The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-27
JEROME GOES ON VARPGTH.
WILL STUMP TEE STATE FOR
REPUBLICAN, CANDIDATE.
Declares That the Convention IS Not Demo.
= cratic and II On the CSntr0i % . Whclp
Members sG the Albany Conference
Hold Meeting 70 Express Indignation.


BUFFALO, Sept. 7e.-Distriot Attorney
Jerome has gone on the warpath. He
announced to-day that not only would he
not support Hearst "A the nominee Of the
Democratic convention but that he would
10 on the stump for any reputable man that
the Republicans might name for Governor.
This was before the news Of Hughes's nom
nation at Saratoga reached Buffalo. When
he heard OF the action Of the Saratoga con-
vention the District Attorney said that he
would. do all possible to help along the in
surance investigators election.
Mr.. Jerome announced that he would
bolt Hearst, in the course Of a speech he
made In the morning before the Albany
conference in session at the Trube House.
MANY OF the men who had taken part in the
ALBANY conference, and who had pledged
themselves to do their utmost to prevent
either the theft or sale OF the party's emblem
and honor, were present INC the spirit that
prevailed in the gathering was one OF great
bitterness to Hearst and the so-called
statesmen and leaders who were bargaining
with him for the nomination. Murphy and
the Hearst managers were denounced again
and again.
IF they nominate o decent Republican
at Saratoga said Mr.. Jerome In 4 strong
speech, Il will 90 upon the stump and plead
for the defeat OF Hearst. l will plead for
his defeat not on the ground that II is a
political issue, but because the issue raised
is that Of political freedom. We do not
think that It IL a Democratic convention.
It is not representative; l for one believe
that we are entirely absolved from any
obligation to support a ticket put together
in a back room by Charlie Murphy, Tim
Sullivan and some Of their allies. I believe
that Il is the duty Of this conferences to give
unmistakable utterance to it's belief that
this convention was not Democratic in any
senee Of the word
Mr.. Jerome was frequently interrupted by
hearty applause. and his listeners showed
that they we're in sympathy with the stand
he had taken. The District Attorney criti-
cised severely the bringing OF so many
delegates acrsss the State for such an az
fair as this convention. in which they had
no voice n about the doings Of which
they were not consulted. He believed that
not a dele gate who participated inthe Albany
conference should feel himself in any sense
bound to respect the nominations which
the convention had in view to make. Con-
tinuing. the District Attorney said:
As things seem to AVE developed, il is
only fair for us to believe tha four or five
men controlled by one miserable whelp,
and l say whelp advisedly-now occupy
for the time the high places Of Tammany
Hall. These men have determined to be-
tray their party into the hands Of a man
who is not a Democrat and who has no
real spirit OF the party in his system, but
who has whipped them into line, using tho
methods of a blackguard.
Il believe that it ia the duty of this con-
ference before it adjoums-that IL, IL the
crime planned against the name OF the
Demo cratic party is inflicted by this bur-
leeoue e~ntion-I believe IL In the
duty OF this conference to pass resolutions
asserting that the convention wal not =
Democratic convention and that no Demo-
crat ia bound by its acts. For my own
part l am perfectly willing to state my
own position
Mr.. jerome then went on to say that he
would stump the State for any decent mar
put up by the Republicans, n his an
nouncement was received with applause
and cheers. Continuing, he said:
Il am not a delegate to the cow ntion,
and l feel in no sense bound by it's actions.
1t is not a Democratic convention. n l
have refused to take any part in it. Our
birthright as Demo Gratis has been bought
and sold, and these men, each OF them, in
working for their own mercensry and
selfish interest have deliv cred " 70 their
own profit.
know the price that n OF them got
the privilege of naming two Supreme Court
Justices. Think of IL: buying and selling
the freedom Of the party with judicial
nominations as markers in the game
Mr.. Jerome was warmly ~applauded when
he sat down, and then Willis B. Dowd, who
is managing Suffers campaign, took the
floor and said that he wished to add his
voice to the protest against the outrage
being done to the Democratic party. I'VE
are confronted by conditions disgusting
to the point Of nausea said Mr.. Dowd.
There is no man with a spark Of manhood
in him who will not stay in this city fight
ing to the bitter end for the preservation
Of Democratic principles from the threat
ened outrage. This man Hearst should
be defeated for three reasons:
First, because he came at the party which
we love with a blackjack in his hand. He
threatened to destroy it as a party II IL did
not yield to his high handed demands.
oCCOIut hO a AbooiSOA NhO
and every delegate who Ia a part OF 1t by
declaring blatantly that it was purchasable
and its delegates were purchasable. Assum-
ing that his estimate OF the convention
Is correct il has been bought by him as
far as 1t could be bought.
Third, this man is not a Democrat.
He has never subscribed to q single Demo-
cratic doctrine and he has no use for the
party we all love except to climb to his own
selfish prominence over the ruins he has
pulled down"
Mr.. Dowd said that he was not there in
the interest Of any candidate, but rather
to urge on every member Of the conference
to use every ounce Of strength and in
iuenoe he had to put on record the protests
OF honest Democrats against the Hearst
deal.
State Committeeman Rattigan seemed to
misunderstood the spirit Of Mr.. Jerome's
remarks and thong h that the District
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