The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-12

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Prominent and influential Old Line
Democrats Fake No Part In the Recep-
IIOn To the Candidate or In the Meeting.
CoENING. y. Y, oct. iI.-William Ran
dolph Hearst spoke here tonight in the
City Hall before $40 persons. The meet
ing wa- held under the auspices ~ the
Steubcn county Democratic organization
and the local Independence League. II
was "a noteworthy fact that while there
was a pretty fair lining up Of Democratic
union labor men with the Independence
League crowd the really prominent and
influential old line Democrats Of the city
were not conspicuous on the stacy or in
the crowd These men took no part in
the reception and professcd to he utterly
Indifferent ~ to how the candidate for
Governor Jared here.
The crowd was made up almost alto
gether Of workingmen, labor union work.
ingmen employed in Corning's numerous
factories and in the railroad yards. They
gave MIR. Hearst a reception which seemed
10 please him and broke in on his fiery de-
nunciafion Of the corporations, Republican
managers and prominent Democrats who
have repudiated him with bursts Of an
plause. No questions we're fired at Mr..
Hearst from the crowd, although of late
he has conn to expect such interruptions
and has developed into a nimble side
stopper. Mr.. Hearst's speech differed in
form OF words only from the talks he has
made elsewhere in the State.
MIR. eIrSt got lere at $50 tonight
Bfter a long ride from New York through "A
wet snowstor that was whirling .ver
western New York. It's quite probable
that the raw nasty weather kept down the
crowd which greeted him Eere. At only a
few station along the L~ackawanna did
people seem TO know that a real live candi-
date for Governor was aboard the fast
train.
The depot loungers at Stroudsburg, Pa,
raised a Jolly cheer and Mr.. Hearst waved
70 them from his private car, RiVa. At
other railway stations the crowd appeared
90 he composed mostly of newsboys, ShTilly
hawking an edition OF the New York Journal.
There were few people in the streets
when Mr.. Hearst. closely bundled up,
drove from his car to the city hall. Seem
ingly all that ardently desired to see and
hear him packed themselves into the hall.
1t was as full, perhaps, as ever II was in It's
history. When Mr.. Hearst walked in the
crowd gave him three cheers and roared
away for two or three minutes. William s.
jackson, candidate for Attorney-General,
who is accompanying Mr.. Hearst on this
trip, had preceded the speaker of the
evening.
MIR. Hearst began his speech by re-
peating his attack on Mr.. Hughes as a
CORPORATION lawyer, and on nmothY l..
Woodruff and George X. Sheldon az his
corporation campaign managers. He then
pad his respects TO John b. Mcdonald.
He is the man, he said. "who built the
New York subway at great profit and had
one succession of strikes and labor difi-
Culties from the time he began until he
finished. MIR. Mcdonald declares for Mr..
Hughes and houTishes his check in supper
of Mr.. Hughes and says he is against me
because | am an enemy OF union labor
Mr.. Hearst then told his audience what
a great friend Of labor he has been and
still is.
Mr.. Hearst raised the Chinese labor
issue again and declared that the Repub-
jean party intended TO build the canal
with COolie labor TO the exclusion Of Ameri-
can ~woTkingmen. He declared that all
the financial freebOoters and political
pirates of the Republican party, supple
mented by those who have been driven
from the Democratic party, are for Mr..
Hughes.
The plunderburd doesn't want it, OPP
]portupties for plumber stopped, he said.
In conclusion Mr.. Hearst said,
Il firmly believe that the great corpora
tons are becoming more powerful every
year, and are securing a tighter grasp on
the control Of our government. The Amer'-
can idea that the people should name their
candidate and be represent ed inthe govern
ment by public officers select cd from their
own ranks.a and that there should he "A free
choice between candidates Of different
parties and 4 fair count Of bGllo, cast has
disappeared. livery year the powerful
trusts become more powerful and more
difficult to resist Every year the necessity
for resistance. if We are to preserve our
American system Of government, becomes
grngter and moro Obvious"
Mr.. Hearst vas entertained after the
meeting NJ the City Club by City Attorney
Francis e. williams, Fire Commissioner
Clerk, J. ". shea. Alderman J. +. McAlpine.
Alderman Peter Farrell. Thomas McAvoy
md o'hcRs. Mayor Valentine Rettig. a
Republican, nut aside politics and helped
entertain the New York editor. Tomorrow
afternoon Mr.. Hearst goes to Elmnlra, where
be speak, tomorrow night.