New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
HEARST FOR MAYOR
NOWINATED 1T MEETING
IN COOPER UNION.
Candidate of Party Still To Be
Formed Trims AssaiIs GaynOr
and Tammany.

mass meeting at Cooper Union last ufsh,
nominated William r Hearst. once defeated can
didate for Mayor and for Governor. for Mayor
and adopted resolutions calling for a fun city
ticket by a new party vet to be formed and
which Mr. Hearst should head. The nomination.
OF Mr.. Hearst was the signal for cheering which
lasted seventeen minutes. and every mention %
his name in the course Of the evening. both be-
fore and after the nomination evoked IN OUT
burst Of applause.
Mr.. Hearst's private secretary said late last
night that Mr.. Hearst would make no statement
at present to whether he would accept the
nomination and run FOR Mayor
The nominating speech was made BY Sylvester
A. Malone, head OF the Dr. McGIynn Association
and lieutenant Of John J. Hopper Through
the efforts of William A Coakley. one Of the
labor representatives on the Committee OF One
Hundred. it came along about the middle Of the
evening. though il had been intended 20 have Il
near the end The only warning that Mr.. Ma
lone was TO make the nominating speech came
from a couple Of young on the platform.
who refused 70 talk only while Malone was
/ speaking, as. they said he TO make the
nominating speech and they wanted to be ready
70 cheer at the right time
Mr. Malone coursed along for several minutes
with words Of praise for Mr.. Hearst and read
letter written to him the day before which wound
up with the words. Climb on your chair and you
can see the revolution waiting outside" There
was a short pause. while the young men on the
/ stage got ready 10 stand on their chairs, and
then Mr. Malone declared enphaticaIly:
L nominate candidate for Mayor OF the
! people of New York. William Randolph Hearst"
/ BAND AND II MINUTES OF CHEERING.
Immediately the band struck UP. the people
/ on the platform got into action. and without an
/ apprecable interval the house burst into a tFe-
/ mendous cheer. But there was no trouble about
/ keeping the cheering UP. There was no room 20
doubt the enthusiasm Of the meeting. The
cheering continued without break for seven
teen minutes. and then it was only with con-
siderable difficulty that the chairman secured
quiet for the Rev. DR.. J. D. Bush TO second the
/ nomination Charles E Genring chairman OF
/ the executive committee OF the Independence
League, came in just in time TO hear the nom
/ inatiOn.
The meeting would have been over very soon
after the nomination had not Coakley inter-
vened. When he had been persuaded to take his
seat DR.. William I Sirovitch. who ran for state
Treasurer on the Independence League ticket.
presented from the floor the resolutions for a
nominating petition. They>called on the chair
man Of the meeting TO appoint COMMITTEES OF
five 70 take the necessary legal steps for the
nomination of Mr.. Hearst as Mayor and the
placing on the ballot OF a full city. county and
borough ticket The resolution was unanimously
adopted
1t was not without incident that the meeting
achieved its end small party OF Tammany
men in the southeast corner of the hall re-
peatedIy interrupted the proceedings with cheers
for Gaynor and boots and catcaIls for Hearst.
while L s Bedford and his Minute Men gave
their usual performance OF being thrown out Of
the hall The chairman. James A Allen. who.
with DR.. Joseph H. Byrne, called the meeting.
was obliged on two occasions to threaten TO
call on the police TO clear the hall of disturbers
Toward the end OF the meeting. when CoakIey
began to exchange compliments with the audi
ence. the police guard advanced almost to the
platform, and awed several vouId-be ques-
TONERS into rather sudden and in some cases
somewhat forcibIe subsistence into their seats
THE RIFT IN THE Lutte
The first pronounced discord came early. John
T Martin was the third speaker. He started
out smoothly and quietly with the announce
Inent that he had been called up the night be-
fore on the telephone and asked to speak at
the meeting He was not informed OF the pur-
pose Of the meeting he said, and did not know
the purpose until after he entered the hall Mr.
Martin then walked down stage and shook his
fist at the audience. excIaining in a loud voice:
Y am with Hearst first last and all the time"
His own words seemed 10 excite Mr. Martin.
who IS OF pIethoric habit and he continued with
growing excitement:
7 am free man. When : make up my mind.
I stick 10 it. III change my mind every twenty
minutes il I feel like IT, No man can control
my vote. Mr. Hearst said In an editorial this
mofning 70 vote for Gaynor. and I going to
vote for GaynOr."
Martin hoped about and shook his fists and
shouted. Vote for Gaynor, Vote for Gaynors'
while the audience alternately hissed and
cheered. Martin dehed the audience and the
platform alike
This is a citizens meeting" he declared. and
am going to say what please vo,e for Cay
nor, Vote for Gaynor, Hearst says TO vote for
C;aynor. and am going 70 do what he says"
When he was got or the stage Martin held an
overflow meeting in the anteroom and explained
his position 10 group of erstwhile friends y 10
wanted 10 know Why he had done it.
MARTIN DENOUNCEs HEARST
Hearst is trying To make asses Of us hs
said He changes his mind every day sfr
Tammany TO follow Hearst I wasn't asked 10
get out Of Tammany. and won't let Hearst
make uinny of me-"
We waited on Friday night 10 nominate cav
nor if Tammany didn't name him. Tammany
did not steal our party. We were sold out
F. T. O'LoughIin. who is employed by Hears..
hurled himself into the breach and tried To tak,s
away the blight of Martins speech He re-
ferred To Martin as his friend and spoke of GAY
nor in the same way He acknowledged that
Hearst had advised voting for Gaynor. but said
that he was going 10 disObey il it cost him his
job. The chairman told O'Loughlin 70 sit down,
and he consented 10 90 so after reading a Ions,