Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-09
Outside Point of View

Some of us were very much inclined
after Hearst's expose of the Standard
Oil letters to Foraker. and also the
real true inwardness" of Governor
Haskell of Oklahoma, to welcome him
back to the ranks of reputable journal
ism For this much can be said OF
Hearst. this without inquiring into MS
motives, That he has accomplished
more in the way Of ending the career
of the corporation tools in our legis-
lative halls, than any one other fac
tor For once he stood on the side OF
decency. For once he was using the
vast power Of the press to bring about
real practical reform. Give the devil
his due
And witt! this in mind, it is hard to
understand his actions and position in
the California graft prosecutions.
So bitter was the feeling against The
Examiner Immediately after the at
tempted murder that it's office was pro-
tected by Gordon of police. Ever
since the brave, patriotic men who
have led the graft prosecution refused
to allow William Randolph Hearst to
place q man of his eISiu>
in the mayors chair to succeed Eu-
gene r. Sehmitz Hearst has used The
Examiner as a weapon for the Grip
ping OF the graft prosecution" says
The Call, which goes on to describe
The Examiners "a. Mutt" cartoons
which it believes capable of "inflaming
weak minds to murder" We read:
Pee %I1a
Mutt pictures depicted Heney in every
posture of humiliation that mind in
genious in scurrility could conceive. In
July the Mutt pictures of 'Beany' were
REINFORCED by the story Of the $50
600 fee which, it was insinuated. but
never directly charged, Heney had re-
ceived for corrupt services to the Con-
ira Costa Water company Special
Prosecutor Beany may have to grant
himself immunity said the Mutt ar
fist, and editorialy Heney was ordered
to explain the alleged fee or suffer
dismissal from office.
con July 80 a cartoon by Chopin
represented Heney in particularly
brutal fashion with paddock on his
lips while the Mutt artist showed
Heney. as a bird brought down in flight
by blunderbuss. The Examiner should
be particularly proud of that sinister
cartoon. Who knows how long Morris
Haas brooded over it?"
The attempt Of the assassination Of
Heney followed. Then came the suicide
of the would-be assassin. And the in
ference naturally follows that Hearst
and his Examiner Indirectly were re-
sponsible for both. In the public mind
this man Hearst thru his journalistic
methods was also indiracttv rncnonsi-
BILE for the tragedy of McKinley's I'M
timely death, And with such a record,
past and present, he has a following of
thousands, even aspiring to the presi-
authority that Candidate Bryan en-
deavorad to make an alliance with this
same Hearst and today feels that
Hearst Lad more to do with his de-
feat than any other one agency. Still
we all feel Bryan is a clean man. an
honorable man and a good citizen. But
could he touch pitch and not be de-
flede
All this suggests another line of
thought. Why is it we, the people of
this country, fail to act in matters of
this kind? Hearst and his yellow sheets
are successful because the people sup
port them. The most reputable firms
in Chicago, New York and San Fran
cisco advertise extensively in these dis
reputable papers Thousands of hon
est, sensible men and women are sub
scribers and readers. Thus both adj
vertisers and subscribers aid and abet
Hearst and Hearstism. OF course the
advertiser says to himself. the end JUS
titles the means. I am after results, 4.
e.. dollars, and cannot get them in