The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-09
IN REVOLT AGAINST HEARST.
M q. LEAGUE DECIDES TO CIT
LOOSE FROM HIH.
Denounced A. q Boss n ~ Under The
Domination OF the GiIsey House Clique
Lively Meeting in brooklyn Demand
Open Convention and No Bosses.

Lively Meeting in Brooklyn Demands
Open Convention ami No Bosses
The Committee Of One Hundred, com
posed Of members OF the various Municipal
Ownership League organizations in Ne"
York, decided by almost a unanimous
vote last night to break away from Hearst.
ism and the Gilsey House clique and ia
start out on their own Dol 40 a. to be aDso-
lutely rid Of bosses OF all kinds. II was
one Of the most enthusiastic political gather
ings held in Brooklyn for many months.
The meeting was held in the Imperial,
Fulton street and Red Hook lane, and was
called to hear the report Of the committee
Of eleven recently appointed to wait on
Mr.. Hearst. Deputy County Clerk Bella
Tokaji Of Brooklyn called the meeting
to order, and Col. Frederick Nay Porter was
made permanent chairman. The report Of
the committee Of eleven was then read:
, In referring 10 the meeting between the
committee and Mr.. Hearst the report
said in part:
Mr.. Tokaji, in addressing Mr.. Hearst,
said: .... D.
Ell need not go into any detail OF the work
OF the campaign Of last year. There was
not even the nucleus Of a living organi-
ration until we provided and perfected the
organization. l.wrote to you letters which
] believed important and mailed them TO
San Francisco and received no answer.
Mr.. Hearst said: II never received them"
Mr.. Tokaji continued: Neither myfriends
nor myself receivedt the slightest recognition
or even courtesy fromsyour committee or
the men who styk themselves your COM
mittee. l will not be bossed or dictated to
by Mr.. lhmson or any other man. We
gave our money, opr labor and our time for
the cause Of municipal ownership, which
then was, or / supposed it to he, your cause
We secured IA great vote FOR the ticket upon
which you were a candidate. We contend
for the right efzself-government, but We
seem to have Exchanged p~Aslocr4tie aud
Republican bosses for Boss Ihmsen and the
little bosses who surround him.
"Mr. Oates then addressed Mr.. Hearst
and in no uncertain way described to him the
conduct Of the men at the Gilsey House
and without mincing his wopis pointed out
the injurious character OF their actions and
the results that would surely follow unless
they were checked, and demanded Of Mr..
Hearst that he inquire into the charges
made agaInst rfA,Gfsey HOVse comaittes,
Nnu NudN ii lUey WtTt lOuilu W Dt iTtc tucu
Mr.. Hearst should decapitate thems o.. ID.
~Mr. Hearst. in reply to Mr.. Oates, alleged
that 10 one was under salary, that the men
in charge at the Gilsey House and their
actions were entirely satisfactory to him
and that he would decapitate no one, that
ne believed that these men were doing;
the best they could, that the position was a
difficult one, and that he would personally
give his attention to the matter in question;
but it is to be noted that Mr., Hearst was
extremely careful at nc time and in no way
to promise any diminution of the evils
against which your committee was in
structed to protest. As to the last word
Of the committee, Col. Porter earnestly
urged upon Mr.. Hearst that he personally
investigate the actions of the 0ilsey House
clique, and said to him that the men at the
Gilsey House are being paid in money
for their services or they are serving in the
expectation Of nomination to high offices,
which nominations will be Of great value to
them. To these words Mr.. Hearst made
In speaking to the report Gen. Robert
Avery said: Il have to utter my protest
against the tyrannical power usurped by
this man meaning Hearst. This com
mittee was turned down by Mr.. Hearst
worse than any men were evet turned down.
We, who object to bossism, do not intend
to place olrselves under such a boss or a
sub-boss az Ihmsen. You have lost the
man you thought was a leader. 1t was only
a dream. We will nave no kings. no rulers. <
We will now save ourselves. You will make
the blunder Of your lives IL you longer
follow the nan who became your leader
only to betray you" Cheers .
A. NJ. DE Beck OF Manhattan followed
manding an open convention and d~enounc-
ing boss rule. Assemblyman Charles lamp
bell Of The Bronx referred TO MIR. Hearst
as a man with a swellcd head and as en-
ploving others TO run his papers. This
man Hearst" he said, Thought he war
the whole thing and was going from step
States. He pdfdt 3iAtegates TO 90 to the
last Democratic national convention. hop
ing TO get the nomination. We relied
upon him because he controlled news
papers. We knew al the time he wasn't
qualified for any place. DO, you suppose
Hearst wants to- he Governor Just Tor the
Officer"
Cries Of mo, MOI"
This Gilsey House clique and Hearst
have no use for any mar who can think "
the speaker continued. Tear down the
organization. That is what we did up in
The Bronx last night and We disbanded the
organization and tore down the banner"
Mr.. Sullivan then offered a resolution that
owing to the ~tyrannical action of Hearst and
his Gilsey House clique, the Committee Of
One Hundred withdraw from any further
action toward bringing about the nominal
ton Of W. r. Hearst, but TO do all in its
power to bring about the nomination of |
Justice William J. Gaynor. At this the !
delegates were on their fesA some pro-
testing and others cheering Then Mr.. |
De Beck of Manhattan offered an amend '
ment that a committee to be appointed by |
the chair be authorized TO confer with can
didates for nomination for State officers, !
who are opposed TO bossism.
This called for another uprising. After a
bitter controversy the mover OF the resolu-
ton accepted the amendment offered by
Mr.. De Beck and 1t was carried.
-Mr. Hearst got all that was coming to
him." said one Of the committee of eleven.
W will now work for Municipal owner
ship and we will nav nothing 70 do with
the so-called Independence League.
Before the meeting adjourned it was
decided to appoint a delegate from each |
Assembly district in Greater New York
the purpose Of placing in the field under
the Municipal Ownership League candidates
Office from the Governor down. It was
also decided to use the emblem OF the scales
which belongs to the Municipal Ownership
League and not to the Independence League. ,