Evening journal., 1906-11-08
The Defeat Of Mr. Hearst.

The voters Of New York have entered
their verdict at the polls. Mr.. Hearst
is defeated
Faith in the moral sense and sagaoity
Of the people to decide, and decide
Alright, when emergency arises--that
faith which lies at the foundation Of
popular government-will everywhere
be renewed and strengthened by yes.
terday's elections.
That Hearst was defeated by an em-
phatic plurality appears the more satis-
factory in view of the peculiar nature
OF the campaign. With unprecedented
machinery for publicity. an organiza-
ton specially devised to advance his
political ambitions and with lavish use
OF money, the boasted creator OF an
organized hatred" was able TO spread
far and wide his inflammatory appeals
to passion and prejudice and his bribes
to the discontented and the poor in the
form Of allurlng promises.
Despite all this Hearsts vote In this
great city fell fifty thousand short Of
that cast for a Democratic candidate
for governor a few years ago. Dissat-
isfaction with recent Republican legis-
lation--such as that taxing mortgages
and processes Of business-has been
very general, and the disposition to-
ward a change in the complexion OF
the State administration was intensi-
fed by the revelations of abuses in cor
porate management and a belief that
the supervising state departments had
been dereiict Any decent Democrat
standing upon Democratic principles,
would have been elected by an over
whelming plurality.
But the people could not stand for
Hearst or Hearstism The Infamous
deal by which the Buffalo nomination
WAS captured shocked loyal Democrats
at the start. and as the campaign pro-
crossed, with its discoveries OF the
utter insincerity of the candidate, and
his personality was revealed I'm his
coarse personal abuse and villihcatiCn
OF all opponents he grew steadily weak
er. II is evident that had the cam
paign continued for another week OF
two his defeat would have been made
even more emphatic.
Mr.. Hughes made a characteristicallS
dignihed and courteous canvass. ana
the entire anti-Hearst campaign wa,
/ hAHtQ ulNl AiAt pANAiN li'ANFo-tiAH HHN
acts OF the do-Democratic candi-
date and absolutely free from persona
abuse or invasion of private life. IN,
contrast made a striking impression
upon all thoughtful observers and con.
/ tributed TO the defeat Of the mud
singing candidate.
When IL became apparent last evening
/ that Mr. Hughes had been elected. h
| said: MY feeling is not one OF elation
but of responsibility" The sentimen
| thus expressed in the moment of vic
tory will crafty every citizen that vote,
for Mr.. Hughes, and confirms the gen
! eral confidence that the people Of New
York will have In him as governor o
whom they may be proud
II is not in this state alone tina
| Hearstism was yesterday rebuked. Il
! Massachusetts the Hearst candidate
/ Moran, was buried under the advers
votes Of an indignant community, an,
/ In Chicago the HeaIstites ran "a poo
/ third" Americans are proud Of tn
/ fact that I'm this country we have nj
! classes" and that divisions of public
opinion are vertical, not horizontal MI
Hearst's efforts to split up the com
munity into social strata. or classes
and imbue them with malice, envy an
mutual hatreds has been repudiated Il
this latest assertion of the sound sens
OF the American people.-New Yorl
/ Herald.