New-York tribune., 1906-10-27
ROCKLAND COUNTY LOST.
League Machine Drops Hearst
Fight-Leaders for Hughes.


campaign in Rockland County has practically COLI
lapsed and from almost every town in the county
a stampede from the head of the state ticket is
reported. The county organization of the Inde-
pendence League has given up the fight and gone
out OF business altogether, while its officers have
come out for Hughes. The Democratic machine,
which Is stu for Hearst, has practically quit work.
ing for the state ticket and the leaders discour-
aged by daily desertions from the ranks are
scramblng to their local tickets in the differ
ent sections and part of the county ticket Old
time Democratic workers who inactive this year
ara predicting that this banner Democratic county
will go for Hughes by plurality Of from seven
hundred up. The Hearst workers in many towns
concede the county TO the Republican state ticket
Hearst began laying plans to capture the county
last May. when labor agitators
here. All their efforts could get the county
delegation instructed for Hearst. The Rockand
delegates went to Buffalo to for Sulzer, and
as a consequence the Hearst-Murphy crowd tried
TO have the delegation thrown out.
Hot shot Immediately fired into the Hearst
forces by DR.. G. A Leitner. OF Piermont. DR..
Leitner and several other leaders who had been
the backbone OF the county organization. absolutely
refused to have anything TO do with a Hearst
paign.
Meanwhile the old line Democrats all the
county quietly deserting the Hearst stand
ard These men represented in large measure the
voting strength of the party. Among those in
Nyack who will vote for Hughes are John D.
Blauvelt. druggist. former postmaster, recently
candidate for Congress- who has voted the Demo-
cratic ticket for forty-fve years: A NJ Voorhis.
old time regular: Frederick Perry formerly presi-
dent OF the Young Mems Democratic Club and
J. w. Daley, a drygoods man
At Haverstraw the sentiments OF many Of the
Democratic business men. they say, voiced by
Robert A. Widenmann. who says in regard TO the
Hearst issue
The better element say THAT when the party, :Z,. is
in such condition that it is ruled by the Fin
geys'' the 'Mickeys' and the Murphys, and Wnen
popuiism and Inoipisnt anarchy then it is time to
get out and smash 1t am emphaucally for
Many old line Democrats were found IN Haver-
straw who felt the Hearst disgrace strongly that
they declare they will vote the straight Re-
publican ticket. bitter as this action is them
In other parts OF the county one hears the same
story. The Republican leaders who have been
taking careful canvass Of the county have been
astonished at the result In one small poll they
found twenty Democrats who would vote for
Hughes. ana in another twenty-eight The Sd Dis
trict at Stony Point is said to be the straightest
Democratic district IN the state. It normally gives
% Republican and 14o Democratic votes, and IL Is
the proud boast Of the district that the Repubn-
have never been able TO strengthen their
position there by the OF money. This year
Democrats who know the district declare that it
will give fifty votes for Hughes. This will be a
Republican record.
The Democratic county chairman is James Boyd.
OF Sparkhfl. He been unable TO stem the
enti-Hearst tide. OF late he got a position in
New York City. He leaves sparkhill every morn
ing on an early train. and does not return until
o'clock at night So he is not worrying the Re-
publicans with his activity.
More significant IS the abandonment of the
campaign by the Independence League. The
League was organized in the county by George
Toradasch. of Spring Valley. He has quit and
resigned Philip Doersch. Of Nyack. county chair
man. and Patrick Burns, OF Haverstraw. county
treasurer, have also quit and are out for Hughes
Mr.. Doersch postmaster OF Nyack under
Cleveland. He says
to me and wanted me to head the county or
ktndependent Independent Democrat and believed in Hearst.
But his various deals with Tammany and the
have dsgusted US all The enthusiasm among the
working has dropped of The The pc people pie +doT Don't
Amerioanism. but I think it is fakism
The brlokyards at Haverstraw turn out from
6O0,OO00OO to sO0,0OO000 bricks year and employ
about three thousand five hundred men. Patrick
Burns. assistant foreman. is the big labor
leader there. and If you ask of the union work
men who the solon of the yard is he will say
Paddy Burns. The bosses also have a good word
10 say for Burns. So it was rather clever move
for the Hearst men TO make Burns the county
treasurer OF the league. Burns was found in the
yards propping up brick kiln. He said:
The Independence League 3 here is out & OF business
have not 6een aee fo the ng e 6ere
and couldn't get up any enthqslasIn @ b, Ior MN;
he is a fake and that they have been fooled by
him. Al New City and at Haverstraw We tried
70 hold meetings but couldn't get enough OF q
crowd together. So I have simply givon up.
1t is significant fact that the Democratic Coun-
" Convention did indorse the state ticket this
wear This is the first time in the memory of the
Oldest Rockland politician that the ticket did
NOT receive the county Endorsement Hearst's name
was not even mentioned at the convention. 1t Is
said that there is to-day only single Hearst
uthograph displayed in Rockland County This
,s in house window in Haverstraw. and politicians
point 1t out as a curiosity.