Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-25

Vess% SSHeTdlly SHOWS Iowa In the front
RANKS. Iowa is a good state depend
anaSe state, state for every year.
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AEaRsTes ENDORSEMENT.
IN this issue Of the Courier is a let
ter from Harold J. Mahin, our Washing
ton correspondent noting the fact that
William Randolph Hearst, despite all
his promises Of unqualified support is
stjM emily anEawcGm toward Candidate
Pa1ses. IN spite OF tho Fact that MT.
Hearst is a "yeIlow" journalist, OF PCS
sdbly partially because Of that reason.
he has u great 6sal OF Influence with
a certain element oa the democracy
and the managers of the party realize
ffan 1t he 1su@ TO THROW aside oil per.
sonal matters and come out ffai Footed
and without qualification for Parker
and DHvis he would ai0 tn their else-
lion, especially in the middle west and
IN SoEfh Dakota. But instead of this
1t Is noticeable that the Hearst papers
give much space to the urpIllist party
and his New York paper has paid much
attention. To the speech of Thomas
@ntsln, thn pe1uless party candle data
fru yrsnHGmt.. This spssch was rather
hard on the reDrganfzea dem ocrary ard
1t is indeed hard for Mr. Hearst's paper
ITO come 'Uut eEttorially and endorse the
statements of the populistie orator.
The hMbEarS hynm the ranks oil
Democracy are In most cassn mem who
have supported Hearst for the pesf
dantinl nomination and who, disap-
EmMnted at his faiura to secure the
phum, dgrlH1@ they Will not vote for
Judge FHLkr beEauss of his tailrre to
uump up to the stantinr1ts set by
Hnn1sf Thgs@ men sincerely believed
THAT Mr. Hs1nTst would make a good
cEndA6atm und a gDpd president and
they cannot stand by and sac the party
go fntD the hands of H1n Behnrmt, MIC
Carren, Murphy and other easaHm pDM-
ticians who are noted mGrR for their
questionable InRThrGis than for their
regard for the interests OF Hh@ pepple
To them, PamkM represents every
thing politically THAT Hearst opposed
and # they were sincere i'm their en-
dorsenent Of the latter they cannot
find it in their hearts tn Support the
former
Nuw III Mir Hearst had cpns cut
strongly In favor of the nominee who
defeated him In the hard fight ait ST.
Louis much of this disaffertion among
his friends and supporters would have
Disappeared, or rather never would
have appeared But his hkewa1m
support of the democratic ticket as
nominated ait Sit. Louis Is SO notice
able that they Go not feel tn duty
bound to follow him His support hooks
like it was simply for the purpose of
keeping promise he cannot afford to
break and this is not the kind OF sup
port that wins converts
OF course, there is very little reason
why Mr. Hearst should become be-
come enthusiastic over the future of
the democratic ticket which was nnmi-
mated over the one he had bnilded upon
heading. Not only was he put down
and out at the convention but his fol-
lowers, from Charles A Walsh down,
we've turned out Of their places of
prominence in the party and such men
as Hill, his ayowed enemy, Taggart,
the Parker manager in Indiana, McCar-
rem, trust politician, Belmont, manipu-
latDr of bonds, Murphy. German,
Cleveland and others were put In the
front ranks. Mr. Hearst, who had
spent SO much money that even his
vast fortune was vislbly affected, secur-
ed nothing but the most decided de-
feat for 1t all-
1t is not in human nature to forgive
after being beaten In the most bitter
fight of ones life. 1t is not to be Won
dered at that William r. Hearst, cast
Ing up in red ink the accounts repre-
senting his outlay in his campaign for
the presidency, should pause and re
m ember what might have been. 1t Is
not to be wondered at that he should
not complain SO very loudly If the
men who conduct his newspapers do
not go to the extreme in their support
of the man who defeated their employ
er 1t Is not to be wondered at that
these men, Charles e. Russell and
others, should not be enthusiastic In
writing editorial endorsements of the
man they tried their best for months
to defeat.
The democratic managers are real
izing now that they did wrong in turn
ing Mr.. Hearst down without single
slice of the political pie. Having In
stalled in the places of prominence the
worst enemies the journalist has in the
democratic party they cannot go to
him and remind him of his promise to
"be good" They simply have to take
whatever he will give them in the way
of support and be glad of the crumb.
But 1t scarcely amounts to crumb.
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LIGHT FOR RUSSIA.