The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-17
HEARST OPENS UP IN OLD KENTUCKY
He And Candidate Hisgen
 Speak At Louisville
MAKES PASS AT MIR. KERN
Says Chanler Is Gilded Charm on Mur- phys Chain-Refers to Bryan as New Dangerous and
 Disgraceful.

Louisville, Ky, September 16.-The Ken lucky campaign of the independence party was opened tonight at Phoenix Hill park by Thomas L. Hisgen, the candidate for President, and William R. Hearst MT. Hisgen, who was the first speaker, was heartily cheered for some minutes.
 He declared that the independence party was the first since the civil war to give tangible evidence that it represented the whole country-north and south-by bring ing together as it's leaders on the ticket a man from Massachusetts and man from Georgia. He announced himself as a business man who purposed doing things as he had done them heretofore, and one of whose chief claims to consideration was his lifelong battle with the greatest monopoly in the world. He recounted the salient features of the industrial strug- gle with the Standard oil company.
 When the fight reached it's crisis, he said, and the Standard cut the prices to a ruinous figure, he had appealed to the highest court of all, the American peo- pie, to chose between the Standard Oil company and an independent firm who could cut prices no longer.
 ''The people, to their everlasting honor decided against predatory wealth. said MT. Hisgen. To-day the independence party is making the same appeal to the people to make a stand against all special privilege and monopoly-industrial and political"
 At the end of his speech the candidate considered himself to be the 'only can- didate of the three who can call MT. Roosevelt's bluff and do justice to the class scoundrels who are ruling the coun- try"
 MT. TIisgen introduced MT. Hearst, who said that he would act as MT. Graves substitute and would begin by rejoining to MT. Kerns reply to MT. Graves chal- lenge to joint debate. He declared that MT Kern was in error in saying that he agreed with MT Graves on all points eX- cept baptism. MT. Hearst said he was sure that MT. Graves never agreed to the righteousness of the drafting of candi- date for vice president by boss whose fortune comes largely from the operation of a gambling hell.
 Turning immediately to the situation Tn New York state, as developed by the re- cent republican and democratic conven- tions, MT. Hearst said:
 '"rhe situation in New York aptly typi- fies on a smaller and more easily com prehended scale the conditions in the Uni- ted States at large. Two large parties offer the people merely a choice between a candidate owned by corporations and candidate owned by boss, who Is Tn turn rented by any corporation needing him. Chanler Is but a gilded watch charm on Murphy's chain. Hughes sole claim to public esteem is his opposition to race track gamblng-one lone service rendered the people, set over against how many, how many to the corporations.
 "What business had Bryan to take such allies as Murphy and McCarren and al- lowing them to choose the issues and lay out the lines of battle. I stood with him when he fought corruption; now that we have a new Bryan--a dangerously new Bryan-a disgracefully new Bryan and so I fight against him as hard as fought for him.