The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22
GU. WRANGLES OYER HEARST
AND FORMALLY DECIDES THAT
IT ISN'T AGAINST HIM.

The other side Is Getting Money.
The meeting Of the Central Federated
Union yesterday, at which the report OF
Chairman Hatch of the Independent Labor
party declaring that Mr.. Hearst and the
Independence League had snubbed the
committee OF labor men was to come up
for criticism, LASTED more than seven hours.
The visitors gallery" a large open
space at the back of the hall. was packed
with people, most OF whom were strangers
to the Central Federated Union meetings.
They applauded frantically when Mr..
Hearst's name was mentioned Some of
the delegates who have not been there for
a long time plainly belonged to a Hearst
faction, which was ready to outshout the
anti Hears faction IL necessary.
The meeting came to a close rather sud-
denly. Hatch, who had spoken several
times, and was under the influence OF great
excitement. broke down and burst into
tears. This demoralized the whole meet
ing and it adjourned in a hurry
The chairman was james Holland. who
was elected last week. He is a member OF
the Eccentric Firemen's Union and a Hearst
supporter. The secretary started the first
dispute by reading the resolutions written
on a letter head Of the New York Letter
Carriers Association, Empire Branch One
clause read:
"ResoIped, That the Central F ederated
Union to set itself right and makeits position
plain before the labor men in the state
and the public at large places itself on record
as not taking any action on Sunday, Octo-
Der IA, which could be construed as an
tagonistic in the slightest degree to the
candidacy of the nominee of the State
Independence League ticket.
Delegate Wolf of the Cigar Makers asked
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tached. Secretary BONN said hat it had
not. and it further appeared that the resolu-
| tons were written in pencil and were not
signed. Wolf moved that the matter be
referred to the Letter Carriers, organizaS
ton. Michael A. Fitzgerald, delegate OF
the Letter Carriers, said that he did not
know anything about the resolutions but
would stand for them. Finally IL was
agreed that they should be put 70 the meet
ing on being vouched for by Fitzgerald.
Delegate Hatch took the floor and denied
that there was anything wrong in any way
with his report.
THE members of the Independent Labor
party met last night" he said and commented
on the scurrilous article which appeared in
the New York American last week about
the Independent Labor party. On Monday
the Gilsey House people got out their whip
and got a number OF labor men together;
not to contradict statements but TO assam
me and others. The delegates who sat in
the body of the hall last Sunday and are
kicking now were too cowardly to speak
but were not afraid to rush into print,
One mar who is supporting Hearst had
a complaint against Mr.. Hearst some time
ago and repudiatod him in a cir cular:
II James Holland speaks for the Central
Federated Union as he has said IN the
American to nave done in support OF Hearst
he has no right to do so. He calls the IN
dependent Labor party a snap game,
After Hatch had replied to some OF the
Al statements of labo men regarding him as
reported n the Hearst papers, Fitzgerald
declared that the chairman OF the previous
weeks meetings was unfair.
That's an unfair statement. SAID a
delegate, and applause followed.
Ex-Assemblyman Samuel Prince took
the floor and said that doing work for the
Independent Labor party was easy money
Delegates retorted that the Hearst sup
porters were getting money, but no one
would give any names.
In the course of a speech Samuel Debs
of the Mail DELIVERIES Union, who
himself a Hearst man, said:
Il found one member Of the Independent
party among a lot Of politicians and l re-
marked to him that he was in good COM
pany. He said there was s25 600 in IT,.
Other delegates made statements OF a
similar kind. Timothy VI. DAILY Of the Metal
Polishers' Union said:
There was only one Judas in the Bible,
but there are four or five hundred Judases
among the labor people. | don't believe
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party. They we're at least not wise and
the speech Of Delegate Hatch of last Sunday
was worth $40 900 to the Republican party
John Kennedy of the Butcher Workmen's
Union defended the Independent To-
party. There had been remarks to the
effect that it was a small party, he said,
but this showed that there was little money
in il.
There was so little in it that the profess
sional labor men kept away he said, be
cause instead Of getting money they had
to dig into their own pockets.
why should We support Mr., Hearst?'
said Elias Wolf, a Socialist: What did he
do for us in Congress-? When a labor bill
was up he lodged the issue and stayed
away" Delegate Dooley of the Pressmen's
Feeders made a Hearst speech and then
said he was a kind Of a Socialist.
We dom. want yo9 aid Morris Brown.
A long defence of the Independent Labor
party and Hatch's report was made by
Henry De Veaux Of the Actors Protective
Union.
De Veaux said that when he was chair
man Of the Central Federated Union an
EMPLOYEE of the Journal came to him and
AK ed him to sign a statement supporting
Hearst which was to be printed and sent
throughout the State. He refused and an
other statement was presented 10 him for
signature, with the information that u he
did not sign il he would have to get OF the
hand 4 He refused TO sign it.
Henry B.. Griffen Of the Marine Cooks
Union made it warm for Timothy Healey
Of the Eccentric Firemen's Union, who
called the Hearst meetings in Military
Hall and who il a Hearst supporter. He
said that Healey was an enrolled Republi-
can and that he could prove il and that
he was also a Citizens Union Two
years ago he said Healey was stamping in
Indiana as a Republican.
Now he il for II earst. s. he said. n he
IL still throwing blum.
Hatch finally took the floor again but
did not continue long before he collapsed
and beganto weep. Finally the resolutions
under discussion we're adopted, and a COM
mittee Of seven was appointed to investi-
gate the various charges the delegates
had made about money being received
from both the Republican and Democratic
parties.