Arizona republican., 1904-03-16

made a point of order, nor moved to adjourn"
 But while interesting, this informa- tion, even if true. is of no special value. Of Mir. Hearsts escapades when bcy, either at school CT elsewhere. the coun- try will not care to hear. There is statute of limitations in the public mind which runs against boyhood fol- lies if they are offset by a clean life in manhood. And it weighs for noth- ing that MT. Hearst, serving his first term in congress. has made no casion would give him, new member, an opportunity to show his mettle, and there have been no extraordinary oc- casions since he entered congress in December. If truthful, however. the following from the San Francisco pa per already quoted is important as throwing needed light on Hearst the man:
 "He never made a ten-rninute po- liticaI speech In all hls life He never has written ten lines on a political question in all his life. He declines all invitations to speak, and sends out letters in reply. written by his clever hired men. but signed William Ran dolph Hearst He talks If himself in his papers, but connot talk fer him self anywhere"
 Assuming that MT. Hearst has a fair amount of integrity, the reul question Tn which the country is now interested is whether he is man of b-ains--a man of sufficient ability to avoid dis gracing the country were he elected president. Upon this point we con fess that further testimony must be heard. That he nas made remark able success cf his apers cannot be questioned. He had made great pa per of the San Francisco Examiner be- fore the death of his father One of his biographers asserts that with the estate of $3CO0O.00O left by his father to draw upon, he went from San Fran cisco to New York with the dstermina- tiOn to own and create the greatest and best newspaper in the world, but after looking over the situa ton he con- cluded that he could easier win dis tinctioH by conducting the worst news raper in the world. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle fairly ex- presses the sentiments Of the leading newspapers of the country, democratic and republican, when it says:
 Tt is sufficient to say that as a presidential candidate he is mentally. morally, socially and politically the most preposterous and disgraceful proposition ever associated by aspira- tion CT suggestion with that great of fee. His New York paper has pan dered more diligently and successfully to the weaknesses and passions of men and women than any other journal this country has ever seen. If primacy in that line is evidence of talent. MT. Hearst has it.
 Notwithstanding all these indict- ments, however, it seems clear to any mind that no man could achieve the great financial success that ssssing naturally great executive abil- ity. We should advise the jury to consider carefully before adjudging MT. Hearst a nincompoop. It goes for lit tie that he does not write for his own papers. Neither does Joseph Pulitzer. James Gordon Bennett, Beriah Wilkins CT Mike de Young; and yet the New York World, the New York Herald, the Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle are among the foremost papers of the world, and their proprietors exercise a keen supervision over them. And Mir. Pulitzer, Mir. Bennett, MT. Wilkins and MT. de Young are among our greatest editors" Why refuse Mir. Hearst a place with them? And MT. Bryan Is not a fool He has picked Hearst for a winner, and a man in as deadly earnest as Bryan al- ways is would not deliberately select an intellectual weakling to make the fight of the Bryanized democracy.
 EAfter, all, republicans are chiefly con- cerned with MT. Hearsts chances for the nominaticn. They are devoutly hoping that he Nvill win, for a cam paign between Mir. Roosevelt and Mir Hearst will make republican success so certain that the business of the country will be scarcely disturbed by the presidential campaign.