They tended to operate very much as party machine politicians.

他们往往像政党机器政客一样运作。

The Republicans chose, and the Progressives accepted, Charles E. Hughes, an associate justice of the federal Supreme Court who, as governor of New York, had won a national reputation by waging war on " machine politicians."

共和党人选择了查尔斯·E·休斯， 进步派也接受了他，他是联邦最高法院的副法官， 作为纽约州州长，他通过对“机器政客” 发动战争赢得了全国声誉。