The Washington herald., 1906-11-04

made that remarkable speech at Utica
Thursday night
As has been said. Hearst is an enigma.
Nobody quite understands him. That he
has high ideals. which ne fails 20 realize
in his newspapers, proof is not lacking.
That he is generous. the whole world
knows. That he has accomplished great
things, everybody admits That many
conservatives, as well as radicals. believe
in him, even il they despise his methods,
Is daily becoming more apparent. Wit
ness the eulogy paid him by Nathan
Straus. philanthropist and business man.
preceding the terrific arraignment by
Root
In a Pullman car not long ago a news
paper man and a government official fell
into a heart-to-heart talk. They knew
each other well enough to exchange views
without restraint. and in the course OF it
they discussed Hearst. Il candidly be-
lieve he is on the right track" said this
government official. There is call for
just such methods as his to arouse the
public to a full knowledge Of the evils
that exist to-day. He Is doing good. do
not regard him as a dangerous man. Why,
l should not be surprised If I myself took
the stump for him in 1905" And this gov
eminent official was not a wild eyed rad
ical. either.
nh sezHa . Il. -F.4-vs l.
large city, a writer of note. in late con-
versation even went so far as to commend
the Hearst newspapers, a thing seldom
done in any quarter highly respectable
They exaggerate. blow their own horns.
magnify evils. and jar our sensibiliues,"
said he. but for ali that they set us to
thinking and this is the time tc think
when times are so out of joint"
Railroad rebate disclosures, packing
house scandals, Standard Oil oppression.
insurance manipuIations for the benefit of
high financiers-these and other evils of
the day had filed this physician with
righteous indignation. He applauded the
muck-rakers; wanted the work to go on
until the country reached the level of
common honesty once more
A financieT. noted for conservat tism,
spoke in this way:
Mr.. Hearst offends by his methods, but
am sorry to say. much of what he says
through his newspapers is unfortunately
true. Commercial dishonesty, of which
we have had so many examples, has
brought him to the front. regret that it
is the sensational press that is doing the
work that needs to be done"
Secretary Root. in his remarkable
speech, said that mea were paid to say
kindly things of Hearst, and this may be
true; but not one of the men here quoted
is in that class, and not one of the three
had ever seen Hearst. All Of them were
and are enthusiastic admirers Of Roose-
velt.
The other side of the Hearst picture.
you ask? Read Secretary Roots speech.
printed in this paper on Friday, If YOU
have not read it. There you viii find
Hearstism pictured In a manner that will
stamp itself upon your memory forever.
No such scathing arraignment of a public
man was ever before made by a Cabinet
officer, and it was made by direction and
authority of the President of the United
States.
Roosevelt dislikes Hearst and condemns
Hearstism- Hearst has no faith in
Roosevelt But let Roosevelt's name be
mentioned in a meeting packed with rabid
Hearstites, and it win be cheered to the
echo. julian Hawthorne, in his tele-
graphic letters. once said some ugly things
about Roosevelt, and there was vehement
protest from Hearst readers. So the tale
is told in New York. Believers in Hearst
follow him blindly, unreasoningiy, but
many Of them are for Roosevelt also.
A funny cartoon in Brisbane's paper tend