New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-22
Hearst COrrals
Upstate Men i'm
Home Meeting
Boomers Declare Leaders
From % Counties Called
on Editor and Asked Him
to Run for Governor
Conference a Mystery
Plan to Put Publisher on
Stump Aims to Revive
Interest in His Campaign

One Of William Randolph Hearsts
political agents said yesterday that the
Hearst boom for Governor was any
thing but destroyed, and declared that
Democratic state committeeman from
twenty-five Of the upstate counties
who attended the state committee
meeting on Thursday had called on
Mr.. Hearst at his Riverside Drive home
Immediately after the meeting and de-
manded that he lead the fight this year.
According to the Hearst supporter,
who had a list of sixteen of the
twenty-five counties which he said sent
the meeting between the upstate
leaders and the editor-politician lasted
three and half hours. Included in
the delegation, it was reported, were
state committeeman, county chairmen
and other Democrats of prominence.
The sixteen counties represented
In the twenty-five, according to ting
Hearst supporters, were Allegheny,
Cattaraugus, Columbia, Delaware, Cen
essee, Greene, Niagara, Ontario, Or
leans, Saratoga, Schuyler, Steuben, Sui
Ivan, Ulster. Wyoming and Yates.
All Republican Strongholds
Every one of these is q solid, rock
ribbed Republican stronghold, where
the Democratic vote is negligible, not
OF a1a h,,t in 10
state conventions, since, under the law,
representation in the latter Is based
on the vote cast for the party's nomi-
nee for Governor.
Men prominent in the Democratic
state machine said that they had not
heard Of the alleged visit of the Demo
cratic leaders from these counties to
Mr.. Hearst, but declare that it is not
impossible that William j. Corners,
Mr.. Hearst's political manager, urged
them to make the visit and then made
it appear that it was voluntary.
According to the Hearst supporter
who made public the news of the visit,
speeches were made by all the visitors,
and Mr.. Hearst, who is said to have
received them in his library, made one
in reply.
Whether or not such a meeting oc-
Cured it is known that Mr.. Hearst and
Mr.. Corners were together for several
hours yesterday at the editor-politi-
clans home, trying to arrive at plan
Of life to the cadaver Of the Hearst
boom after its encounter with the
steam roller Of the Democratic State
Committee on Thursday.
To Put Hearst on the Stump
It is said that at this conference a
tentative plan of campaign was agreed
upon. 1t was proposed that Mr.. Hearst
make himself active in every Assem-
bly, District upstate under the guise of
supporting the Democratic nominees
for the Legislature, as preliminary
to building up state machine through
which Mr.. Hearst hopes to capture the
New York State delegation to the 1924
Democratic National Convention.
1t was also decided that the editor
politician should make speeches in
every upstate city on traction, gas
electricity, home rule and other issues,
which Mr.. Hearst will seek to put forth
as his own discoveries.
LeHlS cI ieu HTS, UTdSS DaUQS, PAID
cheer leaders and all the other para
phernalia of we'll organized political
campaign will be arranged for wher-
ever Mr.. Hearst goes.
Mr.. Corners is of the opinion that
Mr.. Hearst should start this tour a,
once. Mr.. Hearst, it is said, wants te
go to California first. Hearst agents
have ben touring the entire up stat,
and making all sorts Of promises tt
Democratic leaders to induce them tt
jump on the Hearst band wagon.
Women City Employees Active
Hylan administration have left thei,
duties here to go up state to organic,
the women on behalf Of Mr.. Hearst.
The most recent Of these trips wa,
made by Mrs. Louis Reed Welzmiller
Deputy Commissioner of Markets. Sh,
is head of the Hearst organizatio O,
known as the Democratic Women's Al
lance, formed TO counteract the anti
Hearst movement among the women II
the regular Democratic organizations
She returned from her trip Yesterday
Mrs. Welzmiller admitted that sSt
had been gone two days and had spent
some time in Syracuse and would or
ganize branch of the Women's Demo.
cratic Alliance in that city and II
other upstate cities. She denied tina;
she had received instructions from tn,
Hearst headquarters in the Hotel Nc.
Aip'n, which IS presided oyer by Mr.
Corners. Yet Mrs. Welzmiller, before
she went on her trip, conferred for q
considerable time with Edwin H. Har.
RS, who IS Mr.. Conners's chief lieu.
tenant,