The Washington herald., 1906-11-02

achievements has shown himself at and
competent in the great Office OF governor
Of this State to help hold up the Presi-
dents hands and TO carry or in the State
the same policy that the President is car
rying on IN the nation, and should elect
% that great Office a violent and un-
worthy demagogue in the person Of Mr.
Hearst.
What evidence has Mr. Hearst produced
OF his fitness for this Office?
OF his private life I shall not speak
further than 10 say that from no COM
munity In this State does there come
concerning him that testimony OF lifelong
ueighbors and acqUaintauces 10 his pri-
vate virtues the excellence Of his morals.
ani the correctness Of his conduct which
we should like 10 have concerning the
man who is TO be made the governor OF
our State.
What evidence comes from bis public
career? He has been member Cf Con-
gress from New York City. and he owed
his Office to a Tammany organization and
Tammauy votes IN a Tammany district;
but he has been an absolute cipher in
Congress That is his entire pG5lic ca
TeeT.
Denunciation and FalsehOOd.
Hc is really known 20 us s-le,y as a
young man. very rich by inheritance. who
has become the owner OF number OF
sensational yellow journals; he hes taken
in his newspapers the popular side upon
ali questions relating 10 labor and cor
porauons and has sustained It BY much
violent denunclation and many falsehoods,
and he has been a persistent seeker Cor
ONCE on the strength OF taking the Pop
ular side; he has published whatever he
thought would please the working people
for the purpose Of getting the labor vote.
II is difficult TO believe that the hard
headed, shrewd, yyorkingnen Of America
will give him much ca edit for that
There IS, however, affirmative evidence
Ct Mr Hearsts uuftness for the great Of
fce Of governor. You VIII perceive that
TO the remedy Of corporate wrongs for
which he offers himself two things are
nocess sary--frst. intelligent ard well-de-
yised legislation, which shall strip from
the wrougdOing corporate managers the
advantage Of laws made under their IN
fiuerce 70 facilitate their practices, which
shall clearly prohibit their wrongful acts
and which shall provide the machinery
and procedure and the necessary agencies
for enforcing those laws. and. second.
tie judicial enforcement OF the laws
which require upright and courageous
judges who VIII administer the laws with
out fear OF favor. Uninluenced by wealth
or popularity or personal friends or po-
litcal bosses.
Covered with Tammany's Mark.
Underlying both Of these and necessary
TO both is political purity, for without
that neither legislatures nor courts can
be pure
How stands Mr.. Hearst's record as 10
political purity? Why. he comes to US
covered all over with the mark OF Tam
many and Tammany's leader. Murphy.
whom he himself has denounced as q
sooUndreI and a thief; he comes 10 US not
answering 70 the call Of the people Of
the State. not as the honest candidate OF
the Democratic party Of the State. but
nominated by his own procurement,
through as shameful deal with the boss
OF Tammany> as ever disgraced the politi-
cal history Of the State-a deal under
which a great body Of the regularly elect
ed delegates 10 the Democratic conven-
tion were uuseated. and, in their absence.
the nomination of Mr.. Hearst was made
by the solid vote Of the Tamn1any dele
gation.
Can hypocrisy 60 further than the will
ing beneficiary Of Tammany Hall preach
Ins political purity?
How stands his record as a legislator?
He has had opportunity to prove his ca
pacity and sincerity in that field. Rep
resentatives are sent to Congress TO at !
tend to the business Of the country: there
are hundreds OF members of both parties 1
working upon that every day Of every
session in the performance Of their duty: /
the interests Of the country cannot be /
cared for in any other way: MIR. Hearst !
was sent to Congress to do that; he had /
an opportunity then to show how much /
there was in all the talk of his /
newspapers about reforms and better gov /
erDment
His Record In Congress.
What did he do? Why, he did nothing: /
during the three years that he has been
in Congress that body has been in session
457 days; there have been lS5 recorded /
votes by yea and nay; he was present /
and voting at but g. and present without /
voting at two; leaving leo out of the 1S5 /
roll calls from which he was absent. and /
la2 out Of the 49, days Of legislative ses- I
sion when there is no evidence cf his
presence; his voice was heard in that
Congress in those three years but once.
and that was for ten minutes in a per-
sonal explanation regarding an article
published in the New York American: he
did not even contribute q motion TO ad-
iourn 70 the business Of Congress.
He Is SO rich that the $1,000 paid him
for that neglected service may seem of
10 consequence. but ne honest poor man
would have thought it right 70 take il.