The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-10-08
HEARST IS
VERY BITTER
Democrats and League Are
House Cleaning, He Says.
ALL MANNER OF VERMlN
Candidate For Governor on Tour al
Buffalo, Uses Hot Words
Against Opponents.

b0t Aiso, OCl. o. Nhhhm t"h
'dolph Hearst finished his present
speaking tour In this city with meet
Ing In the convention han where ten
days ngo his name was placed at the
head OF the Democratic state ticket.
The hall was Allied practically TO Its
capacity.
William ]. Corners, chairman OF the
Democratic state committee called the
meeting to order, and Charles Il. Ia
Dor. former attorney general Of the
state and formerly law partner OF VIII
liam +. Sheehan. presided. Mr.. Hearst
said In part:
"'rhe independence league and the
Democratic party are house cleaning,
aud out OF every dark hole and dirty
corner come political cockroaches and
corporation croton bugs and wary old
rats OF Wall street that swarm into
the Republican establishment next
door. We are not sorry to see them
60. They 20 because they hate the
bright light OF publicity and the pure
air Of honesty"
Classifying Alton Il. Parker ms ''po-
lItlcal cockroach," Hearst reiterated
his former charge that he was a TYP
Ical corporation attorney" adding;
Judge Parker has replied 10 this
statement by the assertion that he did
not receive any money from Mcclellan
for representing the election criminals.
lie calls that n denial. call II CON
fession. He received no money from
Mcclellan. but he does receive $4,000
a year as attorney for the Belmont in
terests, and as attorney for those cor
porations. therefore, he appeared in de-
Tense of Mcclellan and the election
thieves Of New York"
Mr.. Hearst alluded TO the statement
attributed to ii. II. Rogers Of the
Standard Oil company that Mr.. Hearst
would not sufficiently well serve the
large business interests aud declared
that the Standard Oil system had been
made the greatest financial power In
this country by criminal evasion of the
law and was more responsible for cor
rrption In AmeJcan public life than
al the other evil influences In politics
He added:
81 shall be glad to promote the proper
interests OF all legitimate business
men. of whom am one, and the prop
er interests Of laboring men and farm
ers and professional men. but most
emphatlcally will not serve the large
business that Mr.. Rogers represents"
Mr.. Hearst then paid his respects TO
Charles A. Towne as one Of those who
'scurried OUT In the "house cleaning"
He called him spotted Towne" and
asserted that he changed his spots
with every election. He began as n
Republican. went over TO the populists.
became free silver Democrat, then q
Tammany Democrat and now il blink
ing beadily back into the Republican
rat hole where he belongs" He con.
tnued:
Jerome is another political croton
bug that Is trying to crawl into the
corporation establishment across the
way against the frantic protests of re
spectacle Republicans. He goes where
Ryan goes, for, in the words of the
poet. Big fieas have little heas upon
their backs to bite them, and little feas
have lesser feas, and so on ad inf
nitum.'
"And with Ryan goes Paul Cravath
ex-partner OF Mr.. Hughes and Ryan's
present corporation counsel and p0lit
zeal parasite. A year ago Mr.. Cravath
represented Ryan and stood sponso
for Jerome. This year he has scram
bled across to the Republican horse
and there represents Mr.. Ryan and
stands sponsor for Hughes"