The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-23

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New York. oct. - THE Independence
League has won its igiJ against Tam
many Hall in the matter Of the use OF
tie emblem Of the league. which is a
pair Of scales. The decision of the board
Of elections to-day that -ammany can
not file independence n"winations un-
der this emblem is of far-reachinG I'M
portance. and it is likely further 10 com
pIirate the Democratic situation locally.
When the independence League. which
is probably the only Incorporated poliu-
cal party i'm this country. announced that
il was going TO put third candidates in
many OF tho Congress. Senate and as
sembIy districts the Tammany leaders
undertook 90 head the league Of These
leaders or rather their candidates which
had been regularly nominated in conven-
tion. began to circulate petitions among
The league voters and some of them
got the required number of signatures.
League stopped Harrison.
Among those candidates was Francis
Burton Harrison. who had been nomi-
file his petition the question was raised
by the league as to his authority to use
the emblem. Counsel declared that only
the executive committee, composed of
Max Ihmseu and a few other close friends
of Mr. Hearst, could authorize the use
of the emblem, and the contention Of the
lawyer has now been upheld.
The board then sanctioned the peti-
tion of H. B. Davis, the regular indie
pcndeuce League candidate. This means
that wherever the executive committee Of
the league stands for the petitioner. he
viii get the nomination, provided his pc
titiOn is in legal form. This also means
that the bitterness that now exists he
tween Tammany as an organization and
Mr. Hearst will be increased. The Tam
many men do not admit that The de-
cision Of the board Of elections is final.
and they will take the case of Mr.. Har-
rison Immediately to the Supreme Court.
Ar Hearst spoke 10 great audience
in Madison Square Garden tonight Mr.
Hughes. the Republican candidate for
governor, started this afternoon for an
other speech-making tour upstate. He
will nGt return until November ,, the
Republican managers being satisfied with
the situation in this city. Both the can
didates are in good condition physically
Murphy still Confident.
Charles +. Murphy reiterated to-day his
prediction that Hearst viii be elected. lie
asserted he had received good reports
from upstate and that Hearst would get
many votes there Mr. Murphy also de
cIared that Kings County would give d
plurality 20 HearstS
I'll in . N-Err
Material campaign has been thrown into
the column OF the uncertainties by q dis
patch from Lead. :. D.. to-day, which
states that the Hearst hOmestake mine is
a nOn-union corporation and works its
men ten hours a day.
Republicans GIeefuI.
Republican political manag comment
ing on the dispatch believe that if 1t is
confirmed the Homestake. from which the
Hearst estate derives large revenue. is
antag agonistic i'm Western fields TO union
labor. Hughes viii have an even chance
To carry New York city. The World dis
patch SAYS that only 10 of the 200 min
crs employed in the Homestake belong
10 union. and that for twenty-seven
years it has stood for the open shop.
HomeStake miners work ten hours a day
for the same wages given 10 employees Of
the Amalgamated mines. the Trust who
are only working eight hours day.
Republican maganers have teIegraphed
10 Lead for confirmation of al the state
ments made concerning the Hearst Home
stake mine.
Hearst Receives an Ovation.
Before some 1oc90 people who packed
6ladizon Square Garden tonight, Hearst,
just returned from ten DAYS tour up
the State, proclaimed his conviction that
he viii carry New York State by 1500o9
plurality.
Nlr. Hearst received an ovation lasting
twenty-five minutes. He devoted his
speech TO recital of his record as show
ing his efforts to help the people
He made a short speech. but he put into
it more IRE and spirit than has been
characteristic of him. When he started
of with the positive prediction that he
would beat Mr. Hughes by over 10000.
the great crowd i'm the Garden rose en-
masSe with q yell of delight Mr. Hearst
shot that opticistic prophecy at the
crowd with all the so and ginger he could
muster All through his speeches he talk
ed with the same energy and lveliness,
stOrming and raging, stamping his feet
on the stage. bending himself toward the
crowd. and swinging his arms like fails.
He was checred from start 10 finish by
an audience which seemingly was in en-
tire sympathy with the man and his
sentiments. When he roasted Mayor Nc
Clellan and Jerome. the audience. as has
become the fashion. gT0aned and hoOted
dismally. When he reviewed his fights
against various corporations, the crowd
broke out with wild applause. Perhaps
the warmest response he evoked was
when he referred to the last municipal
election and shouted, as he swung his
fists at the audience "If it takes every
dollar / have in the world. I will have
those votes counted as cast"
Crowd Is with Him.
The crowd went back with him heartily.
false. when he compared Leader Muir
ply, Of Tammany Hall, with Senator
McCarren. and said: Il nave made no
more of deal with Murphy than /
have with McCarren. McCarren is with
Mcclellan a voice: who let that yellow
dog in?'J for political reasons. and Muir
ply is against Mcclellan for political
reasons, but neither one loves me and
neither has reason to love me-"
Mr Hearst made his most determined
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