Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-13
FEAR STAY-AT-H0MES
Over-Confideace May Defeat
New York Republicans.
HEARST FOLLOWERS ACTIVE
No Sign of Apathy Seen in Their
Ranks.
THE PRESIDENTS WARNING
Points Out to Leaders the Danger Of
the neutrality-suspicious.
League incorporated.
THE PRESIDENTS WARNING

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gate. 1t appears to be completely overshad-
| owing the congressional campaign in point
of interest, although the latter is supposed
| to appeal more to the office-holdng class
Washington is essentially politicians city
and the campaign in each state has some
| Importance TO somebody.
People are talking about the New York
| campaign in cynical and half-amused
| way on account of the many paradoxical
| situations in it. Every day presents some
| new feature of contradiction and contrast
! Yesterday, for example life-sze poster of
| Mr. Hearst was hung in Tammany Hall,
alongside Boss Croker's big oil likeness.
| This is fattering representation of Mr..
| Hearst. This time last year New York was
| plastered by Tammany with posters of Mr..
Hearst, pcturing him as back of Czolgosz
hurting bomb at Mckinley. At the same
time the Hearst papers were depicting Boss
Murphy in stripes and chains.
But the situation is no joke to the republic
can campaign managers, and it is asserted
that they have been severely lacked up
by President Roosevelt for over-conf1dence.
The President, who is regarded Of
the most astute politicians in the country,
is alleged to be anxious lest over-confidence
will result in a stay -at-hOme vote that may
endanger the republican ticket. In New
York yesterday both State Chairman Wood
ruff and County Chairman Parsons, the
latter the direct representative of the Presi-
dent in New York politics, gave utterance
to fears of over-confdence and the posi-
biity of Hearst carrying the state after
ALL
Coupled with these sentiments, however,
were the statements that the state COM
nlittee was shy of funds and it would not
take much of a stretch of imagination to
picture Treasurer Sheldon scurrying around
the financial district today, hat in hand and
with most dolorous countenance, the while
he echoes the -pessmistic expressions Of the
managers.
What the republicans are thought to be
most afraid of is the stay-at-home vote,
threatened by the falling off in registra-
ton thus far. One hundred thousand stay
at-home republicans, over-confident or in
different, might play hob with the republic
can plurality. Following the presidential
| campaign of 1896. Mr.. Roosevelt was elect
| ed governor by only $4,000 plurality. Odell,
after the presidential campaign of 1903,
| pulled through by only 5000. There Is al
ways apathy in an off year.
| Il look for more republican apathy this
| year than usual" said a politician versed
| In the New York situation today. THE
| betting odds of 3 to l on Hughes indicate
| that the wise ones cannot credit the posi-
| bility of the people being taken in by the
| Murphy Hearst fm-fiam game. That is
| all right a tribute to the intelligent and
| conservative classes, who may think 1t I'M
necessary to pay attention to such a coarse
| and slap-paddle bunco game as now is
| being played.
Hearst Followers Not Apathetic.
But it must be remembered that there
will be no stay-at-home vote among the
| thousands who are falling victims to that
game They are in earnest, and they will
! get out on election day and vote and work.
| Our SNUG and complacent conservatives
| may sit by their firesides and sneer at the
| flim-fam campaign of Murphy and Hears,
| but it is making votes that count in the
| ballot box just effectually as the votes
| of the slk-stockinged and high-browed
| ones"
Politicians expect to see an access of adj
| minstration effort in behalf of the Hughes
| ticket in a short time. 1t is said that al
| though Mr.. Hughes in his upstate speak
| ing makes a clean-cut logical and analyll-
| cal speech worthy Of a lawyer OF his ability
| he does not warm up the crowds or send
! them away with any one salient feature
| driven home in their minds they had lis
| tened to admirable talk by a polished
| Darrster.
| On the other hand, these republican pol
! iticians point out Mir Hearst unharnp-
| pered by logic and regardless of anything
! except firing the minds of his hearers,
! goes after his audiences in the way he
! deems best suited TO get rise out of
| them and he has succeeded in arousing
| spoken this trip. 1t is said that some
hurrah sentiment will have to be worked
| up for the republicans and the admins
| tration can furnish it.
In New York yesterday the Brooklyn
! democrats were brought face to face with
| an Independence League Judiciary ticket,
the papers being filed at Albany. Pat
| MCCarren Immediately announced that the
| Brooklyn democracy would knife Hearst
while supporting the rest of the democrat tic
| ticket.
Independence League Incorporated.
| The New Workers We're discussing with
| interest yesterday the allegation that
Hearsts Independence League is an incor-
| porated institution. thoroughly subject to
the executive committee as a corporation
to its board of directors. and that nothing
can be done without Hearsts approval.
On this point the New York World said:
The grip of Boss Murphy on the ma
| chine of Tammany Hall Is as nothing COM
| pared to the grip of Mr.. Hearst on the In
| dependence League.
| "A committee of seven members of the
| leagues county committee. headed by Tim
| othy ]. Driscoll, the chairman. went to Ell
| mira yesterday to appeal to Mr. Hearst to
| name a full judicial ticket. The commit
| tee was named at a meeting the night be-
| fore. There is to be another meeting to-
| day. when the committee returns
| Threats of insubordnate members of
| the Independence League to upset the
| Hearst Murphy deal and put up a complete
judicial ticket were laugheu at yesterday
by the Hearst managers at the Glsey
| House, who declared that no one need have
| any fear that the threat would be carried
tout.
| When the reason for this statement was
| explained IL was made clear why the
| Hearst managers are so confident of their
| ability to carry out the judicial deal with
| out interference. This reason is that the
| Independence League, being an incorpo-
| rated body with control vested entirely In
| the executive committee, ticket can he
| put out, or the name of the league used,
| without the consent of the executive COM
| mittee. This consists of few members
| of which Mr.. Hearst is chairman.
! Nominee Of Corporation.
| "Mr. Hearst is literally the nominee OF