The Mena weekly star., 1906-11-08
TIT N[N YORK CAMPAIGN
Letter From MT. Bryan Indorsing Hearst Made Public by
 Bird s. Coler.
TIE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN COURT
Appeared Before Magistrate Whft- man in Response to suinmonses fin Connection with Charges or criminal Negligence - Hearing Adicurned to Monday.

New York, Nov 3.-W. J. Bryan
 has written d letter to Bird s. Coler,
 borough president of Brooklyn, en-
 dorsing the candidacy of William R.
 Hearst for governor MT. Bryan's letter follows:
 eMy dear MT. Coler:--I am very anx- ious to see Hearst elected and would have come to New York to help him if I thought an outside speaker would have been of assistance. From indi- cations however, he is going to win as he ought to- If I have any friends there I want them to vote for him. BRYAN"
 MT. Bryan wrote as quoted in a personal letter to Mir Coler dated at Madison, H., and received on October The portion of the letter not given was of a personal nature. Mir. Coler telegraphed Mr Bryan and secured his authority to make portion of the letter public. Mir. Coler, in giv- ing out the letter, said:
 "Mr. Bryan's letter should be enough for all Democrats in this state. As for independents. cannot imagine that they are going to take the advice of the piratical leaders of the old predatory political system. They will, I think before voting, ask themselves why it is that every lead ing beneficiary of what was known as scommercialism In politics is now bitterly and historically hostile to Mr Hearst, Some of MT Hearst's newspaper opponents must think the American public has lost it's sense of humor when they solemnly quote statements Of Croiyer and McCarren, those ideal reformers.
 "Mr Roots speech Thursday night will. I think. help MT. Hearst. It reminds me of the poster which con- tributed SO much toward our success last year. A cowardly slander is cowardly islander no matter who ut ters fl"
 New York, Nov. 3-4The four mem bers of the board of elections ap- peared before Magistrate Whitman Friday in response to summonses is- sued on the request of Attorney De Witt for the Independence league, in connection with charges that nom- ination petitions filed with the board by the league were mutilated and rendered void
 President voorhis testified that some of the petitions when filed were loosely put together and the pages of others were not even fastened. He declared the board had taken all pos sible precaution to protect the pe ltitions while they were being ex- |amined by the public He said the .real trouble is in the law which should .allow ten days instead of three for |the examination of petitions. Presi Sdent Voorhis testimony was corrobor- lated by the other commissioners. An ladiournment until Monday was then 'granted on request of Mir. Jerome Ewho said he had information as to the identity of the individual sup lposed to have been concerned In the humiliation of the petitions.
 New York, Nov s-Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany hall leader. in an interview Friday said he believed that neither President Roosevelt's sentiments as expressed through Sec |retary Root at Utica Thursday night. nor Richard Crcker's endorsement of Senator McCarron's stand will affect the general result of the election rhe .Icf. said Mir. Murphy they will vote for Mir. Hearst"