Show ri 1 I The Most Mot Conspicuous Men en o of the trie Y Year ear I. I J The Worlds World's s 's Work Among the public public public pub pub- lic men who ha have hama ma made e the stroll strongest Impress on events In lu the United States during the year car the President stands s first Enemies an and friends alike grant this But his two conspicuously able secretaries Mr 11 Root and antl Mr Ir Tart Taft t who this cabinet a very notable one have o furthered d his hla policies unceasingly unceasingly and In fur unusual ways One On Is re returning returning returning re- re turning through Europe from an nn er errand errand er- er r- r rand of or peace to Japan and an all errand of help to the Philippines und and the theother theother theother other made a Journey journe around South America an and subsequent visits to Canada Canada Can Cnn n ada a and aud to Mexico 1 with most excellent result The antl anti nonSense nonsense non not sense that used to fill the tho air air we we hear heur no more of or It It This Is a relief us as well as a measure of or sane progress The Jealousy and real unfriendliness of or South American 4 public feeling reeling toward us us we we hear no more of that either either- another r relief lle and measure of or sane dip dip- lp- lp lomac Mi Ml Taft TaCt has hns como come Into prominent public regard also a as s a possible an and perhaps the iho most probable candidate for the thu Republican Presidential nomination nom nom- Ills character and his public services commend him and his service V V had lead been both more moro varied and moro more 1 noteworthy than nn any other cnn candidates candidate l r But he ht huts has not ha had timo nor taken the trouble to cultivate tho the mass maRS of or voters Everybody has read rend of or his services sonic some have heard him make bake speeches lout hut he Inc has leas not so 80 como come In contract with th the masses as to Impress them V with his personality at nt close range Of course the tho corporation managers managers who regret tho the passing of or tho the days of or unaccountability do not love him nor 1 the machine men of or his Imis part party nor the labor la bor leaders lea ers If f they bo ho supposed supposed to count for fOl anything In polities politics But ho lie stan stands s for tho the policies that the tho people most heartily approve c and ho he Is 18 at nt least the tho logical can candidate for lot tho time Governor Hughes of oC Now low York York too loo has hag grown rown steadily In public Influence find and In public favor and he lie has caused mew men n who have havo good memories to Fo recall that NewYork New New- York once had Tilden for Its Us V governor g and nud at another dine CI Cleve vo- vo land lanel for Cor these three have havo this In common that common that thc they do not know what y party arty pleasure is Is J Governor Go Hughess Hughes's greatest greate t achievements achievements achieve c mc ments have of or course been the forcIng forc fore ing of now Insurance legislation and anel the forcing of or the time public utilities law f whereby New ev CV York YOlk public service corporations corporations corporations cor cor- seem likely to be made mado rc re in- in public servants These arc are two cr very great g achievements for the public good an and Governor hess hes's quality of unwavering unwavering- an and unswerving pursuit of or public duty dut has mado maelo a strong Impression on the people In every part of the country Every man manfrom front from New ew York who has been West during the tho year and talked of or public i men mew or measures has hns been asked limo and again n-aln for some personal information lion tion about your man Hughes lie He has done more for tho the effective supervision of or two classes of or strong strung corporations than thamm the of governor an any other state lie Is Is therefore thoroughly thorough thorough- ly committed to such uch supervision and nd regulation anu the fact throat that his hla ma ma- has hns b been en a a. state slate government government- has pleased those who look Jook with die die- 4 k quiet on national supervision To ID what extent he would use the national government goy gov for this en end as ho he has use used tho limo state government nobody knows s for fOl among Governor Hughess Hughes's other qualities Is III the quality l of or reticence about subjects that do donot not Immediately engage him That quality too commends commends com com- mends him during those these particular h f J r years to men of a l particular tempera tempera- ment |