The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-10-27
LEAGUE MEN
ARE OUSTED
Court Declares Independent
Nominations Illegal.
WOODRUFF DENIES STORY
Meantime Candidates haraneue
Meetings al Bath. Corning,
Albany, Troy and Cohoes.

NEW YORK. Oct. While the
gubcrnatorinl candidates OF the Re.
publican and independence league AMI
Democratic parties were campnlgnlag
up state there was no dclrth Of ppllt
lcnl interest In this city. whore court
decision practically wiped out the local
congressional. senatorial and assembly
ticket Of Ne independence league.
Reversing the board of elections. the
appellate division Of the supreme. court
declared the nominating petitions 20
cured by the league a. have been TN
properly made. In that they were sign
cd for the nominations ~ candidate
who We're 10 rim In overlapping or OK.
tended territory.
The few exceptions 10 the can u IS
stricken or were mostly Of those
against whom no protests had been
made and whose cases consequently
did not come before the court. Many
Democratic candidates were included
In those removed. but all sought n
place under the leagues emblem Of
the balanced scales. The leagues ju-
dietary ticket alone remains intact.
The league will carry the matter In
the court OF appeals II that body can
be convened In special session.
While the decision directly affects
only the local ticket. some concern was
expressed regarding Its possible effect
up state. where. II was said. the same
practice In the matter OF nominating
petitions may have been followed.
Max +. Ihmsen, manager OF the cam.
paign OF William II. Hearst, made n
statement, In which he charged that
Postmaster General Cortelyou had
come TO New York TO show Chairman
Woodruff of the state Republican com
mlttee how to raise an enormous cor
ruption fund.
Mr.. Woodruff promptly issued de
NAL Of the accusation.
Charles F.. Hughes, Republican noml-
nee for governor, addressed large au-
dlences at Bath and Corning. William
X. Hearst, the Independence league
and Democratic candidate, went 10 Al
bany. speaking In that city and at
Troy and Cohoes. Big crowds well
coined him.
Nowhere In his several up state cam
paign trips has Mr.. Hearst had more
enthusiastic welcome than that which
he received at Albany. His reception
began wlth an old fashioned torchlight
parade. with lots OF red fire and
bombs. Through crowded streets the
line led TO Harmanus Blocker hall.
where Mr.. Hearst addressed an assem-
bly, that crowded 1t to its limit, with a
great overflow outside.
Charles Il. Hughes, the Republican
candidate went to Corning. held n re
ception. and addressed three large au-
| diences. Only one meeting had been
| planned, but the Corning Opera House
was so quickly filled when the doors
were opened that the use Of the court
house was secured. This structure, too.
was soon filed to overlooking. and II
| was then announced that both Mr..
ftUHneS anu JDD I1tuEtS, WHO Is nc
companying him on this. his last trip
| through the state, would speak at n
third meeting ut the city hall.
At one point Mr.. Hughes alighte
from his carriage to shake hands with
the workmen who crowded about him
and cheered Justify. His reception at
the hotel was most demonstrative. He
stood in line while large crowd pass.
ed through the corridors and stopped
| to shake hands.
Mr.. Hughes spoke at Bath. where he
met an audience which filled the Cast
no, and an overflow meeting in the
county courthouse, where he also held
a reception, meeting many of the vet
Grams of the Union army in the civil
war wearing the uniform Of the state
Soldiers home, which Is located In
Bath.