The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-11-26
HEARST BREAKS
WITH WHITMAN:
SEEKS HIS JOB
Executive Aspires to Reelec.
tion; Publishers Eye
on Presidency.
CITY SUFFICES MURPHY
Elimination Of Cropsey Now
Predominating Issue in
Kings County.
SpeciaI Despdtch TO THn SuN.

special Despatch TO THH SUS.
ALBANY. Nov. o5.--William Randolph
Hearst and Gov. Charles Seymour Whit
man. who have found something in COM
mon in politics since the time when the
Governor was Magistrate. have broken
the friendship of many years standing
and are slarins Mt each other from two
sides Of a deep and yawning canyon.
Ambition. which Woolsey said was tho
an By which the angels fell. was the
rock upon which these neighborly souls
split
II was the whitman ambition. say the
insiders. to succeed himself as Governor
At the next election. and from that emf
nence to vault lightly into the White
House In 1920. The Hearst longing.
strangely. picked out the Identical route
to the me end. and Hearst. too. be-
thought himself to annex the Euberna-
torial chair at the coming contest, and
then to climb from its back into the
seat now occupied by Mr.. Thomas Wood
row Wilson.
So Mr.. Hearst, seeking to ascend by
the route Of q Democratic nomination to
VI u
the Presidency. found Mr. Whitman in
his way.
According to the experts who have
viewed the transformation Of David
and iona than friendship into a situation
where both sides wake up each morning
and scan the papers In the hope OF see
ing that the other has politically choked.
Hearst has completed his plans to grab
the Democratic nomination. aided by
Charles F. Murphy. who is quite content
TO do his picking below the Harlem
River. The Murphy -McCooey-H Hy,ar-
Hearst combination In the city campaign
iF said to have agreed to slice on the
gubernatorial white meat for the pub
Usher before l.. J. O'Re!lly unsheathe
his masters check boox In the Hylan
behalf. .-
Attack Logical Sequence.
The logical and natural sequence Of
events was the attack made by Mr..
Hearst upon Gov. Whitman and Col
Jtooscvelt following their appearance be-
fore the women voters at their se%'fon
In New York city.
Lest We forget" has been the motto
Of Hearst since Col. Roosevelt had his
Secretary OF War. Ellhu Root. deliver
his famous anti-Hearst speech in Utica
in 1906. when Hearst was barely de-
feated for the Governorship and the
remainder OF the Democratic Stu.e
ticket was elected. Politicians always
have insisted that despite these at
tacks upon Hearst at that time and
Notwithstanding the Fac, tina; Hearst
na,gn srccn, for ..,e,;,;w,,s.. nv I,ensss
"ou'u "aIr "r" eeu nhu .ne
him the full Democratic vote in Kings
Vote In Kings Was Close.
Hughes carriea tho S,,,e for (:ov-
ernor hv 5,Se- Huybes recetved ,oc :.
"a votes in Eip,s ~ u..rs,,s -, go
, nlurnli,v of I57, for Hears, while
ch,nl., who WA. a,ec.,d as Nave
cra,ic cand,datc for Iieu,ena t.Cov.
.rnor carried Kings h,. sSI-o rsce,vinv
losIsa votes 20 50 sTt votes c.s, fny
Bruce ,he Renuh,ican csndid,te
Mr. Hears, alwavs has been an arden,
advocate ~ woman Suffrage and NOW,
that woren bavc tho vo,e In this s,,,,.
Mr. Hears,.s Sriends contend he easily
could he elected a. the Democratic car.
dda,e for Governor next yaii With Tho
Assurance ,o., N. Esw Wi, c;,,.
democracy wo,,a mil ,ruc IN HIM NJ
the oo,l. under the .,idancs NJ tho
Hyan adninistration
fri i.in
var viii hs nyer h.foro ,,o NOV, p-ss;.
dental e,ec,ior ,rd ,h., ~ Haas, could
be elected c;overnor ~ Sew YorE state
next wear ,hsrs wou,d hs M one In tbs
Wilson ,dn,,r,s,r.t,on hi. anou.h "a
Contend ai,,, hin, ,or tho Derocratic
Presidential non,,na t,or
g.
Hearst Opena ON whitman.
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,bo ~ p.e1'',''"ats " nIs lo"'li'a.'oh ps
Wr .I'o,.a's ,Ta lot governor neNt year
rno, St r, nIs co'NI''enceo n's at'ackS
,mn "uN Wnitn'an win view 10 put.
c,nstd ., "e ru"Hlnk .ne man I've
date 70, 1ne nv. 'oTn'!uaoe ..' .anui,
nn, n'e'nor tne !,ePuplcans car
vbich c Ca!u' ms " 'he eonsrue,Io,
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Az. ,h receht HeaIs' a.sca. !hert
nec,s Wno ihtiHate tnut nearst OK
N ,h '"vNs asaihst "n.tman simia'
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nai,r wv, nork cry MayoIany cam
WhI,n'n WIN nave IKE erect upon tht
uanrs, "uihll'stration ana tna'
Wbi,n, WI" a'lempt 10 Iasteh upon tne
.maaa,, 'n'n a. 'h'stra'ioh 'he SroPse!
,;nr WIZ w',,l brand
h,., W n'''n". since e!ec.ion mas peer