Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-10-27
HEARsT's MAN FRIDAY.

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 Hearst's man, Cleary, who is serving the republicans of Arizona with great fidelity in trying to- bring about the election of Cameron by drawing as many democrats as possible into the ranks of what he is pleased to term the independence movement, was here again Saturday night, and delivered another tirade of slander and abuse upon Mir. Bryan and Mark Smith. But, he is do- ing very little harm to the cause of democracy, for it is so plainly mani fest that he is working in the interests of the republicans that no one of or dinary common sense could fail to see it, and be misled by anything he might say. He is a windy fellow, in fact, goes by tho euphoneous coenomcn of "windy William. He spoke vehe- mentlv, and lacerated the atmosphere at e most fearfrl rate, and acted in man ner vary much like an irate bovine of the masculine persuasion. But his ve- hemence, bis wild gesticulation and his rantinu, have made no very marked i'm precision upon the voters of this citv: snd he did not accomplish enough good for his employers to compensate them for his per diem and mileage.
 We feel sure we are right in putting lin down as the servant of the reprb. lican party; as during his stay here he was almost constantly in the com pany of prominent republicans some st whom belong to the piscounter con. tinrsnt of that party.
 His tirade upon Mir. Bryan was fierce, brt ,:he people who heaiM him know that thi, was because he was trying to as. sist Hearst in carrying out his spite apainst MT. Bryan. He IS laboring un- der the imuression that because, four wears arc. Hearst had received the vote of Arizona in the national convention, they were still following in lis lead. In this he is very much mistaken. The democrats of Arizona did give Hearst warm support when be was aspiring to the nomination for the presidency four years ago, but they gave 1t because they believed him true to the princi- ples of democracy; but now he has turn ed out to be seeker of spite, and in seeking his spite, is trying to ruin the party, they see him In his true light, and refuse to follow him. He certainly takes the democrats of Arizona to be a set of blank idiots when he thinks that, because they give him hearty rec opnition when he was true to demo cratic principles and to the party, they will row follow him when he has become a traitor to them, and is trying to break down the party and defeat its candi- dates for the presidency and congress.
 Hearst supported Bryan in 1896, and in 1900, and supported Parker in 1904, and each time upon platform of prin- ciples that does not compare with the platform upon which MT. Bryan stands today. Then why should he not give the party his support now7 The reason is not difficult to see: He gave his sup port then, believing that the party would soen choose him as it's candidate for the presidency; but when he saw that the great tide of sentiment among democrats was toward Bryan, and that his chances were growing less every day, he turned against the party and is doing all in his power to defeat 1t. For this purpose he has, as intelligent peo- pie must believe, sent out his henchmen such as this man Cleary, to traduce and yillify such men as MT. Bryan and Mark Smith.
 But he can do nothing toward affect ing tho interests of Mir. Bryan, and 30 far as his efforts to defeat Mark