Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-07-12
mot A CANDIDATE"
SAYS MIR. HEARST

W. R. Hearst has made the follow.
ing statement:
1 would like to state very positive.
ly that 1 am not candidate for the
Democratic presidenti/ nomination in
1908. M Bryan said the other day in
London that there were others beside
himself who had claims on the nomina-
ition through services rendered the
Democracy, and mentioned pleasantly
Nh Folk, Mr.. Bailey and myself
"While appreciating Mr.. Bryan g
compliment, 1 must decline to be con.
sidered a candidate. Let the list stand,
if Mr.. Bryan pleases, Bryan or Folk or
Bailey. For my part would substi-
tute Stevenson for Bailey.
"Bryan's service to the Democracy
are too well recognized to be rehearsed
He has led the party conspicuously in
two presidential campaigns and one
senatorial campaign. In the national
house of congress he has made the is.
sues himself and expounded them with
q brilliancy unequalled, unapproached.
Mr.. Folks services TO the Demo
cNacy are notable and real. In fact,
his services have been rendered to all
citizens, irrespective of party, for his
career as an honest and efficient public
servant is an example to Republicans
and Democrats alike.
Gas for Mr.. Bailey, well, Bailey's
services have been rendered to that cor
poration end of the Democracy that I
do not consider Democracy, and whose
cont7ol of the machinery of the Demo
cratic party as we'll as the Republican
party has led me to seek my ideals of
the Democracy of Jefferson and the
Republicanism of Lincoln in the Inde-
pendence League.
"Bailey's nomination for first place
even by the machine that nominated
Parker would be impossible, but Bal
ley's nomination for second place is
conceivable. II would have the ma
terial advantage of insuring Texas to
the Democracy and of eliciting sub
stantial campaign contribution from
John d. Rockefeller. But its disad-
vantages are obvious. Folk and Bal.
ley, for instance, would be an oil and
water ticket that wouldn't mix-a
ticket of good. pure water and Stand
ard Oil.
''Byan and Bailey would be ALTER
ative and tickling to the ear but would
sound too much like Barnum and Bal
ley to suit the discriminating taste of
the convention.
"Why not Bryan o. Folk or Steven
son in 1908 ON the Democratic side,
and why not Roosevelt and La Toilette
on the Republican sidei
"I repeat definitely and positively
I am no. . candidate. / made the first
fight in 1904 for what I considered true
Democracy, fo, the Democracy / had
been taught and the Democracy be-
lieved in, for the Democracy that rcs->
resented the will Of the majority and
the best interests Of the majority. I
made the fight against what honestly
believed to be, and still believe to be,
the forces Of corporation corruption
''I offered to lead that fight only
when no ether would undertake the
task. / consider that did my duty
in that contest, but I will never under
take another in that way. A man s
motives are much misunderstood and
his purposes much misrepresented, if
he can be chasged with having per-
sonal object to attain.
"I am moreover well pleased as /
am well satisfied TO use the power of
my publications to drive out of office
the white slaves of the trusts and to
promote the fortunes of the honest
servants of the people, and cannot do
this as effectually if am mixed up in
purely party politics.
"I am eager TO see the line drawn,
irrespective of party, between those
that believe in special privileges and
those that believe in popular rights,
between the producing class and the
corporations and wherever
that line is drawn / will gladly fight
in the lead or in the ranks as re-
CURED"