The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-10-19
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consequence Of a naturally fine consu-
tuition an athletic youth and a temp
crate manhood
He was born in San Francisco and
is the only child of the late United
States Senator George Hearst and
Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst On both
sides he comes of old Virginia stock
and his ancestors migrated from the
Old Dominion shortly after the Revo-
lutionary war to Missouri, where his
grandfather. William G. Hearst was
a trapper and farmer and pioneer ear
" in the century.
His father went 10 California with
the gold seekers in 1S49 and up to
the time of his death was a man of
peculiar rover and influence on the
Pacific coast His son attended the
public schools in San Francisco and
then went 10 Harvard college.
In religion he follows the faith of
his forbears, having been baptized in
the Episcopal church. He was united
in marriage April 2S. 1903, with Miss
Millicent Wilson at Grace church,
New York. by Bishop Potter who has
been his friend from boyhood
His long career as a publisher Of
aggressive newspapers has revealed
his possession Of great personal cour-
age, both moral and physical His
moral courage and unninching nerve
force have been shown repeatedly by
his firm stand for what he deemed to
be right, though the position made po-
tent enemies and involved personal
sacrifice Powerful influence has been
utterly unable to move him from the
defense Of his principles, Just as
has failed to induce him to take up
and support any cause which he
deemed hurtful to public interest
He risked his life on the firing line
in the Spanish war before Santiago
He equipped his private yacht as
cruiser and presented her to the gov
ernment accepting an ensign's com
MISSION in the navy, so that his per-
son as well as his boat was a, the ma
tions service. He was in the thicl
Of battle when the destruction OF
miral Cervera's feet sounded the end
Of the Spanish war, and with his own
hands effected the capture Of a dozen
or more prisoners and turned them
over to the commander of the Unit
ed states forces.
He has never since owned a yacht
does not keep a stable, and, in fact,
has never owned horse since those
his father gave him soon after he lef'
college We're sold about the time OF
Senator Hearst's dea'h. He is a very
capable chauffeur, ans enjoys auto
inobiling as a diversion, but he has
never taken part in speed contest.
and considers contests of that kind 20
be dangerous and foolish, He has
frequently said in his papers that the
automobile in various forms win al
timately be a great boon for those of
small means who cannot afford
horses and carriages, and he has done
everything he can TO encourage the
building of automobiles that can be
sold at moderate price.
In his speech ne is quiet and con
yincing and ayoi-s a waste of words
He possesses a remarkable power of
concentration. When he has an i'm
portant question to consider he dis
misses all else from his mind, con
siders the question carefully and de
oides it; yet he is quick in decision,
and the best commentary OH the qual-
ity Of his judgment is the fact that
though he has been a man Of affairs
and extensive enterprises for nearly
twenty-five years he has never under
taken anything that has not been e
success. In every part Of the great
properties that he has created he has
carried out his own ideas independent
" Of his associates, and aften against
their judgment but invariably with.
out a failure.
AS a public speaker. Mr. Hearst has
an easy, forcible manner that is both
pleasing aud convincing He does not
deal in the flowers of poesy in his
speeches, but he draws the attention
Of his hearers and gives the impress
sion to the many on those occasions.
Just as he does to the few whom he
meets personally that he is thor
oughly conversant with his subject
and that he has looked a little farth-
er into the study Of economics than
have many who are assumed to be
economic seers; that he IS man who