New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-13
HEARST TICKET THROUGH
IndorSed 7cith Great Enthusiasm at
II. O. Convention.

lions for their nomination, to be presented TO
the Board of Elections, will be exposed for sig
natures in every Assembly district to-day Inc
ticket Is expected to receive much support from
the Citizens Union district organizations
While the prearranged ticket was put through
the convention distinctly was not conventional.
From long before the crowd, surging Vainly
against closed doors, admitted to the end
of the speaking the meeting bristled with dis
tinctive features. The delegates themselves
workers as the evidence Of their clothes ana
hands showed-nany of them showing their
foreign birth in their features, were like the
delegates to no other municipal convention
And inside, enthusiasm blazed forth at every
opportunity When J. G. Phelps Stokes and
his wife. who was Miss Rose Pastor. the East
Side worker, appeared on the platform the con-
yention rose en- masse and cheered. Cheers for
Hearst broke out every few minutes. Loud
ironical cheers greeted John D. Rockefellers
name Catcas and Kisses greeted the mention
of Mcclellan, the gas trust" the insurance
trust" and the railroad trust" But the great
effect Of the evening when the band swung
into the Star Spangled Banner" played in
slow march time, and every man in the place
sprang to his feet, waving flag. From floor to
roof was turbulent sea of waving flags and
attentive faces while as the final chord crashed
out cheer on cheer rose, drowning the band.
ANATHEMAs FROM GILLERAN.
Thomas Gilleran was named as chairman He
made a speech castigatng Mayor Mcclellan as
the representative of Charles F. Murphy-the
contracting trust" the gas trust and Ihomas
f Ryan. Said he:
We are confronted to-day by conditions which
could not exist II we tQy AG tS@ ctV in the
the history Of Tanlmany Hall. Cries of .feS::)
his instrument for private gain at the expense Of
the interests and rights of the people and ne ar
give him the opportunity to do his business. what
for four Years more and if this comes about, whose
fault will it be? 1t will be the fault of you and
ON one Election Day and cast their ballots as they
have done for just at the beheSt OF the party
it!D This crowd tonight is an assurance to me
in this great independent enterprise that you Will
do ii again.
Following the appointment of committee oE
platform came a speech by Clarence j. Shearn,
hailed as our next District Attorney" De
failing Mr.. Hearst's fights against the ice
trust the coal trust and the gas trust,
Mr.. Shearn worked his audience into intense ex-
element. Answers shouted from the hall
greeted his emphatic questions. at times almost
breaking up his speech. One point which ere
atcd great anger his statement that the
gas trust, through a regular press agent and
an advertising bureau was paying for articles
in East Side papers booming Mayor Mcclellan
and decryng municipal ownership
Mr. Shearn said in part
What would you say if you knew, If you knew
positively, that the Gas Trust paying money
to divers and sundry newspapers in this town for
pai oWnership and adVocating the election Of Nc
Clellan? have in my hands here tonight two
to-day one is paper OF large ercGl at5 10 on
the East Side known as Ine Je"1sn lay fd and
influence on the East Side known as The Jewish
papers Identical articles in the guse reading mat
ter which was pd 0F at Re OF @ nd
denounclng municipal ownership. CHisses.
money pad by You for ue gas bs and
used by the Gas TTS oe e a s soI MF
you? Isn't 1t little bit parallel to another eX-
SANDS Of us Democrats who hold policies in life in
surance companies found that we had oeen paying
Great laughter and appause) Why $3.50 day in
list Of Italian papers where the same thing is being
repeated But, gentlemen they can afford to- 1t
is not their money-it is your money.
Mr.. shearn then presented the platform.
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP PLATFORM
The platform Of the Municipal League, af-
ter declaring that it stands for honesty in all
things and especially for honesty in the admin
istration of life insurance, that most sacred Of
all trusts" says the Municipal League is alb
solutely and permanently committed to the ad-
vocacy of municipal ownership
This last statement epitomizes the entire plat
form After it the platform deals with the
various phases of municipal ownership in de-
tail. The gas plank follows:
I'VE demand the immediate establishment
and operation by the city Of a plant for the
sale and distribution Of gas to all citizens.
We demand that such franchises as have
lapsed or have never had a legal existence shall
be taken over by the people.
I'VE demand for the people gas at half the
price now charged. at price that will make
heating with gas in the humblest homes cheaper
than heating with coal at the present extor-
Tomato coal prices"
The league demands the construction of all
new subways by the city and their operation
bv the city the profits to be devoted to
fort and lower fares, the lowering of taxes and
better nav and shorter hours for the employees
The following amendment to the Rapid Transit
act Is demanded:
/ Separation Of contracts for construction
from leases for operation. The contractor to
be allowed to make cheap a DID as ne can
make and not be forced to become an operator
of the system and to give an 'impossibie bond
. Construction of adequate galleries Tor pipes
and other sub-surface structures 10 De the
property OF the city. 3. Short term leases
i Municipal operation
The platform denounces the present aonlnis-
tration. Charles F. Murphy the misnanageneht