The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-20
JEROME TO0LEAD|
F!G|A! HEARST
Annouhc il, He /, Will Be B !.
Come Z D o'CratiC.N'0.m 4 !. \ on
inee for K. vernon. 1! !
WILL NOT S JBMIT n
! TO J SlNSTI'RlilU)yC d 4 j UCTIO'NS5 D \ IS
Declares That the Present Day
Political G nditions in New
Fork Are Shameful MUIR
h. ply 1s \ Nov Y y Sale Said 70 3s.
Have Accepted
q Hearst.
tspecial .o Tho Times Dispatch, |,


NEW \ DIRK, August L. District At
& brney IL erome' s. expected announcement
Il ,f his candidacy for the goyernorshlp
q Eus mado might. Tho district S at
X orney issued this coy statement t: s5isS,
.ln# the present shameful cono oition hs
OF our pol tical life 1 In this 4 State, w
am willing 70 sS run & for tho once Of 3
Governor 81 the State, I, " the Demo
$3 cratic convention shail nominate me VI
without any understa anding o, 4 express.
ed = or Implied, other ithan that Z
elected. ] shall obey my path OF Fofftce s
as Il aiunderstand a 4, y I, $$ letter and
spirit.
Among Il such poll tlcians as could be
reached. the announcement Of the dis
trict Il attorney created thing sof N O
4 sensation. although b they have antici-s
$pated declarati lion concerning his inten-
4 tons FOR week Or two. His stat tement,
q in the View OF pol itlcal lea ders. n leaves
no DOUBT thai IT Is his pnr pose to@ seek
the regular Demo tic snorni nntion. which
Win pc conferred sby the Democratic
4 State Convention, which NEE ets 4 q Btt-j
n falo on September 25 III, and tha : Y hck will
4 not run as an Ind pendent IN the event
Eot Sh!H failure to Sc cur sSSas5
s5s IT 4 has been known for three or four
weeks that AIr.s & ONE Is CON tempt at
ing $1,ist su ch Sns move as he IN ade to-day.
y He has been conf erTing Witl1SA personal
Il friends VI and V was enconrag ged 81 sbySf them
\ to- announce Ills candle idncy S Sever UPS
State Democrats who N have N Expressed
their opposition TO the candi dacy OF Mr.. &
Hearst have urg ed hfr. Jerome to become
candidate on the theory tina I MI. \ Hearst
8will not be named by Tho re gular# Demo
! crats. but TINT some other Deno ocrnti
ieas radical thaa fir. Hearst Is regarded
! BY then, to be, will be preferred y re
Murphy for Hearst.
There is lonEe apy rea !, sonable 9 n h
district leaders in Tammany Hall tied up
with Murphy are for Hear st. and that IN
4 all the districts which Murphy controls
delegates Will be sent to the State con-
3Vention who will, unless $f the 55a p resent
plan IS changed. favor tho nomination Of Of
Hearst for Governor. e s;i 81 X
IN Ia bout a dozen districts there will be
primary contests. and In s each ms tance
the soealle Murphy man Is stFong hor
that cClcllan is opposed TO ~ MAYOR O.
8McClellan's Berlin interyt lew. in which.
he said that municipal oWnership WAS ): not
q shining success In European elite 9ls
being used all over the city by the sMur- y.
ThySInen as an argument ainst the DIS
trict leadership candidates supposed TO
represent the Mayo iss Il ssf
What Friend Thinks.
Murphy is keeping his own counsel
One OF his friends. in talking With g g re-
.. Murphy iI is for Hearst, not because ne,
likes Hearst, but because the FDeWocLaliGI
masses have gone crazy on the aradi,ca!
issues raised by Hearst an Alurph ny mas ~
rot to fall In line IN order 70 hold !, ) ms
organization together. He VIII swallow
the Hearst State ticket WI ole. no maj
what sort OF a Ticket 1t is, ana the strI}ng
probabiltyYis that the state Convention n 70
Viii be captured absolutely by. 8fiearslii rs:
sThat is what Murphy wants; as. It ], W. ~ !
nnsSyhose emblem Is the star, to q p
nronriate all the credit for the. Demo.
cratic vote. Hearst will run e colu mn OF
his own. but as the Hearst ticket ana stte
ree,iIar-' , Democratic State ticket VIII ne
rnarivIalike, the ticket headed by the
rta ~ y will get the bulk OF the .Democrattc
votes. .1fIf Hearst should be elected 10y
srnor. Murphy believes that It WILL be the
end ,nf him. land that the Hearst ma chine
wii hen disintegrate and 9Tammany Viii
rretain \ control of the election chinery
in this county. Murphy,n, &, can M name a. hls
rauilI1 rerulars D Being as popular with the Tam.
rss nssnw W.T.. masses as the one nominated by
,,a.''y ~ yfJcnrst men. He will get5the Hearst
Ien t1e tioa ioaso to "a deal he can. and 3f
W. 90 =. nn6t accomplish that no VIII SUR
!! 4!.e !r.sender'tn Hear t. \ He has got to save
tSnu aiact ion' ma ch!nery out OF the wreck
Sna s11e ~ cannot do 81 t unless the regular
SSemnnrat ia L cket receives more & votes
Shanst the one run by H Tears t.Ns8s a a