The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-10-11
GAYNOR LAMBASTS
HEARSTANOPLOT
TH|CKENS
Tammany is Worried But Hopes
toPuII Through
McCARREN STEALS A MARCH
Files Tammany Ticket Under the
Name and Emblem Chosen by
Hearst Party

New York, Oct lO-Already ehliv-
ened by two adroit Tammany tricks
and the re-entrance of William Ram
dolph 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, Noyem-
Der 2.
The speech making which began
last week with the Republican ratifi-
cation meeting, will become general
tomorrow night, when Hearst will APP
pear before mass meeting in Car
negie hall TO formally accept the nom
ination of his new party and to out
line the platform upon which he will
make the race.
The latest issue" of the campaign
is Tammany's kidnapping. or attempt
cd abduction at least, of the title Civ.
ic Alliance" and the emblems thereof
constituting the new party designa-
ton under which the independent can
didates had rallied to the support of
Hearst.
AS a result of this move Tammany's
ticket may appear under the emblems
of three different parties on the offic-
ial ballot-the straight Democratic,
the old independence League, recent
ly captured at the primaries. and late
ly the new Civic Alliance. While
Hearst may yet qualify under an al
together new party name. the coup, if
successful ultimately, will give Tam
many to l advantage in the mat
ter of publicity on the ballot; will
doubtless cause some confusion to
voters in the Tigers interests, besides
causing additional trouble to the
Hearst forces. The final retention of
the Civic Alliance" as Tammany
title, however, is a legal question,
which must be settled this week.
For this latest plan to discomfort
The Hearst followers, Charles F. Muir
ply, the Tamtsany leader. has TO
thank State Senator Patrick H. Nc
Carren. the Democratic leader of
Brooklyn. 1t was while the promot
ers of Hearsts candidacy were get
ting signatures to put their ticket in
the field under the name of Civic AL
lance that the astute Brooklyn SEN
ator, according TO reports, had his
lieutenants at work on a similar doc
ument, except that Tammany candid
ates were substituted for the Hearst
ticket
Just before three o'clock in the af-
ternoon three of McCarrens men
rushed into the Office of President
Bowling of the board of elections in
new York and unfolded petition by
independent voters" who had adopt
ed the name Civic Alliance" but who
named the candidates.
Nineteen minutes later a Hearst
lieutenant appeared with a bona fide
petition, name and emblem of the Civ
ic Alliance.
Since neither petition had more
tan fifty signatures they were not
complete for the law requires 1000
names. In case both the McCarren-
ties and the Hearst followers COM
plete the list of names it will be a
case for the board of elections to de-
eide.
The mystery of Justice Gaynor's
illusions on Saturday TO a breach of
faith and plighted word" that he did
not believe possible in this world"
was barred last night when the Demo
cratic candidate for mayor directly ac-
cused William r. Hearst of having be-
trayed him He also charges the edi
tor with being jealous.
Justice Gaynor told of two meetings
with Mr. Hearst, backing up his story
of what took place between them with
a letter to him, signed with the name
of Rudolph Block of Mr. Hearsts edi-
torial staff, corroborating the, state
ment that the editor gave such a
pledge to the Brooklyn jurist. Mr..
Block saying that he was present.