The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-22

NEW YORK
NOW AWAKE
General Interests Supercedes
General Apathy
IN The BIG CAMPAIGN
Hearst Loses, Hughes Gains During the
Week Statement Based on the
Correspondents Own Per
sonal Observation.
IN THE BIG CAMPAIGN

New York, Oct. p. The New York
correspondent Of the Boston Herald
sends his papeFs The following
New York IN waking up, city and
state II has work on its hand, and
Hearst on It's mind The gladitorial act
between the Plunderbund, the SANDER
bun and the Peepul i being fought with
ink and sulphuTic breatis, with writs.
iuries, impreeations, fireworks flags and
fanfafes, With accusations and counter
hritants, with district attorneys, with
1amnany III white robe. and her sweet
sister Of Kings county in full grown
wings, Political knives and axes are
out, leader fights leader, the clash rings
Ia heaven and an amazed world looks
On with growing cagerness FOR the next
act Two weeks hence the voters will
take hand Then we shall see what
we shall see.
Gem Apathy has turned over the com
maHd to Gen Interest. There has been
a great change in u week Even the city
Of New York wakes % the fact that
this il something more than fight be-
tween the owner OF many yellow news
papers and the investigator of the insui+
ance scandals. The men who. didn't
register are wishing they had taken the
trouble. II Is always so, Here IN the
city the registration il altogether too
far below that Of the presidential cam
paign There are some $4,000 names on
last years list that are not ON this
years; and there il reason for the belief
that the owners Of the names are still
alive Iaftef Il fashibn They breathe
and still walk about.
The Democratic party IN the Empire
state this year * not represented BY the
head Of the ticket; ii Il not represented
BY ~FingT Corners. is state chairman;
Il IS not represented by Murphy. chief
Of Tnnniany; it Is not represented BY
McCarfen, boss Of BROOKLYN; II il not
represented by Mcclellan, mayor III New
York; ii il not represented by anybody
who holds ont Regularly ia this cam.
paign. Vas ever party. IN such q
plighty What can the leaderIess who
believe IN their country and their kind
DO but vote for Hughes
Saturday wagons were going about
town bearing huge placnrds which an.
nounced the breaking away 81 the Mn-
nieipal Ownership league. Hearst had
thought he owned this league, but The
league says il owns itself. and the
pacards say that Hearst BETRAYED it
The Brooklyn Municipal Ownership
league worked up tremendous vote
for Hearst ii the Hayoralty campaign
now il breaks away from him, deties
him. and sends its band wagons into
Manhattan in order that the blmpher.
OF the isle may know what's going on.
There Is a great rocket which shoot.
shrieking to the sky; up and np il
climbs, aweing the multitude, attracting
all the eyes OF the population, anu open
ing al its throats. Higher il goes, anG
higher. and then Of a sudden bursts into
myriad stars of many. col0red fain,
which break away from its swift course
In All instant there i nothing but I
hot stick kissing downward IL the sea
That Is HearSt's campaign. II bepaF
with jets Of flame, ard flew np III,
state to the st. Lawrence. and iii.
( crowds cried obs and eah!p and eaini
/ il elegant" And there the fyinc vel
low meteor burst, rent into umnum
bored parts and now blaekenea gtiel
comes floating down the Hudson.
lhf So many ARE the reports 81 organiza
tiens tbatn are breaking away from
Hearst that it Is difficult to believe that
all are truly told II half Of them an,
true, though, Hearst must lose the cleo
ton But an election isn't lost unit
the votes are cast, Abuse won't hca
Hearst. Some Of the men Who abus
him fear him; Others are iealons q
him. Sound public opinion win do tn
work; that and that only can do II
10 that opinion Hughes appeals. Il /
the safeguard Of the body polite.
Around the Gilsey house, where III
Hearst independence league (incorporat
II cd) has its headquarters, Won So
Hearst's worker in soulful confabnb
ton. Around Tammany Hall YOU -
Tammany's workers. Ii YOU brougb
the two lots together and removed thei
campaign buttons, you couldn't tell III
Hearst workers from 1aminany work
ors. They've the same cut 81 the iib
! sum the week up thus: iTuche
gains, Hearst loses. This statement
not based on anything that politician
say; 1t is in no way influenced by mol;
teal committees. II IS based upon Il,
own observation at mass meetings. an
upon my conversations with All sori
Of men in all sorts Of places, up Stat
and down.