Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-09
HEARST AGREES
TO ENTER RACE
FOR MAYORALTY
SUBMITS TO FUSION AFTER
DEEP MEDITATION
TELLS 'EM TO NOMINATE. HIM
AND HE'LL RUN
DoodIe-Dee Leader Says He Will Sup
port All Who Are Opposed to
Tammany-Makes State
ment, Too
[By Associated Press.l

NJ EW YORK, Oct. 8.-William R.
Hearst announced at midnight
4 that he would accept the nomina-
tion for mayor as rendered at an indie
pendent mass meeting at Cooper
Union Wednesday night.
Mr.. Hearst's statement outlining the
conditions upon which he will accept is
in part as follows:
Whether or not am candidate,
will support the rest of the fusion tick
ct nominated in opposition to Tam
many hall.
when the Independence league COM
mittee withdrew from the fusion con-
ference it declared that it still stood
ready to support frank and honest
expression of progressive principles
and candidates, irrespective of party
This Is your opportunity to substan-
tiate that declaration. Nominate me If
you SO desire with the greater part of
that fusion ticket behind me and I will
run.
The candidates nominated on the
fusion ticket are worthy of support.
The ticket already is in the field. If
we nominate another ticket both tick
cts may be defeated.
IF we nominate the fusion ticket
Tammany will be defeated. And if
Tammany is defeated the citizens will
win."
About His Chances
Mr.. Hearst goes on to say that he
thinks his chances for election would
be better on a straight Independent
ticket, but that he was not considering
his personal chances alone, but rather
of the city at large.
In other words, he wishes the in
dorsement of the Independents to en-
able him to head a ticket simply by
displacing Otto L. Barnard, who has
been nominated by the regular Repub-
lican party and indorsed by the So
called fusionists.
Mr.. Hearst repudiates his indorse-
ment of Justice Gaynor, the Democratic
nominee, whom he announced several
days ago he would support.
During the day to insure a party
name legal steps were taken to regis
ter the "Clvic alliance" under which
title Hearst will make the race if his
requests are complied with. The
choosing of this new name was made
necessary in that Tammany is charged
with having absorbed the old Inde-
pendence league machinery at the re-
cent primaries.
Numerous statements were issued
during the day.
Gaynor's Attitude
Justice Gaynor in an interview dis
claimed responsibility for the nomina-
tion of alleged unfit candidates on the
Democratic county and borough tickets
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tommany
hall, accused the Republicans of urg-
ing Hearst to enter the field in order
to detract from the Democratic vote
Herbert Parsons, the Republican coun-
ty chairman, repeated his former
charges that Tammany was planning
wholesale frauds. and offered rewards
aggregating $17,500 for the detection OF
repeaters.
The fusion forces opened their active
campaign for the fusion Republican
ticket tonight with an afternoon meet
ing at Cooper union at which Otto T.
Barnard, the Republican mayoralty
nominee, pleaded for a business admin
istration of the city government.
Justice Gaynor's statement, issued in
reply to a Hearst challenge, called the
attempt to hold him responsible for the
nomination of his minor associates on
the Democratic ticket, dishonest and
fraudulent"
Looks ScandaIous
1.-THE whole thing he said, Clocks
scandalous to me and I do not believe
Mr.. Hearst will lend himself to shift
less political characters.
Everybody knows that I am not re-
sponsible for local nominations made
in the boroughs.
IF Tammany a local organization
of Manhattan, has nominated unfit
candidates, then let the voters of Man
haitian defeat those unfit men at the
polls"
Charles e. Gehring. organizer of the
new civic alliance and member of its
executive committee, voted unanimous
ly early today to accept conditions as
laid down by Hearst.
Gehring announced he would begin
the circulation of nominating petitions
today.