The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-09-06
AN ALBANY
Pow WOW
District Attorney Jerome at
State Capital.
BOSSISM AND SOCIALISTS
Osborne, Former Mayor Of Albany
Denounced Actions OIAsents
OF Hearst.

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ALBANY. y. Y. sept G.-Charge~
Of forgery. bribery. riot aud blackmall
were made here against the agents of
William Randolph Hearst by Thomas
W. Osborne, former mayor Of Albany.
Ina speech before the Democratic con
ference at odd Fellows hall. The
speaker was chcercd To the echo. and
great excitement followed
air Osborne in ringing tones assert.
ed that the agents Of q certain multi
millionaire" had been engaged Ia de-
bauching the party In their efforts to
capture the delegates 10 the state con.
yeniion ai Buffalo from county conyen
lions lie declared that these agents
had stopped at nothing 10 gain their
end. They had used money. Influence
ch.canery and criminal practices In or
der 10 compel delegates 10 pin their al
leglunce 90 their employer. Mi Os
borne entered % passionate protest
against such methods and implorcl
Democrats to repudiate such men and
such measures.
"Alusi We submit to be purchased 10y
a muItimilllonairc for his uscf' he
cried
While most of those responsible Tor
calling the meeting disculmed It's be
ing in the interest OF or opposed 10
| any particular candidates FOR the Dem
ocratic nomination for governor. IL was
privately conceded on all hands that II
was aimed chiefly 90 prevent IL pos
siblc the nomination or Endorsement
by the state convention 10 Buffalo of
| William r. Hearst. Several illusions
ln the speeches were Interpreted as
having no other possible meaning and
the speech of John y. Carlisle Of Wa
tertown. secretary Of the Democratic
state committee. Of being an explicit
attack lacked only the use Of names.
The other incident was conference
Of representatives Of several radical
Democratic organizations from which
emanatod statement criticising Mr.
Hearst and reclaring ia favor OF the
nomination OF Congressman William
Sulzcr of New York
Tho chief feature of the early SEES
sion OF the conference was the speech
by District Attorney jerome OF New
York. who denounced bosses aud the
Socialstic trend Of the Democratic
party. He was checred time aud again
Turing his speech.
Mr. jerome mentioned no names In
his address He began 10y declaring it
rs his understanding that the confer
ence was in the interest Of no particu.
lar candidacy. least Of all 10 dictate
TO or threaten the convention Of our
party soon TO assemble AZ Buffalo"
Real leadership is nowhere In sight"
said he. land what passes FOR leader.
ship seems TO consist of demagogic de
nmciation Of existing conditions and
the advancing of vague schemes Of So
cialism and paternaliSm which are es-
sentially revolutionary in character.
we are not 'on the threshold of the
greatest political awakening this ma
don has ever known marking the he
ginning of new age, but we are, ]
believe. about 10 return 10 our senses
and to earnestly address ourselves TO
the solution Of the difficult problems
confronting us by the methods which
the past has shown TO be entirely ade-
quate to meet the greatest emergen-
cies.
"Our elections. where national politi-
cal parties are involved. have become
little more than ignobe scrambles for
office, in which each candidate declares
how good he will be If elected to office
and vies with his opponents in claiming
trust busting and anticolporation vir-
tues, not forgetting to emphasize how
warmly his heart beats for organized
labor
'In the midst of all this the plain
people 90 about their business Sober
and sensible industrious and prosper
Gus. honest and patriotic they do their
thinking quietly and are neither alarm.
ed nor greatly misled by the loud out
cries of the politicians.
Seeing no real issues of present in
terest in dividing the national parties,
they stand Indifferent to each, ready
and free to choose when an issue arises
that interests them.
"In the absence of momentous issues
there is tendency to develop third
parties In this country few things
could he so sinister in their relation
to our public life as the development
Of Il strong third party'-a party not
having numerical majority Of the vot-
ers in its ranks. but numbers sufficient
to make it Il trading asset to its lead
ers.
tissues are not al there is of politi-
cal parties. Indeed. issues are ephem-
eral not fundamental The two party
division lay deep in the mental char
acter and habit of the people.
1.-The Republican party has always
been opposed to change
aud nnovation-until today, half con
sciously, it voices its character by de-
clarng itself TO be the party of the
stand patter.
Piles positively cured with DR. Shops
Magic Ointment, It's made for piles
alone. and it does the work TO perfect
ion. Itching, painful, protruding or
LII Dilos dieannpar like mnUic