The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29
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Is it possible on any sane or req sonable grounds to account for what may be called the Hearst craze in New York7 The statement is now made with much postivity than in his candidacy for Governor he will have the support of the Tammany organiza- tion. This does not appear reasonable and we know that it is denied, but all the same there are some apparently authoritative statements to that ef- feet
 For some years we have been try;
 ing to find some reason for the in-
 fiuence or popularity of this man and
 have decided that he has but two
 assets--gall and money. If he pos
 sesses any of the attributes of great
 ness or statesmanship they are yet in embryo or in abeyance. His whole
 theory of politics seems to be to go
 after what you want and pay for 1t.
 His newspapers are conducted with
 but tone object in view and that is prominently before the public. to make
 his newspapers notorious and success full, and to purchase high political po-
 sition for himself is the full measure of Hearst's ideas of good citizenship
 and good politics
 l It is, perhaps, a useless waste of | time to try to understand the reasons
 for Tammany's apparent leaning to-
 wards this man, for no one can un-
 derstand them, but, as The Charles | ton Post puts it. the effect rather
 than the cause" Is important New
 York Democracy has done some strange things in recent years, and 1 Fammany has made some curious
 breaks, but nothing that either has done would be so inexcusable or so
 dangerous as the election of Hearst Governor. New York Is the largest State in the Union, and the Republi- cans have controlled it for a dozen | years past. The election of Hearst
 as Democrat would give him a strong | following for President in the Nation
 al Democratic Convention. and his
 nomination might follow. Of that pos sibility The Post says:
 The nomination of Hearst would | shatter the Democratic Party more | completely than even the candidacy of Bryan in 1896 shattered it. MT. Bryan | was dangerous but thoroughly re- ! spectable candidate ten years ago o. | Hearst could never be considered re- | spectable and his crazy propaganda ! would lead to disaster it carried into
 action. sample of the feeling of true ! Democrats who have the love of their | country at heart above the success of ! their party is given In the expression of The Charlotte Observer, replying l to a request for a definition of It's att possible candidates of the Democracy. | If the election of MT. Bryan should ap- | pear to promise we'll for the country | two years hence. says The Charlotte paper, it will not hesitate to say so, | but "as to MT. Hearst, we have no hes itancy in saying that we shall not sup port him for President of the United ! States under any circumstances what
 soever."
 Whatever obpjections any Democrat
 may have to Mir. Bryan it is unjust
 to him to even think of comparing
 the two men. It would be more than
 absurd to think that Hearst could be elected President. for his record and
 his political character. or lack of 1t,
 would be the signal for the practical | dissolution Of Democracy. He would l receive Democratic support, of course