THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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THE MAN, THE OFFICIAL AND GOV. HUGHES 
On January 17 Gov. Chas. E. Hughes came to New 
York and spoke at a meeting of the Woman’s Repub¬ 
lican Club. The Governor was at his best, and he 
preached an effective sermon to the ladies from his 
favorite text—the official and the man. Among other 
things he said :— 
There is nothing that I have more deeply at heart than 
that this Government shall be truly represented, always 
expressing the will of the people under the influence of 
educated public opinion, with the representatives of the 
people filling their duty to their constituents and doing it 
according to their conscience, recognizing no allegiance 
to any special interests. 
There was hearty applause at this—as was right— 
for in this long sentence Gov. Hughes made a short 
cut to the germ of the whole thing. You cannot 
separate the man from the official. We wonder if, 
while the Governor was speaking, his mind ran back 
to Albany, where upon his desk lay a mountain of 
letters coming from all over the land. They are from 
country people, and all, with one accord, ask him, in 
respectful terms, to investigate the serious charges 
made against Frank E. Dawley. He will find there a 
letter from Mr. Squiers reasserting his story of 
wrong, and another from Mr. Rogers. _ He will also 
find a copy of the testimony of Squiers, Benedict, 
Rogers and Hunt before Mr. Keeney at Dansville. 
When Gov. Hughes views this pile of letters he will 
realize that the expression of noble sentiments may 
prove a blessing and also quite the reverse to a pub¬ 
lic man. The people who write these letters about the 
cattle case have in mind an ideal Governor, which they 
have built out of the brave words of Mr. Hughes. 
] f they did not think these words fit the man they 
would not ask him to see if the papers fit the cows. 
Now we know that the Governor would not willingly 
shatter this ideal, but he may think this cattle trans¬ 
action of Mr. Dawley's does not touch his official 
capacity. Let us see if we can point out to him an¬ 
other case where the man and the official touch. 
Among the rules of the New York State Fair are 
the following, plainly printed in the prize list:— 
"All entries must be made in the name of the owner 
or owners. 
"Pedigrees of all animals entered as purebred must 
be certified and in the possession of exhibitors at the 
time of judging. 
"The age of all animals will be computed from birth, 
and must be verified by a certificate of registry or copy 
thereof signed by the secretary of the association rep¬ 
resenting the breed, and must be presented in the ring 
at the time of judging .” 
This is as clear as a bell. It will interest the Gov¬ 
ernor, because he favors a large increase in appropria¬ 
tions for the Fair, and believes it is educational in 
character—but does not want the wrong kind of edu¬ 
cation. 
In 1901 the A. J. C. C. records show that F. E. 
Dawley owned the Jersey bull Queen’s Czar 55573. 
The records of the State Fair, however, show that 
this bull was exhibited by McLaury Bros., of Port- 
landville, N. Y. He won second prize in class 137, 
and also second in class 146. We see above what the 
rules of the Fair demanded. McLaury Bros, were 
obliged to certify that they were the owners of this 
animal, yet the records of the A. J. C. C. show that 
the bull Queen’s Czar stood in Dawley’s name. We 
found no record to show who got the prize money, but 
wherever it went the State has a right to it. The 
judge that year did not even sign the Jersey book. 
Our recollection is that he was an official of the Agri¬ 
cultural Department. 
The records for 1902 show a much worse state of 
affairs. In that year the live stock entries were closed 
August 10. The judges’ books containing the entries 
were then printed. These books when printed showed 
that there were only two exhibitors in the Jersey class 
and one of these had a limited number of entries. 
There was an opportunity to scoop some prize money 
and it looks as if Mr. Dawley rose to the occasion. 
True, the books were printed and the date set for 
closing entries was past. The opportunity for getting 
in line for that prize money was not open to ex¬ 
hibitors generally, but Mr. Dawley was a,State official 
himself and apparently not inclined to stand on tech¬ 
nicalities that barred out breeders generally. The 
other exhibitors gave in print the name of the animal, 
its dam and sire and registry number. In Mr. Daw- 
ley's case name and address were simply written 
under the classes in which he wished to make entries. 
He did not as much as give the name of the animal 
exhibited. He made in all 19 entries in this way, fol¬ 
lowing the regular catalogue numbers with fractional 
numbers. For example—class 140, the last printed 
number was 361. Mr. Dawley made two entries in 
this class, designated as 361 x / 2 and 361>)4. We are in¬ 
formed that McLaury Bros, protested at first, but Mr. 
Dawley occupied a position in the State and in the 
Fair management which few exhibitors would care to 
antagonize. Besides, the records of the previous year 
were yet fresh in mind, and the protest was dropped. 
As a result Mr. Dawley carried off 11 prizes, aggre¬ 
gating something in the neighborhood of $150. The 
judge that year was F. S. Peer. Gov. Hughes is now 
perhaps prepared to understand why one of the most 
reputable Jersey breeders in New York stated: 
As a rule, exhibition of Jersey cattle at the Nezv 
York State Fair is not complimentary to the ex¬ 
hibitors or to the breed. 
The Governor insists that the official is tied to the 
man. He will not claim that Dawley could have 
won prizes in that way had he not been an official. 
What advantage, taken from the State, did the official 
hand over to the man? 
As stated above, Dawley had two entries in “class 
140,” Nos. 3611/2 and .361The latter was awarded 
first prize. Mr. Dawley advertised a “prize winner” 
in The Country Gentleman, and Mr. H. G. Manches¬ 
ter, of Winsted, Conn., paid Dawley $60 for an ani¬ 
mal, said to be this one, delivered at Winsted. The 
rules state that registry certificates must be presented 
when the animal is exhibited, yet the papers show that 
this “prize winner” was not registered until two 
months after Manchester bought him, and fifteen 
months after he won the prize. 
It will be evident from this to the Governor and 
everyone else that Mr. Dawley, the official, was not 
required to establish the age and breeding of his ex¬ 
hibits by registry certificates at the time of judging 
as the law requires. The Governor can readily >ee 
that Mr. Manchester bought the bull because of the 
prizes won by Dawley the official; that Dawley, shorn 
of his office, could not have won prizes in that way, 
and that Manchester must depend upon Dawley the 
man to show which if either of these bulls he re¬ 
ceived! We do not believe that Gov. Hughes will 
now take the position of Dawley’s defenders that his 
cattle transactions have nothing to do with his official 
conduct. No one will seriously contend that a record 
of this sort could ever be made by a breeder outside 
of the “system” and without a political “pull.” When 
those cattle were entered in 1902, either the certificate 
required of other breeders was dispensed with, or else 
they were falsely certified. In the case of the bull 
No. 361% this must be so, since his certificate is dated 
15 months after the fair! In the case of Queen's 
Czar, prize winner in 1901, with ownership recorded 
to Dawley and exhibited by McLaury Bros., the money 
paid in awards belongs to the State of New York, and 
the State Fair Association should collect it! 
If the Governor still thinks there is no reason why 
he should take official action, we will give him still 
further facts. Last year Gov. Hughes attempted to 
remove Insurance Commissioner Kelsey from office. 
Certain State Senators prevented this worthy and de¬ 
sirable action, largely because they were able to say 
that Mr. Kelsey was an honest man and a good citi¬ 
zen. Here was another case where the man could not 
be separated from the official. Suppose reputable 
men had come out boldly and proved that Mr. Kelsey 
had used iiis influence to sell them bogus or imperfect 
insurance policies and pocketed the money! The 
opposition in the State Senate could not have, lasted a 
day. Even if he had been the best Insurance Com¬ 
missioner the State ever had such acts would compel 
Gov. Flughes to remove him, or stand before the 
country as a mere wordmonger. We remind the Gov¬ 
ernor that the position held by Mr. Dawley is as im¬ 
portant in what it represents to thousands of New 
York people as that held by Mr. Kelsey. 
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