The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-07
HEARST NAY UPSET IT ALL
~ ne StIS w sTRiIGHT TICk-
ET. avn THEI THINk ne WILL.

Hopper Can Retire and the Jnbosset p
skaters Have MOSTLY Gene HOns
Republicans stnI Hoping 90 year
Ing. Nreortiing ~ They Look 81 %,
/ After having the fun 81 running an I'M
ho--ed convention on "Wednesday night
; the delegates Of the Independence LeaGus
discoveTet yesterday that there was a
conziderabl. movement on foot 20 undo
| the straight ticket which theyhad started
! a nj 20 indorss the Republican Inst With the
, exception 81 Hearst's name In second
/ place. This could he done easily by Hop
/ psr's declining the nomination. for Gov
ernor
/ hut until william r. Hearst reaches here
| this morning GA the Mauritania nothing
! will Ia decided The state convention
| rcnssemble tonight at the Park Avenre
! Hotel Mr. Hearst had directed his
| representatives to have the convention
indorse the Republican ticket with the
exCeptiOn that hs should be named on
the Independence League ticket for
Lieutenant Governor so that the nomina =
ton would give him an opportunity to
get into the campaign. But the up State
delegates woulhn 2 have It and on Wednes-
day night committed the convention TO
\ straight ticket When they had got a 5
Tar a. naming Hopper and Hearst the
Hearst agents cut the convention short
hv Adjournment and now a good many
81 the upstate delegates have gone up
state again
MIR Hopper u IL believed will state
at IN. adjourned convention tonight
that he will not run for Governor. II
haG been arranged % have a conference
last night in the Park Avenue Hotel
between Nit Hopper and the Hearst
spokesrnen 20 give Mr.. Hopper an OPP
portuuity - get out at once 50 thgt
Mr. H"drt's programme could be carried
ont Rat after little informal talk this
conference was called oh IL was deemed
b'-' - put the whole situation up to Mr.
Hearst before dong anything.
Mr. Hearst will be met down the bay
'h,s morning when has ship arrives. II
D." IS willing - abide by the decision %
tho Cooper Union convention the gather
ing Tonight will 90 ahead and nominate
the rest ~ an entirely independent ticket.
with the exception that it will indorse
Samuel kOsuIE for Secretary OF State.
II Mr Hearst insists on the league swal-
owing the Republican ticket whole with
the exception Of himself for SECOND place
hIs Instructions wall be followed.
There will be no difficulty about this.
a
who came here for the Cooper Union
convention have gone home. II was
said last night that there would be less
than a hundred delegates az the resumed
convention tonight and that a. those |
would be men from tho roundabout |
upon to carry out any directions given !
10y Mr. Hearst mis- word will be the law |
OF the convention.
Thosn who think they understand Mr.. |
Hearst's wishes say that when he lands he |
will express the opinion that the interests |
Of the league will bs best served this year |
by indorsing the Saratoga ticket. with |
himself Ola IL IN place OF Schoeneck
should he say that. and thoss who are |
representing him here think that he will, |
Mr. Hopper will az once announce his re-
tirement from the head Of the ticket and \
the adjourned convention tonight will 4
then at once proceed TO carry out the plan ,
which Mr. Hearst had mapped out
good many Republican oampaigners
Were saying yesterday that a straight
hat they hoped wiser counsels would pre-
vail How much they would hope 10
they were not prepared 10 specify.
Leaving the Hearst following out Of
the question for the moment said one
man there - a great conservative ele-
-nent IN the Republican party which IL
going To- vote for Dix this fall. Men who
have alW avs stood with their party up to
ms time at every election can't zee their
way to do u now. Now the point Is
y neither Nlr. Stimson IL strong enough TO
stand that strain upon ms resources IL IL
"a gong g. be CounteraCtsd by tho votes
q tn- independents" League people
~ r I~s" the inrosds this league has
made IN the Republican party aren't
great. but they aren't negligi ble and that
vet" will go with Hearst II there IL "a
Il raighi ticket
A Hearst campaign for n straight
iear~' ticket can Z he considered a. any
hing but a joke. said another RepubIi-
an Campaguer Running 10 or not
amply dcIands Lpun whether Mr. Hearst
: wiling 90 give the Teople 81 his party a
hano" to sTeud l1t q his money Now
ny Id"a is that TN" meeting Tomorrow
light will to a very different sort Of a
,rppusItion
Another man speculated IN what effect
timsous defeat would have on Roosa-
elt's fortunes He put ~ this way
He would ba "a th" position " the
rapeZa pe7former who falls in the net
jumps - his feet and kisses his hand
nd returns - his tratrcze a much more !
Interesting figur" ~ the audience than he
las before he fell
bet $500 Even on Dix.