The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-10-05
EDITOR HEARST
FOR GOVERNOR
Named BY New York Democrats in
Convention.
MEETING WAS STORMY
Notwithstanding Alternate Vitupera-
ton and Praise, Victory was Won
on the Initial Ballot.

William Randolph Hearst, alternate
ly eulogized and vituperated IL
scathiug terms on the floor of the
New York democratic state conyen-
ION at Buffalo, was early Thursday
morning nominated for governor on
the first ballot, after an ali night
session. The nomination came after
a day spent in fruitless attempts by
his opponents and even some of his
unpledged supporters to find strong
er candidate.
The Hearst men, however, captur-
ed the organization and put their man
in, despite the fact of William TRAY
ers Jerom's threats to take the stump
against him and despite the fact that
Mr. Hearst was more bitterly assail-
ed on the floor than any other sue
cessfal candidate in the history Of
New York politics
The full ticket named is as follows:
For Governor-William Randolph
Hearst.
For Lieutenant GoveTnor-Lewis r.
Chandler
For Secretary Of state-John Wha-
len.
Following is an abstract of the plat
form adopted by the convention:
cat his tine when the authority
Of democracy is invoked to defend
plumber of the masses by a few rich
pen, through partial laws on one
hand, and on the other to Justify
The extravagant and revolutionary pro-
posals which if adopted, must inev-
itably produce. worse disasters than
the abuses they seek to cure, we deem
it eminently fitting to declare thai
the whole democratic principle is en-
kraced in the Injunction laid on the
first mandate that in the sweat Of
their brows he and all his Posterity
must eat their bread.
eve denounce republican high pro-
lection which enables a few to plum
der the whole body CT their fellow
citizens, by charging extortionate
prices for the pecessaries Of life and
the essentials Of industry
eve deplore. as the most sinister
consequences of the corruption and
graft which degrade our political and
industrial life, the widespread distrust
and discredit of republican govern
ment which they have produced and
which have led many men OF undou0t
cd probity and ardent patriotism to
listen patiently, if not approvingly to
proposals distinctly socialistic, which,
if adopted, must inevitably wreck the
foundation Of republican government
and endanger the entire fabric Of
Christian civilization
eve rold that the cure for these
abuses IS not in socialism, which by
enormously extending the power VI
government must aggravate, but In
democracy which by excluding gov
eminent from any interference what-
ever with private industry, must cure
them.
''Ip common v It'll the democrats Of
all the states and expressing the sem
timent Of the hiCh-mirdcd citizenship
of the republic without reference to
rarity, we view with pride and salts
faction the hospitality and acclaim
which have been accorded, at home
and abroad 10 that great democratic
leader and typical American, William
Jennings Bryan, to when the DENT
Gratis of New York extend most cor
dial and sincere fluctuations.
where the law not only permits
but empowers, great trusts to exact
for their products from the people
Of this country prices vastly exceed
ing those asked in foreign countries
and this power to plumber our citi-
zens is treated as the property Of GER
tain private corporations, openly cap
italized for billions of dollars the
vast vclur;e Of tribute drawn from
The masses Of the community is tae
least perntcious Of it's results. The
wide emulation in plumber which it
evokes is its worst result.