Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-21
BRITISH WATCHING HEARST
New YORK. Campaign Is Awakening Con-
siderable Interest Abroad.
LONDON TIMES DISCUSSES SITUATION
"Thunderer" Decides that Democratic
Candidate Must Have some Ability
Despite Opinion Of Others
ON subject.

LONDON, oct go-tspecial Cablegram to
the Reo)- Europe is taking unusual inter
est I'm the canvass OF William Randolph
Hearst for the post of governor of the
state of New York The idea seems to
obtain that Mr.. Hearst has succeeded in
placing himself at the head OF the forces
of discomfort" which have masscd 100000
votes in Germany under the name Of so
ciallsm. and which had they known their
:,ower might even have captured the last
British parliament under the banner of
the labor party. And strangely enough the
opinion appears to prevail that Mr.. Hearst
at the head of forces of this character
may BE- more powerful in defeat tlIan in
victory-thnt If defeated he might be hsndl-
capped by the routine of office and nnd
that patronage is two-edged sword thot
cuts both ways, but that without the
weight of an Office upon his shoulders he
might be able to keep up a more agrees
sive fight than IL elected governor, where.
to a greater or less extent, he might find
his hands tied
Curiosity feeling that in victory or de-
feat this spectacular young editor may yet
cut a wide swath in the history of the
world. even though he should never be
elected president or governor, appears to
be the paramount opinion as reflected by
Comment of the Times.
That even the "Thunderer' Is puzzled is
shown by the following editorial from the
London Times:
The nomination Of Mr. Hearst as candi-
date for tho gOvernorship of New York
by the democratic state convention-what-
ever else it may be-is an event OF I'M
questionable piQuancy. Mr.. Hearst is one
of the best-abused men in the union. lie
has just been described by the North
American Review as living and glarlns
| reproaCh to American civilization. the
New York Evening Post commenting on
! his nomination. says there is no longer
any question of party platforms; 1t Is
/ Hughes, the republican nominee, that bid
| the people look on this picture and on that.
| As to Mr. Hearst's methods of Influencing
| the democratic convention, the corre-
| spondents al Buffalo have exhausted them
! selves in denunciation. The charges
| brought against HIM are the same as those
| that were banded about on the eve of the
| presidential election in 1904. When Mr..
| Hearst carried the democratic convention
| OF Iowa on that occasion, his delegates
were greeted with cries of Brass collar
and How much did IL COST IT was
Just the same at Buffalo. We are told
that no political body has ever sunk lower
into degradation then this democratic gath
| erlnE. The corruption Is declared to he
| so fragrant and Mr. Hearst so bankrupt in
| political honor that 1t is assumed every
self respecting person must vote against
him, no matter what his party. Mr.. Je
! rome, inc district attorney VINO was NJ
IIearsts chief rival in the convention, has
already declared that he will support tn,
republican candidate. 70 the disintcrestet
onlooker all this is simply bewildering
Mr. Hearst is denounced as n traitor.
disgrace to journalism. wholesale EN-
ployer of corruption. an agitator who APP
peals to the lowest passions
FOresees Presidential Candidate.
No American politician has been NOR
widely and categorically denounced. We
the democratic convention of New York
the most important state convention Il
the whole democratic party-deliberatel!
dominates this man for the governorship
and thereby makes II possible, II scarcel,
probable. that he may become democrats
| candidate for the presidency two year
, hence. and in the sequel. perhaps, presiden
of the union. Are the members of TIL
among a blind people, and have they de
tected a kindred spirit in Mr.. Hearst
It does not seem likely, and yet so gen
eral is the abuse of Mr.. Hearst that
darker stories. Outsiders are, however
! fairly absolved from offering a theory o
? this extraordinary Sitia ton. 1t is enOug
, for them to express their wonder. not un
tinged with other sentiments, at the sport
ing instinct of a demi'ratic conventio
which chooses a candidate for whom n
decent democrat" will vote.
Who and what is Mr.. Hearst II we pJ
aside for a moment the epithets wit
which he has been so freely covered? FC
sand the stress which is still constant
laid upon his youth seems to suggest ths
the American public has not yet got owe
the shock of his first appearance. Tha
may be dated back TO 1895, perhaps, whe
at the age of 80 he plunged into the large
world of journalism and politics and bougf
the New York Journal. Till then NJ
Hearst had been only young westernt