Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-04-29

that II commenced many years since
aud without a break has continued.
One may scan the files of the San
Francisco Examiner from the day he
assumed control and there cannot be
found q single lapse from devotion to
and advocacy Of the cause of the plain
people.
II the Democracy stands for the
rights of the people and is sincere IN
opposing criminal trusts. as 1t Is, there
could be no better way Of convincing
the people Of the fact than by nominat-
ing Hearst.
william Randolph Hearst is a plat
form In himself for the rights OF the
plain people against trusts exactions.
When the iniquities of the tarin are
considered 1t will be generally conced-
ed that than he no one has done more
to educate the people IS to the neces-
sity for a revision. For tariff REFORM
he stands in the front rank. In fact,
he has always stood for Democratic
principles, and no one has worked
harder for party success. Not only
have his journals since their establish
ment Numbered throughout every ma
tional campaign, but he has been one
Of the most liberal contributors to the
cause and personally organized through
out the Union and conducted an assO-
citation of congressional clubs for the
purpose of electing Democratic con-
gress.
Labor can expect nothing from the
party In power. Still. those of the toll
ers now of the Republican rank and
file must be given strong reasons for
making change.
Having taken q small part In the
canvass of Mr.. Hearst for congress, !
was made to know how labor regarded
him. ! do not alone judge from the
many hundreds of Endorsements he re-
ceived from labor organizations all
over the Union, but also from the vol
untary aid Of great labor lenders desir-
ing to show their devotion by increasing
his majority. l need not cite the Hon.
Eugene Schmitz, twice elected labor
mayor Of San Francisco. who crossed
the continen. and made a strong and
brilliant fight for Mr.. Hearst, He is a
Republican. but labor champion first,
and he wished thus to testify to the
great work of Mr.. Hearst in the cause
Of labor. And there are many like him.
Were Hearst named for president Ia
Dor leaders would fsck to him again
and thus assure his election as easily
as they did that immense majority of
$4,000 rolled up for him IN bis congress
sional district
Who else can SO unite these toilers?
Yet Hearst ia not an enemy to CAPT
tai nor to corporations. He believes In
both. He has never attacked either as
such. Only their abuses have called
for their condemnation. His position
ON this subject was well stated in his
acceptance Of the nomination for con-
gress In q wOrkingman's district. 1t Is
eound and strong.
He believes In every legitimate en-
largement and improvement OF capital.
and that labor and capital have COM
mon interests so cOmmingled and inter-
woven that enc cannot be injured with
out the other suffering. 1t is the un-
Just distribution of the products Of the
Joint operation of capital and labor, and
the efforts of criminal combinations to
absorb Of sheh products. all but scant
living for the toiier, against which he
protests.
Hearst is one of the financiers who
would suffer from financial depression
in this country. His businesses are
large and ramifying and Of the kind
that must be affected by financial dis
turbance. He is in every sense Of the
word one Of our greatest captains Of
industry.
What do we greatly need in any
president at this particular time in our
history? 4 strong. positive
business man with extraordinary exec
utive ability.
The daily disturbances in the de-
Of government show that
underneath there - 0 seething mass
of incapacHy or corruption and that
the methods long in vogue are crude.
imperfect and costly. Abuses incident
to long continuance in power of one
party render the introduction Of
thorough business system necessary.
The management of the affairs of
the government requires much more
than an able jurist Or resourceful
politician; 1t requires a chief exec
utive in fact as well as in name. Not
an enemy Of Hearst-and he could not
redress wrongs and pursue evil doors
without having them-but will admit
that in his business career he has a
keen insight, calm Judgment and an
executive ability seldom equaled.
Hearst has handled and created mil
lions and, to his credit be 1t said, with
out blunder.
Is he not q safe man? WHO Is safer
Of all the aspirants?
Mr.. Hearst Is not lawyer. nor Is he
an orator, but he is thinker and
ioer, gatherer of facts and Judge