Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-02-20 | Page 1 | Hughes Not Afraid to Turn on Light

MM MOT AFRAID New York Governor Determined That Legislative Scandals Shall Be Probed. USING THIS MEANS IN CONTEMPLATED CAMPAIGN Said to Have Racking of President Presi-dent Taft in Scheme (o v Rim Again. By Leased Wire to The 'Tribune. ALHAXY X. v.. Kcb. 10. Governor Hushes, who won bis spurs ns an investigator in-vestigator dmlnp tbc Insurance Invesll-iijUlon. Invesll-iijUlon. is determined that Mount Scandal snail bo allowed to erupt as loup as there Is anylblnc to tiring forth, no matter what Republican statesmen are Injured. In-jured. There Is a persistent rumor here which Is spoken In tbe Intervals between the bribery gossip that President Taft has persnnded Governor Hughes to. become a. camJIdato for povernor ai;alii next fall, and the governor has taken the must unique method of ennipalsnliiE: ever adopted since, the art of politics was-first In Its fwnddllnp clothes. Governor HukIics Isn't Injured in tbe least by the Allds-Congor scandal, nor bis administration tarnished In tbe slightest. Furthermore, hc will not be injured by the Investigation inlo the laud scandal which b has just ordered. In fact, these investigations will help Governor Hughes, and tbc only harm they will do will be to the clique which has always fought him. May Kill Off a Pew, "With tbe governor enjoying carte blanche, delegated to blm by I'rosldont .Taft, be entered this wcck on the Initiative Initia-tive stages of Ills campaign and started a ball rolling which mav crush out a number of political lives before It stops. Governor Hughes. It may be said. Is tbe man who has made Investigations famous, and he Is entering upon an era of In- iillislt Inn; nrm tli:il wilt nwrilnilnw nnv other of. the past. Tbe governor has a large pursonnl following- of Kepubll-I Kepubll-I cans. l.i-moeratr. unfl Independents, with tacit organization In every part of the state. I J is organisations are not "rings." .they are merely bodies of men who think .dike. What could bo more beip to Governor Hughes than to court investigations of wrongdoing on the part of those Republicans Repub-licans who have always" contested "him? President' Taft fully appreciates tbe unique position the governor occupies in New York, and It is believed the president presi-dent will IiMid personal assistance to-help blm. Some leaders are asking what part ?olprfol- q'Jicodoru'Rooovt't -will'- piny' "in Xe-w Tork politics. The magnates of. the party are gojng abend without walling for the rnturn of lhi colonel, but whether their Ijdste Is a necessity or policy is a question of dubntc. More Is Yet to Come. Tbe so-.alh.-d Adirondack land frauds have been a souree uf9 gossip In the state for a long time. Certain politicians are alleged to have gotten laj;ge slices of profits by these transactions. A'-eordliig to SUite Senator Bonn Conger, the present pres-ent disclosures are not "a Ilea bite" to what will traiisplre subsequently when the probe Is sunk Into tbe Adlrondacks case. Ho intent is Governor Hughes upon following even- Hail of -lvlc debauchery that he had thrown asldu many of his legitimate duties as governor so that his work will not be retarded. Tbe political barometer has been wobbling wob-bling in the past week, but tbe hand of I Tushes has been as Ilrm as a rock, and bin friends look with Just as much confidence con-fidence to his campaign next fall as bey-do bey-do to bis ultimate victory in the chain of Inquisitions he Is starting. There Is one feature of graft that has always been considered which will come in for Its share of the limelight. This Is of the sort described by Senator Conger Con-ger In bis testimony In the pending briberv case. Senator Conger declared that ho obtained protection from legislative legis-lative Interference with the bridge graft bv making a contribution to tbe Republican Repub-lican campaign fund. "When the state senate resumes Itb session in connnltteo of the whole. Pro-siding Pro-siding Officer Davis will announce his decision as to whether certain far-reaching questions shall be arbitrated, fbls uoHllon relates to the distribution of 54000 which was given to Jean Bui nett. a member of the assembly who has since dlej Burnett's brother will be asked to tell what other assemblymen received nortions of the SIO0O "bridge fund" if The u'csldbig officer rule that the quc5-t quc5-t on shall be arbitrated. This will mean the blasting of further reputations and the a of gloom which has hovered over Al-trJnv Al-trJnv is considerably deepened thereby.