The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-14
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP LEAGUE
N0MlNATES HEARST f0R MAYOR
New York People Thoroughly Aroused to Progressive Mun
cipal Government and Have Called Great Journalist
to Lead Fight for Reform.
Vast Crowd in Great Convention Rise En- Masse and Gall
an Independent Ticket Against Bossism. Unholy
Alliance Between Old Parties

New York, Oct. 12.-W. r. Hearst
has accepted the nomination for mayor
Of New York by the Municipal Owner
ship League.
Thousands of cheering, wildly en-
thusiastic voters swept away all for
NJ. = metho>ss Of procedure at the mass
meeting held ;mder the auspices Of
the Municipal Ownership League
Tuesday night at Grand Central Palace.
They overrushed all tentative resolu-
tions, launched the third ticket and
nominated William Randolph Hearst
as the mayorality candidate in the
coming campaign in a storm Of en-
thusiasm such as New York has rare-
ly seen.
Intended as a mass meeting to test
the will Of the people of the city Of
New York with regard to the placing
Of third ticket in the field In the
coming elections. the great throng
gathered In. the Palace burst all bounds
Of conventional proceeding and turned
itself into nominating convention.
From the moment the meeting was
called to order it was evident that
parallelltng the intention to declare for
a third ticket 'vAs the equally strong
intention Of the meeting to accept no
leader but William Randolph Hearst.
Wild Outburst Of Cheering.
His entrance into the hall was greet
ed with a wild outburst OF cheering
that could not be suppressed for many
minutes.
His appearance upon the platform
aroused another outburst Of enthus1-
astic cheering, and when he advanced
to acknowledge the wild roar of cheer
in that arose from the crowd in the
hall he was not permitted to retire.
For twelve minutes the cheering con-
tinued, and, although J. 6. Phelps
Stokes. the permanent chairman Of the
meeting, pounded splinters out of the
table with his gavel, the crowd could
not be restrained until Mr.. Hearst had
addressed them.
Resolutions Denounee Graft.
From that moment it was evident
the great throng in the hall could not
be restrained. They had had presented
to them set Of resolutions denounc-
ing the grating methods Of the CAPT.
talistic and political interests control
ling New York city and approving the
launching of an independent ticket, but
this was only a part Of the programme
they had determined to carry out. The
proceedings were snatched from the
hands of the Municipal Ownership
League managers and taken In charge
by the Independent voters who had
thronged to the hall. The resolutions
were adopted, but before further action
could be taken hundreds Of voters rep
resenting all parties, former members
Of the Citizens Union, disgusted
with its desertion: Republicans, dis
graced by Odell's blow at civic fnde-
pendence. and even Tammany office
holders, were among those who forced
the presentation to the crowd Of the
nonina tion of Mr.. Hearst.
Mr.. Hearst had said he would not
accept the nomination. and by the Mu-
nicipal Ownership League it was be-
cepted as clearly defining his position.
BY the time the speeches Of ]. g.
Phelps Stokes, Clarence ]. Shearn,
John Ford and Thomas Gilleran had
been concluded the vast audience in
the hall had been stirred to a pitch
of enthusiasm that would not permit
their wishes to be balked by any ac-
tion that in any fashion separated Mr..
Hearst and the cause he has espoused
and developed into formidable move-
ment in New York.
Ryan-Odell Alliance Revealed.
The revelation Of the unho!y alliance
between Ode]l and Thomas F. Ryar,
the review Of corporation grating
schemes and their optical alliances
by Clarence J. Shearn and the clear
description by former Senator John
Ford, of the danger to the city of an
other term Of George Mcclellan as
mayor with nineteen subways to be
built and billion dollars hanging as
a prize to the corrupt ring drove the
vast gathering into very frenzy Of
action.
An immediate prospect Of release
from the conditions existing and
threatened. was what they demanded
and only the nomination Of Mr.. Hearst
as the head Of the new party could
manifest itself, as predicted at the
time. Crime on the part Of the colored
men has increased at startling rate