Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-11-04
HEARST : AS HE APPEARS. TO
SOME OTHERS.

One OF the unique features OF the
campaign that closed in New York
city with the election of Judge Gay
nor as the next mayor of the meuop-
oils was the newspaper advertising re-
sorted 10 by the Republican party.
Whole pages of the newspapers we're
taken for several days in probably all
OF the journals of the city and devoted
both TO the exploiting of the merits of
Barnard, the candidate of that party,
and the exposure of the weaknesses
as tae Republicans saw them-of the
candidates of the other parties. In
this class of campaign literature were
three sketches of the opposing condi-
dates, Barnard, GayRor and Hearst,
the latter being gem in its way, pre-
pared By some master hand thorough
Is acquainted with the career of that
journalist and politician, and repre-
senting him as he undoubtedly ap-
pears to vast mass of both RepubIi-
cans and Democrats, as well as to a
large element of the genuinely indie
pendent vote OF the country at large
Parts of the sketch were as follows:
Backed by the millions of his faith
er, the late Senator Hearst of Cali
fornia, Mr.. Hearst has for many years
been engaged in the acquiring and de-
yeloping OF newspaper and magazine
properties in number of cities. In
debating the editorial policy of his
various publications Mr.. Hearst has
shown himself to be an opportunist.
The Hearst papers have been purely
personal organs, supporting no party
and no principle consistently. Mr.
Hearst in New York has stood forth as
the champion OF municipal ownership.
Mr.. Hearst in Chicago openly fought
and helped to defeat Mayor Dunno, a
Democrat, who sincerely believed in
municip ownership and was trying at
the time OF his defeat to adapt his
theories to Chicago,s street railways.
In New York Mr.. Hearst's political
record is we'll known. Tammany Hall
sent him to Congress in 1902 and
again In 1904. The Congressional Rec
tendance twenty-five days during his
four years service. The people paid
him $4,000 for his twenty-five days
attendance. In 1904 he sought Tam
many,s aid In his campaign for nomi-
nation as President. Refused that, he
ran for Mayor in 1905 as an Indepen-
dent. His spectacular campaign that
year is still remembered, especially in
wi hn OH fc41
yass he has conducted for the same
Office this year.
In his present campaign, Mr.. Hearst
| has tried to appeal to the conserva-
tive element, thus showing the newest
side Of his nature. He speaks almost
tenderly of the late Grover Cleveland
| as exemplifying the type of leader that
| the New York Democracy had in the
days Of its greatness, APPARENTLY forget
ting the scathing and denunciatory ed
! itorials that the Hearst papers levelled
against Mfr. Cleveland almost until the
| day of his death. He speaks to his au-
| dieRees In terms of praise OF Theodore
Roosevelt, ignoring the terrible ar
raignment of him by Mr.. Roosevelt
who held him to be morally involved
| in the assassination of President Nc
| Kinley. Mr.. Hearst, the radical, the
believer In political panaceas, offers
himself as new Samuel ]. Tilden to
the Democratic party, His utterances
in this campaign indicate that he is
seeking political control and that his
| expressed wish for a better city ad.
ministration is subordinated to his
lust for power.
With almost unlimited means, he
| has been able to engage the services
OF brilliant men who have made his
| publications successful from a certain
point of view. How much Mr.. Hearst
owes to his inherited wealth to sur.
round himself with men of talent
probably he himself does not fully
| appreciate.
Mr.. Hearst's two terms in Congress
are pregnant with suggestions In re-
| gard to his conception of public duty
| Mr.. Hearst was recreant to the trust
| accepted by him from his constitu-
ents, In the only public office he has
ever held. Through his papers Mr.
Hearst has held up to public scorr
less serious attractions of official duty
Except for his attenuated service as
Congressman, Mr.. Hearst has never
| held public office, although he has Of
fered himself for Mayor, for Governor
and for President. He has been a
Tammany candidate, an anti-Tam-
man candidate and again a Tammany
candidate. In San Francisco he sup
ports the Labor party and then turns
| upon 1t. In Chicago he helps elect q
Republican Mayor, and to save from
prospective municipal ownership and
operation the street railway proper
ties. But. despite his political vagar-