The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-02-11

The reported objection to Brar- deis on the part of Associate Justice Charles E. Hughes being so strong that he will not allow himself to be nominated by republicans for the presidency, thereby quitting the Supreme Bench lest another Bran. deis be appointed, directs attention to this jurist
 Most people regard Hughes as the nonpareil up-lifter, progressive able and unsullied by any corporation influence.
 Beginning as a lawyers clerk :n the great corporation firm of Cham. berlain Carter and Hornblower in New York city, he married Cartcr's daughter and afterwards the law hrm of Carter, Hughes and Cravath was formed. He was Thomas Fortune Ryan's most confidential legal adviser and Gustavus Myers says of the Ryan activities i've cannot enter into the immense mass of testimony before various legislative committees re- vealing the long trail of corrupt and criminal transactions of corporations, controlled by him.. Obviously Hughes position as legal adviser therefore Twas no sinecure.
 The most important legal service rendered to attract the public eye by Hughes were those wherein he defended the electric light compa- nies in resisting the effort to put the deadly wires under ground as an invasion of the rights of pre- perty".
 While Hughes was busy in thls way, his partner Cravath realizing that defeat was ultimately probable, was busy securing franchises for underground conduits after which struggle the companies that had been fighting one another in power and light consolidated and estap lished a monopoly. Hughes was the legal light that guided the way.
 Hughes never had any other prac. tice but rich and powerful clients He began in the service of the cor porations and served them zealous- ly, faithfully and with scrupulous honesty
 Railroads, traction and lighting companies all were served by Hughes but it was not until compe. titivo magnates of the Equitats.e Assurance started contest, that Hughes became really prominent It was used with great effect at the time and there was a general de- mand after his unearthing of the vast system of insurance corruption, that the newspapers joined in the demand for Hughes as governor, and to be governor with the express intention of carrying out the re- forms required of insurance compa- nies.
 To the campaign fund which elect ed Hughes governor, J. P. Morgan contributed $20,O0O, Levi P. Nor ton $20,000, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller Jr., H. B. Rollins and E. M. Wells each s5000. Har- vey Fisk and Son, Chauncey M Depew. John w. Gates, and w. Seligman and Co.,, Kuhn Loeb ana Co. and sundry others gave $2,500. Charles M. Schwab, Edwin Gould. Jacob Schiff, William H. Moore, Adolph Lewisohn and many other millionaires e.ch contributed one thousand or two thoucand dollars. the total sum thus obtcined being $313,923.
 Governor Hughes as Governor did not make single move to re- medy the evils in industrial insur- ance which weighed upon the work ing class and not single mar whom the investigation found had been guilty of fraud, perjury or mis- management was prosecuted in spite of petitions at Jerome's failure to do so being filed with the Cover nor. The governor appointed com. mittee to investigate the charges. against Jerome, but the invcstigat ing commission simply white