New-York tribune., 1906-10-30
UPSTATE POLITICS.
TURN AGAINST HEARST.
Mann IN Herkimer Resent Hn
attacks ON Mckinley.

Herkimer N Y Oct 2s (SpeciaD D.-Herkirner
County might have gone this year for Democrat
but Hearst's candidacy Is considerably resenteo
Chiefly on account It seems. of the revolutionary
almost nfhfIistie utterances Of his newspapers be-
fore the Mckinley tragedy. That rhyme ABOUT
"the bullet that entered Goebels breast, ana
which could be found in all the West because
dt was speeding to washington to stretch Mckin-
ley on the bier" is being widely circulated as COM
ing from "The New York Journal. February =
1901 What effect It is having In country districts
may be inferred from these citations from the
Republican canvass sheets. which were seen as
they being examined:
PsosTats who @ will vote for Pughss idSs5on william
Har1nlond Edgar Klock l. P. Luits. jr-. Norwood
Prs District I' Of NeWport-D F. speman hotel
keeper: E. P. Worcester. bank cashier j: G. WaIar'
r. G. Carney, J. Fl. Willoughby ana r. w ne
Webb-c. NJ. Doolittle. E. G. Cauley and NJ J.
Frankfort-Forty Democrats have changed
Among them DR.. F. E Parkhurst and his son.
In two OF the three districts of Russia twenty
have changed the Republican ticket. Among
the Democrats whose names known throughout
the county there is a tendency not to disavo"
Hearst publicly. by not doing so. however curi-
Gus the argument, II is hoped that the old Demo-
cratic organization may be kept in working order.
James Conkling, of Ilion; Myron G. Bronner' OF
Little Falls; Watts t. Loomis. of the same town;
Henry Goldng. cashier of the Mohawk Bank, ana
J. D. Henderson, of Herkimer, still determined
not to vote for Hearst. The others are trying
perfunctory to keep regular"
Hearst's Independence League is dssruntled It's
headquarters manager. ex-Sherif Wilson declares
that for the sake Of the pE51ciples Hearst was
supposed to represent he left an SIS week shop
to organize for Hearst at $40 a week
''I closed my shop and gave my time to his cam
paign" he complains but all have received Is
s5-what YOU would pay In one day In carriage hire
going about the county. He did pay the janitor
something and the Democratic organization
through State Commissioner Beckwith paid the
rent. But have had no salary and my grocery
bills are pfling up man may be devoted 70
Hearst theories but If he is poor he cannot give
his time for them without eating. I am about
ready to quit"
"Hearst's own state committeeman. Sweeney
Mr. Wilson declared, kept the independence
League from indorsing the Democratic nomination
Of a Hearst man for county judge-Charles Bedel.
He did this by calling the executive committee
meeting in time You see the partner or the oroth-
er-in-law of Hearst Committeeman Sweeney is on
the Republican ticket for county judge. Hearst rs
we'll as myself has been double crossed
In the desk factories of Herkimer ana IN the
Typewriter factories of llion there is a Hearst
sentiment It does not involve the farmers out II
nogfh ~ Who have been worked up over Adirondack
possessions and fencngs-n by TGh - Sew T Pnpsion
Bureau at Washington who is in charge Oh ne
publican headquarters declared so-ady c from Sa an tt
been turned in that Herkimer County would give
more than it gave to Higgins, Clinton Beckwith
Democratfc state commit itteeman, declared IN op-
position that Hearst would have two thousand
more votes than the Democratic candidate; that
means that Herkiner will be close, and II Hughes
gets more than 200 plurality, it will be dtsap-
pointment' l.. .
sense of vexation mortifying defeat, but only
in the sense of being deceived in his reading OF m
dications for he was against Hearst before the
nomination. -.
cratic voters while the Republicans have arranged
" and effective headquarters Neither side lacks
Notwithstanding for the Independence League
MT Beckwith himself supplying, he says, the funds
for the Democrats