New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-23
HEARST LIN KINGS.
WELL RECEIVED 1T
BIG MEETINGS.
Says TO audiences in McCar-
ren's District He Suspects
He VIII Be Elected.

I NNAa a OF women and
chlioren. They were good meetings. with
red fire and bands and no lack of real en-
thusiasm. When Mr.. Hearst. near the end
OF his speech. brought in 50 cent gas. the
audiences rose with one vast ringing shout.
Mr.. Hearst discovered the effectiveness Of
mat slogan on the East Side on Wedues-
day night.
lie mad been talking about subways last
night when he brought in the Gas Trust.
he read letter from the Fulton Street,
brooklyn. Board of Trade asking him what
ne thought Of the Fourth avenue. Flatbush
avenue. Lafayette avenue, and Eastern
Parkway subway propositions. The letter
promised TO keep his reply secret.
MI. Hearst bemoaned the fact that any
one should think at this late day that he
would have private thoughts on public
matters He would give his opinion 70 tho
whole Borough OF Brooklyn-conddentiaIly
| ne SAID and then he would give permission
TO Brooklyn to tell what he said TO the
other boroughs-confdential
"Of course am in favor of subways,'' he
said. II am in favor Of the Fourth avenue
subway in both it's branches. am in favor
OF the Flatbush avenue subway clear TO
Coney Island. am in favor Of the La
fayette avenue subway, and I am in favor
/ ~@NA"oS R4OJCSl Gu4 It's
tension to the Brownsville section. And If
I am elected I viii not consider my ad-
ministration success until their construc-
ton is well under way
| Then he brought in the Gas Trust, and
| got his big demonstration. 'I got You So
cent gas as a private citizen" he said,
"and I will get you subways as a public
| Official
| To the deep throated roars that replied
TO that declaration the cheers that had pre-
ceded were as the 'trah-rahs'' of a sopho-
more.
Mr.. Hearst was unfortunate at his first
meeting at the New Plaza Hall. in the
, heart Of McCarren's district in being half
an hour late. The hail was packed and
there was a big crowd outside with ex-
cited children crowding the streets, carry
ing torches and chasing every carriage and
automobile with cries Of Here he isl"
Men also hung around the entrance door
and formed cheering mass when the
candidate at last arrived.
HEARsTs SUSPICION.
He put the crowd into good hunor at the
start by some playful references to the
straw hat with a blue ribbon that had
worried Judge Gaynor in the beginning Of
the campaign. Before he did this, though
he said: 81 strongly suspect that am 60
ing to be elected Mayor" That was pop
ular. so he began to joke.
With apparent hesitation, Mr. Hearst
explained that he had been in the East
twenty years and a resident OF New York
| for fifteen years. William Randolph
| Hearst, jr., now wears the straw hat with
a blue ribbon" he said. land George Ran
| dolph Hearst wears another. while little
John wears a white cap with blue rib
bon. AS for father-(pointing to HIMSELF
! he wears sober black hat, suitable 10
his years.
Mr.. Hearst said that he would SOON hs
too old to serve the people age Is good
for wisdom and advice" he said. 'but
youth is needed for the force and energy
required to fight your battles"
When Mr.. Hearst said this his audience
informed him that he was good enough
for them.
INNOCENCE OR GUILE.
Touching on Mr.. Gaynor and Tammany
Hall, Mr.. Hearst said that in saying that
he did not know where Tammany Hall was
the Tammany candidate was either singu-
larly insincere or singularly innocent. 'If
he says that he does not know where Tam
many Hall is and he does know" M
Hearst said. ''he is not greatly to be trust
! ed If he really does not know, he is too
| guileless and innocent for politics"
When the laughter had subsidized Mr..
Hearst continued: But if Judge Gaynor
does not know where Tammany Hall
stands, Tammany Hall knows exactly
where Judge Gaynor stands, or it would
I not have nominated him.
Continuing his remarks about Mr.. Gay
nor, Mr.. Hearst said that a man who
would consent to run on the same ticket
! with Roesch was not ut to ask for the
votes Of HIS fellow citizens
Mr.. Hearst made the interesting state
ment that before he was nominated for
Mayor he had planned TO start a paper In
Brooklyn. He said that if he were elected
Mayor he would have to give up that prof.
! ect temporarily. But he promised to start
the paper if he were defeated.
Besides the two meetings in McCarren's
territory, Mr.. Hearst spoke to a meeting In
| Congress Hall. at No. 1882 Atlantic ave-
| nue. and one at Sangerbund Hall, near the
| Borough Hail. There was an overflow
meeting at Congress Hall and a band
marched up and down the street, with red
fire and all the concomitants Of q lively
campaign. But the Szngerbund Hall meet
ing was quieter. The hall was well filed.
| but there was no overflow. Every one
could get in comfortably.
NEVER FORGOT FAVOR.
On each occasion Mr.. Hearst expressed
his gratitude to Brooklyn voters for sup
porting him in previous campaigns and
said that the borough would be a principal
object of his solicitude II he were elected
He said that he had carried the borough
both when he ran for Mayor and when he
ran for Governor, and added:
81 have never yet forgotten a favor or
failed to return debt of gratitude. and
| am not going to begin now.
II was a statement well calculated to win
the sympathies of the crowd and get them
with the speaker Having them with him.
his chief effort in Brooklyn was on the
subway question. And On this he declared
that he would do everything in his power
TO give the borough the needed rapid
transit.
IT am positively and publicly in favor CO
the debt limit amendment" he said, ito
absolutely insure SUFFICIENT funds for sub
way construction. But I am In favor OF
going ahead without waiting for the debt
limit amendment. for. as / have already
said I believe an honest administration
could build the subways out OF the money
that a Tammany administration would
steal