New-York tribune., 1906-07-21
4NTI-HEARST MEN, TOO.
opOOMF NOT ILL ONE W1Y
p.ogress of the Long Green" Cam
nqign Along the Southern Tier.

Ssbarnton. n Y July Is.-The anti Hearst
!, this county OF Broome have just started
-,a.e al sorts OF trouble for the head OF the
:D.--.1sepoe League. Edward Il kitchener.
- -, wire goods manufacturer. Democratic
sst -'s.ta for Mayor last fan. has protested TO
Carlisle. secretary of the Democratic
-. committee. against The alleged regularity
- county convention held here last week,
- .,srted Hearst delegates 20 the state con-
-.,.n Mr.. kitchener is going TO carry the
49, oeainst Hearst 20 the state convention
= 4. Ackerman. a contractor who two years
= .s siternate-at-large 10 the ST. Louis con-
.son which nominated Parker. IS out against
- - He says that he xii not vote for him in
az circumstances
~ -, A. o'Hara. Charles S. Miller, a coal
- ana ". R. Miller. a wholesale paper
.,.. are opposed TO the nomination OF Hearst
80 state convention While they do not go
as 10 say that they win vote against him
e dominated for Governor by the regular
-,.yaric state Convention, they will do their
D,s, before the convention is held TO prevent
usarst from stsmpeding IT,
,r.onwhfie there is an inside scrap" going on
...,r.sn II. W Farley. the chairman of the
T.,o,ratfc County Committee, and Henry G.
-..,-son member ofethe state committee. Far
- e an svowed Hearst man. and by going to
-. early he rounded up the votes 10 control
:. ,o,ntv convention here and in Tioga, both
= rbieh we're hald last week and instructed for
usa-st. giving him six delegates.
cp.ss NOT THE ONLY THING GREEN.
The opposirion TO the Hearst campaign by Mr..
~,.,.srer is the most important feature OF the
-.Ifsal situation here, as IL bids fair TO be in
tr,gsnily. conducted. Mr.. Titchener is a well
,.oun business man. between forty and fifty
-..re old. Last fall when he ran for Mayor on
- Dsrocratic ticket he made a good impress
-, II vas not considered a disgrace for him
- hs defeated. because the Republican elephant
-gnsIv walks over the tiger in Broome County.
,,vrnv The last Democratic Mayor was
Jerome Dewitt 8 lawyer, elected many years
ga Nj Farley, the county chairman, started
n last fan 10 capture the organization for
Hearst No attention was paid to him at first
but he kept going The Hearst newspapers
vsre thoroughly circulated among the Demo-
cratic laboring men in Binghamton, and Farley
,,,g he praises Of the Congressman early and
late With the coming Of spring the grass was
rof the only long green" thing in sight Mr.
Ezssrst sent on The funds for his summer cam
raign. and an Independence League, with A N.
snsy~y and John Freeman as managers. was
formed. About this time Mr. Jackson. better
known IS "Hznkey" Jackson, or Farmer
Jackson, "saz up and took notice"
When ~aenkey" discovered that Farley was
occupying the drivers seat on the local band
wagon. thar be held the whip. and that the wor0
'Hearsr" had been painted on the wagon boa
n nice. big red letters, he hurried down to New
YORK and saw 2Gr Hearst. When he came back
70 Broome County he was a redhot Hearst man,
ara climbed right on 70 the drivers seat Of the
wagon alongside OF Mr.. Farley. Neither OF them
iook any notice Of Mr. kitchener and Mr.. Acker-
man Farley and Jackson sprung an early
county convention without consulting the old
lne Democrats, and last week elected a set OF
Hearst delegates 10 the state convention Then
the anti-Eearst people took hand. Mr.. Titch-
ener wrote formal protest against the action
Of the Hearst men. alleging that the convention
gas Irregular. in that proper notice had not
been given and that no convention should have
been held until after the cali OF the state com-
Faittee. When NJ kitchener was seen to-day az
his factory. he said:
81 simply exercised the rights of a Democrat
in good standing when / entered formal pro-
test against The action Of the Hearst people in
choosing delegates the way they did. I do not
say thar shall vote against Hearst il he is
nominated for Governor by the regular Demo-
cratic State Convention, but am free 10 say
that am not in favor OF his nomination for
that olice. II strikes me that he is sort OF
political highWayman. with his 1ndepeDoence
League. He stands in the middle OF the roa0
ahe says that i he is not nominated foF Gov
fTnor he vii run q third ticket ! DO not nn-
eeElske 70 question his motives, hut 90 assert
that BTooEe County Democrats can wei! anoEd
% 60 slow before they pledge themselves 10
flppoTt for Governor man who taxes tnaI
altitude"
Is II true that Hearst was lavish IN the use
Of money in controlling the county convention
MONTHS CREATING HEARST SENTIMENT
q cannot speak with positive knowledge about
that" said AIr kitchener I know that various
nsa have been hard at work for months creating
Hearst sentiment and II is pretty safe 10 as
sume that they are getting paid for it, DO noE
fhhk thai Mr. Jackson and 2Ir. Farley are IN
tie employ Of NJ Hearst. They are friends OF
une. Their activity. think is due TO an IN
ordinate desire 70 get on 10 the bandWagon ana
atgset attention TO their promp.itude. MI Far
~ is active among the younger set Of Demo-
cEEts and finds that the labor unions are strong
fog Hearst II a man has the money with WHICH
% publish newspapers, there is no reason why
be should rot build up large following IheFe
are good many people in the Democratic party
Il however, who DO not read the Hearst papers
7 protested against the action Of the county
convention in instructing delegates for Hearst
/ because an sure that there is reason TO DOUBT
he regularity OF the action by the convention
4 think there IS q rule Of the state committee
4 hat county inventions are not 70 be held until
/ Gter the calling OF the state committee buI
4 here Is another feature 70 the controversy thaI
more important than the one have clteo-
laaer the reapportionment Broome County
4 which formerly had two Assembly districts, now
| Aas only che. The Farley people went ahead
eaa elected delegates from only one district.
ana that the old rule remains in force until
eslsf The next state convention, and that Broome
soaHty is entitled 10 six delegates Instead OF
see II an correct in this then the three
-..esates eLected By the Hearst people In the