The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-22
TUESDAY, MARCH ~ 1904.
THE HEARST

Yne EIdLCLLfClIAS 4
lowing editorial. taken from the .
hottie News Of the 18th instant wiz
no doubt surprise many people m 'nis
state The Hearst movement. Which
~nany persons and nave
xddiculed, is no laughing matter IL
has produced a serious n aiarhiihs
situatioE. 1t has established a foot
hold i'm our state and has assumed
proportions greater than supposed oJ
those not in the ring. The same CON-
ditions, we suppose, exist In ounef
southern states. The democratic IN
this state should take warming from
the action Of the Hearst delegates 10
the national convention from fho1e
island. Precautions should be taken
ts prevent such gag rule as was adopt
cd nv the six Hearst representatives
en- the delegation.
The democrats have been warned
hat there is a band OF men in thlS
state secretly working to secure Hearst
delegates to the national convention.
The only way they can be 1olled Is
bv determined and united opposition
TO IuCIu. 1ulS L. SHS
democrat must do his duty. Men
must put aside their differences an
ninor issues and come together Tor
the sake of hat principle dearer
more important to them than any
plank that could be incorporated In
q party platform-the maintenance CT
southern institutions and n~on-inter-
49, oln~n 1nrnrnmQnf In
cur social conditions and management
of local affairs, which h
of Mr.. Hearst would endanger by as
surfing the election OF Mr..
The News has the following to say
regarding the Hearst movement:
The other day. after the convention
in Rhode Island for the election OF
delegates to the st. Louis convention
the eight delegates OF a state that mas
not cast a democratic electoral vote
since 1854. met in a caucus OF tleir
own. 1t was found that six OF the
eight were pledged TO hearst LOT piS
dent. and so it was resolved 10 aooP!
the unit rule. and carried by the dele
CATION. not by the convention
Nevertheless we are glad that the
first gun has been fired. The first gun
ia the signal of a struggle in earnest
1t was the Lexington militamen ina
fred the shot heard round the world
IT was the bombardment of For
Sumpter that fired the northern
heart" The first gun from Rhode
Island. with it's easily purchasaole
delegates and the fact that a stat
of the union is actually pledged &c
Hearst is the shot that should mrs
the democratic heart.
In the first place, a clean living
strong man, with all ms errors o.
Judgment and taste, is going TO b'
nominated by the republicans. He be
Iieyes that the south ought to bt
punished for it's suffrage amendment
by the reduction of its representation
He is not only a strong man, out VIVA
Mr.. Kipling calls a strong, persever
ing man" Also he is not a fool whel
if. comes to political management. AM
the south needs to win this time iron
every instinct of self-preServatlon. 1
would be justified in voting for IN
traditional yellow dog this time. bu
it ought to win. And a yellow jour
nalist of the Hearst stamp will stan
inst as much chance of being electe'
to the presidency as a yellow dog
In the second place the south be
lives i'm the clean life. The subjeC
is a delicate one, although some edi
tors are already handling 1T w1thou
gloves. We are personally informe
by n who has the best posslole OF
portunity for knowing. that Hearst
private life is something so scanda
Gus as to be u~nprintable. 1t will Z
impossible to keep those ID OF
of the campaign. 1t would be q
nastiest campaign that was eve
waged under the offended nostrllS
the American people. And the Amer
lean people are setting their standar
of public life higher and higher a