The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-10-08
HEARST'S GAME.
Editor Fitting Both Sides Hard -
Shows Corruption in Both Big Par
Standard Oil Blight.

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Shows Corruption in Both Big Par
ties Standard oil Blight.
% Mister William Randolph Hearst
the bad boy of the newspaper and pol
itical world, has been having the time
of his life. He likes to make trouble
and he certainly has been making It
in large chunks for all parties in the
last few weeks. He says he is about
thru now. tho, so far as the men al
ready mentioned are concerned, and
so IT is time to see just what he has
done.
There is still good deal of dust
i'm the air. but things have cleared
enough to show that the chief suffer-
er has been one w. J. Bryan MI
Hearst has a deep grudge against
Mr.. Bryan. and as stated in these col
umns some time ago, is out for his
blood. He seems to have got some OF
II. OF course Mr.. Hearst claims to be
against both political parties, and he
really is willing to do the Republicans
all the harm he can. but first and
foremost he wants to beat Bryan.
Hearst started with an attack on
Senator Foraker. He showed that
Foraker had been in correspondence
with the Standard Oil Co. and then
when Mr.. Foraker explained, Hearst
had some more letters to show that
the explanation was false. OF course
the Democrats were happy They ex-
planned at great length and very
vigorously Just how awful it is to be
connected with Standard Oil and they
showed that a man in Foraker's pos
ition has no possible excuse Also,
tho 1t was pretty hard, they showed
TO their own satisfaction that Taft wa
to blame for it all, tho he and For
aker are old time enemies, and have
been fighting hard for two years
After the Democrats had proved all
this they suddenly found that Mr.
Haskell. the Democratic National
Treasurer. was in worse shape than
Foraker. He denies. and denies
hut has not convinced a soul eX-
cent Bryan. perhaps-that he is inno-
cent. The proof is stronger than
against Foraker. and much more dam
aging. Also. Haskell is not an enemy
but a close friend. of Bryan. His
denials were disprcved in one way and
another and finally he was forced out
Of office. But Bryan will not yet ad-
nit that either he or Haskell
was wrong He simply can't admit
it. after the things he said about For
aker and Taft, without admitting that
he is unfit to be president But
every one else knows that the charges
are true. and Haskell is a disgraced
man. Also, Bryan has called the par
ticular attention of all the world TO
his plight by getting into a dispute
with the President about the matter
in which the President has beaten
him at every point. AS matters now
stand, Taft has been hurt very little
II at all, by the exposure of the sins
of his enemy, while Bryan has been
greatly damaged by proof of faults in
his close friend and adviser, and by
defending him after the faults were
proved.
OF course Mr.. Hearst is fighting
both big parties. but he seems 20
have hit Bryan hardest, for some
reason.
Hearst has other letters, and other
charges He has laid a load on Sen
of South Carolina, good"
Democrat, and attacked others
little. And all along it has been the
Democrats that have suffered. All
these men now are demanding trial
in court. tho they have not been ac-
cused of violating any laws except
those of good citizenship and decency.
The fact is, Hearst has proved his
charges that there are men in both
political parties controlled by the
trusts. He hits a big Democrat and
a much smaller Republican-but the
truth has not all been told. So far
because OF Hearst's smooth work. it
has hurt Bryan most
Sal NM KGEptpe WARNED