The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-10-02
HE THANKS
HIS ENEMIES
Hearst Draws Campaign Lines
at New York.
FIVE MASS MEETINGS
Democratic and independence
League Candidate Has Hoi
Words for Opponents.
FIVE MASS MEETINGS

NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-Congressman
william X. Hearst the candidate OF
the Democratic party and the indie
pendence league for governor, last
night paid flying visit to Brooklyn,
whore he addressed FIVE mass meetings
In half as many hours. Mr.. Hearst
was accompanied by Lewis Stuyyesant
Chanler. nominee for lieutenant gov
srnor on the same ticket, who also
spoke. Large and demonstrative
crowds greeted them, the greatest gath
erins being at Prospect hail, where the
fnal meeting was held. Here Mr..
Hearst said In part:
II think the lines In this campaign
should be clearly drawn between
those who are In favor Of special priv
ileges and those who are In favor of
popular rights, between those who are
in favor Of government by corpora
tons for their private profit and those
who are In favor Of government by the
people for the public benefit.
1.-THE Independence league was ere
ated for the purpose Of freeing the gov
erumont from the corrupt and con-
terminating control Of corporations and
libsrating the people from such I'M
equal and +un-American conditions.
1.-THE Democratic convention at Buff
faio openly and scornfully repudiated
the corporation agents who were there
to invest their masters money in the
purchase of delegates and that repudia-
ton was the one thing that made II
possible for the nominees of the hide
pendence league to accept he Demo
cratic Endorsement.
'-The corporation forces are now
united behind the corporation attorney
Of the corporation party, and the line
I have so long iabored to have clearly
drawn Is clearly drawn at last.
I'm all my speeches and in all the
acts of my life l have endeavored to
make my position clear on this i'm
portant matter, but I wish to politely
acknowledge the assistance I have re-
ceivsd from others.
Nothing has helped me more to
make this distinction clear than the
opposition Of Alton B. Parker, William
r. sheehAn, Edward NJ. Shepard, Pam
D. Cravath, District Attorney Jerome
and other corporation attorneys and
paid political agents Of corrupt In
tsrests. Alton B. Parker Is q typical
corporation lawyer. He can be led to
hold an opinion on any subject and
argue any side Of any case.
"Aiton b. Parker is the attorney who
appeared In the election case on the
side Of the election criminals in the
very court he had formerly graced and
there argued against the very opinion
he himself had formerly rendered and
there succeeded in securing a reversal
Of his own verdict.
II wish publicly to thank Judge Par.
ker for his opposition to me.
civilian II. Sheehan is the attorney
for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit and
other public service corporations who
buy politicians IN order to be able to
steal franchises, who debauch the rep
resentatlves of the people In order to
be able to exploit the property Of the
people. I wish to publicly thank VIII
liam r. Sheehan for his opposition to
me,
paul d. Cravath Is the corporation
attorney Of Thomas Fortune Ryan, the
speculative fnancier who put through
the criminal merger Of the New York
city transportation companies with the
assistance of Attorney General Mayer
and secured control Of the Equitable
Life Assurance society with the assist
ance Of the investigation conducted by
Charles Il. Hughes. wish publicly to
thank Paul ID. Cravath for his oppost
ton to me.
Edward M. Shepard is the attorney
for the Pennsylvania railroad and 9TH
or gigantic corporations which consider
the purchase Of political machines and
public officials legitimate part of
their business. wish publicly to
thank Mr.. Shepard for his opposition to
me.
District Attorney Jerome has always
been 4 corporation laokey, but such an
insignificant brass buttoned bellboy of
the trusts that few realized his posi-
ton until he became prominent In poll
tics.
he has kept no single public prom
ise that he made to secure the peoples
votes and has broken no private pledge
that he made to secure corporation
campaign funds.
He Is notorious example Of the
confidence man In public life, of the
petty larcenist In politics, who secures
preferment he does not deserve by
promises he does not intend to per-
form.
while condoling with Mr.. Hughes
wish publicly to thank Mr.. Jerome for
his opposition to me.
II present all these corporation at
torneys along with the campaign funds
of all their corporation masters In one
bouquet to the corporation ticket Of the
corporation party"
Mr. Chanler at this meeting argued
against what he considered the ex.
IRENE influence Of Wall street Ex-
Senator John Ford, the nominee Of the
Independence league for attorney gen