The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-10-27
LEAGUE MEN OUSTEl
Court Rules Independence Men III
New York County Were I'M
properly Nominated.
NEEDED SEPARATE PETITIONS

Congressional, Senatorial and Assem-.
bly, Candidates Affected by Decision.
Hearst Welcomed In Albany While
Crowds Gather to Hear Hughes In
Corning and Bath.
New York, Oct. 27.-While the guber.
Material candidates of the Republican
and Independence league and Demo,
cratic parties were campaigning up
state there was no dearth of political
interest in this city, where a court de-
cision practically wiped out the local
congressional, senatorial and assembly
ticket of the Independence league.
Reversing the board of elections, the
appellate division of the supreme court
declared the nominating petitions Sc
Ncured by the league to have been ina
properly made, in tnat they were sign
ed for the nominations of candidates
who were to run in overlapping or ex-
tended territory.
With the exception of probably hafR
a dozen candidates for senate and ast
sembly who had the forethonght TO fls
straight petitions for nomination bear
ing the requisite number Of names In
stead Of punching their petitions with
those of ether candidates all the league
nominees in this county have gone by
the board.
Multiple petitions, by which they were
nominated, are held to be void by the
appellate division. 1t is now too late 10
file new petitions or to fin vacancies.
The few exceptions to the candidates
stricken off were mostly Of thosa
against whom no protests had been
made and whose eases consequently
did net come before the court. Many
Democratic candidates were Included
in those removed, but all sought
place under the leagues emblem of
the balanced scales. The leagues il
dietary ticket alone remains intact.
Will Appeal to Highest coure.
The league will carry the matter to
the court of appeals If that body can
be convened in special session.
While the decision directly Affects
only the local ticket, some concern was
expressed regarding its possible effect
up state, where, it is said, the same
practice in the matter of nominating
petitions may have been followed.
Max F. Ihmsen, manager of the cam.
paign of William r. Hearst, made
statement in which he declared that
Postmaster General Cortelyou had
come to New York to show Chairman
Woodruff Of the state Republican com
mittee how to raise an enormous cor.
ruption fund
Mr.. Woodruff promptly issued de-
nial of the accusation
William r. Hearst, the independence
league and Democratic candidate, went
to Albany, speaking in that city and at
Troy and Cohoes. Big crowds well
coined him.
Hearst In Albany, Hughes In Corning.
Nowhere in his several up state cam
paign trips has Mr.. Hearst had a more
enthusiastic welcome than that whicl
he received at Albany. His reception
began with an old fashioned torchlight
parade. with lots of red FIRE and
bombs Through crowded streets the
line led to Harmanus Bleecker hall,
where Mr.. Hearst addressed an assem-
bly, that crowded it to its limit, with a
great overflow outside.
Charles E. Hughes. the Republican
candidate, went to Corning, held a re-
ception and addressed three large au~
diences. Only one meeting had beeD
planned, but the Corning Opera HOUSE
was SO quickly filed when the doors
were opened that the use Of the court
house was secured. This structure. too,
was soon filed to overhowing, and it
was then announced that both Mr..
Hughes and Job Hedges, who is ac-
companyfng him on this his last trir
through the state, would speak at q
third meeting at the city hall.
Mr.. Hughes also spoke at Bath, where
he held a reception, meeting many Of
the veterans Of the Union army wear
ing the uniform of the state Soldiers
home, which is located in Bath.
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