Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-12
HEARST AND COP.
FUSIONISTS PLAN
TO GUST TAMMANY
Journalist and Barnard Say Sue
cess Is of Secondary Importance
Thing Is to Elect Board of
Estimate.

NEW YORK, Oct. 9-With William Ran
dolph Hearst's name as an additional as
set to the Republican-Fusion ticket, New
Yorks municipal campaign shaped itself
definitely today as a fight to GUST Tam
many hall from control of the city IL
nances. Both Hearst and Otto T. Ban
nard, the Experimentation nominee,
say that theirselection is a matter of sec
ondary Importance so long as the re-
mainder of the fusion ticket wins out, for
this will mean Tammany's defeat in the
board Of estimate, which controls the
purse strings OF the greater city, and is a
medium through which economy or ex-
travagance may be exercised. regardless
of the mayor.
Hearst's followers, now known as the
Civic Alliance, having accepted his con-
ditions that he head a ticket composed
of the bulk of the Republican-F Fusion
nominees already selected, arrangements
to obtain the signatures requisite to make
his nomination legal are already under
way and the formal petition will proba-
bly, be filed with the board of elections
early next week.
William NJ. WINS, the Republican who
ran against Hearst and Mcclellan four
years ago, issued a statement tonight. 1t
was through WINS efforts largely that
Hearst was induced to enter this years
campaign. a circumstance that has
caused Tammany to cry that a Republi-
can-Hearst alliance is on foot. Mr.. w.
ms statement says in part:
WINS STATEMENT.
There will be mass meeting at Carne-
gle hall on Monday night, to put Mr..
Hearst in nomination. A platform will
be presented for adoption that will be
frank and genuine expression of purpose,
instead of a series of platitudes, loop
holes and non-commitments, such as the
platform upon which the other candidates
for mayor are running.
''Mr Hearst viii attend the meeting in
person and declare his attitude with re-
spect to the entire matter of city govern
ment.
"Mr. Hearst will make thorough and
tireless canvass Of the city and will be
in touch with the entire community at
practically every moment of the day anG
might from now until election day"
Hearst's friends all predict that he
stands ready to make another whirlwind
campaign such as he made.in 1905, a cam
paign which was followed by the recount
and much legal controversy, finally re-,
sulting in Mcclellan being declared elect
ed by rather slender plurality.
Barnard and the Republican leadership
expressed nothing but satisfaction today
ing that Barnard will be elected regard
less. they pro ess to feel jubilant that
Hearst has added strength to the remain
der of the Fusion ticket.
All talk of Bannard's withdrawing and
allowing Hearst to head the ticket to
victory was denounced as preposterous.
Charles f. Murphy and other Tammany
leaders continue to brand the entrance OF
Hearst as deal but at the same time
fhoA
be victorious. Tammany, according to a
current report, having already absorbed
the old independence league machinery,
tried to take the name. and emblem of the
new Civic alliance today by filing a pc
tition under that name with the board OF
elections.
Under the law the first party filing such
a petition has a right to claim the title
and emblem. but If this disrupts the plans
of the new Hearst party, no announce
ment to this effect has been made.
Justice Gaynor was outspoken in his
expression of displeasure at Hearst's en-
try into the campaign. "I am going
through experiences of breach of faith
and plghted word that I did not deem
possible in this world" he said, referring
to Mr.. Hearst's remuneration coming with
in a few days after his published decla-
ration that he would support the Brook
lyn CdnOlOdIe.
Judge Gaynor's principal contribution TO
the situation today was an announcement
that he had decided not to use a dollar
in advocating his candidacy and would
return all gifts of money proffered him
for campaign purposes. He returned two
such contributions, one of $500 and the
other $1,000, today with letters explaining
his attitude. The larger gift came from
Abraham Abraham, Brooklyn merchant
and was returned with the following
note:
IT have decided not to use a dollar in
this election, and you will understand me
in returning your check, which it was so
good and so proper, of you to send. If
the people of New York do not want TO
elect me on my life record, and my life
work for good government and to de-
stroy low and corrupt government and
those engaged in it, 1 assure you, and.
you who have so long and intimately
known me without assurance, that 1 shall
be content"
IT was long used to lying and miscon-
struction, as you know, without being
affected by It, Nothing that 1 can say
or do will now prevent those who want
to masinterpret me and what I say from
doing so. But we shall wait for the
count"