The Irish standard., 1906-11-10
HEARST DEFEATED.

expressed satisfaction tndL W1lllam r..
Hearst was to have an opportunity ar
last to prove the assertion that he
and his newspapers have so often
made, that the people wanted him and
only waited the opportunity to put him
in Office. He received the Democratic
nomination for governor of the state
OF New York and in addition to that
he had the nomination OF his own par
| ty, the independence League. After
a campaign that has attracted atten.
ton of the nation in which he covered
every portion Of the Empire State he
has been defeated, while the remainder
of the Democratic state ticket is prob
ably elected. Instead of being strong
err than the Democratic party he Is
many, many thousands weaker. Thou.
sands of Democrats refused to vote
for Mr.. Hearst and for that he alone
is to blame. He has ever been the
apostle of destruction; always de-
stroying: never building. His extrav-
agant denunciation of his enemies lost
him thousands Of votes. One. state
ment that he made may alone have
turned sufficient votes against him to
that if elected to tho governorship of
the state he would see that the mayor
! of the City of New York, Mr.. McClell-
an, and the District Attorney Of the
District of New York, Mr.. Jerome,
were both removed from office. Both
| of these men were elected by the peo-
pie. The latter by a great vote run
ming on an independent ticket. Both
are prominent Democrats who have
rendered good service in their respec-
tive offices. The unqualified promise
of Mr.. Hearst TO remove these men
from Office, If given the power. shows
the character Of the man and his con-
ception of what the duties Of an exec
utive officer are. The result of the
election in New York shows that any
sound Democrat would have been
elected in New York this year. Mr..
| Hearst, who claims to be the idol of
the masses, finds himself several thou
sand votes weaker: than. other. men
running. on the same. ticket who are
unknown outside Of the state. The
result in New York ought to .chasten
Mr.. Hearst 1t ought to prove to him
that with all his millions and his score
of great papers that he can not raise
his hand against every man and ex-
pect to accomplish any good in po-
litical way.
Mr.. Hearst might easily have been
elected if he had only been temper
ate in his criticisms, If he had not
descended to vile personal abuse of
those with him he differed. If he had
contented himself with exposing politi-
cal trickery the people Of New York
would surely have selected him. Both
parties in that state have been boss
ridden for many years. The people
wanted a change. They know that Mr.
Hearst was opposed to the bosses and
that the bosses were opposed to him,
but his ill-tempered and imnloderate
denunciation Of men in high political
positions created a fear that such a
man would make a dangerous gov
ernor
No man can succeed this country
by relying upon class hatred and pref
udice. No man who gives his ability
and his wealth to a propaganda for
creating class hatred should succeed,
It is unfortunate that man with tn.
great possibilities of Mr.. Hearst should
destroy his efficiency for good. f1e
might have been governor and pos
sibly president had be observed the
rules of common decency in his treat
ment Of others. He might have criti-
cised the evils and exposed the cor
rupt bosses without descending to per-
sonal abuse, but the man is essentially
a. destroyer. His abilities run in that
line and it is only when he is destroy
ing that he attracts attention. For
four years he has been a member Of
Congress. There he had an opportun-
fly to do something in a constructive
way; he has done nothing. 1t is only
when he is pulling down others that
he seems able to accomplish anything.
Such a man is unsuited by nature for
leader Of men. We think that the
best interests of the country and the
Democratic party have been conserved
by Mr.. Hearst's defeat.
J. c. Haynes. the Democratic can
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