The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-28
DEMOCRATS CAST OFF HEARST
NICOLL CiLLS HIM TRATTOR WHO
STABBED PARKER.
pr,an. on the Contrary, a Loyal supporter
Of the CandIdate-NO at Democratic
clubhouse inner on Endorsing MIR.
>icoll's statement Nobody Votes No..

clubhouse Dinner on ENDORSING MIR.
>icoll's statement Nobody Votes No.
ne Lancey Nicoll, speaking last night at
. dinner of the Democratic Club, and speak
,rg not as an individual, but, as he was care
rI TO explain, as the ce-chairman OF the
democratic national committee, charged
William r.. Hearst with being a traitor to
rio Democratic party and dishonorable.
MIR Nicoll said that in the national cam
reirn Of 1904 Mr.. Hearst accepted favors
from the national committee, opened quar-"
tors in the building occupied by the COM
rrirtcc, professed to- be a friend of the
Democratic Tarty, and yet deliberately
s,abled the candidate Of that party in the
tack.
Mr.. Nicoll's speech was of the sensational
LtnI-so much so that when he got through,
August Belmont, who presided and who
WIS chairman of the advisory committee OF
tire national committee in 1904, said that
re- did not want the company to think that
Mr.. Nicoll was speaking for any one but
himself. Mr.. Belmont asked the company
10 vote whether or not they Endorsed the
views which Mr., Nicol had expressed.
There was not a negative vote.
week ago, after hearing W. Bourke
Cochran, the general committee Of Tam
many Hall condemned the municipal owner
shin theories of Mr.. Hearst.
For over half an hour Mr.. Nicoll had been
s~reaking in a light vein of his experiences
in helping to run the Democratic national
Headquarters in 1904, when he switched
suddenly to a harshness Of tone and bearing
that at once attracted attention. He said:
Fl had only one disa agreeable experience
in that campaign. 1t was hard, of course
to he swamped by a large majority, but
every one knows how it happened. Those
who worked for Judge Parker were at least
true to themselves, n we gave our time
and money to the pushing forward of the
Democratic campaign. We did it because
It was our duty, and we did not complain
when the inevitable, as we had foreseen,
happened.
But there is one thing 1 nave to look
back upon with regret, and every time L
think Of it l feel angered and annoyed.
In the magnificent headquarters we had in
Th~irty-fourth street there was one bureau
which sneaked in pom US on plausible
pretences.
This bureau occupied the fourth floor
Of our building, it had spacious rooms
without paying for them, his crowd hung
out it's banner from the front Of the national
headquarters, and that crowd which par
took Of our favors on the pretence OF friend
ship afterward turned round and stabbed
the man it was supposed to be working for,
lam speaking of the Hearst crowd. Mr..
Hearst and his man hmsen came to me and
asked Tor space to open up quarters in our
place. l told them We would be only too
glad to accommodate them, and gave
them the best we had. They had the use Of
all the campaigning facilities at the national
headquarters, and then, by God afterward
they turned round and struck the knife into
the back Of the candidate of the Democratic
party and tried all they could to help to beat
US.
Gentlemen; I don't a you when
future issues come up to forget such a gross
act Of ~treachery as this. Remember that
the Hearst crowd came to us, seemingly as
friends; they accepted the hospitality we
offered them, they awaited themselves of
all we had and then they deliberately stuck
the knife in the candidate of the party they
were supposed 70 De supporting.
Il want for q moment to contrast the
treacherous behavior Of Hearst and the
record Of Bryan. My experiences Of that
campaign proved to me hat Bryan is a
true Democrat while Hearst Is a false Demo-
crat. So far as Mr.. Bryan is concerned,
he undertook to support Loyalty and earn
estly and with all his powers of eloquence
the candidate who had been selected by
the Democratic national convention.
Il don't mind telling you now that at that
convention when the name Of Mr.. Parker
was brought forward Mr.. Bryan said to me
that we we're advocating the nomination
Of a Democrat who, to his mind, was too
conservative and he said hat be was against
that nomination.
But once the nomination was made Mr..
Bryan undertook to speak to his great
constituency for Judge Parker, and not only
did he do so but he worked in every possible
way for the interests Of the candidate of
the convention. / want tonight to give
my testimony to the honor Of Mr.. Bryan as
a Democrat and as a loyal party man. He
did the honorable thing and did all he could
for the election OF Judge Parker.
But as to the other man 1 am comparing
him to let me tell you that he sneaked into
the national headquarters, he put his feet,
asi were, under our mahogany, he ate at
orr table, he made use of the monetary re-
sources of the committee and then he en-
ployed emissaries to stab our candidate in
the back and to stab our cause in the dark.
In short, he acted like the traitor that he is.
In saying this l am simply telling you of
my experience of the campaign Of 1904 SO
far as Hearst is concerned. The difference
haN.a tNll IN, 4f hot ryAAn nu,-o~ --l
Hearst lis the difference between an honor
able man and a dishonorable man and a
F%coundrel. II 1 nave spoken with deep
feeling you must pardon me beca use this
Is matter on which l feel deeply ~ n