The Washington herald., 1906-10-13
LEADERS FACE APATHY
Republicans Alarmed at At
titude of Voters.
PLAN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN
Prominent Speakers VIII Be Secured
TO star Party FoIIowers-Hearst in
Another Upstate Tour Il D"inE
Greater Portion of work for the
DemOcrats-BOOt TO Speak.

BemOcrats-ROOt to Speak.
New York. Oct. ESQ general is the
belief among the dyed-in-the-Wooi Repub-
licans that they are going 10 carry the
State for Charles T. Hughes and ali The
rest of The ticket that the campaign
managers are becoming greatly alarmed
lest the battle boz lost through OveT-con- (
fidencc
These managers who know the real in
side situation. say that they are far
from being certain of The result, and If
the battle is to be won some pretty hard
licks Will have TO be put in between now
and election. Instead of taking the Do-
sition that there is no further use for un- /
usual effort from now on the Hughes
forces will work increasingly
Both Chairman Woodruff. Of the State
committee, and Chairman Parsons have
been obliged TO warn their followers
against their ancient foe general apathy. /
Mr. Woodruff had gathered together
big army OF spelibinders and Is person .
ally instructing them in their duue'
These men viii be sent into every
town, and village in the state
Mr. Woodruff has charged them 30
stick close 10 State issues and 10 avoid
entering into personalities.
More dates were added to Mr., Hughes
schedule to-day. and before he gets
through he will have visited every city
in the State except jamestown and Platts-
burg. When he gets through up state
he viii devote five days 20 New York
City.
EIihu Root To speak.
EIihu Root has promised TO address
q big meeting here on the night Of Oc-
tober q. Gen. Horace Porter will preside,
and it is expected that eS-SSvernor
Frank Black will be one of the speakers.
All the old warehouses are being pressed
into service, and the outlook for an eX-
citing finish IS very bright.
Meanwhile the Democrats and the inde
peudence League are doing some hustling
themselves, but SO quietly that there IS
very little indication of it here, on the
surface at least. From the manner in
which the Democratic State headquarters
is conducted it is suspected the real work
lis being done at some other point
Although the committee has gorgeous
headquarters in the Gilsey House, they
are almost completely deserted, nobody
ever being present but Il couple Of clerks
Apparently Chairman Corners is doing no
work in the campaign. He had not ap-
pointed his executive committee. No in
formation can be obtained at the head
quarters rs 10 the progress OF the cam
paign.
Nevertheless the Democratic managers
and the independence League leaders pro-
fess TO have the greatest confidence in the
outcome of the struggle. They seem 10
depend almost entirely on Mr.. Hearst
himself to make the campaign, and he
certainly has not shirked the work. He
Is now on his fourth trip up the State, and
his friends declare that he is winning over
hundreds Of Republicans every day.
Odds Favor Hughes.
There IS little or 10 real betting in
Wall street as yet. but the odds remain
at l. 10 ] on Hughes. In Brooklyn,
which seems TO have turned into a
Hughes stronghold, there has, however,
been some lively betting in a small way.
Some bets of SI,G00 even was placed this
morning that Hughes would carry the
borough by 10000. Another was 500 even
that Hughes would carry Jhe State by
$4,000. Another was a bet of SI,lo9 even
that Hughss~ would have plurality of
10000 above the Bronx.
The Independence League flied its Judi
ciary ticket i'm Albany to-day, and this
sweeps away the least hope of peace be-
tween Hearst ana McCarren in Kings
County. Most Of the Democratic leaders
are up In arms against Hearst, and as
soon as it was heard that the ticket had
been filed, call to arms was made. \
meeting of the county committee has been
called for Tuesday. and il is said that
AIcCarron viii take the floor and de
uounCe Hearst. II is said that he viii
reveal much of the inside doing of the
Buffalo convention, which has not as yet
reached the public, and will charge Mr.
Hearst with maneUverinS the local or
gdniZation.
Originally il had been planned for Mr.
Hearst 10 speak in St. James Hall here,
a small hall. but an arrangement was
made whereby "a theatrical company,
which was to play in the Lyceum Theater,
surrendered their claim to the theateT.
The meeting Mr. Hearst addressed in
the theater here tonight was one Of the
largest in his upstate campaign. More
than ZOO people squeezed into the theater.
Mr. Hearst told his audience that he
wasn't a Socialist. or even radical; that
his plan was merely to put into practical
operation the accepted theory Of Ameri-
can government
He called on Lincoln Republicans and
jefferson Democrats to get together for a
battle against the corporations. repeat
ing his now familiar speech on that point
Then Mr. Hearst proceeded to read Il few
more Democrats out of the old party, in
cluding Robert \. Van Wyck, who de-
clared for him the other day. The crowd
broke in with volleys Of cheers.
II do not want the support Of any
corrupt boss" said Mr Hearst, "or any
ice trust mayor. or gas trust mayor. or
any political heuchmen of the corpora
lions. Let them 90 to a party led by a
corporation lawyer at the head Of a cor
poration ticket.
Let them line up with Belmont. and
Ryan and Morgan, and Rogers. and
Rockefeller. and all those Captain Kidds
of industry"
HEARST ACCEPTS NOMINATION