The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-11
Judge Declares That Hearst Asked Him to Run for
 Office of Mayor
TAMMANY HAS KIDNAPED
 HEARST'S PARTY NAME
Senator McCarren Sent Three Men to Record the Petition of Voters For Party Emblem and Beat
 Hetrst's Men.

New York October 10.--In q statement full of sting and bite, yet devoid of ;nvectiye. William J. Gaynor. the demo- cratic nominee for mayor of Greater New York, fired his big projectile of the muni- clpal campaign tonight in an attack on William Randolph Hearst.
 Early last week MT. Hearst issued statement saying positively that he would not run for mayor. but would support Justice Gaynor. Two days later he ac- cepted an independent nomination for the office.
 Surprised at this action Justice Gaynor issued a brief statement. charging Hearst with breach of faith and tonight he came out with statement and a letter, pur- porting to show that Hearst had urged him to run for mayor nearly six months ago, lon any ticket" and pledging his support.
 To strengthen his statement Justice Gaynor first made public a letter under date of October g, addressed to him by Rudolph Block. who occupies an educa- tional position on the Hearst papers. 'Pe asked you" said Block, "if you would not run for mayor-in the fall, and said T don't care what ticket you run on. I'll support you Judge Gaynor de- scribes MT Hearsts course as giving him '4he most painful shock I had ever experienced" and as breach of trust such as lie had never encountered be- fore.
 Tt may be that with all his money and newspapers and power, the people of New
 H. easily as he thinks Judge Gaynor con cuded.
 Crescendo In Politics.
 Already enlivened by two adroit Tam many tickets and the re-entrance of Will liam Randolph Hearst as candidate for mayor, the local political campaign will be marked with a crescendo this week which will be maintained until the grand finale on election day, November ?.
 The speech-making which began last week with democratic and republican rat ification meetings, will become general tomorrow night when Hearst will appear before mass meeting in Carnegie hall to formally accept the nomination of his new party and to outline the platform upon which he will make the race
 The latest issue of the campaign Is 
 duction at least, of the title ''clvic al- uance," and the emblems thereof, con- stituting the ne wparty designation under which the independents had rallied to the support of Hearst. As result of this move the democratic ticket may appear under the emblems of three different par ties on the official ballot-the straight democratic, the old Independence league, recently captured at the primaries, and tIv vi Hearst may yet qualify under an alto- gether new party name, the result of a successful coup ultimately will give Tam many a 8 to 1 advantage in the matter of publicity on the ballot. The final re- tention of the "civic alliance a Tam many title. however, is a legal question which must be settled this week.
 Work of McCarren.
 For this latest plan to disconcert the Hearst followers, Charles F. Murphy. the Tammany leader, has to thank Senator Patrick McCarren, the democratic leader of Brooklyn.
 Just before 8 o'clock Saturday after noon three of McCarrens men rushed into the office of the president of the board of elections and unfolded a petition by "in- dependent voters,' who had adopted the name of ''civic alliance" but who named the democratic candidates.
 Nineteen minutes later Hearst lieu tenant also appeared with petition, name and emblem of the civic alliance.
 Since neither petition had more than 50 signatures, they were not complete, for the law requires 2OO0 names. In case both the McCarrenites and the Hearst follow CTS complete the list of names it will be a case for the board of elections to de- eide.
 Otto T. Barnard. the republican candi-
 
 ell candidate for comptroller, spoke to large audience tonight at the Manhattan Congressional church. This was the only Sunday political speaking
 Gaynor ls Spicy.
 In his statement tonight Justice Gaynor reviews the incidents which led up to Hearsts repudiation of him.
 ''Meanwhie, continues the statement ..the primaries of the Independence league had been held, and it was found that a decisive majority of the delegates chosen were in my favor Thereupon. MT. Hearst would not permit the convention to be called No other party boss ever went as far as this. 1t is said that this may be an indictabe offense and it Is being looked into.
 After the primaries MT Hearst began to cry fraud usual, and that his ballot boxes had been stuffed
 Now he repudiates his league party and is having himself nominated by peti- ton against me. am fully conscious that his great estate of from $5o0oo.000 to 1885,, 000.OO0 gives him huge advantage over me but 1t may be that with all his money and newspapers and power the people of New York may not let him run over me so easily as he thinks"
 Hearts Statement.
 Mir Hearst gave out a statement an- 8wering Gaynor. in which he said: ! If Judge Gaynor has stated that