Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-16
NO MORE OF JUDAS


a position to know, that William
Randolph Hearst, the owner Of a chain
of sensational newspapers in the United
States which for the past two years
have appeared to be controlled prinei-
pally by the financial influences repre-
sented by the late Edward H. Harri-
man, has been for years the victim OF
what in New York is denominated
'1eg pulling syndicate organized
among some of the managers of the
Hearst newspapers. This "leg-pulling
| syndicate" New Workers say has for
years encouraged Hearsts desire for
political notoriety. and by doing so has
| induced him to spend large sums of
money in advancing his supposed po-
litical fortunes. In the spending of this
money some of his newspaper man
/ ayers are said TO have benefited per
sonally to a large extent
It would appear from recent dis
patches from the east, and particularly
from the contents of the local Hearst
paper. that this same "leg-pulling syn
dicate" is again getting ready to tap
MIR. Hearsts treasury, if there is any
thing left in it of the money furnished
by the late E II. Hartman to pull
Hearst out of his financial difficulties
after his last costly and disastrous at
tempt to place himself before the people
of the United states as a candidate for
president
The proposition made by one of
Hearst's editors. Mr.. John Temple
Graves. who occupied the purely nom
inal position of candidate for vice pres
ident upon the Doodle Dee" ticket con-
ceived by William r. Hearst in the
last presidential election, that the So
called Hearst Independent party should
coaIesce with the Democratic party, is
about the most ridiculous effort on the
part of the defeated and discredited
master Of a string of yellow journals
to again get into the limelight of pub
lie life that has appeared in this coun-
try for many a day
Just how little truth there was in all
the stuff with which the columns of
the local Hearst organ we're crowded
Yesterday morning may be known by
local Democrats considering one SEN
tence from it, which was as follows;
In New York. in Boston, in Los An
geles. in Chicago ana in San Francisco,
in each Of these cities he figures pros
perouslv in the newspaper world, his
friends are numerous, and in campaign
years under his inspiration. active
The pitiabe showing made in the
city and county of Los Angeles by the
Doodle Dee" vote for Hearst in the
last presidential campaign, which was
too small to be counted. is an in
dication. and a very truthful one, of
the strength Of Mr. Hearsts friends in
this city. The same thing undoubtedly
obtains in the other centers of popula-
ton named in the sentence quoted. The
truth is that no man who ever fig
ured before the public has been so
utterly discredited and so entirely dis
missed from public consideration as
has Mr.. William Randolph Hearst.
And he would never have figured be-
fore the public in any way but for the
fact that the money left him by his
father has enabled him to become the
nominal owner of several yellow news
papers throughout the country.
The Herald does not believe that the
alleged interviews with Champ Clark
and other Democratic leaders, pub
Hshed in the Hearst newspapers yes
terdav morning, have any foundation
in fact. Just how reliable such inter
views are when appearing in the Hearst
organ may be judged from some of the
alleged interviews with local Demo
Gratis with which the Hearst paper on
Yesterday morning favored its readers.
In these interviews Mr.. ". T. Harris,
q prominent Democrat of the city. is
quoted as saying that in his judgment
Mr.. call is the best man the Democrats
could put forward, etc. Mr. Harris has
stated over his own signature in let
ter addressed to the Hearst paper, and
whose publication he demanded-but
which we venture to say will not be
published-that only the propositions
contained in the alleged interview rep
resent any part of the interview when
the reporter Of the Hearst paper actu-
ally obtained from him. In other words
he has repudlated the interview as it
appeared in the Hearst paper in toto
and branded it as am absolute, com
plete and unfounded falsehood.
The efforts which the Hearst papers
in this state are now making to injure
the Democratic party of this state are
a very good illustration of what would
happen to the national party should its
leaders for a moment be weak enough
to consider Mr.. Hearsts proposition ior
an alliance. The truth about tho busi-
ness is that the career Of Mr. Hearst
and his organs in politics for the past
ten years has shown tine people of this
country that he is congenttal traitor
and bctrayer of his associates; ihat
any public man or any party that ae-
cepts the support of Mr. Hearst and his
uovepapcrs does it at the peril Of he
ing at some time betrayed, and with
the certainty that such fate will over
take him or it sooner or later.
In tie local Hearst organ the Wash
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