The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-01
HISGEN HERS IT OFFICIALLY
NOTIFIED T OPENIzvG OF NEW
INDEPENDENCE CLUB.
Crowd. With and Wthout-Noisy Ap-
prevail ofttacks on Predatory wealth
and Decrauons That the People Are
EntitIedo and VIII Get Their Rights,

been nomirted for President by tn
Independen party. II had been ir
tended alsoo notify John Temple Grave
Of Georges that he had been selecte
as the cadidate for Vioe-PresidenI
but Mr.. caves IL at Warm Sulphu
Springs. ", recuperating from an opera
ton. Tn notification Of Mr.. Hisge
took plaosat the National independence
Club, II tramercy Park, and was pal
Of the economies attending the openin
Of thehe~ headquarters Of the Hear'
partyJ
Evetthing passed of joyfully. Their
were shusio. calcium lights, decoration
by thsaore and a lot Of enthusiasm. tn
old 9rard mansion was packed to tn
doouwith at least six hundred persona
and crowd about twice as large file
the Tide street in front Of the club.
Tb speeches had one common drift
thaith old Republican and Democrat
pafes were not the parties Of the peopl
bufof the trusts and that the Indeper
dejoe party had come to take the plac
ofIboth of them and to see that tn
'pople' finally got their rights. Al
tlbugh the speakers did not go much int
dtail as to just what rights the peopl
we're not getting, this was more tina
made up by the general lambastinI
oven TO the trusts and .predator
was shown by the frequent and prolongf
Mr.. Hagen was informed of his nomif-
ton by Thomas A.. Powell Of Brookb.
chairman Of the committee on n~otifcatpn.
we have become tired he said. "offhe
promises always made by the old paNes
before eieotl IL but carried r out
after giant trust 8 their power m
resources to the injury and .oppyssion
Of b people; we have seen arise anulti-
tude OF political bosses and we haze seen
these trusts n these bosses yorking
hand In hand together for the burpose
Of obtaining for themselves Advantages
which ought to belong to the p~ple;;
two minutes. started In to nag, the "
parties az being 1insinoere7i IN their
advocacy Of reforms or unsoYd L their
proposed plans Of REFORM Ie went on
to say:
The only way to unite the re1rm elements
OF both the old parties 10 ira new party
and the only way to defeat To- r~eactionary
elements Of both the old parts is with a new
party.
Thanks to the present ssseless division
OF the reform or prosresst'e elements. the
control Of the Governpsnt has slipped
away, from the people ITO the hands OF
machine politicians and rrty bosses.
I beiisve that the frs'essential OF all re-
form In to take the conduct Of public Affairs
out Of the hands Of thespecial interests and
their tools. the CORRUPT bosses. and restore
1t to the hands Of th, ,eople.
To accomplish ills l heartily. advocate
as docs our platffm. direct nominations.
the initiative, the eferendum and the recall.
The direct priSary Is spreading rapidly
through the Stses, Of the South and the
West. wherevf the direct primary goes
the party boss disappears. The party con-
vention and ~ dummy delegates are the
boss's tools. Destroy them and the boss is
powerlees.
The right b initiate legislation. and when
cd ssjon ARIES to pass upon and reject
legislation, 10 the purest popular govern
ment and > condemned only by those who
have lost Nth In the right and In the ability
OF the people to govern.
Especially valuable il the referendum
when franchises and other public property
are sogh to be disposed Of.
Hand and hand with these measures
OF popular government goes the right to
recall. b When an official elected for a term
Of yesrs demonstrates his unhtness or
betrays tho public trust early In his term
there should be a speedy and simple way
Of recalling or getting rid Of him instead
OF Iaving hi m In oflce working public
mischief and at the same time strengthen
IND his hands by the use OF patronage.
Upon this great issue OF genuine popular
government the Republican platform is
sHeHt. and the Democratic platform
sravsly submitting the question. Shall
the people rule2--ignores the very er-
istenoo OF either the direct primary. the
referendum or the recall. Moreover. Mr..
Bryan declares that he regards tho omis-
sions Of q platform as binding as Its declara-
ticus.
The rest OF Mr.. Hisgen's address was
given up mostly to repeating and declar-
Ing allegiance to the planks Of the party
platform Mr.. Hisgen read his speech,
but as q reader he was not very success.
full. In response to calls from the crowd
in the street he went out and made a
abort address from the balcony. This
was extemporaneous and was much more
elective. M. Hisgen, who has a voice
that carries far. let himself loose when he
got into the open air. and his assertions
that. the Independence party was the
party Of the laboring class and would
right all wrongs from which that class
was sufYertns, aroused a volume Of noise
which must have bothered the members
Of the Columbia and Players clubs. which
flank each side OF the new Hearst club.
william r. Hearst took part In b
celebration last night. BE had not in
tended to speak. but the throng wouldn't
let him OF. He said:
think that this occasion will be recorded
In history. because Of the high characters
OF our nominees and because OF the grow
ing importance and eventual achievements
Of the Independence party. believe that
this new party will supplant he ipdi1e rent.
the Incompetent and inef ective old parties.
think II will be put In power by the I'M
boessd and unbought votes Of the intelli-
gent citizens Of this country and. owing
no allsgtance to any one but the people.
win proceed to accomplish the reforms de-
eired By the people and to restore the Gov
eminent to their hands.
am convinced that II the people OF
every State In tho Union In the next W
months can only know our candidates
as we know them and understand their
principles they will be elected on Novem-
Der 3 next. I have lately travelled from
one end Of the country to the other and l
have found thai the demand for q new party
Ia general and that the need Of such q party
ia genuine The object we have is to re-
.pond 10 that demand and need by adopt
ing sensible platforms and nominating
hon orable and honest men OF great execu-
tive ability"
After denouncing the 1eItorttons and
e1actions" Of the trusts MIR. hearst closed