The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-10-20
GOV. HARMON
AND HEARST
0hlO'S Executive Accepts Help
Of Yellow Newspapers,
HIS CAMPAIGN OF EEHOACITY
Harmon Revels In Malicious, Un.
truthful and sIanderous Criticism
Of His Political Opponent - Re.
buked by Outlook.


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 O.io
TO bolster up the Harmon fg,t.
II will be remembered that the
Hearst papers are the ones cbarg d
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 caynor to lead the
party. In order to wallop Gaynor
Hearst opens his columns to the de.
Tense Of Harmon. Simply a case Of
hoping to make Harmon a bigger
man than eaynor
AND THEN HEARST WANTS TO
GET BACK AT HIS OLD ENEMY,
WILLIAM J. BRYAN. BRYAN is
AGAINST HARMON. THEREFORE
HEARST is FOR HIM.
II is not to be expected that the
Hearst paper will tell the truth
about Harding. But when the paper
resorts to deliberately msquoting
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
Che 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 1t.
A late number of The Outlook dis.
cusses the Hearst papers and Mayor
Gaynor In an interesting manner.
The Outlook says:
Ger, 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 It's pub
lication in the New York Evening
Post, with the comment that It is a
NH oh
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 threots he had been receiving
and the We newspaper abuse to
which he Lad been subjected Mayor
Gaynor, througS a 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
prize-fght. Action to prevent this
had to be sought in another direc-
tion. Intelligent people also know
chat Mayer 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 prize-fight ring dressed
as a ruffian, and urging people to
come in and see the sport. Even
lower than this was the refusal Of
one newspaper to retract a statement
that the mayor had told an officer OF
the Christian Endeavor society, who
had urged him to stop the pictures,
that he was a 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 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 decent people would refuse
co look at such newspapers, the thing
would right itself at once"