The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-04
TALKS 70 FARMERS,
CHEF EXHIBIT AE MONTy
GOMERY COUNTY FAIR
DnIy a Few or tine 10000 People Present
Gould Hear IIim-Hls speech q Narta-
ttDur dply Of Tnsse DeIyeTed Else-
wAeEe 1ShOrt TaM n eL6a ersyuJe.

whefe @ShOrt TaA sA~"""'e-
I FONDA, n. Y, Oct. g. william Ran
dalph Hearst wos the princ pat exhibit
1t tbs Montgomery County Fair here to-
day. The p'angeTs OF Montgomery Futop'
a S~chohaTie counties came tfoopnlS
into Fonda to hear, but more especially
10 see and size up, tho Independence League
Democratic candidate for Governor. lc
was the first time that Mr.. Hearst has
come campaigning up State ami tlIs farfoeEs
wanted to get a good look at him. In the
evening he went over 10 GloversvHs ana.
made a short talk at the KingsborosH 0el,
Mr.. Hearst addressed q crowd OF perhaps
doO0O Deople here, speaking in the opep
mir on a platform erected before the grand
rtard The murmuring and shutting OF
fhe oroUd a.. the cFies Of the sideshow barkerR
and the hundred and one odd noises that
make up the chorus of a country fair made
IL impossible for Mr.. Hearst TO be heard
by more than a few hundred people " no
faced him in front Of the stand or who
Manned themselves around the platform.
His voice IL fairly effective in o small hall,
but it has not the ring and tone which
carry out of doors. The crowd, however,
did not seem to be disappointed. They
had a chance to stare at the man they
came to see, and also at Mrs. Hearst and
The candidates. small son, George RAN
dolph, commonly known as Buster.
Mr.. Hearst's speech was a variation only
of the talks he has been making in New
York city. He told hs audience of farmers
that he stood on a platform of plain Amert-
jcanism as against special privilege and
corporation control. He asked them II
they did not want TO support a candidate
who believed that all men were equal be-
fore the law and h believed that tha
rich thief should be sent TO Jail as quickly
as the petty offender. He declared that
he did not, consider himself a socialist or a
radical, that he didn't stand for extreme
ideas of any kind, and that he merely de-
sired to- do his part in restoring the principles
iof government that Washington and JefTer-
son handed down and Lincoln cemented.
He wound up by saying that IL elected
The would carry Oh his promises, and If de-
:feated he would keep on fighting for the
peoples interests.
Z Mr.. Hearst, with his wife and son, private
.secretary and servants and movable press
bureau and thirteen reporters, left New
;York this morning at S:45 O'Clock in two
.~priyaOe cars, Twilight and Riva, which
!were attached to the Chicago fast mail.
There was a small crowd at the Grand
central station, in which the tall figure Of
iLewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Mr.. Hearst's
trimming mate, was c~onspicuous. MIR.
: CHAMBER did not accompany MIR. Hearst
on the tour. A few persons shook hands
with Mr.. Hearst. but there was no demon
stratiou. Arthur Brisbane went with Mr..
Hearst as far as Albany and then returned
70 New York.
The fast mail shot up to Albany at a
forty-6ve mile an hou clip, getting there
at 1850 o'clock. The two private cars were
cut oil the through train and an hour later
hooked onto a local train which was carry
ing a crowd down to the Fonda fair. Dur
ing the wait for the local Mr.. Hearst walked
up 1uJ siewn the ptatforp " the Abaqy
station shaking hands with and talking q
tAIhShy independence HageeE asaNDem%
Gratis: About the first man 70 get 20 hin
was the Hon. packy McCabe, Democratic
boss of Albany county. Mr.. McCabe intro
duCed several dozen men to Mr.. Hearst
who shook hands brisSly. Henry j Mccain
( of the Albany county Democratic COMMITTEES
was with MIR. MoCabe. The Hon. Wind
mill Wendell. an INDEPENDENCE League
organizer in these parts, conferred with Mr.
Heart.
McCabe told Mr.. Hearst hat the Demo.
Gratis of Albany county were enthuslas tiC
for him and that they would put a crimE
in the big Republican majority the county
He assured the candidate that the back
hone Of the Democrats had stihened since
the-Buffalo convention. IF ~ " "
While Mr.. Hearst waited on the platform
fifteen ortwerty grimy railroad men walked
UP and shook hands with hun. Apparently
sMr. Hearst thought there would be a CROWD
on hand at Albany to raise a few cheers
and be was willing to max a short talk
but his coming hadn't been sufficiently
sadverJsed ard there was nothing doing
in the way Of a dcnlonst rutiop.
Az tire loeal train went through Science
tfdy mil hands lHaued out OF factory win
kdows ard hurrahed. A crowd at the tenn
pOrary depot set up a shout. Mr.. Hears
bowed from the observation platform n
his car. At Amsterdam there was a bigge
crowd along the line Of the railroad and
sRrattering vOllcy OF Cheers and hurrahs
MRS. Hearst did not show herself.
When the local pulled into this town thu
depot plaza wGs packed with people. AuN
siouS committeemen scurried about covered
with ornamental badges. Tin starred con
.st8biss, sworn in by Sheriff Bill Brice, line
the depot front. New York Central detec
stives, hhsky fellows who knew their bust
iness, kept n close eye an the proceeding
land looked out for the rIral variety o
cfook aud ~pickpocket. Two bands stoot
tat attention in the street ready to blare
welcome, md the usual open carriages
with the usual sleepy drivers, were line
UP behind the bands. .. p
With railroad detectives on either nan
mr.. Hearst pushed through the crowd
.gTabbipg a hand here sndta hand there an
'made his way to his carriage. The prout
committeeman found theirs or walked
gTEe two bands struck up, each a diferon
stune, and therprocession TO the Playground
sstaTted. Fonda, Or, as they call IL here
s"Furdy," was pretty well decorated Il
honor of Mr.. Hearst, and there was A goo.
show of bunting and Gags Sandwich
smen bore the placards of the Independence,
League and trudged gamely through thu
dust after the carriages.
Mrs. Hearst and a nurse in charge o
Buster laughingly fought her way througI
the jam and got into An automobile. Sh
got a late start, but the auto made a swee
iaround the slow going vehicles and fe
into line behind Mr., Hearst's carriage
The. women waWed handkerchiefs at tn
candidates. wife and she waved back
apparent ~epiOymert Of the show.
The procession Of carriages forced its wa
Through the crowd massed at the entrano
.of the grounds and Mr.. Hearst was hustle
quickly 20 the speakers platform. Mr.
Hearst and the boy got seats directly be
hind him, and the reporteCs and the CON
mitteemen had a race for the rest OF TN
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