The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-17
BITTER FIGHT IN
NEW YORK STATE
Approaching Democratic Con-
yentiOn at Buffalo Will Be
a Battle for Blood.
MR. HEARST REGARDED
AS GREAT STORM CENTRE
Newspaper Politician Has Toned
Down His Papers and Also
His Speeches.

Special TO Tho Tribune,
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-It need surprise
no one II tho Buffalo convention. now
only few days away, proves to be one
OF the most bitter In the history of the
country. II need surprise no one II this
particular gathering OF the Democrats
lasts for a week or more. For It will be
q battle for blood. Od-time politicians
OF a practical turn OF mind say that the
lineup Will be as bitter and as deter
mined as in 1860, when the Democrats OF
the Nation split over the important ques-
ton Of slavery. Some of these same pol
iticians with n historical turn Of mind
are saying that the Chicago convention
of 1896 will prove to have been as nothing
when IL comes TO the matter OF strife
stirred up in politics. when contrasted
with the coming Buffalo convention. For,
in the first place, at the time Of the
holding of the Chicago convention, no one
except few free silver enthusiasts
thought Bryan would be elected. and
what was said and what was done at that
time really did not amount to much
anyhow, 1t was urged.
But there exists In the minds OF Re-
publicans and conservative Democrats
alike a well-defped fcar-a fear which
may yet strike terror 10 the hearts OF
certain Of the powerful interests OF Wall
street-a fear that II Hearst is nominated
at Buffalo he may perhaps be elected.
Hearst Is Storm Center.
Nor Is this fear allayed by the fact that
Charles G. Hughes, the insurance prober,
might, under certain conditions, be able
TO heal over some Of the factions OF the
Republican party. The trouble Is that,
while it is game OF anything to beat
Hearst on the one hand, IL Is a game OF
Hearst regarded In the light OF poll
tical Messiah on the other hand. The
opposition 10 Hearst may be fanatical to
the pout OF fury. but Hearsrs following
Is even more fanatical.
For some reason. either because Bryan
has out-Heroded Herod by advocating
the governmental ownership OF railroads,
or because Hearst himself begins to see
that he has unclaimed the most powerful
force In American politics, the men In
charge OF the Hearst movement in this
State are not pressing radicalism to the
front with the old-time vigor. Hearsts
newspapers themselves have been toned
down almost as much as was Hearst's
Labor day speech at Syracuse. The gem
orally accepted theory regarding this
change OF tactics Is that Hearst saw
that Bryan had gone him one better in
that Government ownership OF the rail-
roads is more pronounced Issue than
municipal ownership. the Nation occupy
Ing more commanding position than the
city. Hence. IT is argued, the Hearst
people have elected to swing towards the
conservatives. with the idea of securing
the support OF business men and GER
tain percentage of the Republicans who
might otherwise be expected to cling TO
the Republican party. clearer analy
sis will probably be found to be that
Hearst feels that he has made his case
before the voters OF New York; that the
issues are already framed up; that all
that Is necessary is for them 10 become
hardened into a platform OF some kind,
that the educational work OF the cam
paign has been going on In the State for
the past year or two and that nothing.
can be done at this late date to change
the minds of the voters OF the State,
Hence he elects to be as conservative as
possible, fearing that a more radical
policy might start some OF his radical
followers on the warpath in way which
would do him more harm than good.
There is undoubtedly much In that point
of view. Carrying on an active. agrees
sive campaign such as Hearst has been
carrying on for the past twelve months
is quite likely to result in breaks" be-
ing made towards the close of such a
campaign.