The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-18
POLITICS " NEW YORK.

A<OuicNailC SOuTIcTsJOuTnal.
 MT. Edward Lissner. our special cor respondent. man learned in the mys- terles behind the scenes and wholly in- dependent and di1fnterested, puts the case truly and thoughtfully. As he tells us. 1t Is known of all New York Black and @ Jossph s if e"cs choats aS. on mrams side. David B. Hill and D. Cady Her. rick on the other side. have been guiding spirits of their party, but the Vanderbilts. the Harrimans. the Bel monts. the Bradys and the Ryans. The interestof thes. Tn politics has not hoe, to advance either party. or to bring before the people candidates for office of signal ability and integrity, but rather to protect their enterprises and to extend their franchises
 MT. Lissner gives us some striking examples. Two years ago the seat of Chauncey M. Depew was promised to Frank g., Black. That Blsck would have made brilliant Senator is in- and orator of more than ordinary abil- ity. The entire rank and file of the Republican Party were enthusiastic oyer the choice. New York has not had voice in the upper House of Con- there was Chauncey Depew, an oflicer of the Vanderbilt lines. The Wander bilts and Harrimans wanted him rnd their command proved mightier than the sentiment and selection of a great party.
 So much for the Republican side of 1t. MT. Lissner adds striking in stance of the Democratic side. When the Hearst movement was taking shape last year. Judge Herrick, Francis Bur ton Harison and other good Democrats started a counter move to purify the party and keep the control away from the New York editor. They were promptly thwarted by August Belmont and Anthony N Brady. Why? It was detrimental to the interests" of these become powers. They wanted to retain the control tha-~saIrop N~.-. rrise~ .hn question. admitting that Belmont. Ryan and Brady are in politics to protect their investments. are the public ser vice corporations controlled by them giving the people square deal?
 This Is the situation which renders Hearst his pull with a vast body of discontented voters. As MT. Lissner observes the Financiers have sown the Here Is his sketch of what the average non-party people are saying:
 MT. Hearst may be most insincere: {: a faker. in other words. Granted that he is and that his fight for sQ-cent gas and other reforms were donb not be- cause he sought to serve the public. but to gratify his political aspirations. The fact remains that the public has. prof ited by such efforts. Other men have sought political power and preferment. quence or an issue. The great mass of the people may have profited indi- rectly. but not otherwise.
 Those who stood by Hearst before the Buffalo convention, as far back as last fall, have gone upon the theory that he should be given a chance to see what he will do. Others who pre- tended to serve the people have had one, why not Hearst? He will have to meet the most severe tests. For he to perform little. But why not see? his admirers ask.
 If Hearst fails, he will fizzle out the same as William T. Jerome Few rest under the impression that he will succeed in satisfying the mass of vot- CTS on whom he depends for prefer ment. It is not without import to dwell upon two other grounds on which certain Democrats have bolted. The first is that the better element of the party is opposed to him. By this is meant, in many circles. somej of the more wealthy members.
 "The time has gone by when the man of .nillions. the Captain of Industry whose political affiliations should be followed because he could not be on any side other than the one for good government Years back it was the
 
 was the subject of much study in and out of the magazines and newspapers as the foe of good government. But times have changed, It Is in the man rich man. the one who was once con sidered of the better clement who stands behind the ward heeler with his purse. behind the lobbyist at Ways and Means when a tariff law Is to be enacted. who is our political problem. The idea that he will not sunnort Hearst ought not to count"
 What pity. that MT. Hearst should he Mr. Hearst, How many intelliennt peonle get away from his dreadful newsnapers? How can they see in him another Tgnatius Lovola flooding the world with a new light and tearing its very foundations for Jesus sake? for his self-seeking the brass bands and the check book the machine made organism of the old regulation sort and all the aspects and pararherlania of the very boss system he denounces?
 Alas and alack the day. One must not lead in blowing his own trumpet He must not advertise his virtues on his own bill-boards He may not reach faith of men when putting himself and his ambitions too far to the front join in@ to the exposure and castiRa ton of evil the demand for his immediate re- ward. Even hokus pokus and rrayer is less obvious more artistic and eff fective than hokus-pokus and money
 And SO we shall continue to stand nat on Bryan. He may not he as smooth as Roosevelt nor as rich as Hearst but he has worn very we'll all things considering. in snite of a rent or two In his coat These may be mended in time for 1908 and In any event. as the monkev said when he painted the cats tail with a brush made ont of the eaele's wing, "wsat's tue good of having a cat that ain't sky-b -blueo" ~-