Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-11
HEARST'S LEAGUE
 HAD BUSY NIGHT Couldn't Agree on Tail of Ticket Last Night 50 Left t to RssoIu-
 tons Committee
HEARST MAKES 4 SPEECH
Didn't Care to Impress Hi. View, Upon the Meeting That Wa.
 Held Last Night.

Held Last Night.
 New York, Sept 1.-The much de
 bated question of whether the Inde
 pendence league in state convention
 to-day shall name straight party
 ticket or nominating William R
 Hearst for governor agree to fusior
 with the democrats so far as the re
 mainder of the ticket Is concerned
 was still undecided when the state
 committee which met last night tc
 map out a convention program, ad.
 1ourned at 3 o'clock this morning. Af ter hours of debate and when mn agreement seemed hopeless the state
 committee voted to refer the whole matter to the committee on resolu. lions instructlng that body to report
 to tO-day's convention upon. the ex pediency of the league naming a straight ticket, fuslng with the demo crats' or accepting the proposition i made by William J. Corners of Buffa-
 10, Mir Corners wish is that the lea gues convention appoint committee
 to confer with a committee to be named subsequently by the democrat.
 ic convention at Buffalo, this joint
 committee to choose a ticket on which
 the Independence league and the dem.
 0cratic party shall unite. Meantime
 the league Is to name no candidates
 It being understood however that the candidates agreed upon by the joint
 committee shall endorse the princi.
 ples represented in Mir Hearst's can. dldacy.
 The state convention of the Inde- pendence league will be called to or der in Carnegie hall by Max F. lhm- sen, state chairman, at noon to-day.
 Willard A. Glenn. of Syracuse, will be the temporary chairman, and Will liam A. De Ford, of Manhattan, tenn porary secretary.
 Justice Samuel Seabury, of the city court, will be made permanent chair man. There have been 1,6l1 delegates chosen and a large gathering Is ex- pected. Just before the adjournment of tha state committee thls morning sCAraticA II FShearn, candidate for dis- trict attorney on the NJ. o IL. ticket last year, made a vigorous speech fa- vOring the selection of a full inde- pendence league ticket, for the req son. he said. that the convention would "slap 5O0,OOO voters in the face" If 1t voted for fusion with any of the old parties, meaning that there would be that many votes for Hearst on a straight Independence league tic ket. He declared that the indications forecastetl landslide for Hearst if he ran independently. At the same time he advocated that the league put Itself on record as inviting the sup port of all persons and parties who were fin accord with the priciples on which it's campaign Is to be based.
 Joseph Cody, who ran for sheriff on the municipal ownership ticket last year, also spoke in opposition to fu- sion, declaring that Connors repre- scented only Q small part of the demo- cratic convention. At this point there was call for MT Hearst who pres ently appeared before the convention. He was immediately asked for an ex- pression of his views by several dele gates while others objected to Mfr Hearst being placed In position of possibly appearing 10 side with either faction. Eventually MT Hearst spoke briefly. Later there was some dis pute as to just what he had said. Fol lowing adjournment 1t wds stnted on good authority that Mir Hearst had. emphatically declared for a straight ticket and opposed to fu- sion. This version of his remarks was given to the press. Soon after wards however. Max F. lhmsen. Mir campaign manager. in a to the press. denied that Mir Hearst had expressed himself In favor of e straight ticket and opposed To fusion. He declared that the only statement Mir Hearst had made re xarding fusion was to the newspaper men. outside the committee room
 Later in the day t was officially announced by the leaCeS press bu- reau that Mfr Hearst spoke as follows:
 "Gentlemen: 1 am not here to at- tempt to impress my views upon this meeting. I would not be here at all. ,xcept at what I undersfand Is your | invitation. 1 do mot know exactly | what you want me fo do. I expect 1 ,ather to learn what you want. than o attempt to tell you what I want-
 "A gentleman has said that I ought | b be excluded from this discussion. ,ecause it would ps1f me iA an em- ,arrassIng position Tn l1e last ten | -esrs have been iD New York. ave always bees b fn eubarrasslng ,osffioa. and 1 ha&4 nevef hesifated Q express my opin)Uns. %. if what 'ou want is ny cpin1bn. I am willing . express It whether t Is embarrass- n8 0 not.
 n think that what little success ave made has been due to the fact hat have afwsys tried to be honest nd let cveryoody know exnctiy whist
 thoueht and why thought 1t.
 Now. gentlemen. 1 am opposed. of ourse. to fhis proposition CHfr Con 'orsl that has been submitted. and. as as been ssld- there is no one In this ali vbo is in favor of It. If the emocrsfic party bad completed It's rimaries and had elected men ~ho prr~senscd the rank and file. and not be Ryan-Beimouf interests. and hsd sppubled Ia convention and declarcd or principles identical with oun and d wfshed them to unite with us and onbIne sgainst a united opposltIoa. Aink vp vcuti he mwise to FofUe D es1rider sn hsaest prupceal- il
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