New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-26
RIFT IN HEARST Lutte
Committee Calls Meeting of Protest
Touch on Murphy.

-r,,e first significant rupture among the Hearst
-, took place yesterday when a seIf-ap-
.,,,sed committee OF one hundred. who have
=, heen able 10 get satisfactory explanations
r-,r, Hearst personally organized and called a
.....ing Of protest. TO be held at the Imperial.
r,,l,on street and Red Hook Lane, Brooklyn, on
-n.sday night Of this week. at O'clock.
!, ss charged that Hearst and Murphy are in
.u,snoe and that Hearst has allowed himself
J, ne surrounded by a self-seeking clique, fol-
,,uinr whose advice will result in the dlssolu-
.,o, OF The Independence League
The protesting committee of one hundred last
riebt issued the following address:
For years the citizens of greater New York
- beer fighting boss rule the one menace
- the healthy life OF pure Democracy. Last
yovenlber they rallied under the emblem OF
he Municipal Ownership League and effectually
--o,eSfed against that obnoxious institution OF
b,Se rule which lives as a parasite the body
-oltic The dictatOrial methods of the CSilsey
5zsouse clique who make and depOse leaders with
TrarWickian expediency. have called forth
hoUl Of protest from all lovers of Democracy
and home rule
-,bo sacrificed much in the interest Of the party,
nc manned the polls at the risk OF personal
injury have been kept away from the man in
vrborr1 they reposed their fate. Without cause
~ any kind. this sef-constituted and self-per-
refuaiing clique has allowed the Municipal Own
ership League of Greater New York to die, and
formed an entirely new Organiza ton. known as
she IndeDendenCe League. Why were not the
ooF o0n and more loyal voters who supported the
Municipal Ownership League last fall consulted
IN this matter. If the future is TO be judged
tv the mast only reasonably expect the
dissolution Of the Independence League and the
same bunch Of heelers at the bottom of the
matter
surround him. is the hardest man in the country
n approach. Men who have been affiliated with
hin, for wears are sidetracked and bambOOzled
-,1rs- eR,<,s,
most to suppress any independent man for fear
that Hearst may be told the true situation of
affairs
advisers or more properly stated, his malad
Yisers put the situation clearly before the peo-
fle? Why should there be any necessity to spec
Mate on the attitude OF Alr. Hearst In the
g1ibernatorial race? An dependent candidate
last fall the avowed enemy of trusts and cor
porations. there ought TO be no uncertainty as
10 his position; an independent candidate. de-
ue1ding or the people for his support and not
The least intimation OF Endorsement by any OF
those parties which daily held up to public
lillory in his new spapers.
All this must be placed at the door of the
Gisey House clique. who advise and manage
the affairs Of Hearst. Why was the convention
postponed from the Fourth of July TO few DAYS
before the Democratic convention at Buffalo?
Why IN the editorials that appear in Hearsts
papers holding up TO the public condemnation
Jerome and Sullivans and the rest OF the gang
is the namc of Murphy omitted?
AT this the public wishes to know All this
The bGr0ughS are determined to elect their own
representatives. and not swallow without protest
those chosen by the Gilsey House clique
For this reason some of the most active
fight have decided to band together and protest
against these shameful conditions. with the hope
of attracting AIr. HeaTst's attention to the in
efficiency Of the men in whom he has placed
such implicit confidence and who are absolutely
detrimental 10 the good OF the cause.
puoic meeting for this purpose will be held
q he Tu1vlar al 81 Fulton
street. on Tuesday, August %. at p. m. Ad-
dresses VIII be made by Bella Tokaji, Colonel
Frederick Porter. Charles T. Hartzheim. John l.
Gates. A c. McNulty, Thornton Theall. Dr. H
Pendry and Dr. James T. Madden
The following is the committee Of 100: Bella
Tokaji, Deputy County Clerk. chairman; John
7. Oates. A. = McNulty. Colonel Alexander S.
Bacon, J. P. Berg, Colonel Frederick K Porter.
Charles T. Hartzheim. County Clerk; General
Robert Avery. Dr.. James T. Madden. Thornton
J. Theall DR.. NJ. Pendry. DR.. Henry Juhl. DIR. A.
Blum, r. II. O'Neill, c. Comedian. NJ. Landau,
James z. Sharp. r. c. Pease, Henry Ottinger.
Sam Wulf. William Hudson. J. T Pesce, c.
Cummins, W BeYeredge, William Foist, John
Miller. Matthew Horgan. VI. Kahn, Benjamin
Busick. l. Cantor, W H. Suarp. j. ?. Dick, Will
IAN BaEot. w. Il. Dean. J. Nugent, Paul
Kreuder. NJ Arnold. William Kinckman. Emil
plttlin, Alexander Cocni, a. Bruins o. Toombs
Charles Coosen, A Sinsheimer, NJ. J. Rosenberg.
William Ketchann J. Bernstein, ]. Bates. B.
Sfrockbine. d. Smith. J. Sullivan. George Fry,
John O'Neiil. ". Mccarthy, George Smith, NJ
Maradi y. Schmidt. William Pymm, Fred
Nagel, " A. BonneII. John P Steich. Frank
Boehm H. Stern. A. Markgraf. John Lapham
George Brenner. J. c. Blanchard Edwin Clo-
hessy, Or. z. Briggs. Hugh McGregor. G. w.
sobinson. n. Davis. G. ". Smith. Harvey Pol
may. Fred Ellison. ". T. Abbott J. Stern, G.
y Robinson. James Coliingwood Henry A
Pyonney, Charles Mccarthy, John T Mckinney.
A. H Smith Max Joaquin, Harry Witt, o. S.
campbell. J. ". Christensen, Mr.. Handelman. J.
g Elzer. Patrick Cummings David Menzics,
James Morris. Mr. Carols, Fred r. Larsen, Harry
Mills, Charles Auddy. Theo. Levin. T. Stein
berg Charles Mccarthy, Alfred P. -Haase and
William Fl. Boyes, secretary.