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Show The election of Charles Hughes as governor of New York state is a triumph tri-umph of decency and a rebuke to graft and corruption. The light between be-tween Hughes and Hearst was not waged on party lines. Those were ol litev.ited and the people stood for decency. It Is an encouraging sign nnd renews confidence in tho old adago that tho peoplo can be trusted. Of course New York city gave its majority ma-jority in favor of graft. Tammany and tho political bosses got In their work en tho elements of society they can handle, but' tho fnrmer3 and respectable respecta-ble "up state" folks east tho vote3 oi the sae of decency and decency tri umphed. |