The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-24
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HIS CONGRESSIONAL TEcORD

The personally conducted campaign
of w. r. Hearst. the attic NOM
nation is unique in that the statesman
for whom 1t is being exploited has
thus far been to the general public
only a name. Hearst makes no
may be except. perhaps. the men whose
brains he has hired to run his news
papers. He is a member of the House
Of Representatives, but he is rarely
seen there. and he has never made a
speech on tn floor of the House His
maiden speech was made on April 23d
to the House judiciary Committee.
which had called on Hearst to appear
before 1t to explain one of his resolu-
tions. Hearst read his explanation to
the committee in the committees
chamber. The curiousity of the
House as to whether Hearst
could make a speech was there
70 e not gratifed. During the five
months that Hearst has served as a
member of Congress. n during los
QdSS VI ACTUAL COliSfCSSlpid SjltiISo,
the activity of Hearst. representative
of the Eleventh New York district,
may be summed up in this way:
Speeches delivered. none: incidental
remarks on floor, none: motions or
points of order made. none: reports
submitted. IN Petitions or papers
presented. none; resolutions introduced,
l; bills introduced, 5.
In those five months and more. ex-
tending through the extra session to
April IA. Hearst's record as to atten-
dance. compared with the records. re-
spectively of Representative William
Sulzer of New York and the Democrat
lie leader of the House, John Sharp
Williams of Mississippi, has been as
follows:
Whole number of roll calls from
November 9th to April 18th. So: Hearst
recoi ded as voting yea or nay 6: Hearst
recorded as not voting, 20; Sulzer re-
co. dad as boting yea or nay. 90: Sui
yer recorded as not voting. 10: Williams
recorded as voting yea or nay. 81; Will
liams recorded as not voting. 4.
No report has ever been circulated In
Washington that Hearst was prevented
from attending the sessions of the
House on account of illness or acct
dent. He rep resents 22S. 900 constitu-
ents-more than the combined popula-
ton or Arizona and Nevada-and he
has made no explanation of his legls-
lative inactivity.
BY those who have come into close
contact with Representative Hearst In
Washington he is described as being
exceedingly sensitive in the presence
of strangers. The debates on the bills
he has acknowledgements entirely
with the trusts n labor conditions
have been carried on by a so-called
Hearst coterie in the House. including
Representative Livernash from San
Franci-co. a former employee of Hearst's
Examiner and Representative Hughes
of New Jersey. During these times
he sits low in his chair. on the small"
of his back, and issues whispered in
structions to the half dozen men who
follow ms leAQ. since MS name mas
been mentioned prominently as a pos
sible candidate for the executive chair.
Congress has observed Hearst with in
terest. 1t has been discovered that
he takes absolutely no interest in any
sort of legislation that is not directed
against trusts or is not meant directly
to affect the condition of labor. When
Hearst leaves the floor. He is a men,
Der OF the labor committee of the House
and attends its meetings with regu-
larity.
Though Representative Hearst is re-
puted to be shy, and when politics is in
troduced into the conversation uneas
and seeks a chance to get away, his
newspapers are not at all reluctant to
spread his name and achievements. A
table showing the number of times
Hearst's name appeared in an APP IL
issue of the New York American IL
Illustrates this fact.
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