The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-20
THE THIRD PARTY FOLLY,

The verbose cablegram of Mir. Hearst to Mir. Bryan has, ns might be expected, caused little surprise. In spite of the sweet assurances of friendliness, published by Mir Bryan In his commoner shortly before the democratic convention, and the ur- gent message of Samuel Gompers that called upon Mr Hearst not to put third ticket in the field since it would not only tend to make Mir. Tafts prospects the brighter by drawing heavily on the democratic vote, Mir. Hearst cables back that he has no intention of amalgamating his inter- ests with the democratic party He has lost faith in 1t and no longer can trust the sincerity or even the integ- rity of Its leader, he says
 How MT. Bryan or Mir. Gompers could have expected a reply in another vein is not clear Mir Hearst has, or
 
 thinks he has, good grounds for op- posing their party. In 1904 he was 1 a candidate for the dem ocratic nom inaton for president. Mir. Bryan op- | posed him at every turn then. In 1905 came the Mcclellan Hearst fight i for mayor of New York and Mir. Hearst has not got 1t through his head until this day that Mir. Mcclellan | could have been elected legally MT. Mcclellan was running on the demo- cratic ticket The New York state fight over the election of governor in 1906 did not heal matters. As the Springfield Republican says, speaking of MT Bryan and Mir. Gompers The persistence with which MT. Hearst Is invited to turn to the fold Is surpris- ing. They cannot know the man. So far as he is personally concerned, there are too many old grudges and hatreds left over from his experience as a democratic nominee 10 permit Mir Hearst to make even MT. Gompers happy"
 And so there is sure to be the third tioket-that of the Independence league. And what will be the result The fact that the independents had but twenty-two persons present ex- elusive of the band, at their state con- vention held in this city Saturday, need be taken as no criterion of the strength of the party. True 1t Is they may probably not carry single state, but that they will make inroads on the Taft vote some and on the Bryan ticket to far greater degrae, is unde- nabe. Quite generally where Mir. ] Bryan will be weakest, Mir. Hearst will be strong. In New York. for in- stance, this will be the ease. There last fall the independence party polled 10000 votes on separate ticket. In 5 Massachusetts the party tailed vote , of 75,000, It is perfectly apparent that Mir. Hcarst's newspapers have a great control over the masses enough indeed, to prove serious fac tor In the running The New York Tribune freely acknowle lgos the party { even more powerful than the populists ; and the socialists
 The folly of this third ticket Is ap- parent Mir. Hearst cannot hope fol Q success In the west his strength is ? infnitesimal. Even in Chicago where there Is Hearst paper, and IF California, which was his first home ? and where his family is an importan ) one this is the case Mir. Hearst Is A' e heart democrat. It had been fal ! better for him to put his efforts to- ward betterlng that party which ht S says has fallen to such depths. Now his whole scheme is taken by the pub lie as gigantic and audacious bit o yellow newspaper advertising of tn, , most insincere kind.