Evening journal., 1906-10-01

election day approached they became historical
and it was anything TO defeat Hearst The lat
ter lost on the face of the returns but he was
probably elected had their been a fair count.
Now that Hearst has been nominated for Gov
ernor, there is not similar air of dissatisfaction
OF course the same newspapers that were sure
he would be beaten in his fight for the Demo
cratic nomination for governor already have him
whipped by half a million majority in the New
York election From present indications it looks
as il Hearst would make a lively campaign in
that state. lie has unlimited means, two polit-
cal machines at his back and powerful chain Of
newspapers that circulate among the masses and
influence them. Many Of the workingmen look
upon him as their friend Hearst to them is a
man who pays his mechanical forces large saar-
les, who advocates measures that are presumably
in the interest of the masses and who has bitterly
fought the syndcates and the rings His person
atty upon which his opponents lay so much
stress, does not influence this mass Of voters. He
will hold a large percentage OF the Democratic
vote and his municipal league will draw in waver-
ing Democrats and not a few Republicans lie
has money sufficient to fight corporate interests
upon their own ground and with their own
weapons
Had the Republicans not needed the sound adj
vice of Theodore Roosevelt and nominated
weak candidate or one solely representative of
New York bossism and corporate interests the
chances of election would have been largely in
favor Of Hearst A great many Democrats UNI
doubleday will desert him. The methods of UNI
fairness and thuggery that characterized the Buff
falo convention will drive many OF the old-tme
/ Democrats into ti,c opDorition rani-c
But Hearst has a large personal following.
There are some who blindly follow him, believe
in him as a fetish just as an enthusiastic Single
Taxer believes in his theory as something that
will cure all ills If man should say word
against Hearst he is in the play of the plutocrats
according to the doctrines of these supporters
Hearst will work up a campaign that will enlist
these enthusiasts until the polls close
The great army Of disconnected will also sup
port Hearst. They will be for anyone who is
against things as they are. And this includes a
wide and increasing class who cannot understand
why some persons should be rolling in wealth
while others are ekeing out bare existence. To
the latter class the appeals for conservatism,
vested rights" and that line Of argument will
nave little effect. Their name is legion in New
York. Hearst has increased their number many
fold. They will vote for him simply to dis
please the other fellow The campaign we ex-
pect to be hard fought one and all the resources
of the opposition will be brought to play to de-
feat the young millionaire candidate. The cleo
ton of Hearst would practically mean a new
era in our politics
And yet the rise of Hearst and his possibility
as political factor has been brought about by
the same sources that are now so bitterly assail-
ing him. The misconduct of corporate wealth
the domination of trusts, are responsible for
Hearst. The fact that he has gained such power
and influence should be a warning to them.
The Republicans rose to the emergency and
nominated the best possible candidate to defeat
Hearst. The latter has accomplished that much
good. He has made the forces that are opposed
to him rally around man free from boss rule
and the faint of corrupt corporate influences
Hearst has brought the Republican party OF New
York back to the people.