The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-31
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torneyi Jerome gave out another state.
ment yesterday in which he asked
Mr.. Hearst some more questions about
tha independence League and It's pres
.ent attitude. and Just what MT.
Hearst's political principles are: The
brains Of the Hearst movement were
not those Of Br. Hearst Mr.. Jerome
said. but he said he thought tt9would
be possible for Mr.. Hearst and Arthur
Brisbane, who furnished the brains; to
get together and agree on whether
the Hearst organization was for or
against the Democratic party.
The statement OF Mr.. Jerome was
prompted by an interview with Mr..
Hearst printed in one of bis newspa-
pers, in which Mr.. Hearst had tntimat-
ed That he might refuse a nomination
even on the Independe nce League tick
ct under certain Circumstances, but
denied statement attributed to him
that his attitude toward the Democrat
tc nomination for governor was one Of
non.receptiveness. Mr.. Hearst was
very angry that any such report
should have got abroad.
Here Is what Mr.. Jerome had to say:
.Tn the revised version OF Mr..
Hearst's statement OF yesterday, he
says in the American: THE real issue
Is whether the people shall control
politics, independent of the dictation
Of corrupt corporations through Grim
1na1 bosses
'fBut Mr.. Hearst, even in his reyis-
ed statement, does not indicate the
means to be employed in ettecttng this
result. is it to be effected by the Gre
alton of new political party, the In.
dependence League, made up of mem
bership drawn from each Of the 9th.
er parties, or Is the independence
League, after all, only means to
coerce the Democratic party into be-
coming pure? 1t would seem very
simple thing for Mr.. Hearst to define
what the Independence League is. and
what It's relation with the Democratic
party is.
IT understand that Mr.. Hearst is
quoted as saying that hereafter he
will only talk through typewritten
statement OF course, it is difficult,
where the brains and the person OF a
are not united In the same
Individual for the person alone to
make clear where he does stand. but
surely. in situation as obscrue as
the present one, it would be possible
for Mr.. Hearst and Mr.. Brlsbane to
get together long enough for Mr.,
Brisbane to tell Mr. Hearst whether
the Independence League is for the
Democratic party or against the Dem
ocratic party. You see, those Of us
who are Democrats would like to know
whether the Tammany Hall Congress
man is really Democrat or not, and
he could tell us about this.
Moreover, after careful study OF
the revised statement OF his Interview
of yesterday. as published in his own
organ, one cannot quite make up ones
mind whether Mr.. Hearst is a candi-
date for governor at all.
an reply to the question, Would
you accept the nomination Of the
Democratic convention, Mr. Hearst?
he Is reported to have said: 4 will
be the candidate of the independence
League, II run
"what does the 1f' mean' Is Mr..
Hearst losing what little courage he
ever had? Is he afraid that he win
destroy his Democratic regularity?
Why won't Max 1hmsen and Arthur
Brisbane let him say whether he is
or is not Democrat, and whether he
desires to consolidate it with the In
dependence League?"
Leader Murphy, of Tammany put IN
about two hours at Tammany Hall yes
terday. He was non.communicatfve
on eevry subject on which the report
ers questioned him.
'.Dfd you see Mr.. Jerome's state
ment to the effect that Tammany Hall
is quastcriminal conspiracy" Mr..
Murphy was asked.
Eyes, read that" said the Tam
many leader.
"what do you think of tt?"
Nothing to say"
do you expect to come out on top
In the primaries.
"I'n tell you that on the night OF
September i s-that is primary day"
do you think there is any posisbil-
ity of the Democratic State commit
tee nominating a candidate other than
Jerome or Hearst2"
eTn tell you that after the conven-
ton has been held"
'.Win you attend the conference OF
independent Democrats at Albany on