The Western news., 1904-04-06
LOYAL. TO IDEALS.
Hearst Revives Faith and Hone
In True Democracy,


Principles of Conservatism and Justice
n American Government and Ccmbats
Corporate Greed.
By the Hon. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
of Georgia.
The movement in favor of W. r.
Hearst for president is founded OH the
essentials of Democratic tradition and
Democratic principles.
The Democratic party in it's incep-
ton, mission and history has been a
party of the people, Its work and its
record have been one of supreme consid-
Grafton for the rights and interests of
great bodies of citizens as opposed to
the privileges of class or to the favorit-
ism expressed by legislative enactment
for the few.
The reason why Mr.. Hearst has de-
veloped strength SO remarkable and
SO sustained in the ranks Of this great
party is because of the fact that he,
above all the men now active in jour-
nalism or in politics, has been con-
sistently and vigorously true to these
traditions and to these ideals.
Vigorous, Eloquent, Successful.
Without break within the last
decade ard with all the combined
forces of his great newspapers. scat
tered in different sections of the re-
public. he has been the vigorous, elo-
quent and in most instances the sue
cessful champion of the rights of the
many against the few. He has fought
corruption, he has opposed extrava-
gance, he has combated the greed Of
syndicates and the selfish propositions
of corporations.
It is the force Of this record, which
has had no change or variation, that
has endeared the editor of the seven
Democratic newspapers to the hearts
and fixed him in the confidence of the
people of this country.
More than this, the strength of the
Hearst movement is in the magnetic
and rallying force of definiteness
against uncertainty. He came to the
front in period Of uncertainty, de-
moralization and general Democratic
depression. While other leaders. how
ever loyal and however interested, were
dangling their plumes and holding their
tongues in uncertainty and discourage
ment, the young and vital editor of
seven Democratic newspapers struck
boldly out in behalf of the traditional
principles of his party. Without a
note of hesitation or uncertainty he
rallied the fainting spirits Of dis
couraged Democracy and inspired the
rank and file of his party with new
faith and new hope in the ultimate tri-
umph of principles which had found a
champion bold, clear, definite and elo-
quent.
It is the old, old story-whenever a
mass is demoralized the one clear and
definite spirit in it finds the opportunity
in seizing the reins of authority in the
sublime mastery of his own purpose
and of his own clearness and rallies
the multitude about the one man who
sees things clearly and dares to dc
them.
No fractional Candidate.
Mr.. Hearst has definite strength in
almost every state in the Union and
stronger than that Of any individual
candidate suggested by any faction OF
the Democratic party, and in most OF
the states of the Union stronger than
the forces of all other candidates com.
bined.
It is no reflection on the merits, capac
lty or the service Of these old and hon.
ored names in Democratic annals that
this young and vital figure of journal
ism and politics should have gone SC
fast and SO far to the front. They are
doubtless as true and as loyal and as
capable as he, but he has had the cour,
age and the clearance of initiative
The clarion notes he has been sounding
for the last six years logically and in
evitably have rallied the Democratic
host around him.
Unless I am greatly mistaken, and
unless all the political signs of the
times are at fault, the early primaries
Of the spring will register a confidence
In William Randolph Hearst as a ma.
tioAal leader which will be an inspir
Ing augury of the Democratic success
in the November election.
With the ranks of labor for him al
most as unit. with the conservative
American people looking to him with
confidence and hope, with the sound
business interests of the country com
PEELED by his own record and his OWL
immense vested interests to respect
him, and with the magnificent admins
tration Of his journalistic equipment to
sustain and diffuse his ideas, William
Randolph Hearst is at this moment
easily the most formidable candidate
for the leadership of the Democratic
party in the next national election.