The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-05
OP HEARST PETITIONS.
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..Idbetser said tha, he had been efu-
fYysi In tho Registers oHice for abou, six
months and hefor- tina, In tho surrogate's
.Hee for niout n year. lie met Dolllnser,
uo'r,a, and Lyman In the fail ~ las, year
..' m" i,ne candidates we're thinking
~ getting 'hrmaplvss nominated. Gold
~-scr -all that he, Erkmann and Hyman
.l4 barge Il N q H. affairs In the Twelfth.
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.smaun, toldberger said, met him ons
4ty and ~aid he wanted help In getting the
" o. T. nomination for Assembly man.
No. also ~aid that he wanted Goldberser TO
- Jake Ncwstead. the Republican leader
nj the district. and get the Republican in
dur,ement. Goldberger saw Newsstand, who
Promised that the Republicans would in
d.r-" Eckmann. Finally Eckmann was
nrmlnated by the NJ. o l.. and the Repub-
ucln- Endorsed him, That was on October o.
-Four days later Eckmann met Goldberger
and aid that that there was "a -Taminany
trick to defeat his nomination. Gold-
uorgcr told Eckmann: I'VE want to get
INTO communication with the Municipal
league headquarters at once
GoldDerger and Eckmann went to a tele-
phone and got Driscoll. Goldoerger told
about the Tammany trick. which appeared
w 'lINA w 'S "a
J%etition filed too late. Driscoll said that
ne had been trying to get Goldberger for
an hour and tell him that the petition nomi-
mating Eckmann and James j. Smith for
Alderman would have to be filed before
midnight.
Goldberger and Eckmann got busy.
Ecknann said he had had some blank M. o.
l.. petitions sent to him that afternoon.
Newsstand had some. too, and there were
more in Smiths saloon. Driscoll said he
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Shober. Thomas F. Gilleran, H. c. S. Stimp-
son, who was chair man of the law co mmitte
NJ the NJ. o. L., n a notary to help on the
job, Goldberger told Eckmann to see
Smith and to get him to help. See New
stead also, we're Goldberger's instructions.
and get him to give a hand 1t will be as
much of a benefit to him as it is to us
Then, according to Goldberger, he and
Eckmann wen to Eokmann's house in
Grand street. Eckmann's three daughters,
his son William, Smith and Hyman were
there. They all sat around a big table.
The blank petitions were produced. Eek
mann got the Republican enrolment list
out of his drawer and also the primary list
for the district. Then he read names.
Each person was told to write a name on
every fourth line. That was the idea Of
Eckmann, who said the signatures would
not be noticeably in one hand.
Gilleran called at Eckmann's house with
two notaries, Dolinger and Hyman. Eek
mann mad SENT IOT Younger, WHO WdS a
registration clerk and then on duty at a
registration booth. Dollinger and Lyman
acknowledged the "signatures' to the
petition. They started in about O'Clock
and we're through at 10.
Then Eckmann and Goldberger went over
TO the Newstead headquarters in Grand
street. Gilleran, who was candidate for
Borough President on the Municipal Owner
ship League ticket, also went along, Stump
son and Shober we're at the Republican
headquarters. SO was Newstead. They
we're working there, too. Shober, Gold
berger said, was supervising the work
GilIeran. who stayed only a short time,
had brought some petition blanks with HIM.
When the petition had been MANUFACTURED
Goldberger. Shober and Simpson went up
town to the Bureau of Elections, where the
"rotition was filed just before midnight.
When Goldberger came out he met Eek
mann and they went to a Broadway cigar
store and telephoned to the headquarters
of tho Municipal Ownership. League am
told Driscoll that the petition had been
successfully filed.
Then Goldberger told his story Of how
the city petition on which there were the
names Of Hearst for Mayor, Ford for Comp
troller and Stokes for President Of the
BOARD Of Aldermen was got up, rc,,
After telephoning TO Driscoll. said Gold,
herger. Il told Eckmann that Simpson had
Old me that if | would get up the city petition
he League would be very grateful, Eek
mann said he wOuld Use his influence 10 get
me the Job, As a starter ] ~telephoned to
Max Ihmsen that I would like to have Max
stern nominated for Coroner. The next
iav | saw Ihmsen. 7 began to talk about
'he nomination of Stern. He said he wanted
Is Eckmann. and pyself-to meet Mr.,
Hearst. He brought us into Mr.. Hearsts
room. He said: Mr.. Hearst, want to
Introduce you to two men who have done
great work for US Mr.. Heart thanked us, y
Goldberger and Ecfmann had agreed
hat they would split whatever money they
got for getting UP the petitions and that
cut Of his share Eckmann should rav the
n~otaries. After talking to Hearst Gold.
berger met Driscoll, and Driscoll asked
MIN how much he wanted for the job, Gold
berger said sos. Drisc coll. according. to
Goldberger, said hat Mr.. Hearst had Just
sent out a check for SlG8 and as soon as It
vas cashed he would be paid. 1T YOU want
he other So, : aid Driscoll. "Fh give It to
YOU out Of nv own pocket.
After that, Goldberger said, he had a talk
With Melvin G. Palliser, one OF the Hearst
oampaign mana gers. GoldberRer swore
that Palliser told him that Ihmsen had talked
tohim, Palliser, about getting uPthe petition
for the city ticket and wanted to know II
Coldberger would take the job. Goldberger
sald he would, Then he and Eckmann made
~ ,lot tkay, would sniff the