Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-13
ONE CLUB RESOLVES
To CHANGE NAME
Hearst is Having Trouble With
Independence League.
MAY BE MORE RUMPUS
His Ambition is Still to Head the
Democratic Ticket.
BOTH PARTIES ARE IN CHAOS
Jerome is Being Persistently Men
toned, but It is Said That There
is Opposition to Him.
His Ambition is Still to Head the
Democratic Ticket.
10TH PARTIES ARE IN CHAOS

Special From a STAFF Correspondent
NEW YORK. September 13, 19O6-The
1000 delegates to the independence
Leagues convention are scattering to their
homes upstate today to reflect at leisure
over the full state ticket nominated last
night and to tell their neighbors how they
overran Mr.. Hearst's plans to make the
league nothing but string of wampum 20
use in trade with the democrats
Mr.. Hearst's young men, lately called n
from the field. are hiking forth again to
corral delegates to the democratic conven-
tion and to work up sentiment for possible
fusion between the democrats and the
league later on, for while Mr. Hearst
seemingly bent to the will of the conven-
tion. everybody knows that his ambition
still is to head the democratic ticket There
is thought to be no question that he wouIA
throw the league overheard in minute II
he saw chance to get democratic support
1t is by no manner of means certain that
he can not get majority of delega.ej in
the democratic convention which will meet
at Buffalo, September 25. He has been
winning delegates steadily in the regular
democratic county conventions. No later
than yesterday he captured the Schoharie
county convention, and his man defeated
George M. Palmer. the democratic boss of
that section to head the delegation.
Democracy at Sea.
Mr.. Hearst, in seeking the support Of
these county delegations, has the advantage
of presenting a definite ticket, while the
regular democrats have no candidate for
whom to instruct. The democracy of the
state is all at sea. Mr. Jerome is the only
man being mentioned persistently, and
there is opposition to him.
Late gossip takes up the name of Francis
Burton Harrison, who ran for lieutenant
governor two years ago. He is young, pop
ular and wealthy.
1t is being limited that If President Roose-
welt finds too much opposition to Governor
Higgins denomination he may make the
selection of young Wadsworth, speaker of
the assembly, for the republican nominee
for governor. Politicians say that with
Wadsworth and Harrison opposing each
other rattling campaign would be fought.
But all this talk is mere gossip at present.
The fact is that chaos exists at present
in both parties, and order cannot be
brought forth until after the primaries next
Tuesday.
Hearst Hailing Trouble.
These will be of utmost importance, for
they will determine for the democrats
whether Murphy or Mcclellan shall con-
troll the Manhattan delegation, and for the
republicans, whether Odell or the anti-Odel-
ties shall be in the saddle.
To get back to Mr. Hearst; he is hailing
trouble already with his league followers,
which may extend as time goes on One of
the league clubs in this city met last night
and renounced allegiance to him in the fol-
lowing terms:
Whereas the denunciation of the bosses
and bossism by the paid Hearst managers
has been merely claptrap, intending solely
to beguile the unwary into a belief that
Hearst stood for principle, while his man
ayers have all along been plotting deal
with Murphy, Conners & Co., to trade the
balance of the league ticket in return for
the nomination of William r. Hearst for
the governorship and the certain judiciary
nominations, be it
Resolved. That this organization with
draws from any connection or affiliation
with the Independence League as it now is
conducted, and that the name of this club
is hereby changed.
If those old horny-handed fellows from
up state whom we saw running things in
the convention yesterday get the idea fixed
in their minds that Mr.. Hearst is trying to
play with them there will be trouble and
they will turn on him in a jffy. NJ O. M.