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william Randolph Hearst is a plat
form in himself for the rights of the
plain people against trusts exactions.
When the miQuities Of the tariff are
considered it will be generally conced-
ed that than he no one has done more
to educate the people as 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
meat Numbered throughout every ma
donal 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 a change.
Having taken a small part in the
canvass of Mr.. Hearst for congress. /
was made to know how labor regarded
him. I 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 leaders desir-
ing to show their devotion by increasing
his majority. need not cite the Hon.
Eugene Schmitz, twice elected labor
mayor Of San Francisco, who crossed
the continent 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 flock to him again
and thus assure his election as easily
as they did that immense majority of
$4,000 rolled up for him in his congress
sional district.
Who else can SO unite these toilers?
Yet Hearst is 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 we'll stated in his
acceptance Of the nomination for con-
gress in workingman's district. It is
sound 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 one 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 such products all but scant
living for the toiler, against which he
protests.
Hearst is one of the fnanciers who
would suffer from financial depression
in this country. His businesses are
large and ram1fying and Of the kind
that must be affected by financial dis
turbance. He is ih!7every sense Of the
!. word one Of our greatest captains Of
industry II :sr,
!: What do We greatly need In any
president at this particular time in our
country's history?S A strong, positive
business man with extraordinary exec
utive ability.
The daily disturbances in the de-
partments Of government show that
underneath there is a seething mass
Of incapacity 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 a
thorough business system necessary.
The management of the affairs of
the government requires much more
than an able jurtst or a resourceful
politician; it requires chief exec
utive In fact as we'll as in name. Not
an enemy Of Hearst-and he could not
redress WRONGS and pursue evil doors
without having them-but Will admit
0at In his business career he has a
keen insight, a calm judgment and an
executive ability seldom equaled.
Hearst has handled and created mil
lions and, to his credit be it said, with
out blunder.
Is he not safe man? Who is safer
Of all the aspirants?
Mr.. Hearst is not lawyer, nor is he
an orator, but he is a thinker and a
doer, gatherer of facts and judge
Of them.
He believes in equality before the
law. He also believes that social
equality depends on factors beyond
the reach Of legislation and official rec.
ogniton and that herein the utmost
liberty Of personal choice and inclina'
ton must be guaranteed the individ.
ual; that an endeavor to force such
equality upon people is contrary to
our laws and is an outrage on decency
His rebuke to the president, one OF
the first protests made, is replete with
strong reasoning. Yet no co1ored man
would ever appeal to Hearst and be