New-York tribune., 1908-03-26
HEARST WON'TRJN VOW
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EXPECTS TO BE- -I4YCE.
Considers Jackson q Dead DaCl;,
Politically, I IS SAID.

William r Hearst his Heusen1nts say VIII
not be candidate for President on TIE F1ds-
penSance League tIcSet tlis ye,Ir because hs
expects To be Mayor Of New Yo-H from aoou-
July ! uotI the close Of 1919 y. Hearsts
friends s4y that in that year ard half he viii
make record a Mayor that VIII fo-ce his nom
i..ation nexe yca- a-1 ~a>u:t In kis election TIE
recount Of IN, vote vii begin next month n the
Supreme Court
In this way all the old sco.es against Nayor
Mcclellan win he wiped out. and al the same
time the civilized world wiH have oojec.r les
son of the way municipality ought TO be ran
There is 10 change in the intention of the n
Dependent league managers 10 run a Preslden-
tiaI ticket o. their own. and proof o1 their
intentions they viU hold their state convention
in this city on Saturday. May :. TO elect flu
set oe ds.egates-at-is,~ge. The state convention
on Nav viii have 4-u de!egates, CT three from
each Assembly district II is the present i11en-
ton of the Independence League 70 place full
state ticket IN the field
Another interesting item OF news is that Nj
Hearst is convinced that Attorney General Jack
son has outlived his usefulness and VIII not DO
as candidate on the league ticket Jackson
was prime savOrite with M Hearst untu the
Oriental Bank incident While Mt Hearst s1il
believes N Mr.. Jackson's integrity re is said to
have declared that Jackson politically is a dead
duck
With NJ Hearst OF the slate 4 Presidential
possibility this year. the names Eov under con-
siderztion are those OF Thomas l. Hisseu the
Irdependence League candidate fOr Governor OF
Massachusetts last year. District Attorney
Ianedou Of san Francisco, VINO PoIied % Per
cent Of the vote for Governor last ear II Jan
f,ruia when he ran or the Hearst ticket ex-
Mayor Edward r Dunn Of Chicago. ana Gov
arDor Folk OF Missouri The choice OF th@
daa the can
didates OF the Republicans and Democrats II
seems 70 be settled that the Hearst people VII
not support Bryan. Mr.. Bryan paid n'sf'
visit 10 Mr. Hearst at his home in Lexington
avenue last winter. and learned there ard 'nen
that the Independence League would not sup
port him
The Hearst people say that Bryan Is 10
stronger this year than he was IN l"h' ana 'llAo
they might a. well break away from the oid Or
carnations this year. If they are ever soln= %
do II in a national campaign If they Wait 1oaT
~sars from now they viH be- relatively Jast
where they are now
The argument against Bryan is that he Is
,4z-ar-f<er- that he has been the cesndl-4-7
twice and that ne no stronger III I'o" ''-1Ii
IN 1904. that he is now out Of sympathy WIN
the pIain people Of the country because o- ne
IzrgA wealth and that therefore ne "olld hot '1
- -, organized labor The Hearst people
saw that they have figures to prove Ci-i' . -
,-cor,a j. $40 OtO a wear. from lecturlns NrLtlhs'
,,i- ,a,,znaper and investments which ne nas
-,,aa in the last four years They assert ina
he has mad enough honors and money and 1la-
he ought stand aside. -, 90,
The Hearst men say that they poled t''''-f'
+as IN fo,7r states in the last election ana tL'e>
,-a5ic+ that they will poll round TnlllloI Us
yaar with a candidate for Presiueil'- -~1
argue that the country - large -"'1-
-y2II
parties. and that the break niSIl' ds "1'-
p'- -la,- sv,ec- large accessions from organ
- ~ r~,r, ultra temperance syIlpa-
+1,trs-s The league has opened national heah-
(,-I,rters in Chicago. with Charles \ ASH.
former secretary Of the Democratic NallolAl
committee in charge