Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-11-01
Wednesday, November I, 1905.
A Few Things About Hearst.


New York mayoralty campaign thai
the bitterness with which Tammany /
assailing William r. Hearst, tn
Municipal Ownership candidate TO
mayor VINO will cut heavily into tn
Mcclellan vote. Not even Jerome, tn
Independent candidate for district at
torney who skins the tiger alive IL
every speech he makes, is SO cordial,
hated and feared just now by Tam
many as the millionaire yellow jour
nalist who is getting large followin'
of the socialists, anarchists. criminals
nalcontents and scum of the metropo
ls-eIements which Tammany usual!
has the support Of
The position Of Mr.. Hearst Is pc
culiar one. He has always been
Democrat. During the early part OF
the last national campaign he was
candidate for the presidency and eX'
erted his influence in organizing ana
financing the National League ol
Democratic Clubs. AS a Democratic
congressman from New York he owed
his election to Tammany. For some
time he has been uneasy and discon-
tented with the weak recognition ex-
tended to him as a politician and the
editor OF New York's chief "yellow
journal. Recognizing the sulking Hearst
as a man smarting under neglect. the
municipal ownership party of New
York offered him the nomination for
MAYOR and he accepted. Since then his
former friends and associates in ana
out of Tammany, have been grilling
him on every possible occasion. Per-
haps the bitterest attacks have come
from the Evening News, Tammany's S
own particular organ.
Tho indictment of Hearst by the New
York News is unprecedented in. the
history of metropolitan journalism.
This paper accuses the young MIL
lionairc of political treason, blackmail.
hypocrisy, dishonesty, mendacity and
unfitness. Here is an epitome of the
Indictment which covers several pages
of the News:
The Daily News declares that Will
liam X. Hearst is the meanest, most
contemplate, most hypocrtical. most
mendacious and consequently the most
dangerous kind of a blackmailer. ana
should be Stunned of all people.
For a consideration of $1,000 a month
for thirty months William r. Hearst
agreed to refrain from attacking the
Southern Pacific Company in the San
Francisco Examiner.
For twenty-five months William X.
Hearst collected $1,000 each month"; Ill
the aggregate $4,000.
The Examiner attacked the southern
Pacific Company, contrary to its agree
ment, and the company withheld So.Voo.
William r. Hearst threatened suit.
but never brought it. as the Paclnc
coast press were united in assaillns
him for blackmail.
William r. Hearst remained silent
under the charges for some time. but
was finally forced to say something IN
answer to general clamor.
The Examiner finally published a
garbled copy of the contract. leaving
out the parts that incriminated him
Other papers published 1t.
Finding himself caught with the
goods. William r. Hearst tried tt
blame the whole matter on his sub
ordilatcs. but he did not discharge
them.
William X. Hearst wrote a letter t.
the company showing he was cognizan
of the whole transaction.
The News. indicting Hearst for dis
honesty, recalls:
In 1898. seven long years ago, w. X
Hearst. through his newspapers. col
lected several hundred thousand dol
lars from the people of the United
States for the erection OF a monument
To the valiant sailors of the ill-fatec
battleship Maine. which was blown VI
i'll Havana harbor.
No monument has been erected, and
notwithstanding the boasted enterprise
OF the Hearst publications. not one
word has been uttered by them on thu
subject, though inquiries have beer
made from time to time.
These are only a part of the charge.
against Mr.. Hearst. For weeks the
News has been excoriating the yellow
editor and there has been no satisfac
tory answer to the charges. And ye
TINS Is the same Hearst that Tammany
supported for congress. and the
charges made today would have helt
equally good before his election. Tha
lammany sees fit to make thes,
'"arS's now after withholding criti
''sm Tor more than three years. is a,
"'u''ional evidence of the high mora
principle" and the patriotic motives
OF the organization that has fastene,
i'seh u1on the throat of New yor,
ana refuses to be shaken off.
mat million dollar university uh;o
'hey are talking of establishing for ~