The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-10-13
Gov. HARMON
AND HEARST
OhlO'S Executive Accepts Help
Of Yellow Newspapers.
HIS CAMPAIGN OF MEHDACITY

Harmon Revels In Malicious, Un-
truthful and SIanderous Criticism
Of His Political Opponent - Re-
buked by Outlook.
The yellowest newspaper work be-
ing done in the Ohio campaign. of
course, is that of Hearst's Chicago
American, which has come into Ohio
to bolster up the Harmon figat.
1t will be remembered that the
Hearst papers are the ones charged
by Mayor Gaynor of New York with
responsibility for the attempt to as
sassinate him and in order to get
back at Gaynor for that startling
statement the Hearst yellow organs
break into Ohio to help Harmon.
This is the why of the matter:
Gaynor is looming up as Demo-
cratic presidential timber. Hearst
does not want Gaynor to lead the
party. In order to waIIop Gaynor
Hearst opens his columns to the de-
fense of Harmon. Simply case of
hoping to make Harmon a bigger
man than Gaynor.
AND THEN HEARST WANTS TO
GET BACK AT HIS OLD ENEMY,
WILLIAM J. BRYAN. BRYAN is
AGAINST HARMON, THEREFORE
HEARST is FOR HIM.
1t is not to be expected that the
Hearst paper will tell the truth
about Harding. But when the paper
resorts to deliberately misquoting
him of course the other malicious,
untruthful matter carried about the
Ohio campaign naturally follows.
And in face of the fact that the
Hearst papers are generally de-
nounced for their depravity, Cover
nor Harmon welcomes their assist
ance.
He gloats over the false statements
attributed to his opponent and laughs
at the coarse jibes boldly printed in
the columns of the Chicago Examiner
"a paper by the way, which has no
regular sale in Ohio, but is given
free of all cost to whoever has the
temerity to read it.
A late number Of The Outlook dis
cusses the Hearst papers and Mayor
Gaynor in an interesting manner.
The outlook says:
mayor Gaynor's letter to his sis
ter, written without any idea what
ever of publication, is an intensely.
human piece Of descriptive writing.
1t has also aspects of public interest
and Importance which go far to justi-
fy the recipient in allowing Its pub
lication in the New York Evening
Post, with the comment that it is "a
letter which belongs to the whole
people and the publication of which
will do much good
In the latter part of the letter, and
apropos of the impression that its
writer had the moment he was shot
namely, that the assault was prob
bly, made as the result of the anony-
nous threats he had been receiving
and the vile newspaper abuse to
which he had been ubjected-Mayor
Gaynor, through simple and calm
statement of this matter, presents a
terrible indictment against menda-
cious journalism. Most intelligent
people know that Mayor Gaynor held,
and was advised by counsel, that he
had no power as mayor to forbid the
exhibition of pictures of the Reno
G.I +A chic
had to be sought in another direc-
tion. Intelligent people also know
that Mayor Gaynor is one of the last
men on earth to have any sympathy
with brutal exhibitions of any sort.
Nevertheless, one of the Hearst news
papers Ito quote a single instance of
this offensive application of yellow
journalism) printed a cartoon of the
mayor entitled: The Barker in
which he was represented as stand
ing outside a prizeSfght ring, dressed
as ruffian, and urging people to
come in and, see the sport. Even
lower than this was the refusal Of
one newspaper to retract statement
IHdJ luS IOlu lll OlllSCl VI
the Christian Endeavor society, who
had urged him to stop the pictures,
that he was fool and was sent by
FOOLS although the officers of the
Christian Endeavor society had
promptly denied the statement.
There is just one effective remedy
against such journalistic atrocities,
and that is such revulsion of pub
lie taste and public feeling as will
ostracize and drive out its perpetra-
tors. Mayor Gaynor points out that
this kind of thing Is in absolute de-
fiance of the criminal law, and that
by it New York journalism has been
brought to the lowest depths of
degradation. We hope that others
will urge the grand jury and the dis
trict attorney to do their duty in such
cases, and that the result may justi-
fy Mayor Gaynor's declaration that
the time is at hand when these jour-
nalistic scoundrels have got to stop
or get out, and l am ready now to
do my share to that end Ultimately,
however, the best hope for improve
ment lies in his further declaration
that II Gtcent people would refuse
20 look at such newspapers, the thing
would right itself at once"
Protection may be oId-fashioned;
so is "oId Glory itseIf-in fact, they
are about the same age. Some old
fashioned things are "all rloht!"