The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-16
ITS a cheap price for the fun I've had"

ITS a cheap price for the fun I've had"
Decker shook hands with the boy, ducked
his head and withdrew into the cab.
Train 903, which had waited for the special.
picked up Mr.. Hearst's cars and pulled
out for Cortland at about p. NJ: Mr..
Hearst understood that the conductor
would make stops at Whitneys Point and
at Marathon, where crowds were awaiting
him. The conductor said II was impossible:
His train was half an hour late and he could
not lose any more time. Somebody limited
to the conductor that General Passenger
Agent Cullen Of the Lackawanna had is
sued general instructions to Lackawanna
trainmen to oblige Mr.. Hearst whenever
possible. The conductor sent a telegram
to Division superintendent H. u: SheI;
wired back. ~
At Whitneys Point a crowd OF 500 was
waiting for Mr.. Hearst. II set up a
cheer when he appeared on the rear plat
form. 1t was the candidates. first cart
tail speech and he was plainly curious
as to how it would go. A good third OF
the bunch jammed around the rear plat
from of the Riva were giggling, gabblIng
ering, which annoyed Mr.. Hearst, though
he tried not to notice IL. As he started
TO talk a local rain rolled past on the ad-
joining track. A man poked his head
out Of a window, sized up the situation
and yelled: "Hooray for Hughes A
good hearty laugh rolled through the crowd,
in which Mr.. Hearst Joined. He talked
for about five minutes, boiling down his
usual corporation speech. At the end or
it, while the train was drawing out OF the
crowd. a mail boy piped up: =,
sixteen rats, sixteen cats, sixteen derned
| old Democrats"
1t hit the crowd squarely on its funny
bone, but the boys mother didn't see the
humor. She grabbed him, shook him and
s~creeched: "Oh, you Willie, you'll get it
when | take you home!" There were cheers
for Republican Willie and for Wilie's ma
as the train pulled out.
At the little town of Marathon a few
minutes later, Mr.. Hearst found another
crowd of perhaps 700 that seemed to appre-
ciate him He made a three minute talk
and got a laugh and a cheer, as the train
jerked him from his audience while he
was uttering his pet phrase: The little
thief goes to jail and the big thief goes to
Europe" Mr.. Hearst didn't know that
another crowd on the depot platform was
waiting to get a look at him, 80 he. went
back into his car. Mrs. Hearst, who i a
| pretty wideawake young woman and takes
pride in being of real service 70 the can
didate, spotted the depot crowd. She
pushed Mr.. Hearst back ontoHthe car plat
form. Give them a look at you, she said.
The biggest crowd which has so far well
coined Mr.. Hearst on his entrance into a city
made itself heard and felt at the railroad
! station here. Abou 400 people were on
hand. Mr.. Hearst had to fight HIS way
| tnrOugn persistent nanQsnakerB before ne
could get to his carriage with the local COM
mitteemen. James A.. Jayne, Democratic
Independence League candidate for Mayor;
! G.. O. Newton, fusion candidate for the As
sembly. and c. V. Coon, fusion candidate
for District Attorney Of thisc county. received
Mr.. Hearst. A parade Of bands, carriages
and marching Hearstites escorted the can
didate to the Cortland House. It must
have been a pleasing relief to MIR. Hearst to
observe a street full OF really interested and
| aDfhIIRiaEfip uQnplp ~ 400 the warm daa "A MI
front yards filed and to hear the cheers
and shouts that marked his progress. In
front Of the State Normal College a bunch
Of husky football men gave him the college
yell and kicked the pigskin over the candi-
dates carriage with a neat and practiced
punt.
At the Cortland House Mr.. Hearst shook
hands and talked with several hundred
friendly feeling for him in this city. They
said they believed he would carry Cortland
city which is about 500 Republican normally
Mr.. Hearst talked to 200 people in the
Cortland Opera House tonight. Clarence
J. Shearn, as usual. preceded the candi.
date for Governor. He declared that IL wa
neither fair decent nor honorable for Charlie
Z. Hughes to attack Mr.. Hearst on the scorr
Of Hearst's newspaper corporations.
Hughes knows, said Shearn, that i
is not necessary to serve legal papers OF
the president OF a corporation. He know
that such papers may be handed over thu
counter m served on A cashier or even
clerk. The business addresses OF NJ Hearst
papers are printed in every one Of then
and every edition. Mr.. Hughes deliberatel,
misrepresented the law as well as the facts
He has baselessly and recklessly ~assaileC
Mr.. Hearst
When Mr.. Hearst came on the stage at
about S3) O'Clock the opera house audi
ence gave him a cordial reception. The
cheering continued for three or four minutes
As Mr.. Hearst proceeded with his speed
there was an occasional outburst, but /
was a listening crowd rather thar a de
mOnstrative one. His general attack on tn
corporations caused scarcely a ripple, buI
when he pounded his feet on the floor anC
waved himself like a fan shouting, Il woult
not give a snap Of my finger to be the Gov
ernor Of New York or any other State mereI,
to be pointed out rs the Governor, hut
would give nearly all l POSSESS to be pointe,
out as the Governor of New York VIII
kept his promises and stopped the trust
from robbing the people" the audience
cheered him wildly. Il applauded also
when Mr.. Hearst sprung a new phrase.
Behind the corporation candidate" sai
he, all the political pirates and freebooter
are in one lockstep." Mr.. Hearst roaste,
Julius Mayer, calling him a traitor to IN
people. He went after John B. McDonaI
and said Mcdonald was a "contractin
strike breaker" He classed "A dozen promi
nent ~hnanciers a. the Capt. Kidds OF in
Before Mr.. Hearst reached the op.r
house he was stopped by q crowd Of iOC