New-York tribune., 1906-10-29
BIG CATT4RAUGUS BOLT.
Larger Proportion of Hughes Dem
ocrats Than ELseWhere IN State.

Oean, n. Y. Oct. IS (SpeciaD.-By arbitrarily
taking away the management of his campaign from
the regularly organized county committee and put
ting ii into the hands OF his Independence League.
William Randolph Hearst has aroused such deep
resentment among those Democrats who. for the
sake of being regular would have otherwise sup
ported him that a tour through the county reveals
larger proportion OF -Iughes Democrats in Cat
taraugus County than in any other portion OF the
state.
In one district alone forty-seven Democrats re-
fused to register at all and the Republican canvass
shows q very large percentage of stsy-at-homes
among the opposition.
Way it is asked if Mr.. Hearst is running
Democrat. should the campaign be turned over to
the Independence League. which has so little fol-
Lowing that IN Olean not Of the canYassers'
books shows a single declared adherent? on the
other hand If Mr. Hearst is running League
candidate. why should Democrat feel obliged to
for him?
1t is said that the office of one of the new leaders
had TO be broken into in order to obtain cam
paign literature the other day. while the burning
eoquence Of Mr.; Brisbane and the autographs Of
10 such extent IN the postotice that it finally
necessary Q1ey to to hire a wagon TO draw them away,
men who took the canvass are wondering when
Among the oldtime leaders OF the Democratic
party 1 there is tte & HESITATION in declaring % that
FEinsdae. who has probably in years past had the
hereabouts. having been defeated in district
where the normal Republican majority runs up in
tRresP To9es and for Congress ' by ony thirty
three has out to-day with long letter in
the local paper refusing TO vote for Hearst. and
in the course of which he says:
II impressed with the thought that Mr..
Hearst is open to the charge of dupicity and in
sincerity While he pretends to be opposed to cor
porations he placed his newspapers under Il
State of New Jersey in order to avoid personal re-
sponsibility. While he pretends to be opposed 70
bosses and bossism, he receives from Charles F.
Murphy, the boss OF Tammany Hail. the nOmina-
ton for the highest Office in the gift of the people
of the state
When seen to-day Mr.. Wood said: II shall vote
for Mr. Hughes ans in and around the town of
Hinsda1e It is hard TO find good Democrats
who not going 10 do the same. He will be the
first Republican have ever voted for for Cover
and 1 hope he will be the last But Mr.
Hearst is Democrat"
Hudson Ansley, of Salamanca, will also vote for
the first time for a Republican Governor. Mr..
Ansley said: Both myself and my son will vote
for Mr.. Hughes. What else do who
believes in the principles of the Democratic party.
and has its best welfare at heart?'
August Seitz, well known merCha-- of Sala-
get my vote this year., although l think am
a pretty good Democrat he said. Hearst makes
a lot of claims about ths labor vote; but find
among those who come into my place great num-
Der who feel I do
When asked to-day II they would vote for Hearst
and Louis Stowell of Olean, all replied mo"
with considerable vigor. AS these men are repre-
sentative of the younger element in the Demo-
cratic party in this county. IL is safe TO say that
old and young alike disown Hearst IN Cattaraugus
County.
Will he over three thousand five hundred in the