The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-20
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Bill Hearst Has an Ambition to Run
for the Presidency Some =
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The Long and Deep Laid Plans for
the Young Father of Yellow
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"a 49,. Journalism.
From Tho journal Bureau. Room IS. Post
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Building, Warrington. 49,
Washington, Nov. 2O.-William r.
Hearst Of San Francisco, Chicago and
New York, proprietor of the Examiner,
the American and the Journal wants to
run for the presidency, and is planning to
secure the nomination of the labor party,
and Of what remains of the democracy.
He has been elected to congress, and will
soon take up his residence in Washington,
where he is planning to start another pa
per. This. 1t Is understood, will be more
political organ than purveyor Of news,
and 1t will be used with the other Hearst
papers to push along; the presidential
plans of the proprietor
The idea has been rather we'll received
by men who make it their business to an
ticipate the political wants of the people.
What is needed by the party out OF power
Is man. Issues are sure to develop. To
bring together theo scattered and discor-
dant elements Of what was once a party
OF opposition a new man must be found,
Now, Hearst steps to the front. He is
without political record, save for the
general policy Of his papers, which have
been from the beginning strongly in favor
OF labor and the common people He al
ways has spelled people with a big P.
His papers have leaned towards all the
doctrines which are dear to the laboring
man. They have consistently been radi-
cal. They have been piously against the
government. No one could be more
logical candidate. of an opposition party
than the man who has directed that pol
icy. r., T..
Another advantage to be found in the
candidacy Of William r. Hearst is found
in the fact that he is not the object of po-
litical animosities. Mention the names of
Bryan, Cleveland, Hill or German, and
there is an outburst Of hate from some
quarter or other There is no reconciling
their enemies or appeasing their opposi
ton. The only hope for reuniting the va
r1Ous ,folloWingS of these men is to bring
forth a new man who will inspire the con-
| f1dence, of them all The political man
ayers can think. of no one more likely to do
this, or more available in other respects
than Hearst.
The fact that Mr. Hearst is rich man
Is not likely to prove serious obstacle
to his candidacy He can urge in extern
uation that the bulk of his money was left
to him, and that he has done what he
could to live this fact down. He has
made his papers pay, and has worked to
doit. He has welded their influence in
favor Of the poor and against the rich.
And, then, the money he has will come
| in conveniently in financing the prospect
i've presidential campaign. 1t has come to
pass in the United States that money is
railroads and corporations all contribute to
the other. party, there must be found
different source for the funds wherewith
to defray the cost of the antirailroad and
corporation campaign.
l. 1t is no new or sudden thought that has
come to2William NJ Hearst that he should
| run for president is a. young man of
fixed ideas, and Of plans which contem-
plate years. His scheme for string of
newspapers across the continent was de-
V1sed more than ten years ago; it Is now
being worked out to completion. An end
| toward which the newspaper plan tended
was a campaign in which he should: be
central figure: His father was in the
United States senate; the son has cher
ished ambitions for political honors. With
the stepping stone of his fathers prestige
| and wealth. and ythe influence of three
great organs, he sees no reason why he
should not aspire to the highest Office
in the gift Of the people.
1t is understood* that Hearst is not
averse to being a candidate in so I'M
promising contest as the one two years
hence appears now for any one but the
republican nomineer-who, Of course will
be Roosevelt. AS things look now the
! party i'll power will have things about it's
own way Nothing but financial panic
or great revulsion of sentiment would
spell victory for the party out of power
Accordingly, about all that can be hoped
| for the 1904 campaign by the party, out of
power will be a reorganization of their
forces and a getting into training for the
real fight to be pulled off in 1908. By
that time, the two-term rule will have
barred Roosevelt; the dominant party will
have made the inevitable mistakes; fac
tlonal differences will have caused divi-
sion; the high wave of prosperity will
have subsidized, and the country will be
rGa0V a. hn rxyI,o hoe
made creditable campaign In 1904 will
be the logical choice of the "outs" for the
Following campaign. Some new man will
De the nominee Of the republicans; and
that is where Hearst hopes to arrive.
- I Dung MIR. Hearst is between IS and 40
years OF age: He does not drink or smoke,
Since graduating from college he has been
in the newspaper business. His first at
tempt was the San Francisco Examiner,
which, when he took hold of it, was a poor
newspaper and a poor property, not even
paying expenses. He made it paw and he
made it one of the Influential organs of
the Pacific coast. 4a~
AS congressman from one of the New
York city districts Hearst will make his
first appearance in public life. Much in
terest will attach to his conduct in this
role Hitherto he has spoken through the
meqlum or his editorial page; now he will
nave chance to talk to legislators face
70 race. or ne may get leave TO print"
and put 1T in the Congressional Record.
Judging from his efforts during the con-
gresslonal campaign, Representative
Hearst IS no spellbinder. AS orators he
ana Booth Harrington are team But
1t must be remembered that Mark Hanna
never made speech until the close of the
1886 campaign Oratory Is an art which
may be acquired after reaching the age of
81. and perhaps later than that =.
1T will be well to watch the presiden-
tlal Doom OF William Randolph Hearst.
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