The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-08-31
Iorgen Journal, md do nav Chicago

/ MOrgen Journal, ana the new Chicago
paper.
Mr.. Hearst acquired his taste for
journalism as editor of the Harvard
Lampoon, when he was in college
After he had finished school his father,
the Senator said to him: Now, young
man, what do you want to make of
yourselfY An editor" said young
Hearst decidedly.
Senator Hearst gave him S1.0O0,000
and he invested it in a newspaper. That
paper is now the San Francisco Exam
/ iner but when Mr.. Hearst bought it it
was small affair, and the little repu-
tation it had was not the best. He
made a success of the Examiner, and in
two years time it became one of the
influential newspapers OF the United
States. Here Mr. Hearst obtained
good deal of valuable experience at a
cost Of considerable money. He sunk
nearly all of his $1,000, 900 in intangible
assets before he began to get any re-
turns on the Investment. To-day the
Examiner pays princely income.
MIR. Hearst then went to New York
and looked over the field. He bought
IA newspaper. the moribund journal.
that had been dragging along under
the management of Albert Pulitzer. 4
laugh rippled along Park Row. That
was in 1898. but the name of William
Randolph Hearst had not gone very far
in journalism five years ago. Mr.
Hearst had the disadvantage of looking
very young and very innocent He
seemed to be about 25-tall blonde
smoOth-shaVen and Mild-mannered. His
eyes are blue and he has a bland and
childish smile. New York journalism
started out to have some fun with him.
At that time the New York Journal had
a circulation of about 10000 and no nd
vertislng to speak Of. Consequently
wiseacres commonly believed that the
young man from Frisco had invested
IN "A gold brick. Photographers made
funny remarks and caricaturlsts felt
rich in Mr. Hearst's innocent face and
wide blue eyes. They represented him
as the Baby Cowboy Charging Park
Row"
Mr.. Hearst began to run the New
York journal on plan that was new
to the East. His method was looked
upon with horror by some people. and
/ it is to-day. for that matter. Headlines
ran riot, and often it seemed that the
hell box had been put through the
presses by mistake. Mr. Hearst printed
the news, but he printed It in his own
/ fashion. Things which had formerly
appeared on the front page IN loaded
| type went to the back pages or failed
70 get in altogether. There was moth
ing hidehound about the Journal. Be
cause things always had been so was
considered the very best reason for a
change in the Journal Office The
Journal respected no white elephants
/ or sacred cows" IL walked over the
corns Of some emlnently respectable
people. and when they 'hollered" the
Journal said that it was doing them
good.
Hope you feel better" said Mr..
Hearst. as he went on TO disturb more
bualons and smash more bric-a -brac.
The Journal and It's methods attracted
people who like that sort OF thing. and
they now foot up vast army. Mr..
Hearst soon found himself in an easy
chair on top OF a heap of broken idols
aud with two profitable newspapers in
his control
But It was not until the last Presi
dental campaign came on that Mr.
Hearst made his real mark In New