HEARST CAMPAIGN TARGETS NY GOVERNORSHIP & PRESIDENCY
New York City (JFK+50) On June 18, 1922, the New York Tribune reported that the William Randolph Hearst* For President campaign was "formally launched yesterday" by William J. (Fingy) Conners**.
Mr. Conners, director of the Hearst political machine, warned former New York Governor Alfred E. Smith and others who oppose Hearst's candidacy to get out of the way or "be swept without mercy into the ditch."
The Hearst campaign is targeting both the New York governorship as well as the presidency with sights on gaining delegate support at the 1924 Democratic National Convention.
Conners added...
"I don't care how many cobbles they put in the road...Hearst will be nominated for President after serving part of his term as Governor."
*William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) was born in San Francisco, the son of a millionaire mining engineer. WRH developed the nations largest newspaper chain. He served in the US House of Representatives 1903-1907.
**William James Conners (1857-1929) was born in Buffalo, NY & became a newspaper publisher & real estate developer. WJC was a personal friend of W.R. Hearst & supported his NY gubernatorial campaign in 1922.
SOURCE
"Conners Starts Hearsts Boom For President," by Denis Tilden Lynch, The New York Tribune, June 18, 1922, www.chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
