The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-11-01
HEARST HITS HARD
He Hurls Defiance at the Pirates and
Buccaneers of Business
and Politics

in speeches at Albany, Troy, and Ct
hoes turned himself loose on trust
and capitalists in earnest. Each O
his speeches was an echo Of the othe
and they all were fired at receptive
and responsive audiences.
Il feel confident" said Mr.. Hearst
that two-thirds of the people of great
er New York are in favor of thi.
movement to wrest the control of gov
eminent from the trusts and the great
public service corporations which now
control it in their own interests, and
restore it to the hands of the people
20 be conducted for the greatest good
of the greatest number.
"The question merely is, whether
two-thirds Of the people of New York
will be able to accomplish anything
against the great aggregations of cap
i+al which control not only the ma
chinery of parties but the machinery
of government in nearly every depart
ment. The men who have been put
IN Office and who hold the power of
office were put there by the trusts and
stand ready to serve the trusts to the
last DESPERATE extremity
Referring to the mayoralty contest
last fall in New York and the effort
to have the ballots recounted, Mr..
Hearst reiterated his attacks upon At
torney General Mayer and the mem
bers of the republican legislature who
prevented the measures desired in tha4
direction. He continued:
we do not know what particular
outrage, what final blow to popular
institutions, to American rights and
liberties may be dealt at this cleo
tion, but we do know that every trust
owned officer in every branch of the
Government will do his best to defeat
the will of the people and to continue
the trusts that suckle him in power.
It is confidence in such crimes, be-
lief in such betrayal of the people bv
such officials that allows Wall stree
TO scorn these demonstrations of pop-
ular feeling and to laughingly bet threc
to one that the immense majority o.
the people of New York will not be
able to prevail against the power of
corrupt wealth.
Il think the election in New York
City last year was won by not less
than $4,000. think the election in
Greater New York this year will be
won by from 10000 to 100000 if the
people are not by some treachery de-
prived Of their rights as citizens.
Il believe that the majority will be
somewhere about the majority in the
whole state, as / do not think the
republican party will be able to bear
its load of popular condemnation and
stagger to the Harlem river with any
majority at all.
II warned the people last year that
immense sums would be used to de-
feat them; that the great trusts and
corporations would go to any LENGTH
to defeat them. The people listened
but doubtless hardly believed that so
serious situation menaced them, yet
the result established the truth of
every warning had given them.
Tonight / solennly warn the peo-
pie of this state that even more des-
perate measures will be taken by the
corrupt corporations at this election.
"All that Belmont, and RYAN. and
Morgan, and Rockefeller, mad Rogers
spent to buy, or bride, or steal the
MAYORS chair for their puppet, Nc
Clellan, will be lost if a governor and
legislature are elected who will see
to it that the votes that we have
fought to preserve are honestly count
ed IS cast.
Then the bought ana branded cat