The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-31
THE HEARST Room.


To Mayor Myers, during his recent
visit to New York, the presidential
boom of Mr.. Hearst must have an
peared bigger than the moon. In an
interview in the Morning News yes
terday he expressed the opinion that
Mr.. Hearst would have a big following
in the st. Louis Convention, and would
be given the second place on the tick
ct, If the first place were given to a
man outside of New York. Mr..
siastic, and, according to Mr.. Myers,
are making a mighty effort to have
him nominated for the first place.
There is no doubt that Mr.. Hearst is
preparing to pick up, here and there,
National Convention delegates, per-
haps whole delegations. 1t is alleged
that he is we'll equipped for that kind
of work. In Fridays Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal. Editor Henry Watterson
says: Mr.. Hearst has not merely a
barl of free silver, but a hogshead of
standard gold"
Out WIldl SuIpIlSGS NIL w dLleISOU
is that Mr.. Hearst keeps himself so
completely in the background that a
doubt has arisen as to whether there
is any such person seeking the presi-
Dental nomination of the Democratic
party as he is. He says:
Happily, the owner of the various
newspapers referred to enjoys the
means promptly, decisively, to deter
mine whether there is any such per-
son as William Randolph Hearst or
whether that name, style and title are
merely a myth, a simple figure of
speech. He, or it, as the case may be,
is a member of Congress. He, or it,
has the right to the floor may at any
time catch the Speakers eye, and it is
odds with no takers that if he cares to
dispel the mystery surrounding it, or
him, he will have the ear of the House
and the country.
"Since he has shown no backward
ness in announcing and promoting his
candidacy, let Mr.. Hearst proclaim it
in his own person on the floor of Con-
gress. Let him fling his banner on
the inner as on the outer wall. Let
him rise up and assert himself. Let
him invite all corners to enter the lists,
and at his expense, if they care to
amuse themselves, crying: Have at we
ALL We bucks in the gallery, and dam'd
be to the sun-of-a-gun that first cries
enough.
What Mr.. Watterson means is, of
course, that Mr.. Hearst is practically
unknown to the people. They have not
heard his voice, have not felt the
grasp of his band and have no per-
sonal familiarity with him. This is
something almost unknown in Ameri-
can politics. If under such conditions
he should win the honor he seeks his
success would be the wonder of poll
ticians.
Mr., Hearst's boom may not be as big
as Mr.. Myers was led to believe it is,
but there is no doubt that it has con-
siderable substance. Otherwise the
Democratic National Committee
wouldn't have selected ST. Louis in
stead of Chicago as the meeting place
of the National Convention with the
hope of getting rid of the influence
of one of Mr.. Hearst's newspapers.
1t would indeed be remarkable if Mr.
Hearst. practically unknown in any
part of the country as he is, unfamil-
lar with public affairs and virtually
untried in any official position, should
succeeded in getting the nomination.
And yet after all his success wouldn't
be much more remarkable than was
that of Mr.. Bryan who, at the time of
his first nomination, was an editorial
writer on an Omaha newspaper at a
small weekly salary. These surprises
in politics are something the politi-
clans who have toiled and talked and
planned for years for coveted offices
cannot understand.
,r,l r. -,