The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-08
THE HEARST CAMPAIGN
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The Plain Truth About It by Lead-
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,e ty zyy Salutuacy Of William K. ieqists ou.sss, m New York. has not been hitherto dis dis Journal Thh % paper. fD' in oomon with ausS, mny 0shers. has been loath to say sor the high office to which he aspires tno kne methods his partisans are using 70 procure for him the position of chief vNsJdtive Sorid of the greatest nation of the
 We have been loathe to discuss 1t. be- Sia SSIiuse We would prefer whenever possi- newsosry sv so say something good of a fellow remain silent and be true to our own convic,sions as well cs to the honest. con- ssrvauve. L loyal people of Georgia to "mom The Journal owes all that it has. the affairs Of the Democratic party has pJsn .,x reached For eight yearsl over wnt wWnteim'inE defeat has been its portion. 1ot n,o os an hss h whole history have the peo- sne Witnheld their support from the presidency and both S branches $ of r cons ue
 The Journal believes that the people of 5eorgla are still true to the high Ideals which they have always maintained. the expression of their preference for or president ivaa M by honest, conscientious mo- es. slves. We do. no believe that they will a,IoW few. interested politicians. dag mentEand perhaps something more sub stantial-to mislead them into recording Mer sneir-voses se Tor candidate WHO COULD have more confidence in the ceople of Georgia than had Editor Watterson in the people of Kentucky, when, a few ohi osgs ago, ne said; "The governors ma- sap; we have nothing more, to say" Neitner barrels nor machines can fright en the unpurchasable and untrammeled people or the Empire State of the South. The former C0Dfr0l1 when fha FHanTiM sleep; the latter, thank God, has never yet been all--powerful in the affairs of tne Democratic party in this State.
 lnose gentlemen who have taken 1t un- to themselves to deliver the State of Georgia to Mir. Hearst are apparently doing So under false pretenses, In the gulse or declaring that they are in fac are. under the skiilful leadership of lew Of the most astute politicians of the state, publicly seeking to have delegates e,ected eIeseS .I whom they declare to be un- they are the active and avowed parti- sans of Mir. Hearst for president. Let the managers of Mr, Hearsts campaign election of this man. or that man, be- cause he is for Hearst. But, they are pursuing no such tactics. They are ilsg for tReir candidate 'S in the @ gnise sVo of uninstructed. delegates. Let the issue De clearly drawn and the qualifications thoroughly understood and the people of the Democratic party of Georgia, af- sire that the voice of this s State tse.i should them say so at least with their eyes open But, we do not believe the peo- ple of this State are for Mir Hearst. For its own part. The Journal has no young man, But 1t does say. deliberate ly and with the belief that its Judgment is sound. that the nomination of Wil- party at St. Louis would be NOTHING LESS THAN PARTY SUICIDE.
 We have yet to be shown any evil considered seriously in his own~the pivotal State of the Union-New York. No party leader whose voice is worthy of attention, in that State, has espoussd men know him. It cannot be that the party Leaders are against MT. Hearst be- cause he has thwarted their hopes or for president. he would be so overwheIm- Union except in the solid @ South South SI and ihs a few of the mining sates of the west, recover from SO crushing a blow. We had hoped that Mr. Hearst and his friends would see the futility of press Ing his name for the Democratic nomi-
 If Democratic leaders, believed that MT. Hearst was proper candidate how does It happen that of all his associates in years, only those who can be counted on the fingers of the two hands espouse his cause? We are led to believe from reliable information that only one mem Der of the Georgia delegation looks with saInything Ike Mr S", fay0r upon Es9 his nomina; ability, or capacity for leadership, with his wealth and the newspapers which he owns, would he not attract to himself such following as was given to Mc- hinley, Garfield, Blaine or to Reed, or to other presidential aspirants. who had served in the House of representatives? :? We will not attempt to give the reasons at this time. We simply content our selves with the statement--which is true that he has no such following
 So far as the State of Georgia Is con- cerned, The Journal believes now, as it has believed from the beginning that in such Q time as the present, when there is confusion in party councils, when there Is great doubt as to what kind of to be adopted at St. Louis, that it is the duty of the people of Georgia to send to their State and National convention men of the. highest character, men in whose judgment and whose honesty they
 We are convinced that the people of Georgia desire to see the vote of this state recorded for a safe, sound and eonservativ man, who has a chano to such a man. In order to defeat Roose- velt-the south's enemy-we must nomi- nate a strong man. To nominate an untried man, against whom many things can be urged, and in whose favor little can be said, would mean the inevitable perpetuation in power of the Republi. can party.