The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-10-30

brisbane, the brilliant editor ~.
Hear-t'S Evening Journal. We biafH-
or 80 praise him for the success 81
Hearst. II is said that the New YORK
Judges went away from the dinner
with the impression that brisbane
was Hearst. = big Wall street opera
tor offered Brisbane 4 handsome STOCK
tip on the theory that he was all ihsl-
was Of Hearst. We have seen "ha
the Evening Post had 70 say on the
subject. and Nr. Jerome opened his
ampafgn for the goyeTu0rSIip with "A
demand upon Hearst To 20 and ask
Brisbane what the movement stood
New york forgets mat Hearst-ar
somebody a mad the san Ffahiscc
Examiner a success before he came
to New York and retained Arthur
brisbane. And New York. in Is
provincialisrn, probably doesnt know
that Hearst-or somebody under that
name-had played a pretty effective
part in politics in California before ne
came East. Tom Williams is the man
thev used to talk most about IN san!
Francisco. but the Good Tom, a.
they called him, had made the Exam
liner an expense to George Hearst, the
father. before he made it a Tor
william Randolph, the son.
Tom Williams isn't known in Chi
cago. They sometimes read, u
they don't see. Arthur Brisbane u
there. so you hear nothing OF Wi
liame and little Of Brisbane in Chica-
90 You don't hear much of Hearst
either. Chicago has a great deaI 70 de
with A. Nj. Lawrence, the publisher 81
the Hearst newspapers, and the repre-
sentative of the Hearst policies in llI-
nois. so Chicago blames Andy Ian
renee for the failures Of Hearst. bul
Chicago does not credit Lawrence
with all He2rsts successes. Cnlcd9o
the existence of Mr.. Hears
Hearst is Hearst < Co.
The truth is that Hearst is Hearst,
and not only hat; he IS Arthur Iris
bane and candy" Lawrence ana Tom
Williams ana Arthur McEwen and all
the rest of his staff. Some of these
men are very strong lndlVldualllle9
and their individualities count IN the
Hearst. But Hearst also is an indiVid-
ual. and his individuality counts.
And it must count large, too. For
consider the two men, Brisbane n
Lawrence, who p~ersonify Hearst IN
two cities: They are two utterly oil
ferent types Of men: yet the papers
they make are of the same type. All
Hearts papers bear the imprint OF
on common personality-William Ran
doIph Hearst.
The first glance shows why men
look over Mr.. Hearst's sclOping shout
tle1S loI SoIllGpotN 'l91 - 1850
He is a tall man who does not strike
vou as tall. He is six feet one inch
in height. but he doesn't assert his
height. He doesn't assert his strength
either. Well built, and We'll groomed.
he is strong physically. yet you get
throws his chest out OF his shoulders
back. He uses his physical strength
only for endurance. He is one of
those t~ireless workers who work with
the body at ease: internationally, Il
without nerves.. In the West he IS
credited with courage. but the stories
they tell are all of fearlessness. not
bravery. All is repose. Nothing is as
serted, not even his authority. His
crders to his editors go to them as
suggestions and queries, and some
times his editors pigeon-hole them:
hut their chief never forgets a query
he has once made; lie is sure sooner
OF later to "query'' again about his
"Query."
Everything about Mr.. Hearst is elu-
sive. His blonde hair is browning:
his blue eyes are grayish; his clean
shaven face is SMOOTH; his low voice
speaks reluctantly and little, and then
very slowly. But it does speak and
by and by. when it has been speak
ing, you begin to notice that his
straight, strong nose strikes straight
down from his forehead; his stright
is thin-lipped and hard. and
his eyes, cold. sharp and c~uriously
close together. can look straight into
yours. \ smile blurs these features
at first. a sober smile Which disarmS
without winning you.
But Mr.. Hearst does not want to
win you. He is not in the least mag
netic or kind; he is generous, yes, but
with his money and power. not with
interest, condolences or affection. And
he is most loyal to his own; but there
is no warmth. And the reason there
is no warmth seems to be that there
is no sense of need of friends. Mr..
Hearst is not only a silent, he is a lone
ly soul. But earnest. The strongest
impression l carried away from my
talks with him was that he was a
man who was in deadly earnest. Many
doubts remain. none of his slow dog
determination to get done the thing
he wants to do. SOft-VOiced, slow
minded, lenient morally. loose about
details and cold-teInpered,-thiS man
has a will. His very ability seems to
be that of will, rather than of mind.
some people who do not know him
ness of an absolute egOtism in his
eyes. There is egOtism. and it is
ruthless; indeed, there is something
Of the insolence of his class in 1t.
it isn't mere self-assertion. His
is the unconscious egotism of an alb
solute self-sufficiency.
Hence the talk of his shyness. He
breads public speechs and you hear
tfat as a child he was ashfu in the
company of grown-ups. But With
other boys he was not shy. Willie
Hearst had his own ''teams," "socie-
ties and, however quietly he man
aged it, he was not Shy about con-
Quoting his bOyish organizations him.
self and to suit himself.
Mr.. Hearst's Independence.
When | called on him at his hotel
IN Chicago to make an appointment
for an interview, he wasn't shy; he
was at ease. He didn't make it easy
for me-; he seemed utterly indifferent
to my He gave me all the
time / wanted: two late evenings: a
day on the train to New York and the
middle of two more days. And he an
SWered all my questions.
That was all however. He volun-
teered nothing, absolutely nothing;
neither a fact. nor an application,
nor an idea. While pumped. he