Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-01
n LILLIAN RANDOLPH HEARST

kkA l.ANNV is now in his iOrtieth year.
$GtC /TVV He is a tall, broad shouldered
AZ ~ 90 man, deep chested and in perfect
ZAkESf2 health, the consequence OF a natur
~ L13ta}E ally fine constitution, an athletic
M youth and a temperate manhood
I%XIV He was born in San Francisco
and s the only child OF the late United States SEN
atOr 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 Revolutionary war, to Missouri,
where HE grandfather, William g. Hearst, was q
trapper and iarmerand pioneer early in the century
His father went to California with the gold seek
ere In 1S49 and up to the time Of his death was
man Of peculiar power and influence on the Pacific
Coast His sen attended the public schools in San
Francisco and then went to Harvard College.
In religion he follows the faith Of his iOrbears,
having been baptised In the Episcopal church. BE
was united in marriage April 2S, 1908, with Miss
Millicent Wilson ct Grace church, New York, by
Bishop Potter, who has been his friend from boy
hood.
His long career as q publisher Of aggressive news
papers has revealed his possession Of great personal
courage, both moral aud physical. His moral cour'
age and unfiinching nerve force have been shown
repeatedly BY his firm stand for what he deemed to
be right though the position made potent enemies
and involved personal sacrifice. Powerful influence
has been utterly unable to move him from the de-
fence Of bis principles, Just as it has failed to IN
duce him to take mp aud support any cause which
be deems huTtful to public interest.
He risked hls life on the firing line in the Spanish
var before Santiago. he equipped bis private
yacht as cruiser and presented her to the govern
ment accepteing an ensign's commission in the
navy 80 that his person as we'll bis boat was at
the nations service. He was in the thick Of battle
when the destruction Of Admiral Cervera's fleet
sounded the end Of the Spanish war, and with his
hands effected the capture Of q dozen or more
nd n Commander
OF the United States forces.
he has never since owned yacht, does not keep
stable, and in fact has never owned q horse since
those his father gave him after he left college
and which we're sold about the time of Senator
Hearst's death. He is very capable ChaffeuT, and
enjoys autOmObillng ss diversion, but he has never
taken part in speed contest and considers contests
Of that kind 20 be dangerous and foolish. he haI
frequently said in his papers that the automobile il
various. forms win ultimately be great boon fol
those Of small means who cannot AFFORD horses anC
carriages, and be has done everything he to en-
courage the building Of automobiles, and devisint
0i engines 70 drive them, that can be sold at mod
crate price. seaae'
In his speech he is quiet and convincing, AM
avoids a waste OF words. He possesses a remarks
BILE power Of concentration. When he has an I'm
pOrtant question Co consider he dsmisses all els
from his mind, considers the question carefully an
decides it; yet be is quick in decision and the bes
commentary on the quality Of bis judgment is th
faot that though be has been q man Of affairs an
extensive enterprise for nearly twenty-five years
has never undertaken anything that has not been
successes In every part Of the great properties the
he hes created be has carried ont his own ideas IL
dependenty Of his associates, and often aganI
their judgment, but invariably without g failure.
Asa public speaker Mr.. Hearst has an easy
iOrcible manner that Is both pleasing and cOnvin
ing. His voice is not particularly strong; and
does not deal In the flowers Of pOesy in hs speeche
but he draws the attention Of bis hearers and gv'
the impression to the many on those occasions, iu
IS be does TO the few he meets personally, that I
is thrOughly eOnversant with his subject and that
hes looked little farther into the study Of econ
mics than have many who ere assumed to be &c
nOmiC seers, that he is 8 man who realizes that
has mission to fulfill and that is in briei to be
benefit to his iellowmen. His style Of speaking
not Of the kind that inhamee and appeals to men
preiudices and passions. BE has said:
'sIi our principles, our arguments, Onr ideas, ca
not stand the es of analysis resulting from sober
profound though they are worthless. When desi
to say anything ct public gathering shall do
calmly and after thought, and shall expect TO stal
on ne sOundness Of statements made calmly al
without the mental and often misleading exultat
that frequently accompanies the orator before
large crowd"
Another significant fact in Mr. Hearst's career
that the men be now has about him in various &
terprises are the men he associated with hims
when fresh from college be engaged in his fl
venture.