The New York herald., 1922-07-24
C0NNERS OUTLINES
HEARST PLATFORM
Says Publisher Would Distrib-
ute Milk Himself to Beat
Milk Trust
HAS CHEAPER PROMISES
Says La Guardia Is the Logical
Candidate on Repub-
lican Side.'
HAS CHEAPER PROMISES

William ]. Conners last night outlined
the platform william r. Hearst would
advocate If nominated for Governor and
revealed letter that has been sent to
Democratic party leaders explaining
Hearst's attitude in question and answer
style.
Would you become a candidate for
the nomination Of Governor il urged to
do so by a considerable element of
voters?' is one question; to which
Hearst replies:
II have continually said that think
can do my best service as journalist !;
and l think l can make that service
most effective il it is not tinctured by
any thought or suspicion of personal in
terest in politics.
my object Is not to occupy an Office
but to see that those principles prevail.
to see men nominated for Office who
sympathize with those principles and
whose records show that they sympathize
with them.
II put no value upon mere lip service.
We can depend only upon those who
have shown their faith by their works
That is the reason / cling to Hylan
and La Guardia and men of that char
acter. And I will not discuss any other
candidate as long as there is any pos
sibility of nominating. these men in
their respective parties"
"A "Cheaper" Platform.
The following is the Hearst platform
as given by Mr.. Corners in his letter
to Democratic leaders:
"He stands for Ave cent fare in all
cities of the State. If you studied the
referendum in Buffalo and the elections
in Rochester Syracuse and Albany and
New York you know how the people
became enthusiastic over this issue and
voted by the thousands In It's support.
and in New York city it gave Mayor
Hylan the unheard of plurality of
417,000. Mr.. Hearst. with the exception
of Mayor Hylan. is the only Democrat
mentioned for the Governorship who
could run on this issue and be accepted
by the people as sincere.
"Mr. Hearst will insist that every
municipality own or Ak the rates for
gas. Every housewife can tell you
what a burden of household expense
gas for cooking. lights and telephone
the public mind who has the power, the
courage and the facilities for conduct
ing the fight against these public utility
corporations like Mr.. Hearst and no one
else whom the public would believe
would be capable of success
Mr. Hearst will stand for cheaper
milk in the cities and better prices for
the farmer. You know what this means
to every family in the State Of New
York and II you know Mr.. Hearst you
know he would make an organization
and distribute milk in this city himself
before he would let the milk trust de-
feat his purpose.
Owning Water Power.
Mr. Hearst will stand for the right OF
towns. cities and counties to fix their
own expense without interference by the
Legislature. You know that high taxes
Of to-day are due more to expenditures
complied by the Legislature than to any
other reason.
Mr.. Hearst will stand for the people
owning and distributing the water power
of the State. If the people of this State
were In possession of its natural water
power and it were converted into cleo
tricity for power and heat, the State Of
New York would not have to use a pound
Of COAL and the heat would be furnished
at one-third of its present cost
"Mr. Hearst led the fight for fair
treatment for our soldiers. and II he
were Governor of the State of New York.
the soldiers at last would get the recog-
ton and reward they deserve"
Hylan "Never Eliminated"
The first of four questions addressed
% Nc he
Eagle was:
DO you consider that Mayor Hylan's
statement of Thursday eliminates him
from consideration as a candidate for
Governor"
The reply runs In part:
II shall never consider that anything
eliminates Mayor Hylan as candidate
for Governor. He Is the logical candi-
date on the Democratic side. as Major
La Gardia is the logical candidate on
the Republican side.
"One of two things will surely happen
Either the Republican organization
will fall in the hands of the progress
eives. as 1t has done in every primary
year;
"Or the Democratic party will faith
fully represent the sentiment Of the
citizenship as it should do and as 1t
was created to do.
Whichever party is the progressive
party. whichever party represents
Democratic ideals. whichever party
stands for equal rights. equal oppor-
tunity and equal justice. should win. and
will win.'
Us to what would be the most i'm
portant issue of the campaign Mr..
Hearst said:
THE important issue of the campaign
Is to put the Government In the hands
of honest representatives of the citi-
xens and to take 1t out of the hands
of the political agents of the public
service corporations"