New-York tribune., 1907-10-11


sty Of deciding questions as important as
these to express only their prejudices and look
only at one side. That is a privilege you 90 no.
afford your county chairman The respoiisiDtl espi a.
.tv have assumed, and shall try TO be loyal u"
n every way / can. is 10 work for the pest III
1erests Of the party and city. Matters ilhe tIese
do not come up at the last week before conVen-
ton but must be planned long ahead. I ndhe
been advised by the ablest advisers. peIle'e
81 this conference COMMITTEES is apppolntIeo "a a
ticket viii be named that Will be successi"i 0-
viii be a great boon for the city.
Senator Martin SAKE had already announced
his opposition 10 the idea, and everybody sat
up in expectancy when he got up. He said;
fully realize the great responsibility that
rests on the shoulders of the county chairman.
] will say. however, he hardy IeailIeS i. IL tite
prave-ves very grave--respOnsibillty that rests
on his shoulders on behalf Of the 10Th Assem-
blv District. which gave the largest vote 10
Governor Hughes. l wish TO say INA tnaL ,t,ad W. GA
pose fusion. ! say this after we have conferred
on the matter. .,-;
We do not believe we should have anythins ,lldIs
90 do with Hearst "a few Kisses from various
,arts of the room. In the last eiectlon We
called on the President to help Us take the state
from Hearst. In response, Secretary RooI I, ~
Utica. gave Mr.. Hearst the worst naElhs ItidH
ever received from public platform
agree there have been times when II was
wise to fuse. but never when il meant the loss
of seIf-respect. I say find very rev he
pubicans who proud TO fuse with MI
Hearst. There is little use for us 10 taih asaliS. ms
this bat we are handful Of Republicans VINO
will stand TO the 20 for the honor and integrity
The county chairman says 1t is purely a
municipal election. but are electing two
Judges of the Court of Appeals. why MI
Hearst and his Independence League have char-
acterized our leaders IN tne We S Co,?r+ ~
nominating the men We did for the Court OF
Appeals. =. -o,o ,,ar, ,a+
positions We might as we'll cry: hearst
e Hearst. our kingdom for a Hearst"
said Frank Moss. Of the Both District:
The 15tb District shall not stand alone. My
onpositon 10 fusion is based first on consistency.
Last year we took the position that not onIy
Tammany Hall the worst hle.ace % so 80 iiIe in7
city. but that Mr.. Hearst was the gIeateS,' m -,
dividual menace 10 the city, the state anu nc. t!e
ton I took my position I'm the campaign al'e
careful thought. / first sounded me iIo1e W
the responsibility Of Mr.. Hearst for the as
Easinstion of President Mckinley CoiIe-
snondad with the President on the subject be,
sloius1 sra se.retaTv Root spoke in Utica We will
discredit ourselves If give half our nomiha-
tions 10 the Independence League
A. 6. Gilbert, of the 18th District said:
The Independence League can't get any ions
for themselves and they come 10 us to keep a5Ine
Our duty Is 10 uphold the principles Oh
Roosevelt and Governor Husnes.
z1o-anca 7 sullivan. of the 2Sd District. said
he ,l,oupbt the Republican party owed Hearst
a d.bt of gratitude When he ran for Gov
ernor" said Mr. Sullivan. I'VE beat him by 5o'-
600 If he should run for President we would
heat him by 100000. 1t seems good pohtics 10
keep this man alive
Joseub Ievenson leader Of the I'd District
who has been an Odell man. surprised some OF
his friends by supporting the resolution ne
said he had taken the instructions OF the presi-
dent of the County Committee in indorsing the
independence League candidate LOT the ihunio4-
nal court in his district
canetor Page also spoke in favor of the fusion
idea Il haven't heard that Mr. Hearst is men
tioned for judicial nomination" he SAID
,rThose who follow him do not do so because ne
Is the head Of the Independence League, but be
oause they believe corporations should be con-
,rolIed. because they believe in the honest ad-
,ninfstration Of law and justice. l can stand on
the same platform with any man who STANDS Tor
those things"
Abraham, Cruber made typically sarcastic
speech in which he spoke of the fusion proposl-
ton as being "a mixture of succotash and hash'
The opposition did not force rollcal on the
resolution which was put to viva Yoce vote
4 dozen or more noes were loudly shouted. but
the motion was carried by large mapority.
4 conference committee. consisting Of MI Par-
sons. Senator Page. Congressman Bennett, F. X.
Bowers. leader Of the Both District and Charles
s Adler leader of the Sth District. was appoin-
ted to confer with the Independence League
committee and the convention adjourned at
I0:45 for an hour.
The Independence League conventions were
called TO order about o'clock in Carnegie
Lyceum and adjourned until an hour OF so later
when Clarence Shearn appointed by the
chair 70 head committee composed Of Messrs'
shearn, Reardon. Follansbee. OReilly and Gehr-
Ing 10 confer with "other parties" The com
mittee disappeared until midnight and then ac-
cepted the judicial ticket Of the Republicans.
Every name was cheered when it was presented
20 the conventions by Mr.. Shearn. with the ex-
ception of that of Justice Bruce. who got one or
two faint Kisses
The name of J. Fairbanks Mclaughlin jr.,
was mentioned for place the City Court
ticket as the roll being called No one
slse had the temerity to block the ticket. and 1t
went through without hitch