New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-28
HALE REVEALED.

A year ago Mr.. Hearst ran for Mayor as an
independent His candidacy represented pro-
test against bosses and political corruption, and
the people, angry and disguised with Murphy
and his like gave him, despite his political pro-
gramme the greatest vote ever given to a can
ddate unsupported by a party. He stood for
principle. He fought bossism. His protesta-
tons against that evil continued until a few
weeks ago. 'NIr Murphy" he said only last
month may be for me, but am not for him.
II am absolutely and unalterably opposed to the
'Murphys and the McCarrens, and also to the
"Sullvans and the McClellans and to the kind
"of politics that they all represent. l am Op-
posed TO boss rule in politics" Yet there is
every reason TO believe that at the time he ut
tered these words the deal had been made be-
tween him and Murphy and Sullivan which re-
suited in his nomination. He had already be-
trayed his own Independence League, so far as
it was true TO its name. The brave denouncer
of bosses was bargaining and chaffering with
the lowest Of bosses. He who vowed to destroy
bosses was seeking his nomination from an
"evil specimen of a criminal boss" Was there
ever such humbug such cynical charlatanry,
such unbluShing pretence kept up almost 10 the
day of its certain and self-ordained exposure?
Candidacy for Office is a revealing process, and
the Buffalo convention discloses the impostor
in this friend of the people in one of his
most important pretensions. 81 absolutely
and unalterably opposed to the NIurphys'-and
Hearsts friends unseat the ant-Murphy dele
gates and Hearst elevates Murphy into state
leader in consideration of Murphys stamping
the great independent" as REGULAR
Thus was a great sham self-revealed. The
necessities of the hour, the expediences of poll
tics, made it necessary to abandon the role of
friend of the people against the bosses. The
profit was regularity. He has now the Demo
cratic party. He has made it over in his own
image. The yellowest convention in history
brings into the field the yellOwest party that
was ever a major organization Its organs
are the Hearst newspapers; in this city 1t
has no others. 1t is as much his asset as the
Independence League whose dead self
his latest stepping stone. Its platform is the
Hearst editorials, with the meaning disguised
for political expediency. Bourke Cochran pre-
fers riot TO rottenness." He is moderate
Doubtless some of his fellow delegates prefer
riot = almost anything else. The Democratic
party is Hearst and Hearst is the Democratic
party. 1t was a tremendous success, the most
astonishing success in a marvellously successful
career. But it paid for by the disclosure
that the "unalterable" and absolute oppos-
ton to Murphy was public pretence; privately
he and the criminal boss working to-
gether cheek by jowl
we 90 not know now seriously Mr.. Hearst
is regarded by his followers and by the radi-
Gals in his party. We assume that they take
him at his word as a savior of society and a
knightly enemy of the "Plunderbund," rescuer
of the oppressed, a sanity soul who thinks
only Of the welfare Of his fellow beings, man
who would level up the inequalities Of life and
who would bring TO all justice better than
the justice of human laws. Such is his pose,
and to all such simple souls as accept 1t faith
fully we commend the consideration of his
cynical Indifference TO his character as an en-
envy of bosses. When his pose boss buster
stood in the way of his ambition he cast it
aside. Unfaithful in one thing how can he be
trusted in others? Who knows that his hatred
Of the "Plunderbund" is any more real, any
more absolute" any more 'unalterable' than
his Opposition to bosses? He stands half
disclosed. His own was the revealing hand.
He preferred his ambition to his character