Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-03-31
HEARST
BOOM IS
WANING

WASHINGTON. March 30-It is
now pretty well settled that the pres.
dency Of the United States cannot be
bought. AT any rate, William r..
Hearst's efforts to buy IL have failed
lie cannot even buy the nomination
OF the Democratic party lie cannot
get one-third OF the delegates to that
convention. ana his candidacy. which
for a time alarmed the Democratic
leaders and both amused and disgust.
ed the country, IL doomed 10 end In an
inglorious fiasco. s-
The salient feature OF the political
Development of the past week. so far
as The Democratic party is concerned.
is that the South has repudiated
Hearst II will have nothing to do
with him. The Reputation is EN-
phatic and final. Hearst will not have
more dian handful of delegates from
the entire South. II the unit rule is
not enforced he may get n few votes
in Kentucky. Tennessee Missouri Ar
kansas and perhaps one or two other
states. But all the probabilities are
ihat the South's unwilingness to per.
nit itself TO become a part OF the
yellow peril" will be made complete
ana universal Without support from
the great Democratic SutIth-the re
giun which Is TO furnish nearly all Of
the electoral votes the Democratic
party hopes to win-Hearsts candi-
lacy is hopeless
For a time there was danger that
The South might give countenance to
he Hearst movement The man had
his agents at work throughout that
section. as he has had them at work
everywhere. Al one time It looked as
II the South might be tempted to look
with rayor .pon This "unspeakable
candidacy. as the New York Evening
Post called it,
But the Democrats of the South are
the conservative element OF the old
party, and their conservatism, their
decency. their regard for the fitness
of things, their self-respect have at
last lei them to repudiate Hearst and
turn the cold shoulder to his hired
agents sent into the field TO hire ev-
cry man who would sell himself
Hearst has failed in Georgia. In Ala
hama in Mississippi. In Florida In
Texas. in fact. almost everywhere In
the South. Without the South, with
out the great state of New York, with
ont Indiana. without the support of
states which are to give the Demo
cracy its only chance of success At
he polls, Hcarsts candidacy becomes
a mere thing Of shreds and patches.
pieced together by the use of pelf
This yellow peril this yellow kid"
candidacy for the presidency has ylr-
tually run its course. 1t has been a
sore Of ogre; it has created alarm. but
the danger that II may triumph or that
It may hold even one-third oi the Dem
ocraiic convention In It's grasp and
with that one-third, veto power over
any other nomination seems TO have
passed greatly to the relief Of the
Democratic leaders in this city, and
thanks to the conservatism and decen-
cy Of the old Democracy OF the South.
Democratic senators who In the past
have been worried by the Hearst bus
mess are now convinced the danger IL
at an end They have looked over
the field since they became aware OF
the failure OF the Hearst efforts In the
South and they cannot find that the
yellow aspirant has more than 200
or at the outside $50 delegates under
his control. present or prospective.
Granted all the claims made with any
reasonable basis Of fact by his hired
men, 300 votes Is the utmost Hearst
can hope for As the Democratic ma
tioual convention will be composed OF
about $50 delegates. It will be seen
that he cannot get even the one-thlrd
which, II is understood, has been his
aim If he fails In Illinois. Iowa and
solid votes of those states under the
unit rule-his total may not rise as
high as 200. He has not yet captured
Illinois. Iowa nor Kentucky, and Dem
ocrats from those states say he is not
likely TO gain the mastery In any one
- AiiiAis Aif hNf VI mum
ey which has characterized the Hearst
effort is at last having Its natural eff
feet It is disgusting self-respecting
Democrats and causing them to use
their influence against the impudent
ambition which seeks to buy right
and left. that which IL could not even
ask for on merit or fitness.
II Is interesting to note the real
reason why the South gave no wei
come to the yellow kid" candidacy,
| have been making inquiries on this
score among southern senators and
representatives and find they nearly
all agree that their people have re
fused to give countenance to Hearst
because they have discovered that
Hearst himself is not ft to be presi-
dent. In making up their estimate of
the bidder for their support they do
not go into his private life. In fact.
not many of them know anything
about that phase Of the subject. They
conflne their reasoning altogether to
his character as q public man. Here