Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19
MONDAY EVENING. ocT. -, 1903
HEARST AND THE NOMINATION.


w. X. Hearst Is an ayowed candi-
date for the decomratIc nomination to
the presidency There Is no longer
any possible doubt on that point. His
latest move Is 70 employ the famous
newspaper writer. Murat IIaistead, ID
send out d series Of studies of cur
rent History Forcshadowing pfesI-
dent~Making Year" The articles are
sent out ali over the country and par
ticularly over this western country.
They are four In number and END up
BY showing conelusiyely, from Mr.,
Halstead's standpoint. that Mr.,
Hearst Is the logical candidate Of the
democratic party. This Ii but one oi
the series Of plays which this astute
and ambitious young man Ii making
In connection with his spectacular
tour Of the territories, upon which he
IA concentrating his forces Just nj
this time. And III this connection Il
would be proper 70 correct a popular
fallacy In regard 10 the part the ter
ritorios play In president.maklng And
intelligent people have even been
heard to wonder how Mr.. Hearst ex.
poets the territories to assist him In
his aspirations for the nomination.
Tho fact II. and this Ii the point
which has been engaging the interest
OF Mr.. Hearst. that the four terri
tories will send twentyfour delegates
to the nominating convention OF the
democratic party and that these dele
gates will cast twenty.four votes for
the presidential nominee. II Is these
twenty.four votes from the territories
which he is after just now and there
Ii . fair probability that he will get
them. The whole force Of his big
New York, Chicago and San Francis.
co papers IL being concentrated upon
the four territories for two weeks.
They are being advertised. doomed
and their cause pleaded as never be.
fore In their history. And for all
this Mr.. Hearst expects something In
return: namely. the votes OF their
delegates. We note this evening the
fact that the Wells Fargo Express
agent In this city Is receiving daily
500 copies Of the New York Amcri-
can. express prepaid. for free dis
tribution among the leading Citizens
Of Las Vegas. The people OF Santa
Fe are being treated In the same gen.
erous manner; 30 also are the people
Of Albuquerque: so also are the peo-
pie Of all the towns In the territories
OF Arizona. Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory. Think Of the expense In
yolyed In this undertaking. Think
also Of the advertising for Mr.. Hearst!
In all the four territories the leading
citizens will be reading the good
things which the Hearst papers are
sending broadcast over the land and
the Vigorous arguments advanced fot
our admission 10 statehood. And
hereafter when such papers as t4s
Los Angeles Times and the Bostoh
Transcript revile the territories ovc'
gone such SANDER as that recently
published by the last named sheet,
that the New Mexico university was
being sold 10 satisfy a mortgage o.
5000. the Hearst papers viii taks
uprthe ISLANDER and defend our god
names. Indeed Mr.. Hearst e our
friend. We have ali heard ~ the
friend " In need. who Is a friend
indeed. just now w have a friend
who is In need Of the presidential
nomination. or course the Importance
OF these territorial votes Is not to be
owe estimated. but Iii the coming
democratic convention there are likely
10 be various dissenting element and
the balance OF power may so rest that
n the scale doth turn but IN the
estimation Of a hair the fght will be
lost or won. Mi. Hearst Is showing
his wisdom by laying the founia.
tivn for d solid delegation from the
territories,