The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-24
THOSE HIGH IN
COUNCILS QUAKE
Hearst Charges Have Done
Much to Create Over
WheIming Fear.
AERIAL TRIP IMPROBABLE.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO STAY
ON LAND SINCE WRIGHT AERO
PLANE WREck-CAPiTAL CITY
AGAINST BILL BOARDS.
Special Correspondence.

Washington, Sept. 2i.-When it first
became known that w r. Hearst pro-
losed that his private and personal
Independence Party should launch a
presidential ticket, the prediction was
made that it would help a lot toward
livening up the campaign. The pre-
diction probably was based upon a
knowledge of Mr.. Hearst's character
Istics as newspaper publisher It's
dull day when Mr.. Hearsts newspa-
pers can't stir up something, but as
hacker of a presidential ticket the
newspaper stunts appear tame as an
old lady's sewing circle.
The campaign is yet young, so far d
real activity is concerned, but already
Senator Foraker of Ohio has been sent
TO the mat for the count, and Gov.
Haskell of Oklahoma is buster and
madden than any hornet ever was Ev
cry lip is framed in the query: what
next
There are lot OF men highly placed
who will not be able to sleep we'll
O'nightG until it becomes apparent tha:
Mr.. Hearst has exhausted his stock of
exposures. NO one but a hopeless
pessimist believes other than that the
great majority. an overwhelming ma
JOrity of American public men tread
the straight ard narrow path. serving
their country and their constituents
with single hearted devotion. Contra
riWise, the man is hopeless imbecile
who does not know that there have
crept into high places in the nations
councils, men as crooked and slippery
as the creator ever allowed to crawl
upon the earth. These are the ones
who fear Hearst, just as they fear any
other agent that makes for publicity
A good many Americans mad not
admire Mr.. Hearst, Some of them.
no doubt, have a bad taste in the
mouth when they think OF him. But
it can not be denied that if the charg-
es Mr.. Hearst brings are true he is
serving a useful purpose. And like
other folks who trade in unpleasant
goods, it is altogether likely that MI
Hearst will have to pay the penalty of
his trade, but it can not be denied that
he is an important agency in the cru
SADIE for cleaner and more decent
things in American public life.
The aeroplane accident at Fort Mey-
ey, in which an army officer lost his
life and Inventor Wright was seriously
injured, probably removes all chance
that resident Roosevelt will take an
aerial journey during his incumbency
of office. 1t is not at all likely that
the Fort Myer accident would have the
effect of weakening Mr.. Roosevelt's
nerve, but for the president to risk his
life in one of the machines while the
catastrophe was fresh in mind would
be too fragrant disregard of public
sentiment Mr.. Roosevelt realizes as
| we'll as any other man that so long as
he is president of the United States his
life is not his own to dispose of, and
along with his love of adventure he has
a pretty deep sense of the responsible
| ties Of his office.
| No one knows, of course. whether
Mr.. Roosevelt would have attempted
flight in heavier than air machine
even had the accident not occurred at
Fort Myer, but it is known that the
experience would have been precisely
to his liking. Had he announced his
| intention of taking a trip with Mr.
| Wright his personal and official ad-
viSers would have gone as far as they
could in attempting to dissuade him.
| How well they might have succeeded
no one will ever know, for the thought
that it might have been the president
of the United States instead of an
army lieutenant who was Mr.. Wright
| passenger that day will make argu-
ment unnecessary for a long time to
come.