The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-08-28
a BOOM FOR HEARST.

Washington correspondents, III very
recent letter tells how seriously the
boom for Hearst is regarded among
the politicians at the capital:
There have lately turned up here
many friends OF the Hon William
Randolph Hearst. They seem to be
the most enthusiastic bunch among
all the politicians who have discussed
this thing of the next democratic
candidate with me. They all seem
10 be saturated with the idea that Mr.
Hearst is the only man who can win
and they are willing to give a reason
for the faith that is in them. In the
first place they say that Mr.. Hearst is
the only proprietor Of a great daily
newspaper in the north who Loyalty
supported the ticket in 1896 and 1900,
and who fought "a hard for the ticket
as any man on the ticket. They
claim that any man nominated in
1904 who did not Loyalty support the
ticket, or who, even, was lukewarm,
| Will be defeated next year for the rea-
son that the loyal democrats in the
| states of New York, Connecticut and
New Jersey will vote the socialist
labor ticket which will give those
states, absolutely essential to demo-
cratic success, to the republicans.
They claim that Mr.. Hearst, who has
endeared himself to the labOring pe0-
pie Of the country by fighting their
battles at all times, can carry every
| center Of Industrial activity in the
country. thus assuring democratic
success in the states OF Connecticut,
New York and New Jersey, Della
ware, Maryland, Illinois and Calia-
f0rnla, which means democratic
victory IN the nation, and they say
that victory Is what they are after.
They say that a man who has the
| business interests at stake a. those
! possessed by Mr.. Hearst whose payroll
amounts to over 81 900, 900 a year, and
who has never had "A con tr0Yersy with
| a single man ever on that payroll. can
| not help being a satisfactory candi-
! date TO the thousands Of conservative
business men of the country who did
not support the ticket in the cam
paign Of 1896 and 1900.
They advance the claim that be Is
the very apOtheosis Of antitrust, the
only man in the country who has
ever gone after the trusts with his
own money and made them tremble.
and that the trust question Wi, be
uppermost in the next campaign.
/ hence, their man IL democratic
platform IN himself. That he is the
very embodiment Of JeffersOuian and
| JacksOlian democracy. That he Is
man who can hold all the vote that
Bryan got and add to it the vote of
labor regardless of past political
| affiliations, also the vote OF thousands
| OF men VINO are in business and
whose business is jeopardized oy the
cOrmOrant trusts Of the country.
That he is absolutely independent Of
! the trusts and the money interests of
I the country, and that he Possesses the
money personally to give the party
! the greatest cAmpaign ever waged in
the nation and can duplicate every
/ dollar of fat fried out Of the trusts by
/ the republican campaign managers.
/ That he is n young, and able execu-
/ tive, a philanthropist humanitarian,
an honest lover Of justice for the peo-
| pie. Ia short, they claim he can Wiz
! if nominated.
That Is about a fair CONSENSUS of
! opinion of democratic politicians VINO
have lately visited the national cap
| ital and talked to me concerning the
next presidential campaign from the
standpoint Of a democratic candidate
| for president.
Editor George IS a Cupid.
Told you so. Editor Wilson's great
scheme is bearing fruit. Misses Lang
| ford of Fort Meade, and Mckay, Of
| Tampa, two of the beautiful young
ladies whose pictures have appeared
| in the Times as candidates for
| commissioners to the St. Louis expo
| siriOD have married and wa NAV