The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-03
and become President

with his papers. ana
If the League of Democratic oIu rasd
4, tbirtv-three he X strongly ulseu
Too presidcncy of,ythe United
o,d if he we're eligible and wouiu
-eo,, tbere is little doubt -tnat inc
800 session of tie Senate wouio set as
;ts ,residipg officer the son OF one ., -
80 loved an purest-mlnded Meiio'
who has passed beyond chic
- clone could not have made TINS
mans career. bo,1, him
Millions have been dsea 70
:, h;s ha-,le for the frcer opportunity
SlAnder has not spared nun anu 'H''
has marked him as its own, ~;
But with a steadfast faltn III the uii
mate vindication of his iheoiico
right he has gone on until ne "i
inyincihle in his sphere. The strongest
trait in Mr.. Hearst is MS ieaus
tbv with the poor. To them MS ear IS
ov.r onon and for them he has always
roadv and q liberal hand. Here Is
10 influence of the mother as we'll as OF
the sire.
pentler and more companlohaoie
eririt than that OF Mrs. Phoebe \. Hearst.
the mother OF the veteran young eui'o,
does not dwell among them VINO I'VE anu
move and have their being IN the -
called beautiful. Her charltleS III 0ah
Francisco are countless: great Siito ~
the State University and noble neheA'c-
ticns to all the societies whose dlm =
tho amelioration of the conditions 81 me
POOR. Her work as the flrSt patron u
tho Woman's Congress II NaSnlhSIoA
alone should endear her memory 10 all
who reverence and revere the sacred
name of motherhood. In all these Ia
49,. -lo Io- hoo, aidaI hv her son. IN
married and of retiring habits, MI
Hearst does not shine in society.
He lives to labor and finds in his work
it's own best and most satisfying re
ward.
In 1896. though it was against his i"r~
sonal interests and against the advice
of his most earnest friends. Mr.. Hearst
gave the Democratic ticket headed by
William JeDning Bryan his most CORDIAL
support. He raised a great popular SUD
scription for the Democratic cause. du-
plicating every dollar received with one
from his private purse and Lending the
services of his vast army or clerks ana
correspondents without money and with
out Price.
In the war with Spain he loaned his
splendid yachts to the government and
offered to arm and equip q regiment of
cavalry at his own expense. Not salts
fed to have the evidence of Eganism at
second hand he went himself to the front
and from the headquarters Of the army
at the battles of Siboney and San Juan
Hill wrote accounts of them and OF the
condition of the American troops that
thrilled all who were so fortunate as to
read them at the time.
Since the war his policy has been one
of consistent devotion to the tcnetS OF
the Democratic party as taught by Jcffer-
son and Jackson; Tilden and Bryan, and
his relentless war on trusts has made
him the idol Of the party in New York.
Mr.. Hearst is a candidate for no pub
lie office. 1t is doubtful if he would
accept a nomination for the Presidency
of the United States. His ambition is
to be Warwick and not King.
He is now about to establish in Chi
cago a newspaper for the middle West
that will be of the same service there
that the journal has been in New
York and The Examiner in San Fran
cisco.
In ali these gigantic undertakings; in
all his battles for the right; in all his
undertakings to create for his fellow
man the freer opportunity he has had
the sympathy. the counsel and the &C
tive aid of the beautiful and gracious
lotIt VIII ttIIC liz tdIStl Will II
pride his just and generous father would
cordially share were he now alive. What
limitations the future may set against
this man and his ambitions no man can
%foretell. In the now certain event of the
election of Mr.. Bryan to the Presidency
of the United States in November next,
1t IS safe to say no man will have more
influence with him and that this Influence
will be used for the public good, all who
have read the proclamation issued by
Mr.. Hearst calling on the people of these
United and Independent States to cele-
brate the anniversary Of the nations
birth in q manner appropriate to the
sole1nnity of the great occasion and the
imminence of the peril now menaeing the
nations life as a Republic governed by
freeman for the free, cannot one mo-
ment regard With the shadow of doubt.
DAVID DARRELL.