The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-04-27
HE TURNED
THEM DOWN
Gov. Higgins Declined to Re-
ceive Hearst Deputation.
HlSSES.AT ALBANY CAPITOL
Ansered At Rebuff, Many Joined
In a DemOnstra alton That Al
most Approached a Riot.

ALBANY, \. y, April ~ Governor
Higgins declined to receive delega
ton Of nearly 500 men appointed at
meeting held In New York city to pro
test to him against the killing Of the
Murphy recount bill The delegation
was headed by Clarence J. Shearn.
The delegation then marched upstairs
and demanded admission to the senate
lobby. They We're refused, but Senator
Bracket AZ chairman OF the senate
judiciary committee, came out into the
hall and, surrounded by the crowd
heard several speeches appealing for
the passage Of the recount bill. Ia re
ply he said his committee had reported
the bin and If it came up for vote
he would vote for it, Many senator's
he said undoubtedly believed that the
existing law gave Mr. Hearst all the
opportunity needed for investigation Of
The election.
At the meeting I'm Carnegie hall. New
York city. where the delegation was
appointed, several thousand men. wo-
men and children cheered the name of
William r. Hearst and hooted that of
Mayor Mcclellan.
More than 1000 persons were at the
meeting and after listening to score
Of speakers, who denounced the mayor
and his followers, they resolved to send
a delegation 10 Albany on special
train to register protest with the
members of the legislature
Henry Powell, who presided. said
that unless the legislature did some
thing TO aid in giving the people of
New York a recount the people would
do something next fall that would sur
prise the politicians
Angered by the refusal ~ Governor
Higgins TO receive them and hear their
protest. the deputation joined in a
demonstration somewhat approaching
riot in the capitol building, One Of
their acts was in giving three cheers
for next Governor HearstW "Hurrah
for w Il. Hearst" in the executive
chamber and within twenty feet of the
private office where Governor Higgins
was at work.
There were Kisses for Higgins aud
shouts of derision and angry talk.
Another feature of the AFFAIR was the
making of speeches denunciatOry of
the Republican organization in general
and the legislative end Of il in particu-
lar on the steps of the capitol. The
Hearst folks also protested against
their exclusion from the senate cham
Der. which followed the refusal of Hig-
gins TO see them. and demanded of the
doork keepers what right Lou Payne had
to enter the sacred precinct while they
were shut out
Senator Edward Truman Bracket of
Saratoga. who Is a candidate for the
Republican nomination for governor,
gave the Hearst folks n piece of his
mind for their diSorderiy actions, but
finally wound up and assured them In
an impromptu speech that he would
not oppose a bill providing for a re
count of the New York election If a
measure properly drawn We're intro
duced
"Rut how about the last billy'
"Why did the legislature refuse us
| iustice?" and other Interruptions of
this sort finally got a rise out Of the
Saratoga senator, and he replied, You
had better 90 and ask the men who
think they are running the Republican
organization now
They were packed soldly in the big
chamber and stretched far out into the
corridors.
The governor was in his private of
flee and in response to a request for an
audience sent word that he was too
busy" The crowd OF Hearstites began
to grumble their dissatisfaction, and
finally one Of them began TO hiss.
Others joined in, and soon the execu-
tive mansion was filled with express
sions of dissatisfaction and derlsion.
The governor declined 10 make any
comment upon the incident