Show NOMINATION DOMINATION OF HUGHES An of the power of the thc president and the influence his office gives him was offered yesterday in I the th nomination of Mr Hughes for governor by the New York Republican conven b Hon tion without opposition Up to the th night before the convention the party part leaders were apparently at sea as to t the nomination The machine represented represented by Chairman B B Odell Odoll did dk I not want Hughes it loathed Higgins 3 and it was ready to fight anybody the thi president wanted Governor Higgins 3 and his coterie were equally lost the th crowd flirted with Timothy Timoth Lr Woodruff and there was a a conservative element clement from up the state that wanted wante i anything that would bring peace At the last moment the president t threw the influence of his office into inti 0 the scales and the nomination went to ti 0 Hughes by acclamation The conser conservative conservative element from the country the lii C federal officeholder the ho opportunists of ot every shade joined with the president dent with what ultimate result re ro remains remaIns mains to be seen Mr Hughes won distinction and his nomination by his conduct of the in insurance Insurance Insurance Investigation for the commit committee committee committee tee of ot the New York legislature which had the he subject in hand There is no question but that the thoroughness of the investigation was largely If not al altogether altogether altogether together due to Mr Hughes ability In examination of witnesses and correla correlation tion of the facts as they developed Then and there he demonstrated ex cx extraordinary extraordinary ability r as a lawyer ayer 1 an nn analyst and In the th legislation which followed the of the committee the nominee of yes yesterday yesterday yesterday again showed his capacity In a constructive way ay and closed his con connection with the committee triumph triumphantly triumphantly triumphantly antly successful ip everything he ho had undertaken Whether with the factional differ differences differences differences In the pa paty ty Mr Hughes can ean show any great groat strength In political management Is an open question It ItIs ItIs Itis Is certain In advance that the friends I of ot Senator Depew and Senator Platt I will not sit up of o 0 nights to help elect Hughes and it is a safe guess that Odell Ode and his followers are arc not going to work overtime In his behalf His backing must come from the federal administration with its or organization organization organization and innumerable office officeholders officeholders officeholders holders and from those Republicans who have been least vociferous in their approval of the management m n gement in the state during the past decade In effect the nomination means a complete reorganization of the party the th elimination of the tho the Platts and all aU the other old warhorses and the construction of a anew new machine m dependent upon the president |