The Washington times., 1906-09-26
HEARST NECESSARY
TO SAVE THE PARTY
Delegates View of Why
New York Democrats VIII
lndOrSe Him.

BUFFALO, \. Y, Sept 25.-'In re-
sp0nse 10 the call of the first law OF
nature, EeIf-preservauOn. the $50 dele
gates representing the Democratic
party Cf the State Of New York viii
nominate William Randolph Hearst for
governor declared a prominent Albany
county delegate before Jhe convention
met this morning
This act is easily the most extra
ordinary In State political history and
by shreWd observers who look beneath
the surface il is taken TO mean new
deal IN rational politics as well
The bosses who are supporting
Hearst do not want him II az any
time In the past few days il had been
possible 10 have concentrated upon any
other man and az the same time not 10
have invited disaster AT the hands Of
q third party movement they would
have thrown Hearst overheard with
enthusiasm. To save the party ship,
however, they have felt Il necessary 10
jetuson such things as personal prefer
ences and old-time party ideals. They
were persuaded 10 do this not by Hearst
arguments but by facts presented to
them by their own lieutenants."
uEdLAL UI AulLIlaLluL.
Tammany district leaders have re-
ported u Charles T. Murphy that unless
Hearst be accepted the Democratic tic
ket would not merely run second but
third Similar reports have been made
from Syracuse. Rochester. Buffalo. and
other Industrial Ceuters which. whether
true or not. put the party leaders face
% face with choice between Hearst
and anLhil1tiOn
Il Is not necessary. therefore, 10 look
beyond the single motive of seIf-preser-
walton 20 explain why Hearst IS accept
ed by the dominant elements in the
New York state Democratic machine.
These elments are acting about as II
Hearst had stored The basement OF the
. convention HAN with kegs of gunp0Wder.
and had then politely intimated that only
good behavior could prevent the gun
powder from going of.
SURPRISING the Opposition.
Only Mcclellan and Jerome are dis
posed 10 fling matches into the maya
/ zine and the city delegates. recognizing
I the danger. are suUauIy determined 20
I suppress Mcclellan and Jerome at the
+ first opportunity.
Devoid of trimmings and Of any feel
ing either one way OF the other. this is
/ an accurate portrayal Of the true situa-
ton IN respect to the attitude of the So
. called bosses here at Buffalo
OF the true nature OF Hearst and
+ Hearsusm the bosses reflect nothing.
+ They are merely playing politics, new,
unusual. and unpalatable politics. but
still politics. When Jney cheer for
/ Hearst X is done perfunctorily, and as
+ part of the game
Ruralites Real Hearst Men.
/ The real Hearst men here are from
rural counties. where the old Hin ma
chine has gone 10 wreck. and where
they secured election as delegates by
appealing directly 10 the radical sentiment
which Hearst has fostered.
Careful observation has convinced
every impartial observer here that il is
unrest, dissatisfaction. and growing
radicaiism among the masses that has
forced Hearst upon this convention.
Such an observer traces the BEGIN
Mass of this to publications in Eearsr's
own papers. to magazine articles sr1rh
as those written by Thomas " Lawson
and Lincoln Steffens.- and finally to in
suFance lnNcst.g3 g3tIOuS, traction Tne-g-
ers: the Roosevelt Beef trust exposure
ana other things of recent notorietv
These subjects cOnstantIv cr0r 1ip in
the tax Of all The bona fde Hearst men
who are here.
Old-Line Democrats Amazed.
It is this deen-rootea. semi-revolu-
uonary character OF the Hearst move
ment that makes his capture OF he
Democratic party in the State of TIL
den and Cleveland so remarkable and
which fills some of the old line con-
servative Democrats here with an
amazement amounting TO stupefaction.
Some of them even go so Tar as TO
say that whether or not Hearst realizes
II, the movement Is not political hllt
economic, that il IS based on the idea
that some people have too much and
that other people have too little Tbev
point to arguments in Hearst's own
papers asserting that IL is the duty OF
government TO promote better wages.
shorter hours and more even distribution
Of wealth This, declare the conserya-
uves, IS revolution. Il is because or
this that some cf them assert that they
mated.