The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-06
SHORT REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN.
DOUBT THAT HEARST CAN IN
DUCE VOTERS TO STAY AT HOME.
wOodrun and His Aides Are Investigate
ing the Upstate Sentiment -Hearsts
Record In Congress IL Used as q
Campaign Argument Against Him.

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ing the ID-state Sentiment Hearst's
Record in Congress IL Used as a
Campaign Argument Against Him
Chairman Woodruff Of the Republican
State committee, having completed his
labors in Brooklyn. returned to ~headquar-
tiers, u East Thirtieth street, yesterday me
had talks with William Barnes, Jr, OF
Albany and other upstate Republicans
The campaig promises to be the shortest
on record and will be practically over Tour
weeks from tonight.
The Republican cam~paigners. IL Is said,
are thoroughly familiar with the plan OF
campaign outlined by Mr.. Hearst's man
ayers, and they did not think yesterday that
many Republican farmers could be -in-
duced" to remain away from the polls on
election day. The Republican managers,
il was added, are 10 take steps to inform all
farmers in all Of the strong Republican BALI
wicks that the Hearst managers are to Try
to INDUCE them to remain away from
the polls, and thus give Mr.. Hearst a strong
vote in these counties.
All Of the upstate Republican news
papers are to be thoroughly informed OF
what the Hearst managers propose to do,
and then, too, the Republican campaigners,
il was asserted, have already started the
work in the factory towns Of asking Republic
can workingmen who voted for Mckinley
and Roosevelt why the report has got
abroad that they are to vote for Mr.. Hearst
for Governor.
Many Of iEhe reports from the factory
towns, il was said, indicate hat some of
these w~orkingmen who have affiliated with
the Republican national party since 1890
ave been rather taken of their feet by
Mr.. Hearst's attacks on corporations and
the trusts. The Republican managers said
that they thought that after a clear expo
sition of the case Mr.. Hearst's managers
would be disa ppointed in their belief that
these Republican ~workingmen are to follow
Mr.. Hearst this year.
NA rood deal OF discussi on was heard
yesterday at Republican headquarters as
to the vast numbers of Democrats who will
not vote for Mr.. Hearst, but have announced
their intention to vote for Mr.. Hughes.
Reports of Democratic detection have
poured in all the week from every city and
large town in the State.
This has been very gratifying to the Re-
publican ~campaigners, but the opinion was
expressed by some OF them that while the
real Democrats Of the State seem to be all
right in the matter of voting against Mr..
Hearst, the Republican gers should
not rely upon that altogether, but should
go to work for the purpose Of Strengthening
out the difficulties which seem to exist in
certain quarters among the rank and file
Of their own party.
The Republican campaigners went on
to say that they believed that voters who
had been at first blush taken OF their feet
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eventually have their eyes opened and
that they would be found under the hughes
banner on election day.
Pie campaigners issued a document
which they hoped all voters would read,
Republicans and Democrats. This docu-
ment concerns Mr.. Hearstis" record In the
House Of Representatives as a Tammany
Congressman in the Ffty-eighth n Fifty
ninth sessions. The document was COM
piled from the official records Of the House
Of Representatives and declared that in
| the 1911 roll calls in the Ffty-eighth and
Fifty-ninth sessions Of the House Mr..
Hearst voted twenty-six times, was present
but not voting twice, and did not vote at
all les times.
The Republican c~ampaigners said that
they issued the document for the purpose
OF pointing out that Mr.. Hearst's appeals
for support for Governor did not come
with good grace from a man who had neg
lected to express the will OF his constituents
1876 times out OF 1911.
The Republican campaigneTs in fact
said that this record Of Mr.. Hearst in the
House OF Representativ yes proved that he
had not taken advantage Of his opportunity
to correct many Of the evils Of government
which Mr.. Hearst declares to exist. The
campaigners did not hesitate to say In
addition that this record proves that Mr.
Hearst has been a slothful public servant
and furthermore that he did not pretend
to earn the q, 900 a-year which the Govern
ment Of the United States paid him for the
four years he had been in Congress.
The Republican campaigners made much
J OF this record Of Mr.. Hearst as a member
OF the House Of Representatives. They
said they did this for the reason that Mr..
Hearst and his newspapers ave constantly
had sharp criticism TO make OF men in public
life but that a vast majority OF the public
servants had been steadfast in attending to
! their duties. while Mr.. Hearst had dei6er-
ately neglected 10 perform the services for
which Uncle Sam had paid him.