Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-27
Editorial Comment
If Hearst Came to Prescott.

What pity that Prescott cannot attract to its bound aries as permanent resident that unselhsh patriot MT William Randolph Hearst who has just sgnied his iner- to of becoming independent candidate for mayor or New York If he were with us and of us for instance, the fospecve hreecornered fight in Yavapai county tor the U S. Senatorship might be eliminated, ntimaon from Mr Hearst that he would accept the office naturally would cause all other candidates withdraw from the field Be sides it would save these optimistic and creduous aSpranS the necessity of making perorced and frequent contributions to sustain the feeble spark of life in their Democratic organ Whether this will be true of conditions in Gotham we cannot if is feared that politics that wicked burg have not attained the altrustc heights noceabein 4avapa county
 Tt will he recalled that when Mir. Hearst decided to head his own ticket in 1905 the unpatriotc George B. Mcclellan continued in his opposition and actually allowed the people to defeat Mir Hearst lofty purpose This time Idge Gavnor is the Tammany candidate and because as MT Hearst himself tells his papers, the lammany ticket is the worst nominated Ill the city ot New 4ork he has accepted the call of the peepu.
 We have been greatly edfed by reading Mr. Hearsts speech of acceptance It modest truly se-sacr 6cing that is well calculated cheer the cookies of the heart and restore ones faith mankind He admits that his cket-with himself doing the Abou Ben Adhem act Represents the sondeS and most advanced thought both the Republican party and the Democratic party and only by following his, the tickets footsteps can either the leading pOluCdl ltS PlaNS as powerful political and moral force throughout the na on He assures his constituents that his ticket is good one much better than all the Woodrus and and the Nc Carrens plus Tammany, could He enunciates hs beliefs and they inspiring ranging from plenty of sub ways regardless of plethora Of schools and play grounds transmogrhcaton of Blackwells Island from penal site ope-ar pleasure resort III the initiative referendum and the recall in direct nomination of United States senator's in personal liberty and in pure election laws Finally he reminds his ddorng followers gathered III Carnegie Ha that having made actual sacrifices to meet peraands they in must labor conscentiously to s<y A ticket
 that this modest reformer elected to the Fty-eighth congress from the Eleventh New York district Democrat and in the entire two sessions was present roll call three times yet drew his salary for the services he performed, with unbushing regularity As re former with beginning with capital 'H, and black letters, William Randolph Hearst but performer extremely modest colleague fear, is in the aso ran ranks quote from the classic columns of his sporting page.
 But then it be forgotten, at this remote date that when Hearst seeking the Presidential naton the St. Louis convention that the shining lights of Yavapais Democracy working their lungs time in their zeal for the New York journalist and yet it only recently that of them worshped at the shrine MT. Hearst should come to Prescott