The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-05

look at the candidate and his wife as their
horses trottcd past. A young man in a
black derby hat and a long black coat sat
on the box Of Mr.. HOarst's carriage with a
village driver. He was almost a fac simile
OF the Livonia undertaken, who sat solemnly
on the drivers seat OF the hearse, and a
casual onlooker might have SUP posed that
two funeral professions were passing on a
At the little town OF Hemlock, near the
lake where Rochester gets its water supply,
the president OF the fair association, with
a broad purple band around his hat to show
that he was a person OF importance, rushed
down the road and met Mr.. Hearst's car
riag re. John s. Whalen, the candidate for
Secretary OF State, was there also to meet
Mr.. Hearst. Such Hemlock townsmen as
had not gone to see the balloon ascension
and the bovine monstrosity were grouped
at a crossroads admiring the village band
in its best suit Of blu with red trimmings.
There was the second cousin OF a cheer, a
sharp order from the man with the purple
ribbon on his hat, and the band led the
way to the fair, striking up a cheerful air.
There had been in the morning about
5000 people on the fair grounds, but the
depressing rain and the tiresome wait out
down the crowd. By the time Mr.. Hearst
got there perhaps 10000 people were on
hand. They packed the grand stand and
over1owed into the trotting track, a we'll
behaved, quiet crowd, the majority OF whom
were Republicans, as their fathers and
grandfathers had been.
Mr.. Hearst, Mrs. Hearst, Mr.. Whalen,
the man with the purple band of authority
and the squad of reporters took seats at
the front of the grand stand and waited
until Charles Ward, chairman OF the meet
ing, got through with his speech, which
began with George Washington and wound.
up with Hearst. When the candidate for
Governor got up there was a mild burst Of
hand ~clappinR and a few hurrahs. Several
eager persons started a -hip-hip-hip-hur-
rah!' but the crowd refused to swell the
chorus.
Ar officer Of the fair association who was
sitting Immediately behind Mr.. Hearst
leaned over and thrust a membership APP
plication blank into his hand. Before
that other fellow gets you he said. Hearst
laughed and stuck the blank into his pocket.
Later on he gave a check to the fair asso-
citation and became a member Of the agri-
cultural society.
NV friends" said Mr.. Hearst, Il am
exceedingly sorry to be late, but when you
are left on a side track five hours by a rail
road without any excuse it is a little difficult
not to be late" lLaughter.l
Mr.. Hearst repeated practically the same
speech he has made at other meetings on
this trip. Il am not in politics merely to be
pointed out as the Governor of New York
State!or any other State" he said. If l am
VACSNCA Il 6AAONAA an w poppy S0yt
There is the Governor who stopped the
corporations from robbing the people,"
He told the farmers that government
should Dc more representative and that
the working classes should have, more men
to make laws in their interest.
John s. Whalen spoke for a few minutes
after Hearst quit. Then the chairman
called for round of cheers. Hearst was
cheered, so was Whalen, the man with the
purple band got a volley, and everybody
hnf thu raFNOrfarR was T-amomhQr0d
A tTotting race had been held up While
the speaking was on and the drivers were
anxious to get going. While Hearst was
shaking hands with the crowd on the track
the drivers kept sending their nags down
the track at a fast clip as a gentle hint that
il was time to switch the game The man
with the m~egaphone warned them back,
and finally Mr.. Hearst got into his carriage
and went into the exhibit grounds to see
the sights. They steered him into the
poultry exhibition, where he stayed for a
few minutes looking over the Leghorns and
pompous Brahmas and the geese, which
welcomed him according to the manner OF
their kind.
a parachute jumper was getting ready to
go IN with his gas bag. The candidate
watched with the crowd; Mrs. Hearst from
a window Of the carriage. It was a bully
,scension and all hands watched until the
a%eronaut cut loose and dropped safely
back int Monroe county. Then they took
Hearst int the food exhibit and showed him
all the frosted cakes and luscious apples
and pumpkin pies that the farmers wives
hoped to got premiums on. Few people
took an interest in the candidate as he was
going over the grounds. A bunch Of rosy
checked country boys and girls, who were
watching an organ grinders monkey max
ing faces from a fence, clapped their hands
as Mr.. Hearst walked by.
The Hearst party drove back to ~Iivonia,
followed by a long string Of buggies, spring
wagons, old fashioned chaises and carry-
alls, carrying the country folk home along
the winding roads past the neat, we'll kept
farmhouses and the bulging barns. The
special train pulled out OF Livonia about
7 o'clock and got to Rochester an hour
Eater.