The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1906-11-02
BIG VICTORY
FOR HEARST
Florida Congressman Says New
York Editor Will Win.
STRENUOUS CAMPAIGN
Congressman Lamar Has Been Doing Ef.
tective Work for Hearst and Gives
Ills Views of the Result.

IL VIII take many millions or dollars
OF corporate money to beat William X.
Hearst for the Governship of New
York. So said Congressman William
Bailey Lamar, of the third district of
Florida, to the Jacksonville Metropolis
while enroute to his home in Monticello
Mr.. Lamar has just returned from
New York, where he has been for ten
days in the gubernatorial campaign,
having made ten speeches with Mr..
Hearst in the city of New York and
cup the State"
IL have never" said Mr.. Lamar, "in
my life, seen anything to compare with
the enthusiasm which is expressed for
Mr.. Hearst among the people in this
campaign. AS public speaker myself
| was compelledin every speech to with
hold the mention of his name until the
end of sentence or paragraph n order
to be able to finish it before the out
breaking of the whirlwnd of applause.
Never in the South or anywhere
else-for Bryan or any other man
have ever seen the popular demon
strations and the expressions of almost
idolatrOus admiration that are made
over Hearst by the people whom he
has served.
Measured by this interest and from
the best and safest information that
get from his headquarters, Mr.. Hearst
is absolutely certain to carry New York
unless money is poured out in millions
by the corporations to buy the people
away from him. Of course, it is barely
possible that they may do this. Mr..
Hearst is the dangerous foe of the Dem
ocratic bosses and corporation graf
tiers, and as we'll the dangerous foe of
the Republican bosses and corporation
grafters.
"And these two vast forces in COM
bination may be able to persuade out
of the pockets of the trusts and COR
porations any colossal sum they might
need to defeat him.
"But outside of this, there is nothing
human that can defeat Hearst for Gov
ernor of New York. 1t will be remem-
bered, too, that Mr.. Hearst himself
has millions with which to fight millions,
and although his millions are not as
many as theirs he has always been he
roic with his purse in supporting his
principles.
In answer to the question, "What do
YOU think of Mr.. Hughes, the Republic
can candidate for Governor?' Congress-
man Lamar declared: 81 have never
met him and never heard him speak,
and, therefore, cannot measure him
from personal acquaintance. but, from
his speeches, he impresses me as cross
between a dreamer and an enthusiast,
with decided tinge of unctuous Wall
street hypocrisy in his makeup. He is
not able to explain why he shifted the
insurance scandal for the small fish, and
positively refused to go out after Cor
telyou and Bliss and Root, who are all
so heartily supporting him now. He
was willing to probe the financial scan
dial. but was not equal to the honest pa
triotism of probing the political scandal
behind it. :,
1.-The campaign is the hottest and
most exciting that New York has ever
known. am perfectly confident that
in spite of the terrific tide OF corpora
lions. Hearst will win."
Congressman Lamar thinks that the
next Congress will probably defeat John
Sharp Williams, as the Democratic
leader, upon the ground that he was
apostate in presenting the Davis rail,
road bill, which was less definite ana
effective than the Roosevelt legislation
and refused to present the Hearst BILL
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