The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-25
DELEGATES COST
HEARST S,5OO,0OO
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Journalist S Aide Declares Candi-
date Believes Presidency Can
Be Bought.
Settled Principle Of His Life Is
That Money Opens ALI
Doors.
He Has Not Slightest Doubt That
He Will Reach White
House.
New York Sun Special Service. /;

NEW 4orR DUN 0poCAoA 1e9SASos
Chicago, April 25.--Walter Well
man, in a. washington special to the
Record Herald, says:
Since the 1sts Of January w. r.
Hearst has spent. in his pursuit of
the presidency, an average of about
$4,000 a day. This statement was
made to me in New York lastTweek
by a man who is well informed as
to what is going on in Mr.. -Hearst's
newspaper office and political office.
Fifteen thousand dollars a day for
about a hundred days amounts to a
round $1,500,000, not counting the
large sums spent before the first of
the year.
For all this enormous outlay, the
self-made candidate has to show, up
to date, just thirty two delegates to
the national democratic. convention.
He may possibly. be able to bag a
hundred more, though that would APP
pear to be about the limit of his pos
sibilities. Give him total of l5o
delegates, and it will be seen that
when he looks over his array Of fol-
lowers in the convention he will find
that they will cost him $4,000
apiece.
Another feature of the case is that
after they have delivered the goods
by voting for Hearst on the first bal
lot, most Of these delegates will make
haste to get on some other candidates
band wagon.
One Of Mr.. Hearst's managers, hired
at a salary, and doing as good work
as he can, talked pretty freely with
me about the operations of his chief
I asked him If it We're true that Mr.
Hearst had ever really thought he
could reach the presidency, or was he
simply trying to advertise himself. The
answer was most interesting:
"Mr. Hearst has not for one mo.
ment doubted that he could attain the
presidency, and does not doubt i
be able to make it this year, but he
has unbounded faith that he will be
successful in the near future.
cit seems to me the general pub
lie does not understand Mr.. Hearst
This is the sort Of man he is:
''He has always had what he want
ed in this world, from, the moment o.
his first appearance In it.. His font
and rich parents denied him nothing
After he was old enough to do things
for himself. 1t became his settled .prin
sipl soe Of life s,,v that sterer ne waate'
.When he wanted a. newspaper. o.
a yacht, or a private car, or SOU
brette, or aiplace in politics or socie
ty, he bought it as other men Woult
buy houses or stocks or race horses.
lit was in this frame Of mind h
set out for the presidency. To thi
day, I do not believe he has even ;
glimmer of an idea that the presi
| dency Of the United States is one o
those things which cannot be Dough
with money
Iowa Against Hearst.
Des Moines, Iowa, April 25.-Cor
rected returns from the thirteel
county conventions held by the demo
Gratis Of the state yesterday show tina
Hearst failed to make good on all hi
claims. Muscatine county's big dele
cation Of Is selected a solid anti
Hearst delegation. Hearst secured
total of but 72 delegates and the op
position secured IS. Altho Hears
now has a lead Of about 100 delegate
and needs but 1876 more to win, it
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