The San Francisco call., 1906-10-23
VOTERS Of LEAGUE
HAD NO VOICE.
Ihmsen Confesses That
Hearst Dictated All of
His Party Nominations
PRINTERS ARE SPIES

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
NEW YORK. Oct. 22-Max f. Ihm-
sen, secretary of the board of direc-
tors of the Independence League and
chairman of the State committee OF
the league, has gone on record IN
sworn statement, confessing that the
enrolled voters of the league had no
voice in the nomination of its candf-
dates. Ihmsen was entrapped into adj
mitting that Hearst had absolute per-
sonal control of the league and all its
actions. This admission was drawn
from Ihmsen by the nomination of two
county tickets in westchester County
under the league emblem. The County
Clerk of westchester was at loss to
determine which ticket should be placed
on the ballot, and he referred the ques-
tion to Ihmsen. He was surprised TO
receive a decision from the secretary
of the board of directors of the Hearst
political corporation in the form OF an
affidavit certifying one of the rival
tickets as genuine and rejecting the
other.
SPIES AMONG PRINTERS.
In line with recent exposures show
ing the hollowness of Hearst's profess
sions as champion of labor, union
men are now recalling one incident
with indignation. Tt appears that,
fearing strike in the composing room
OF the Journal early in 1902, the Hearst
management hired private detectives
and scattered them among the printers,
and withdrew them only when the
union men. smarting under the humil-
iating espionage and the attempted In
timidation, threatened to walk out in a
body unless the spies were dismissed.
This story, which is vouched for by
many members of Typographical
Union No. s, is that the Hearst manage
ment had resented the union regula-
tions, which were complied with by
every newspaper In the city, with one
or two unimportant exceptions, and de-
cided to cut down expenses without re-
ducing the number of workmen. The
foreman. who had been in charge Of the
contrasting room since the paper was
started, was sent on vacation" and
man was brought from the West. to
take his place. Several printers at once
resigned. Then followed a period Of
changes in methods and rules, which
brought the force to state bodering on
utter Decentralization.
Finally, printers who reported for
work early on certain Sunday in Feb
ruary, 1902, found score or more of
strange men lounging about the COM
posing room. 1t was noticed that one
of the strangers attached himself to
each group to catch every word ut
tered and the revelation came like a
flash that the men were detectives
Charged by the angry printers with be-
ing hired spies, the strangers boldly ac-
knowledged it, expecting, it was
thought, to intfmidate the workmen
The union men sent delegation to
Hearst to demand that the spies be at
once removed. The detectives were
Withdrawn from the room, but kept
close at hand
HEARST DEFIEs TRUSTS
The announcement that Hearst who
heads the Independence League and
Democratic State tickets. as well as
other candidates, would address meet
ing held under the auspices of the
league tonight served to draw a crowd
that put premium on standing room
in Madison Square Garden. Hearst
made the principal speech in the gar
den. His arrival and his appearance
upon the platform were signals for en-
thusiastic demonstrations and the ap-
plause and cheering was renewed fre-
quently. Hearst had much to say con-
corning corporations and something
about his opponent on the Republican
ticket Hearst opened his address by
soy lA6 llel 1lStu JUST returned from
tour up State in the so-ca1led Repub-
lican counties, and declared that he
would come down to Harlem River with
a majority and that all the votes he
would get in the oity would be vel
vet" He believed. he satd that he
would be elected Governor by a ma
jority of 10000.
Hearst told how he had fought the
trusts" in the interests Of the people
He f1shed out and killed the "gas and
fuel trust" and next tackled the 'Ice
trust" and put the "ice trust Mayor"
out of business. He then made war on
the beef trust" and the rebating sys-
tenn
You have been told" said Hearst,
that I have made corrupt political
deals. I have made no deals at ALL I
have made no more deals with Murphy
than have with McCarren.
+ while have been away New York
newspapers have, been lying as indus
trfously and persistently and reckless
ly as ever. They have had this time a
little assistance from Boss Murphy, the
man whom the papers have declared
to be SO enthusiastically for me. Muir