Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-03
THE TOTAL COLLAPSE OF THE HEARST BOOM.

OF THE HEARST BOOM.
 Of all matters coming before the attention of the public at this time probably there is no incident more pathetic than the utter and absolute collapse of the Hearst boom for the presidency. It is pathetic when one stops to consider that any man could think for a moment that he could pur- chase his way to the highest oftice in the gift of the people, and that fortune should be scattered in the ex ercise of that belief.
 All of the events of the past few days show that Hearst never had the slightest ghost of a show to receive the nomination at the hands of the National convention, and that any pre- tensions to strength in that direction were but the frothiest imaginations, without solidity of foundation. and utterly destitute of even the fondest hopes. or the widest fancy of his boomers. The whole matter might have been considered in the light of a Munchausen dream, but fer the pitt ful waste of money which the young man has experienced at the hands of his boomers The suddenness of the collapse is the political talk of the day throughout the east. Not the least surprise was expressed when the order came to cancel the engage ment of rooms at the St. Louis hotels, which he had engaged for the use of his intended delegates. and scarcely more surprise was manifest when the notice came to his lieutenants that no more funds would be forthcoming for political purposes. for it had been known for some time that Mir Hearst was pretty nearly at the end of his string, at least so far as, spending money in keeping an army of hungry boosters" with hungry mouths fed form his private pocket book.
 It requires money 2 D operate a newspaper plant, and MT. Hearst could i'll afford to take from any of his newspaper properties, funds with which to longer carry on a campaign of purchase. and where. the price came so high, as to keep men alive, who could scarcely make a living at any other business, than yawping with their mouths. It has been impossible for any person to name one single, sol. itary, influential person who favored the boom of Hearst. locally, sectional ly or nationally. He sought to man ipulate his own boom through the aid Of his newspapers, and in this he most signally failed His vanity was tickled with the plaudits of meaning less and insincere hurrahs, because the fellows with the hooray voices had struck good thing and hated to lei go of it. He has discovered himself that he could never hope to reach the office to which he aspired. and through the aid principally of his purse, he nov lays down his ambition, at the terri ble cost of g depleted bank account But it would be useless to common further upon the bursted ballool which raised such speck up on the horizon in some quarters. H, and that his ambition was laid ou upon wrong lines.
 There is another side to the ques ton which, however, is truly pitiabl indeed. It is the exhaustion of th funds in the hands of Mrs. Phoeb Hearst, mother of the congressman The constant drain upon her wealt has compelled her to relinquish he contributions to .he many charitie with which this noble woman was al sociated, and indeed supported an maintained. These were her deare. treasures. Unselfshly and devotedl this charitable woman has given he time and wealth that others less fo tunate than herself might enjoy som of the sunshine of life from meath sf clouds of darkness and despair. Wit the heart of a mother, she could n. but hearken to the pleading of her SO and in response to- a sordid ambitic she has been compelled to curtail n' expenditures to the extent of absolu
 cutting off of many of them. In the
 she found real pleasure, true enjo ment-
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 son, of course, are still adequate
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 papers under the Hearst name. Tn
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 should have been so foolishfy shuck
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 all over the United States, who su