The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-04

ed the 105 delegates from New York coun- ty, but these added to the votes Hearst had pledged to him up the state were not enough. Murphy saw that the only way to keep his part of the bargain was to capture the temporary organization of the convention, unseat delegates opposed to Hearst and replace them with enough delegates favorable to him to insure his nomination.
 The preliminary organization Is arranged by the state committee and Murphy found himself one short of a majority in that body In some way Big Tim Sullivan was induced to turn traitor. Despite his pledge to Mcclellan to stand out against Hearst to the last, he stayed away from the committee meeting and gave his proxy to a Murphy man. Murphy con- trolled the committee, selected the tenn porary chairman of the convention and packed the committee on credentials with men who would do his bidding. The credentials committee unseated enough delegations without any cause whatever and seated enough Hearst men to give him a majority.
 Hearst won his victory. He did not blush because it came from a man who, he had said should be in convict's ceii. Nor did it bother his conscience because Cochran, a man who, he had said, had his price, seconded his nomination. Murphy had got his revenge. It Was just as sweet as if he had got it by giving the nomination to man whom he was personally friendly.
 | Meantime the republicans had been hold l ing their convention. They got through on Wednesday afternoon and the demo- crats adjourned at 2:30 o'clock Thursday morning.
 Unlike the proceedings at Buffalo the | bosses had no hand in affairs at Saratoga. It was a convention wisely led but un- bossed. Higgins had eliminated himseir l from the race for governor because ne feared that his health would not permit l him to continue in public life. That was l the best thing that could have happened. l On the advice of President Roosevelt the republicans then got together and nomi- mated Hughes by exclamation
 It was the first unbossed republican convention in this state in years. The usual method has been for the heads or i the different delegations to go to the room of the boss-Platt or Odell, as the 1 case might be-the night before and get the name of the candidates There was i none of that this time. It was an open convention.
 Rapidly accomplishing indications that
  i party together with the independent vote, l and a large percentage of the democratic vote show the wisdom of his nomination. l The first democrat to declare for him l was District Attorney Jerome, who deciu- ed not to run as an independent canol- date Then came similar announcements ts from Mayor Mcclellan and hosts of other democrats.
 The Two Men Compared.
 glance at the lives of Hughes ana Hearst will explain why Hughes is being l called the candidate of every decent man. Hughes represents cleanliness and order I in government. Hearst represents riot and 1 disorder.
 Hearst's power has been gained by ad- vertising himself in his daily papers. lie may properly be called the champion pup lcity promoter, and 1t may be said With ] truth that his foot deep headlines and his yellow and red ink methods have made an impression, especially in this state He cares nothing about the democratic party; it is only means to an end. His is a one-man party and the first one man party in the history of this country to attain national prominence.
 1 The best index to Hearsts character IS found in his sensational newspapers. Ii his sensational style of journalism is what | the people desire eXemplfied in their gov | ernment then he Is the man to elect TOT he is the king of yellow journalists. He began his newspaper career with the FIX aminer in San Francisco after being ex' i pelled from Harvard. The Exaaminer was an asset of one of the elder Hearsts DO litcal campaigns and he gave 1t to ms | son because ,he asked for 1t.
 | At Harvard Hearst was indolent as fal 1 as studying was concerned. He devoted | most of his time spending his father money. He had a reputation then for dis play. In the way of hiring brass bands ane | giving fireworks exhibitions which he has sustained in his later life. Also he pilet up some scandals that have since come | home to roost.
 His newspapers reek with filth, bu | there is a very large class that likes sucf literature, for no other papers have evel | obtained such circulations. They are un reliable; when there Is no news his hire | lings make it. In very much the same | way he has gone about making his DO | iltical strength Where he had none hi' | hirelings set to work to manufacture 1t. l The young man nauseated the thinking element of San Francisco with his sen sations and then came to New 1ork He bought the Journal, the name of whicf he has since changed to the American and began making newspaper history il the east Nothing better portrays thu mans characteristic than these few line from an article by Frederick Palmer il Golfers Weekly
 'Forever he was unsatisfied with hi
 Journal It was never quite powerful O striking enough. An ideal morning edi tion to him would have been done il which the Prince of Wales had gone int, vaudeville Queen Victoria had marie, her cook, the Pope had issued an encycli cal favoring free love, a man murdered in Jersey had been identified by tn, thumb mark of a seventh daughter foun, on the Sphink, France had declared wa on Germany, the President of the Unite, States had secured a divorce in orde to marry the Dowager Empress of China the Czar had committed suicide by th
 use of bomb of his own making, and tn Sultan of Turkey had been converted t | Christianity-all of these being scoops
 in the form of signed statements
 Hughes Clean Man.
 Unlike Hearst Hughes spent his younge
 days in hard work. He had no forum
 to dissipate. He had no past out o
 which his enemies may dig up scandal
 which he dare not deny. Hughes is lawyer, shrewd, calm and honest. He l
 courageous. but conservative.
 Charles E. Hughes is the son of l Baptist minister. Before he was mad