Putnam patriot., 1916-06-16
with a moderate practlce.

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 Mr. Hughes took office as governor January 1, 19e7. He secured the pas sage of laws placing public utility cor. porations under the control of state public service commissions. stopped racetrsck open gambling, and insti- tuted notable reforms in the consid- eration and coL.uct of public affairs at Albany.
 vetoes Over Two Hundred Bills
 In his first year of office he vetoed more than two hundred bills which the legislature had passed. explaining in each case his reasous for the veto, As a result the volume of legislation was much decreased, and the quality markedly improved.
 Governor Hughes was the choice of the New York delegation to the 1908 Republican national convention for president. He was a leading possibil- ity fer the vieepresidential nomina- tinn on ,he Taft ticket but declined to consider the proposition In 1908 he was renominated for governor and again elected He did not finish his second term. On May ?. 1910, Presi- dent Taft appointed him an associate justice of the United States Supreme court
 Simplicity Is the keynote of the home life of Mrs. Charles F. Hughes. Her home is elegant but unpretentious, with a quiet. restful presence which makes the privilege of entrance one to be eourted Mrs. Hughes Is not in any sense a clubwoman. She is devot- ed to her husband and family and has little time to give to clubs and soeie- ties.
 They are the parents of the first baby to be born in the executive man. sion at Albany. Their children are, re- spectively, Charles Evans. Jr.. Helen, Katherine and Elizabeth. They were married in Brooklyn when Mir Hughes was twenty six years sf age and four years after he had graduated from Co lumbia Law school. There is a story afloat that the young lawyer never called at the home of the then Miss Antoinette Carter until after they were engaged. Hughes was too proud to pay formal attention to the daughter of the man whose salaried employee he was and so the courtship was in effect suspended until the young man had won place fiji the firm.
 Hughes Earned Big Fees.
 Hughes was not obliged to wait very long for this new dignity of position and such was his ability that ere long all the more intricate portions of the legal work of the firm were trans ferred to him. From the outset, Mrs Hughes. who is a graduate of Welles- ley. and, Of course, comes of legal family. was of real assistance to her husband in his career. Although Hughes, when compared to many less able legal lights has never been much of money-getter. he was ere he had reached his thirtieth year receiving an income of $20,000 to S30000 per year.
 Justice Charles E. Hughes was wide ly discussed as a presidential candi- date in 1912. but he refused consistent ly to allow his name to be used. His idea fin this connection, that the Su- preme court must not be dragged into politics, was set forth in letter writ ten by Rabbi stephen s. Wise of New York. personal friend.
 It may not be generally known that Mir Hughes is trustee of the Uni versity of Chicago, position to which he was elected in February, 1914. His election was to i'll the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dr. Thomas w. Goodspeed and was in accordance with the rules of the institution, which re- quire the presence of at least fourteen Baptists on the board.