lefr minds that Hughes is to be
lie next President of the United
tates. They are demanding in no
lcertain tones his nomination by
e Republican Convention In
hicago. A man must be blind in
led who does not recognize the
rength, the pervasiveness. the in
stency, and the constant growth of
e Hughes sentiment" And the
nazing thing is that it is absolutely
d entirely spontaneous. There are
Hughes agents, no Hughes or
nization, no Hughes money, no
lghes press-nothing, as Colonel
lrvey has so well said, but the
ople. The time, however, has ar
ed In America when the people p
We their way, and no political 81
mute dare attempt in Chicago to- ii
eep back this irresistible tide of tt
pular Hughes sentiment 81 c<
Who else is there that the Repub- tn
ans can assllred1v Alect2 With anyl st