Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-23
by Mr.. Hearst personally, and Attorney
General Moody has given him credit

General Moody has given him credit
for it.
But evidences are indisputable that all
through the state the suspicion is grow
ing that Hearst is not sincere, and that
he holds out promises which cannot be
fulfilled and which many people are con-
WINGED he knows cannot be fulfilled.
Hughes has only one act accomplished
to his credit-the conducting of the in
surance investigation. He promises
other Investigations, if elected, In Olher
branches of state and financial admins
tratien which the people demand to have
Investigated. The voters are just now.
going through the process of making up
their minds which one of these two men
will be most likely to make the best Job
of these Investigations.
A pathetic feature of the campaign is
the complete obliteration of the demo-
cratic party. There isn't any democ
racy-its all Hearst. The Honorable
'Fingy' Corners of Buffalo and the Hon
OF able "Packy" McCabe of Albany are
all that's left Of the once-vigorous up
state democratic machine. At democratic
state headquarters in the Victoria IIo-
tel the Honorable "Fingy" Corners sits
in solitary grandeur, grand, gloomy and
peculiar, unvisited and unsolicited.
He has nothing to do and nothing to Do
1t with. Hardly is he approached by the
usual strikers for touch"
Two squares further up Broadway, at
the Gilsey House, the Hearst hea1quar-
tiers are thronged day and night. There is
something doing all the time. Max linn
sen is the real head of the opposition to
Hughes, and the Hon. "Fingy" Is little
more than a fgurehead.
Fighting for Existence.
The city democracy are fighting for their
existence The Independence League is
spreading over the whole Of Greater New
York. putting up candidates here and there
to divide the vote with Tammany II there
was a deal at Buffalo between Hearst and
Murphy. or If Murphy only dreamed it,
Hearst has busted 1t. The alleged agree
ment is up in the air higher than Gilroy's
kite.
I think about the saddest and yet most
delicious thing in this situation full Of par
adox and perplexfty is the plight Of your
old friend, State Senator Grady. For twen-
ty years he has been the Tammany lion in
his senatorial district. You perhaps may
recall the description Of him at the Buffalo
few weeks ago, acting as the
"bouncer" for Hearst and Murphy in
throwing out regular democratic delegates
SO as to make possible the control Of the
convention by Hearst. He went over ev-
erybOdy, roughshod. He sat a whole night
at the head of the committee on credentials,
whacking the table with big cane and
bowling down opposition. He jammed his
report through the convention with a roar;
he delivered the goods.
And now, would you believe, those Inde-
pendence League fellows have nominated a
candidate against Grady for the state SEN
ate. The delicious feature of the case was
the spectacle of the old lion before the
board of elections yesterday. contesting the
legality of the nomination. He denounced
Hearst and the league. and said that the
signatures to the nominating papers Of his
adversary were obtained by such disgrace
full dishonesty that no honorable person
could think Of defending 1t.
Lord, how your wild lion did roar when
his own tail was caught in the crack Of the
league door.
But the whole campaign is full of such
cases. 1t would be to laugh If the outcome
were not so serious. If ever there was a
campaign of f1im-flam and bunco and bosh,
this one Is full Of 1t. N. o. M.