The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-10-22

OSHe, cuSdSSu tue most experienced
newspaper writer's, and artists in New
York and forced several leading rival
dailies- into bankruptcy and some of
them out OF business.
He used mp the $500 600. 90 in about
two ysars-and then luckily for him
the Hearst mines in the Black Hills
began grinding ont about $4,000, 10000
year-which he has managed to blow
in and it is said that his newspaper cor
porations have about $4,000, 10000 in
outstanding obligations. The manage
ment of the Hearst observation-disclosures
all of the newspaper properties is in
the hands of Mr.. Clark, formerly
bookkeeper and confidential advisor of
the late Marcus Daley. 1t would re-
quire several large volumes to give a
complete and detailed account of W..
R. Hearst and Ills doings since he went
to New York. He is the ostensible
head of the following newspapers: The
Boston American, the New York A mer-
lean the New York Journal, the Morgen
Journal {Germanl, the Chicago Ex-
aminer, the Chicago American, the
San Francisco Examiner, the Los Ang-
else Examiner-aIl big dailies with
Sunday editions. He is also the owner
Of the Cosmopolitan and Motor maga-
zines. Millions were sunk In putting
this string of newspapers on paying
basis and they are known as the ultra
type of sensational yellow journals.
The expense of conducting these publi-
cations is approximately fifteen mil
lions per annum. Mr.. Arthur Brisbane,
the chief editorial writer for this chain
OF newspapers is paid upward of $780,
10000 per annum. The general mana
ger, Mr.. S. S. Carlvalho, receives SAL
ary Of more than $50, ,OOOe 90 per annum,
There are q large number of other
employees drawing salaries of from
100000 to 100000 a year. Mr..
Hearst is surrounded by lot of able
men. Mrs. Phoebe Hearst-W. RS
mother-keeps close watch on all af-
fairs pertaining to the financial man.
agement of these publications and all
business is done thru Mr.. Clark.
Now to return to the personality of
w. Il Hearst. When he went to New
York he was rone' of the worst sort.
He is the original candy-kid. He eats
candy, chews tobacco but does not
smoke or drink tonsil varnish. Hearst
is tall, well built, handsome, reticent.
and a-slow thinker-likewise poor
conversationalist. He tried to 90 to
Congress from San Francisco but was
looked upon as q joke. Then he
thought perhaps Chicago politicians
might pick him up and send him to
Congress-but that plan failed. When
Richard Croker abdicated the leader
ship Of Tammany Hall and Charles F.
Murphy was chosen as the head of that
powerful political organization he
started in to plscate the leading New
York daifies-the Herald, World, Sun
and Journal by Offering each seat in
Congress. Mr.. Murphy selected MIR.
Brisbane from the Jour- al staff but
when Hearst heard of it he said: "If
there is congressional seat coming to
this Office it will come to me-" Aud he
grabbed the rammany nomination
himself. The Tammany collection
committee called on Mr.. Hearst after
bis nomination and asked him to con-
tribute $5OOOO.O0 to the "hail." Mr..
Hearst said to the committee, "I un.
derstand the usual assessment is $5,-
O00.OO. will not he held up. If Mr..
Murphy Is not satisfied with that I'll
hand him back his nomination. / ex-
pect to spend more than 100000 in
my campaign he did. Hearst
practically financed the first and Sec
and Bryan campaigns-beside lending
the support Of his newspapers at
great financial facrifice. OF course
Hearst was elected to Congress in 1902
and when the campaign of 1904 rohed
around Murphy refused to renominate
Hearst and the support Of his newspa-
pers was withheld from Judge Parker
until he was nominated.
Out of ell this hubbab, however,
comes circuiation and business for the
Hearst papers and magazines. The
late Wilbur F. Storey, publisher of the
Chicago Times adopted the following