The Washington herald., 1906-11-04

quoted as indictments to assassination
were these four lines OF verse:
The bullet that pierced Goetsls chest
Cannot Be found in al the West
Coed reason: it IS speeding he-e
1 To stretch Mckinley tie bier.
Twenty months after this quatrain ap-
peared in the New York Journel aIcKin-
ley was assassinated. Was that more
than coincidence Undoubtedly; the
crime was the natural consequence Of the
kind of politics and the kind Of justice
against which the verse was intended
as protest and a warning. The author
Of It had repeatedly and bitterly de
nCunced the murder Of GOe6el. and was
friendly to Mckinley. ] ought 20 know,
I for I am he
Wei. We all remember what happened
to Mr. Hearst and the Journal Immediate
ly after McKinley's death. and has con-
| tinued to happen ever since. with a
special and particular revival by the Root
person. and some Of US have good reason
/ to remember the rascally use made OF my
indignant prophecy, garbled and pervert-
ed to suit the occasion. Doubtless those
| lines cost Dir. Hearst tens Of thousands
Of dollars. I have not hitherto cared TO
mention the matter, and-this IS what I
am coming to-Mr. Hearst has never men
( toned II to me. I fancy there is human
side 10 the character of a man ike that.
As to Secretary Root, am steadfast in
/ the conviction that God sees him, and
/ that if any competent observer thinks
that he viii not go to the devil It must
\ be the devil himself, in whom. doubtless,
] Ha rr-fe eh Sc f1+H 4~ ha
II there is a capable working news
paper man in this country who has not
kindly feeling for Mr.. Hearst. he needs
1 the light do not know how it is else
where, but in San Francisco and New
/ York Mr.. Hearsts habit Of having the
/ best obtainable men. no matter what he
/ had TO pay them, advanced the salaries
/ Of all such men more than 30 per cent.
| Possibly they have receded, and possibly
/ the high average ability Of the men has
/ receded tool don't know; but indubit-
/ ably he did get the brightest men.
Some Of them. I grieve 10 say, were i'm
! perfectly appreeiative or their employers
gentle sway. At one time on the Ex-
aminer It vas customary when a re-
porter had a disagreeable assignment for
/ him to go away for a few days. then
return and plead intoxication. That ex-
cused him. They used TO tell Of one
clever fellow in whose behalf this plea
/ was entered while he was stiI absent
/ from duty. An hour afterward Mr
1 Hearst met him and, seeing that he was
I cold sober, reproved him for deceit. On
/ the scamDs assurance that he had hon
estly intended 10 be drunk. but lacked
/ the price, Mr.. Hearst gave him enough
money TO re-establish his character and
/ passed on.
( I fancy things have changed a bit now.
and that Mr. Hearst has changed with
them. He is Older and graver, is no
longer immune 10 ambition. and may
have discovered that good-feIIowship with
mis- subordiDates and qualification Of his
lone humor is not profitable in business
/ and politics. Doubtless. too. he mas
learned from observation of his entour-
age Of sycophants and self-seekers that
generosity and gratitude are virtues that
have not a speaking acquaintance. II is
worth something 10 learn that, and il
/ costs sonnet hing