The San Francisco call., 1906-11-02

tions his own corporation management
showed the insincerity of his profess
sfons; that it was not calm and lawful
redress of wrongs which he sought, but
the turmoil of inha.ned passions and
the terrorism of revengeful force; that
he was guided by selfish motives, and
that he was mot guiltless of McKin-
leE's DEATH" He continued:
Hearst is just the kind of. a dema-
gogde l have described. He is indeed
an especially dangerous specimen OF
the class, because he is generously
rich and owns newspapers of large cir
culation, and he can hire many able
ana praise him in speeches and private
conversation.
SOLELY A RICH YOUNG MAN.
!. What evidence has Mr. Hearst pro-
duced of his fitness for. this office!
Of his private life 1 shall not speak
munity in this State does there come
concerning him that testimony of life
long neighbors and acquaintances to
his private virtues, the excellence OF
his morals and the corrertness. of his
conduct, which we should like to have
concerning the man. who is to be made
Governor of our State.
Heals really known to us solelX as a
Young man. very rich by inheritance
who. has become the owner of num-
per OF sensational yellow journals. He
ular side upon all questions relating to
labor, and corporations, and has sus-
tanned 1t by much violent denunciation
ana. many falsehoeds, and he has been
strength of taking the: popular side:
ne mas published whatever he thought
Would please the working people for
the purpose of getting the labor vote
~: BRANDED BY TANfMANY.
How: stands nir. Hearst's record as Ia
political purity! Why. he comes 10 us
covered ali over with the mark of Tam
many: and :ITammany's leader, Murphy,
whom he himself has denounced ms n
sc0undrei and a thief; he comes to us
not answering to the call of the people
ofthe State, not as the highest candi-
date. OF the Democratic party of the
State, but named by his own procure
nent. through as shameful a deal with
the boss of TaInniany ever dis
Sraced the political history OF the
State. Can Hypocrisy go further than
the willing beneficiary of TnInmRny
Hall preaching political puritys
How stands his record as al legisla-
tor2. He had opportunity to prove his
capacity and sincerity. n..that field
TO attend.to the. business Of the coun-
try. Mr.. Hearst was sent to Congress
to do that. He had an opportunity
then to show how much sincerity there
was in all the talk of. his. papers about
reforms and better government.
What did he do? Why, he did moth
ing During the three years that he
has been in Congress that body has
been in session 467 days: there have
been 1855. recorded votes by aye and
nay; he was present and voting at but
He*is so rich. that the S15. 900 paid him
foF that neglected service may seem
of mo consequence, but no honest Door
n15rn would have thought it right to
The public knows. the character OF
Mr.. Hearst only by the newspapers
he publishes: and God forbid that we
Governor of New York for the admira-
tion of our children: the man whose
character is reflected in the New York
Journal and the New York American. .
= sONys SEEDS OF sTRIFE.
But the worst of Mr.. Hearst is that
with his great wealth, with his great
newspapers, with his army of paid
agents, for his own selfish purposes
he has been. day by. day and year by
year sowing: the. seeds of disSensfon
and. strife and hatred throughout our
land -.
:. He would array labor against capital
and capital against labOr,: poverty
against wealth and wealth against pow
erty, with bitter and .vindictive feel
ing; he would destroy among the great
mass of. our people that kindly and
friendly spirit, that consideration for
the interests and rights of others, that
brotherhood of citizenship which are
essential TO the peaceful conduct OF
free, popular government. :. -
What public servant honored. blythe
peoples trust has he-not assailed@ with
vile and vulgar .epithets? What. branch
of our free govern hlents: has he not
taught his readers to believe :a:.corrupt
agency of oppression? .@*>::.; -. :: :
:. Only once has. this manhood of In
cendiary. abuse wrought out its: tural
: *yonsegu eguence+-in the murder of Presi-
dent Mckinley: For years, by vile epi-
thets and. .vfler cartoons the reader
of the. Journal were taught.to believe
: that Mckinley was a monster in HUI
man form, whose: taking off would be
a. service to mankind. +. =: s:.::.s =
!: QUOTES HEARsT's TEACHINGS.
/. Let. me quote some Of these teach
T Mckinley. condones the. treacherous
murder of our sailors. at Havana and
talks of his confidence in the honor of
Spain He plays the coward and shiv-
ers white faced at the. football OF q
processing. war. He makes, an interna-
tionaE cur: of his country. He. is: an
abject... weak, futile, Incompetent poli-
tician.r -.
Mckinley, bar one girthy Princeton