The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
WILL IT BE HEARST AND HAIR.
RIS0N?

djdates for 1904 1t is conceded on all |
sides that, while a considerable element |
in the Republican party is opposed to the
denomination OF Mr.. Roosevelt, he will |
be able to control the convention, nomi- |
nate himself, select his running mate
and write the platform. Those who are
opposed to him will throw up their hands
and make no contest. At least that is
the way it looks now-but the political
Kaleidoscope is apt to change without
notice, and before the year closes Mr..
Hanna may be going after Mr.. Roose-
velt's scalp at a 2:01A gait
In the Democratic party there is no
slate and there will be no cut and dried
convention. 1t looks now like the con-
vention will be composed more than ever
of men who have the welfare of the par
ty more at heart than the interests of any
particular candidate. 1t is to be hoped
that this feeling will dominate when the
State convention comes to select dele
gates. Such a convention would avoid
extremes and would probably write wise
platform and nominate winning ticket
The Atlanta News has a two column
leader discussing the nominee in 1904.
1t SAYS that Cleveland and Bryan have
eliminated themselves. 1t thinks Par
kers boom will not last; that Richard
Olney is probably from the wrong State;
doubts whether Hill is in the running;
thinks that Germans alleged opposition
to 'the great bill which the American
the protection of their lives and safety"
will make him ineligible. After having
disposed of all the above favorites OF
many Democrats, the News goes on to
say:
"There is not now, and has not been
for many months, a shadow of doubt up
on the general proposition, that in this
hour OF uncertainty and vague alignment,
the one man who, above every oth-
er man, ncarnates the qualities OF
def1niteness, directness, and boldness, so
Indispensable to Democratic success, is
William Randolph Hearst, of New York.
Where others hesitate he is decided.
Where others dangle and drift he goes
with all the three barrels of his journal
istic gun, straight and clear to the mark
of opportunity and duty which the hour
demands Where others stammer he
| thunders the gospel OF Democracy. Where
others wait in ldleness and timidity, he
| marches militant and triumphant with q
| trumpet blast to the front. AS new
| congressman, and before he has taken
| his seat, he executes a night march on
| Washington, and while his colleagues and
| contemporaries sat or slept with their
| mouths open, he FORCES thunderbolt OF
| fact and argument upon the trust ques-
| ton, and hurls it at Roosevelt with such
| gigantic force that the strenuous Presi-
/ dent, startled and stirred to action,
heaves it forward upon the country, and
1 the activity of Knox and the vitality Of
| Roosevelt, and the revolutionary deci-
| sion that splintered the giant merger OF
/ the Northern Securities Company, must
4 date back at last to the splendid in
| spiration that came from William Hearst!
"How, in all reason, is it possible f'I
/ a divided ldemoralized, misled, and ye1
| eager, militant. and expectant Demo
1 cracy to resist a. man like that?
Every necessity of it's organism clam
| ors for the definite and masterful leader
| ship which he is illustrating every DAY
| Of his life
"Of course Hearst will be criticised ant
1 opposed by those who misunderstood anC
those who are jealous. The ultra con-
| servatives OF politics and the Miss Nan
| cys of Journalism will all decry the spec
| tacular and the sensational which they
| claim to discover in him. But the peo-
pie know a man and a friend when they
see him, and they will not be blinded t
the fact that any man who moves with
| masterful directness and definite courage
upon caveat abuses will be denounced
by throned and syndicated privileges az
fercely as he will be trusted implicitly
and followed enthusiastically by n
masses who are watching and waiting fol-
leader like this.
Harrison is a fine and eligible figure
for the second place. He is not presi-
Dental timber yet. But he may be sea
soned and made fit in good atmosphere
and he can marshal the west as superb
and successful lieutenant"
This paper is not supporting Mr.. Hears
for the presidential nomination. We arr
glad, however, to print this warm praise
Of Mr.. Hearst, because, while it come
from an enthusiastic supporter, it will
serve to remove the false impression tina
has been put in circulation about .nt
virile young journalist. He is man o
unquestioned ability, of rare courage anC
virility. a devoted champion of thos
policies that he believes will make 70
the betterment OF the condition of tn,
| ncISt-c.. nd nnrnesd staIdnnt am