New-York tribune., 1906-10-19
THE EVASIONS OF HEARST.

The chief of the Slanderbund is careful and
particular TO put his name at the head Of the
editorial page of each one Of his various news
papers. 1t must be his full name. too; not w.
r. Hearst, nor William R. Hearst nor w. Ran
dolph Hearst, but William Randolph Hearst 1t
might be supposed that he does In order to
identify himself completely possible with
those publications and to leave doubt as
| to who is responsible for them-after the man.
ner Of the Grand Monarque, "Le Journal. c'est
moi -
Apparently that is his purpose so far as the
| securing Of any personal profit for himself Is
concerned. But when it comes to personal re-
! sponsibility for the papers their affairs or
doings, oh, no. That is ink of another color.
Such publication of his name does not identify
him with the papers On the contrary, 1t indi-
Gates that he has nothing to do with them
Suppose somebody is aggrieved by "Das Nor
gen Journal" Can he hold William Randolph
Hearst responsible for it? Not a bit of it. He
must seek the Morning Journal Association
And when he finds tiff he can find it-much
good it does him for his quest, for he discovers
that. by It's showing. that corporation is
worth good deal less than nothing its debts
being about three times as great as its assets,
Or suppose 1.-THE Evening Journal is called
into question. Is William Randolph Hearst,
whose name is blazoned upon its pages respon-
lodges behind the New York Evening Journal
Publishing Company another distinctly precious
corporation, with debts far exceeding its assets,
and therefore with net value indicated by the
minus sign.
Well, then, at least there is 1.-THE American"
That must be William Randolph Hearst, and
William Randolph Hearst must be It, Not at
all For 1.-The American" see "Star Company"
And If you would see the Star Company you
must go to a lawyers office some distance from
the place where 1.-The American" is published.
only to find that while It purports to be the
place of business of that company. there is no
body there who is In any way connected with
the Star Company, nor any one who knows
where any responsible representative of it can
be found. II have" said the Sheriff of New
York, made diligent efforts to find the Star
Company. But after diligent effort to
find an officer director, agent or employe
g. l have been unable TO find any such
person wherefore I return such corporation
defendants as not found" SO William Ran
dolph Hearst lodges behind one of his cor
poratiOns, and that corporation cannot be found
not even by the Sheriff! No wonder, though.
that it cannot be found, for according to it's
own statement, it has no accounts receivable,
no goods wares merchandise, no machinery
plant, no cash on hand or in bank, and
nothing invested in the state of New York, in
which 1t purpOrts to do business. 1t is a case
Of utter nothngness.
Finally as TO William Randolph Hearst him
self the Sheriff reported: Il have used due dill
"gence 10 find William r Hearst and
have been unable to do so and from the best
information obtainable l learn he is now a
resident OF this county, but evades service"
And this same William Randolph Hearst COM
plains that other people are evading thingsl
Talk about Satan rebuhing Sin!