The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-12
NO. z.
WHAT 1T ALL MEANS
Tabloid History Of the Independence Party.
Seventh Of series of partisan articles written
for Voters. recent Naturalixed Citizens Busy Felix
who have not followed political events closely,
and our Boy and Girl readers.
BY Gibson GARDNER. -

The undergraduates party i the
party u william RaaaosgA Hearst
n wan organized ~ Hearst. ma.
tlouAilg during ths past Nlx munthA.
az his protest AGAINST AL atbeF par
ties. bHt particularly against the d.
rno~racy ~ bryan
Hearst n an influeutisi editor
Tie uwuH newspapers IN NsN York.
Chlcaso. Boston, San tranrtseu and
Los Anwri~a. n. Il supposed q b.
a man % large independent Nealth.
having inhrgitrd mines snd lands
from his father Moreover. hts pa
prra seem % b. smceeAafai
DurinK The - years uf his esreer.
Hearst has combined pusilshinF
With politics. he has be~n ambi
floan 70 hold offfca In 1904 he
made = desperate aud expcnafT~ -
fort ~ a@cure tho democEntie pfeAt.
apntlal nomination. and the fuaipw
tmx fan was almost efeted - aa
independent candidate Tor mayor ~
New yoyk city Ne also ran Tor
governor ~ New YORK against
Charles A. hughes.
in Chicago Hearst became the
boss Of NOMINATIONS and elerfiona.
hat ala not seek office. He con
froilcd the elections IN The county,
his ticket winning over that u the
regular democratic organization.
ia California. HcaTAf's payer has
been a powerful factor IN stiFrsuE
ana directing public sentiment
Sometimes this Influence has been
for good and sometimes for bad he
I IL chiefly Responsible fof Fhe Abe
Rauf administration IN San FRAN
rsaro. hut took no hand 70 ssad the
grmfterA Ia the penitentlary ON
the contrary. hts papers have vain
( IL tried 70 dimcredit Francis !.
u~puy'n war on graft
A the new party IL entirely an.
der Hcaruts control. the question
a. 20 It's value comes back - the
question OF Hcarsts Eood faish. OF
lack Of Il.
ia the incorporation papers Of the
Independence league. which Mas th'
pareut OF the Independence party.
/ lis purpose was announced 70 be;
Voluntarily to obtain and pro.
mote by educational means and pc.
iitlcal action such legislation a. viii
secure Independence among cleo
tors. An administration Of gov
crument independent ~ corporate
aud corrupt Influences The appil
cation u public property % puhlie
uses. Effective control BY the peo'
Die OF political PARTIES
~ the average voter could feel
assured that the declarations Of The
marty were 50 true and only pnr
posses. he would have no hesitation
In determining where 20 caat his
vote. but. somehow. behind the
fine sounding declaration, there "a
suspicion Of another, something IKE
this:
I'm order 10 promote the personal
ambitione OF william Randolph
Hearst. 10 punish the democratic
marty for rs refusal 20 select Hearst
laa ia presidential candidate to
punish bryan for hts refusal 70 GIVE
Hearst his turn ~ the presidential
race. 10 even no scores Win thuh"
politicians IN New York who depfiv
"a Hearst Of the mayofalty aud the
gnvernorship, 10 do things "a
Rorer Sullivan and other enemies
lu Illinois; 10 rip up the democratic
and republican parties in Califof
MIA. 10 make our power and paper
felt in Massachusetts. 10 boom oar
circulation. start a hand made and
hand worked party Of our own. aud
90 ~ foundation for our own
Nomination and election In 1912 !
William Randolph Hearst. have this
day incorporated and launched ths
Independence party Of America
Hearats politics are something
llkO his papers. They combine some