The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-11
solialy to Hearst and ereatinx 2. stam

solidly to Hearst and creating q stann- pede.
 Tom Taggart threw Indiana to Par ker eafiy in tine campaign, and worked through a pledge V hich was fasten- ed upon the delegation for the avowed purpose of heading off the Hearst sem timent in the State. Politics Is great now Mir. Hearst has gotten even be- cause ke has oreuly attacked Tom Tag gart for his gambling institutions at !. French Lick Springs.
 Hearst's Real Intention Sought. At the same time he has run counter to Col Tin. Guffey, who stood out for so long a time to keep the Pennsylva- mia democracy away from the inde- pendent Lincoln movement. In attack | ing Guffey as a Standard oil agent MT. Hearst was only repeating wnat is common knowledge, but he might have | gone further and explained that Emery the candidate of the Lincoln. Republi- leans for governor of Pennsylvania | was an independent oil refiner him self, whose nomination was especial Fly distasteful to the Standard Oil crowd. which accounted for the opposi- \ tton of Guffey.
 What the politiians here are particu- l larly interested in Is the concluding paragraph of the interview in which MT. Hearst says:
 "I am willing to join in any inde- pendent movement, the object of which | is to free parties from boss rule and corporation control, and to give the people free vote in the management of their own affairs" = 'f
 | It is this which is taken to mean | that the indefatigahle editor ts pre- ! pairing the way for the creation of 6 new party of which he will ~be tht | standard bearer In 1908. The repeat. ed failure of the democracy to ge together after the split between Cleve l land and the Southern leaders in 1s91 has caused a great many men to be lieVe that the only way to break uI the Republican oligarchy is to star a new party which would take in cer tain clements both of the Democrat and Republicans and attach Jas well thu Socialists. Prohibitionists. and other l small crankeries
 Entirely New Party Looms Up.
 MT. Hearst came near being elected mayor of New York as the result O lust such a combination. He repre- sented no machine and no organization except that he had created for him
 self He developed, however, an ex
 traordiuary Following, and the figure
 show that he Cut into Tammany Hal
 and the Republican organization il
 about equal proportions
 ] The belief there is. that MT. Bryar having acquired age and wealth, is ex
 tremely more conservative than he wa
 ten years ago. The politicians look fo
 MT. Heart to head a party which wi
 be distinctly anti-corporation and anti
 boss. which will come out for pro
 nounced government ownership an
 operation of railroads. telegraphs, tele
 phones and similar public utilities
 which will advocate the election c
 senators by the people, an income ia,
 an inheritance tax, and every possibl
 legislative device and panacea for dis
 tributing the wealth of the few anon
 the many
 It is admitted freely that a radtcs
 party of this character, headed by
 man with q strong individuality hk
 that of Hearst, backed up by strin
 of newspapers, would make troubl
 for the two old parties,
 So far as a running mate for Brya
 is conc erned, the eastern Democrat
 think they could supply one readh
 enough without going a long distanc
 from New York City. Charles I
 Towne, who first came into prominenc
 as a Republican member of the Hous
 from Duluth. left his party with Tel
 Ter and others in 1S96 He went dow
 to defeat with the rest of the Brya
 crowd in Minnesota, and subsequentl
 found 1t convenient to remove to NeN
 York
 l Towna ia a snod fAnow- Ia aonii1a