Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-08-24


| them and he intended to consult no
one in conducting his political cam
paigns. The danger is likely to be that
few people. whether prominent or
otherwise, are going to consult Mr.
Hearst's newspapers as to how they
shall vote next November.
Movement Lacks Vitality.
No one can really tell what the
| Hearst movement-for 1t Is Hearst
and not Hlsgen movement-may
amount to. One of the strongest fac
tors in Hearst's newspaper orGaniZa-
ton announced cheerfully that they
would poll 100000 votes, but he was
/ the same newspaper manager who de
clarcd that Mr. Hearst would be elect
ell mayor of New York by 10000
votes. Arthur Brisbane. Il more eau
tious compiler Of political statistics
and not less enthusiastic servitor of
his great chief Is quoted on trust
worthy authority as saying that the
ticket Of Hisgen and Graves will get
I'm the neighborhood Of 100000. And
yet Mr.. Brisbane In making this proph-
ecy figured that even If the Hearst
ticket got 10000 votes in New York
state 1t would hurt rather than help
the Republican ticket The last state
| ticket for which votes were cast In
New York left the Independence league
candidate the trihing amount Of near
ly 1000 800 votes in the rear. Prior TO
that time. OF course. under fusion
Mr. Hearst's Independent party plus
the Democratic party was able to elect
all its ticket save Hearst alone. He
was beaten by $1,000. AS a result
there is feeling that even though
Hearst himself is not a winner as
candidate the men whom he Sc
lects are even less strong.
Inspired by Revenge.
The really humorous phase of the
Hearst convention came from the ac-
ceptance by John Temple Graves of
the nomination for vice president after
the clamorous Kansan had been
| thrown out. Mr.. Graves is justly cole
brated for being the man who at
banquet some two years ago warmly
urged that Mr.. Bryan should arise in Il
Democratic convention and put Mr..
Roosevelt in nomination for the presi
dency. Yet Mr.. Graves took a nOmi
nation from Il convention which not
merely refused to hear Mr.. Bryan's
name, because he did not happen to be
4 member of the party, but nearly
killed the man who mentioned that
name. | do not know what Il Rcpub-
lican convention would have done I'M
der such circumstances or what Il
Hocrdtic convention in like case
might have done. My guess is that
| the man might have been ridiculed but
that the Whole body of delegates would
| not have risen as one man to assault
him nor that the police reserves
would have been necessary for his pro-
lection. And that incident more than
any other seems to me to justify the
belief that this widely heralded move
mcnt for absolute independence in pol
| tiles amounts as yet to nothing. be-
cause it is not truly Independent. but
wholly under the control of one man
and his hired men.
| Parties. like poets, are born and not
made, They cannot be created for the
purpose of justifyng the whim or the
malice or even the revenge of a mil
lionaire, even if he owns Il number
Of widely circulated newspapers.
Opening the Campaign.
have not the slightest doubt that
many readers of this letter will Won
der at what may seem to them and
has seemed to others the delay in open
ing the formal campaign of the Dem
Ocratic party. At this moment the
Democratic national headquarters are
open at the Auditorium Annex, Chi
cago. and any Democrat who desires
to cooperate will receive courteous re-
Spouse If he communicates either with
any of the officers whose names are
mentioned In the first paragraph of
this letter or with me. Thus far the
Republican headquarters have not been
opened; but. as that party is always
we'll fortified with funds, they have
maintained certain organization be-
tween the campaigns. In what shape
the Democratic party will be as to
funds will depend upon the individual
Democrat At Mr.. Bryan's instance
and with the very hearty and sincere
cooperation of the national commit
tee t. has been determined that no
contributions will be received from
corporations, that no individual contTi
| buttons of over $4,000 shall be re
ccivcd and that all contributions III
c"cess of 500 will be reported to th2
public press prior to the election. If
| may urge upon Democrats who may
read this letter the absolute necessity
of contributing in accordance with
their means. however small. | Wou!i
suggest that they send those cOntli-
! buttons either direct to the Commonci
ut Lincoln. Ncb.. or. If their local Dem
ocratic paper has started in response
to the appeal of Mr.. Bryan himself
campaign fund. send it rather there
Slips will be sent out from the national
committee rs fast as contributors
come in, giving full credit TO every
| contributor. Moreover. every news
paper joining III this effort to secure n
! rallpniuu fund which shall not lie