New-York tribune., 1906-10-13
THE RECORD.

Calling men 'cockroaches," "croton bugs" and
"rats'' will not change facts. A Young-Man-
Afraid-of- His-Record may wish TO divert pub
lie attention from the story OF his tortuous
career by much beating Of tomtoms and sling
ing Of mud. But TO wish. said Ovid is of little
account. One may cry, "Out, damned spot"
ill doomsday, but when doomsday dawns the
spot will still be there. The candidate Of the
Demagogracy cannot get away from bis record
and he cannot make the public forget IT,
Mr.. Hearst cannot deny, disguise or conceal
for example, the fact that while he is howl
ing against corporations he is himself the con-
triver and boss of various corporations of
shady kind, and that he is using them for some
of the very purposes which he pronounces most
damnable when they are pursued by other men
The star Of his destiny is Star Corporation,
and particularly variable and lurfd star it is
He cannot erase from the American mind the
remembrance that he called President McKin-
ley ''an ahject weak, futile incompetent pol
troon," and. with the exception of Grover
Cleveland. the most despised and hated Great
ure in the hemisphere: that he repeatedly
printed articles which were widely interpreted
as suggesting assassination. md that, after
PRESIDENT Mckinley had actually been assas-
Sinated by one of The Journals readers In
blue funk of fright and cowardice he slob-
bered all over McKinleys name with attempted
apologies. declaring him TO have surpassed all
other great men in history in resignation and
deep religious faith 10 have faced the other
world and the other life with the qulet, conf
dent hope Of a man who had done his best"
10 have interested himself in his country's
welfare" TO have been called TO the highest
position that men can give 10 any man." and
10 have "ended his life rs lie began it-a SIM
pie. Christian citizen"
lie cannot dodge the fact of record that he tes-
tilted Of Mr.. Hughes whom he now denOunces
as corporation lawyer and charges with hav-
ing Sighted the interests of the people for the
sake Of corrupt corporations. that no one in
New York State will question the excellence of
The work done by the counsel for the people
Mr.. Charles f. Hughes He has done nerhans
everything that could be done during the time
"at his disposal. Mr.. Hughes can retire with
the perfect certainty that his work has had the
approval and aroused the commendatiOn of the
people"
Red ink may scream and slx-inch type NAV
bray hut the record stands unmovpd and uncon-
cealed. And the record is that Mr. Hearst
g"t MS nomination from Mr.. Charles Francis
Murphy. boss Of Tammany Hall: that he IS do
pending upon Mr.. Murphy's support and Mr.
MurphyS characteristic tactics in campaigns
and elections for success at the polls and that
ne recently called Murphy "Ryan's man" and
The chief criminal of them all" declared that
be stood in the shadow of the criminal law
d'that Murphy and Murphylsm have reduced
politics in the city Of New York far beneatb
the plane on which elections are conductA6 IN
even the most lawless Western or Southwest
"ern communities" He now consDires with
MURPHY Tor his own benefit, but he cannot get
away from the fact OF record that less than n
year ago. personally addressing this sama
Murphy. In the first person, he said 70 him
Look ont. It's short lockstep from DpI-
"monlco's TO Sing Sing. You have committed
Grimes against the people that will eord ro,
"for many years TO states prison IL the crimos
lean be proved against you You have s,vindIo1
the poor as their employer, You have swindIel
"the voting public as political manager or 90
miserable little gas tool"
"Swindled the poor as their employer, And
now, when the poor appeal TO Hearst no tolls
them, "You had better Mr.. Afurnbv" To
get swindled again:
oh. the record is lovely one for the boss oe
the Plunderbund and for the mud singer or
the SIanderbund. It is a profitable record IN