The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-06-12

board of their power to grant such franchise, and vesting it in new body called the Board of Estimates and Apportionment. Charles E. Hughes was the railroads attorney. Corporation Counsel Delaney re- fused to approve the franchise be- cause inexpedient to the city's in terests, but the franchise YVES grant ed just the same-the most Valu- able that has been conceded within recent times and one that now Is estimated as worth over billion dollars.
 Hughes placed feather in his cap as the attorney in charge of the insurance investigation and a news paper demand was made that he be nominated for governor.
 How that investigation of which Hughes had charge, had absolutely no result except that it gave the House of Morgan a strangle hold where before it's control was some what slippery, is now too well known.
 The value of the work that Hughes had done was reflected in the campaign contributions by Big Business; Morgan donating $20,OOO Levi P. Morton similar amount, Rockefeller, Rollins, Wells, Carnegie each 5000. Fisk, Depew, Gates, Seligman, Kuhn Loeb and Co. and many others $2,500. It was slush fund pure and simple. The total amounted to $313,923.
 Hughes record as Governor shows that he vetoed the law reducing railroad fares from three to two cents; vetoed the bill giving New | Workers five instead of ten cent fare to Coney Island affecting 2 million weekly; vetoed the platoon bill giving the New York policemen eight hours day; vetoed bill giving New York state school wom- an teachers equal pay with that or male teachers, in a special measure to the legislature he urged with wealth of eloquence and legal argu- ment the defeat of the United States constitutional amendment providing an income tax. He even went further and agitated its de- feat. When Jerome failed to prose- cute Ryan for the hundred thou sand steal by the latter in the sale of the Wall St. Ferries railroad company, (when Ryan was defend ed by Hughes former law partner Paul D. Cravath and during the Grand Jury investigation concerning which Carvath refused to answer certain questions the question came up whether Cravath should be pun ished for contempt, but which WAS not attempted). Hughes white washed Jerome in one of the most fragrant cases of non-feasance in of- fee ever brought to public notice.
 Thefts and corruptions in connec- tion with traction companies ana franchise rights were unearthed to the amount of s9O,OOO,OO0 extend ing over period of years. But they caused the gubernatorial con- science of Charles B. Hughes no misgivings. As has been pointed out, however, his occupany or tne eovernorship of New York was not all a blank and he gratified his Bep' fist friends immensely by taking no stock of the financial steals, Wall Street gamblings, but boosting lh- stead bill forbidding race tracN gambling.
 He was the safest corporation Governor that has ever sat In AlDa- nv. and his choice by the repuph- cans shows precisely where he is bound.
 He is consistent. He is not as candid as Taft. His odor Of Baptls' sancrity is over towering, and ne IS the High Priest of Big Business. He began his career serving them ana doubtless his aim is still to serve
 His nomination therefore is the most natural thing in the world The country has got back to us Penrose, and it's Cannons; Hughes is therefore the logical man.
 In contrast with Wilson he IS as far as Big Business is concerned quite fiawless. His ideals are those