The San Francisco call., 1904-03-29

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political virtue is being diluted by his Presidential
~ ambition? letter is printed the editorial page
his paper attacking exPresident Cleveland because he
appointed three OF the Supreme Court Justices who dis
cnted in the merger decson and further because Mr.
J. Hill after that decision announced his confidence in
Mr. Cleveland and his hope for his denomination.
The letter bears the Hearst earmaks and evidence OF
having been prepared purpose TO furnish him the
chance to administer dose of poppy to Mr. Clevelands
friends This is done the principle the doping
of the other fellows horse the track Mr. Ceve
land represents the ultra conservatives and Hearst
stands for Hearst playing for the support of all the radi
calls and at the same time anxious ull the
tives into a confident inacton
AS Mr. Hearst has the advice of the most prominent
artists in political tactics it is fair that he
trying put the conservatives to sleep in order that he
may get delegates the while they dream He is running
Tor the nomination against Judge PARKER who has the
happiness to have record Hearst the other hand,
drags the chain Of record behind hn&nd is desrous of
dropping distractng from it the attention of the
people Members of his own party calling attention
that record something that needs the services Of
the Board of Health and the sanitary inspectors.
With that phase of it Republicans have nothing to do
They feel that if the Democracy want that kind of man
Hearst is the kind of they want The disrust OF
the people projects beyond any Democratic nominee
the party Itself Mr. Cleveland in his day commanded
the confidence of the country but it stopped him.
his party repudiaed him and in doing refused
share the confidence OF the people So it is felt that
no matter how safe" a candidate it may nominate
nothing insure that the party will be safe for the
country
That fact escape the managers. 1t plain
ly put by supporter of Mr. Oney, in Boston, who said
the proper policy was to elect safe Democrat to the
Presidency and at the time be and maintain
the Republican party in power in Congress. That dis
closes the policy of conservative Democrats who@ feel
that their party be trusted and that national safe
ty lies in having Republican Congress- OF course the
plan is whimsical degree. But MIR. Hearst evidently
desires conservative for himself and if he
President does not about Congress. SO he is
with handful of fresh salt pickle the tail of the con-
servative Democratic bird.
Having addressed to himself an epistle attacking Mr..
Cleveland he proceeds reply that the exPresident
not blame for the opinions of his appointees the
Supreme bench, and it is wrong expect him to stand
over them with compelling club to enforce decisions in
line with any view he may have. This exculpatory
opinion is gilt side and down the other with
fractions for the Cleveland Democrats One notices i'm
mediatey the difference between it and the brutaly
harsh criticisms of Colonel Bryan Hearst the better
politician He volunteers also defend Mr.. Cleveland
against the appreciation of Mr. J. J. Hill. Hill is bad
man. yes, criminal of the deepest dye but he says
bad men may approve good without injurng him,
and really there evidence that Mr. Cleveland bowed
toward MIR. Hill in acknowledgment of his complime ments
1t is almost touching this volunteer defense of the
freSdent Dy one VINO wants 10 step INTO his Shoes But
it always thus in his New York Journal of March
81, $685. Mr.. Hearst attacked Cleveland by name,
describing him "a grthy Princeton person, who
be more, less than living, breathing crime
breeches Preceding this climax there had been since
1896 steady stream of denuncation of Cleveland from
Mr.. Hearst. He had been described mixture of
Calgula and Nero and the history of royal tyrants and
of royal idiots raked find adequate of
parson and then Mr. Hearst obliged confess that
Cleveland had established new record
Just why the ofenses of the e- President were made
scarlet by being in breeches explained but to
the imagination of Mr. Hearst it seemed that Roman
crimes being committed without breeches were more to
be condoned But does he still hold these sartoral
views of Mr.. Cleveland in while defending him
public? Ambition has before diluted antagonisms
and softened enmties, the surface but there are
doubts that it neutrazed them under the quick or
in the marrow. The question now at issue is Did Mr.
Hearst talk from his marrow when he put Mr. Cleve-
lands breeches in evidence 1893 does he talk from
it now when he rushes his defense?
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The role of United States Senator does not appear to
be in these days of inquiry investigation and suspicion
the pleasant in the world Senator Dietrich
has been turning all of legislative cartwheels to