The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-26
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THE INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE AND
BREACH WITH WILLIAM J.
BRYAN.

ments nave almost been competed by
the political managers of William K.
Hearst for a national conference of In
dependent League leaders from various
states, which is to be held in this city
next month. At this conference, it is
understood, plans for the national cam
paign in 1908 will be very fully dis
cussed.
Democratic politicians who heard OF
thls yesterday did not by any means
receive the news with equanimity.
They regarded it as indicating that Mr..
Hearst, though he has publicly read
himself out of the party, intends to
become a disturbing factor in democra-
tic national politics during the presi-
dental year, very much after the same
manner that he was in 1904 in ma
tional politics and last year in New
York state politics, only on a larger
scale
Mr.. Hearst now has independence
League organizations in a number or
states The league is an element In
politics in this state, in Connecticut,
Massachusetts,, Illinois and California.
1t is learned now that Mr.. Hearst Is
harboring plans to invade Colorado and
Idaho to reap there whatever benefits
can be obtained through the acquittal
of Haywood and the turn things have
taken there generally as a result of
that acquittal in regard to the relations
between organized labor and the large
employers. 1t is also known that Mr..
Hearsts agents for some time have
been at work feeling their way into
Missouri with view of obtaining a
foothold there for the ideas represent
ed by the Hearst Independence League
and building up some sort of an or
ganization.
At the conference to be held here
next month ways and means for a fur
ther spread of the propaganda of I'M
rest and discomfort on which Hearst
hopes to ride to political eminence will
be discussed, according to persons in
the confidence of the independence
League leader.
Persons close to Mr. Hearst and
familiar with his plans declare that,
despite the crushing rebuke Mr. Hearst
suffered personally in the last guber-
material election, mis- agents before
long will be sent out through the
length and breadth of this state with a
view of building up an organization
on the ruins of the old one which VIZ
tually went to smash the moment the
last returns were in at the November
election. That this is being done with
no other end in view than to force a
surrender of the democratic party ma
chinery to Mr.. Hearst, very much after
the same fashion that this was done
at the Buffalo convention last year, is
an impression that is gaining strength
among the old-line democrats in this
state.
That the chaos and confusion which
at the present moment predominant in
the democratic party in this state,
where there is a complete absence of
responsible and intelligent leadership,
will greatly aid Mr.. Hearst in any such
design, old-line democrats admit with
regret. In certain responsible quarters
it was even asserted yesterday that Mr..
Hearst had received assurances from
William ]. Connors, chairman of the
the democratic state committee, and
Tammany leader Charles f. Murphy,
that, as they did last year, they would
throw all the support of the democratic
machine, of which they are in control,
for tiny candidate Mr.. Hearst might
designate as his preference for a presi-
Dental nominee next year.
Ii connection with this it was point
ed out as something that might be
more than a mere coincidence that
Mr.. Hearst has carefully refrained
from committing himself through his
newspapers to any candidate That
his choice will not be Mr. Bryan, who
has been more talked of than any 9TH
er man for the democratic nomination,
can be stated on the best of authority.
There has been a great GOODNESS be-
tween the Nebraska commoner and the
the Independence Lacquer for the last
two or three years. During Mr. Bryan's
recent trip through Europe ne was vir-
tually Swallowed by Mr.. Hearst's agents
and when he returned and a grand well
come was prepared for him in this
city the lukewarmness with which Mr.
Hearsts newspaper entered into the
spirit of the occasion was a matter OF
much comment Nor did Mr. Hearst
receive any support from Mr.. Bryan
when he made his race for the COVER
norship. The months that have pass
ed since Mr. ,Bryan's return have only
tended to widen the breach.