The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-10
STRAIGHT FROM
THE SHOULDER
That's How Pat MCCarren
Would Hit a Mar Who
First Struck Him.
NO APOLOGIES TO OFFER
NO REGRETS FOR DEFEATING
HEARST.

New York. Nov 9.-The Democratic
state committee met here today and,
by a vote of 80 to IS, adopted a resolu-
ton providing for an investigation of
conduct of the Kings county Democrat
ic organization, headed by State Sen
ator Patrick II. McCarren, during the
cOmpaign just closed.
A delegation of Brooklyn Democrats.
headed by Patrick Hayes, warden or
the Kings county penitentiary and
former leader of one Of the assembly
districts included in McCarren's sena-
torial district, preferred charges against
the senator and the Kings county COM
mittee. 1t was alleged that McCarren
had "knifed" the head of the ticket and
urged his followers to do the same.
Murphy Was Present.
The state committee also took steps
10 defend any action that may be taken
by the Republicans to overthrow the
pluralities which seem to exist i'm favor
of the Democratic candidates on the
state ticket from lieutenant governor
down. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler. the
Democratic candidate for lieutenant
governor; William Schuyler Jackson of
Buffalo. the Democratic candidate for
attorney general: Chairman w. J.
Corners. who presided: Leader Charles
Carren of Brooklyn and Norman E.
Mack of Buffalo, Democratic national
committeeman, were among those pres
ent. Max F. Ihmsen, state chairman
of the Independence League. arrived at
the Gilsey house soon after the COM
mittee mot, and was in consultation
with a number of the members, al
though he did not attend the session.
Charges Against McCarren.
Warden Hayes and his associates re-
NAMED with the committee for forty
minutes. and during that time there
were frequent outbursts of applause.
The delegation asked that Senator Nc
Carren be relieved from further service
on the committee. 1t was declared by
the spoke 1nan that "McCarren's place
is with the Republicans" The petition
which was presented declared, among
other things, that McCarren openly ad-
Vocated the election of the nominees
of the Republican party. and used the
election machinery and the Kings coun-
ty committee to accomplish the defeat
Of the regular Democratic candidate
for governor
IT was asserted that the action of
Senator McCarren and the Kings coun-
ty committee destroyed the Democrat
10 organization of the county and made
that organization simply an annex or
In conclusion the petition asked that
not only Senator McCarren, but all the
other members of the committee from
Kings county, be removed.
McCarren Hits Back.
McCarren declared in reply that at a
meeting of the Kings county committee
he had some things about MIR. Hearst
And If the opportunity presents" he
declared, Il shall repeat them. Wher
fellow hits you on the jaw, I do not
believe in turning the other cheek.
believe in striking back, straight from
the shoulder. If, on another occasion
could make my statements regarding
Mr.. Hearst any more emphatic l should
certainly do so. Mr.. Hayes, who is here
opposing me, never voted a Democrat
lie i'm his life. / have never voted a Re-
publican ticket. / deny that / knitted
the ticket Of the Buffalo convention. AS
to Mr. Hearst, / regard him as the
bolter. not myself And the Kings or