The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-09
HEARST PARTY ID
 MAKE HARD FIGHT

Atlanta, September s.-(Special9- One of the most determined independ- ent fights for the political control of Georgia, which the state has ever wit messed, Is now beiHg conducted in be- half of W. Yancey Carter. who is MT. William Randolph Hearst's candidate for governor against the democratic nominee, Joseph M. Brown.
 The grand pageant and display, the piece de resistance which Is to light the fuse to this independent campaign, is scheduled to take place in Atlanta next Friday It is the formal notif cation to Hon. John Temple Graves an ex-Atlantan, now a New York editor, that he has been selected as the candi- date for Vice President on the inde- pendence party ticket.
 The notification party is anxious to secure the Grand opera house for the occasion, but another show is sch eduled to take place there on the night in question with Fanny Rice, instead of MT. Graves, as the star attraction. If atisfa ctory terms can be made, how ever, it is likely that Fanny will give way to the independents.
 Besides the notification committee, Candidate Thomas l.. Hisgen, who is running for President; MT. Hearst, who Is backing the movement, and other we'll known leading lights will be seen upon the stage. MT. Hisgen, MT. Graves and MT Hearst are all sch heduled to make speeches on that occasion.
 Following their appearance here the independents propose to make one night stands in Macon and Tn omas asville, besides which both MT. Graves and MT. Carter have promised to talk to the people at other points.
 The notification meeting here has been specially designed, it would ap- pear, to give impetus to the independ- ent movement in Georgia, which has been selected as a point of attack prin- cipally for the reason, it is believed. of the alleged disaffection existing in democratic ranks in the state.
 There is little doubt about the fact, however that the packers of the in- dependent movement will find they have built too much hope upon that disaffection. While reports indicate that MT. CartAr will probably get considerable number of votes, even from disappointed citizens who participated in the state primary, there Is of course no possibility of his overcoming the vote that was given MT. Brown, some 10000, to which will be added large percentage of the vote that was cast for Governor Smith.
 Notwithstanding the fact that both figures and sentiment are against them, the Independents are as hard at work and are spending as much money as If they really hoped to win.
 They have opened campaign h cad quarters here where some 15 or 20 stenographers and clerks are being kept busy. and are sending out a volume of campaign literature that re- minds one of a state campaign within party ranks. It Is reported here that some 100000 copies of The Radical, q local weekly publication which fought Joe Brown before the primary and which is now devoted to the campaign of MT. Carter. have been mailed over the state for distribution among voters. This. 1t is stated is only a small part of the independent campaign literature that is being circulated Letters. are being written right and left and every possible wire is being pulled with q view to corralling back of the Hearst political invasion of the state. all pos sible disaffected voters.
 Max Ihhsen, personal representative of Mir. Hearst, has been in Atlanta for several days not only supervising plans for the approaching rally, but investi- gating the legal details In connection with getting the independence ticket before the people.
 There has been already some express sion of resentment against this sort of outside interference with Georgia af- fairs, even on the part of some of those who opposed the nomintion of Mir Brown, and it is believed the fact tha. the independent movement is the prod uct of outside influences will prove one of it's serious handicaps, even In the matter of making respec table show ing.
 Georgia has simply been sized up as an easy political mark, and the money and agitation gre being turned loose on 1t. But there is abundant evidenc9 that the election on October will develop the fact that it has been sized up wrong