Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-29
AN ADDRESS BY HEARST
GREAT ENTHUSIASM AT MON
sTER MEETING IN NEW YORK.


League was ratified at a gathering that
filled Madison Square Garden. New York
to its capacity last night. The Municipal
Reform Alliance Joined the league in the
conduct OF the meeting
The principal addresses were delivered hy
William Randolph Hearst and Lewis Sny-
vesant Chanler. respectively the candi-
dates for governor and lieutenant governor
on both the democratic and independence
League tickets
Former Representative John De Witt
warner presided, and evoked much an
pause when In his opening speech he de-
clared that there had never been before a
time when the scoundrels OF the state were
SO massed against a party as they are to-
oay against that led by William r. Hearst
MI. Chanler, who was enthusiastically
Weicomed when he rose spoke briefly ,or-
Guiding as follows:
have always been democrat ard
IN common with the rank and file of that
great party it has been a source OF in
mite sadness to see II being gradually
controlled by the same men and bound
TO the same interests as own and control
the machinery of the republican PARTY
We rejoice tonight that the rank and Ale
OF the democratic party have freed them
selves from the control of corpora tons.
have reasserted their rights and are about
to regain their power We congratulate
the democracy OF this state in that they
have chosen as their standard bearer tho
leader Of this independent movement, VIII
liam Randolph Hearst"
Deafening Cheers for Hearst.
The meeting had continued for some time
when Mr.. Hearst entered the garden. AS
ne made his way to the platform the au-
dience hose and greeted him with deafeninx
cheers. while the band played and Amer
lean flags were waved. Various district
organizations paraded about the room. and
the demonstration was renewed again and
again II was nearly half hour after his
arrival when Mr.. Hearst could make him
SELF heard. He said in part:
MY friends, before / received the NOM
lnaton from any party 1 spoke at SYRIA
believed and framed my personal plat
FORM. therefore, the nominations that
nave been given me We're given with A.
fun understanding of exactly what | be-
lieved.
Il shall make the campaign according
to my own honest opinions and. If elected.
shall conduct my administration according
to my own convictions
Il am a Jefferson democrat and tbst
as L understand 1t. is practically the same
as Lincoln republican, for the republi-
can party was founded to restore The ac-
I uG or the government to the principles Of
washington and Jefferson.
Hearst's Position Defined.
Il believe in the impartial enforcement
OF the laws that exist. I believe in public
ownership of public utilities.
But the first qualification for public own
ership is honesty in office and independence
in voting.
Il believe that the protective principle is
valuable in itself, but has been unreason-
ABLY extended, and outrageously abused.
Il believe in protection for infant indus-
tries; 1 believe in protection for American
labor.
II believe the tariff should be modified
and public ownership inaugurated, but that
both should be done cautiously and con-
servatively. with due regard to the stabl-
ity of business interests and the perpetual
ton Of the prosperity on which We all de-
pend.
Il believe in the restraint and regula-
ton of trusts and monopolies by law.
- II believe in labor unions and farmers
oranges and organizations that prompt the
of wealth. and / realize that
the prosperity of legitimate business men
depends upon the purchasing power of the
masses.
Il believe in every measure that gives
the people more direct control of their gov
Il believe in direct nominations and oren
primaries.
Il believe in purity in politics
Il will run in this campaign not merely
the Independence League. not
merely the democratic party but | hope
the people of the state of New York [
appeal to them, and make my pledge to
them to retain for them the rights they
still have, and to restore to them the lib
critics they have lost"
Mr. Hearst spoke only fourteen minutes.
At the close of the meeting, when Mr.
Hearst. accompanied by Mrs Hearst. LEFT
the hall, the police had their hands fun in
the party from being crushed
through the eagerness OF the crowd to
shake hands with Mr.. Hearst. There was a
REGULAR foot ball scrmmage, through the
lobby to the carriage.
1t was noticed that there were some Tam
many men here and there among the audi
ence. No formal delegations We're sent by
any Tammany club or other organization.