Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-26
HEARST TURNS TR|CKSPEECH AT DAYBREAK
Joke on Republicans Who Ex- Taft Early Out of Bed to
pected to Use Him. Greet Missourians
HE WILL TRY FOR ELECTION TRIALS OF RIVER TRIP
Was What Ban Governors Having
Support Was After Tough Time of It.
AND GOODS DELIVERED THROWN DOWN ON DINNER
o Come
Hurt by FeastW Was
Causing sorso Trouble
HE WILL TRY FOR ELECTION
Board of Estimate Was What Ban
nard Support Was After.
AND GOODS MAY BE DELIVERED
But Their Candidate Likely to Be
Hurt by Head of Fusion
Ticket.
Special From a staff Correspondent.

Special From staff Correspondent.
NEW YORK October 2G.-The republi-
cans are now in great stew because
they cannot shake off Hearst after hav-
ing used him to pull their chestnuts out
of the fire.
They invited him over TO play in their
yard and are trying to take his
marbles away from him. But he won't
give up.
And there is possibility of grand row
by the end of the week.
1t was this way:
The republicans melted Hearst to run
for mayor on a ticket which included
their fusion candidates for the offices
below, hoping to draw the radical ele
ment commanded by Hearst to support
their men who will compose the board of
estimate They did not think Hearst
would be taken seriously as a mayoralty
candidate and that they would have
everything to gain and nothing to lose
by the deal.
Fine scheme, 1t worked splendidy up
to a certain point and then. slipped
cog.
Hearsts strength. added to the fusion
candidates. gives fair promise of electing
them and ousting Tammany from con-
troll of the board of estimate. But see
what's coming off. This man Hearst
rinds his candidacy popular as to war
rant him making serious effort to be
elected.
Parsons in a Stew.
District leaders have been running hot
foot to Chairman Parsons with the state
ment that republicans In their districts,
thinking Hearst stronger than Barnard.
contemplating voting for Hearst as
the most effective way to vote against
Gaynor. Whereupon Parsons ltters loud
cries of protest. and instructs his lead
ers to pass the word around to quit such
foolishness: that they were only joking
with Hearst, and for all good republicans
TO rally to the support of Barnard
All hints to Hearst to ease up on his
own candidacy are disregarded. That
young man sits back with saturnine
smile and allows that he reckons he'll
have to let the ball keep rolling for a
while
His friends also hint that if the re-
publicans get nasty and try any Donny-
brook fair tactics. Hearst will train his
artillery on the republicans and make
things interesting. All of which adds to
the gayety of politics and puts a little
life into the campaign
"
would be to poll higher vote than Ban
nard and run next to Gaynor, if the
judge is elected. The outlook now is
that Hearst will third, but it would
be a great satisfaction to him to take
second place.
Then. with the fusion city ticket victo-
rious, except the mayoralty, and Tam
many pried loose from its grip on the
board of estimates, Hearst could pose as
having saved the day for good govern
ment.
He wants the double satisfaction of
supplying the jimmy which will pry loose
the hold of his enemy. Boss Murphy. on
the budget of S1N,,Gn,0GO "A year, and Of
p being praised by the silk-stocking element
is the grand young man.
Board of Estimate Won?
Today fusion and republican leaders are
confident the campaign is already won for
the controller, president of the board of
aldermen and three borough presidents,
sitting III the board of estimates. The
hectic flush of hope mantles their cheeks
at the thought of the mayorship, but 1t is
mighty hectic at that.
You will recall that there are sixteen
votes in the board 6f estimate. The fusion
ists-that is to say, the anti-Tanmany
forces-count on electiug the following:
Controller, with three votes; president of
the board nf aldermen with three votes,
president of the borough of Brooklyn.
with TWO votes and president of the bor-
ough of Richmond, ":th one vote. There
III hand is Il majority OF the board of esti-
mate, II il falls out that way
Then they think there IS more than a
1ighting chance To elect the president of
the borough of Manhattan, with two more
votes. Hearst * expected To get Queens,
and Tammdny the Bronx and the mayor
ship.
E.h, sirs, but these he parous times
in Tammanyvilie, and there are banched
faces in 14th street at the possibility
of losing hold on the board of estimate.
The big leaders know the full significance
of the fate which ms. for the mo-
ment at least. to threaten them.
The little fellows IN :he assembly dis
tricts realize that there is trouble in the
house. They see the doctor come In
with his case OF Instruments. but they
don't know how serious that amputation.
il il happens, will be.
Tammany Unable to Turn.
OF course, it goes without saying that
Boss Murphy will not let his organization
go under the knife il. by moving heaven
and earth. he can prevent ii. But his
resources limited.
There are no opportunities for a typical
Tammauy trade III this game There Is
no national ticket to he ''swopped." He
would toss GaynOr 10 the wolves in a
moment ii anything could he gained,
but the "cINeS uul want lln-
What Murphy would trade fer is just
what the other fellows are hungry for
that board of estimate. Consequently.
the sign 'nothin doin' =" is over the po-
utical bargain counter for once.
The furorr cont uues over the white
slave expose But the managers who
used the bomb are sorry now they lighted
the fuse.
is understood that ii not intended
To make such q b:oadside of 1T. The
purpose to have il appeal mainly
to the magazine reading class. The
quick seizure of the opportunity by Muir
ply and Judge Gaynor. and their clever
twisting of the issue, destroyed the in
tended effect
OF course. the article will not be read
10y tile rank and file on the East Side.
But every mothers son of them will be
told that the anti-Tammany people have
siandercd the women of the East Side.
The resentment is already pronounced.
Republicans and fusionists are carefully
clearing their skirts of responsibility for
the statements made in the story.
n. .. NJ.