El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-29

! is to improve" he said Those having
| power should exercise it justly, kindly
| and moderately That makes their acts
all the more effective.
| Your power for good is immense.
! Your power for evil is not as great as
some may think That is especially
so when any of you deliberately try TO
do evil by falsehoOd or mere scandal
/ The public official who tries his best
{ to do right, and who knows how TO
things do not always exist in the same
public Officially cannot be hurt by
you.
Attack on Hearst.
The press as a whole is just to pub
lie officials. When the election is
over, it's wholesome wish is to see that
the one who is elected gives good gov
eminent, and to help him to do So
In that just frame of mind you often
rorbear him. This is true Of all hon
est and unseIfIsh publishers and edi
tors But If a publisher or editor be
himself a perennial office seeker, he
may desire TO assassinate everyone
whom he thinks is in his way, and
! then, alas, what a disgrace he brings
upon journalism 1t is painful to mem
ticn such exceptions and to speak Of
their acts, but we should not shrink
from doing it in a kindly spirit and
for the sake of good. You expect me
TO be plain and not abate a jOt or
title The newspaper proprietor or
editor who is simply bent on cutting
threats is an awful spectacle In no
nook or corner of his head or his
heart is there the slightest sense of
truth or justice. We may pity him,
but cannot in the interests of public
morality and decency remain silent
about him.
Alleges Forgery.
Let me illustrate by mentioning
one thing of many. AS late as the 18th
of this month W. r. Hearst printed
in his principal newspaper here, the
fac simHe of draft on the treasury Of
this city for $4,000, with headlines
and an article attributing such draft
and the expenditure to the present may
OF. The headlines and article essert
that 1 fixed the award and amount and
paid it. and the draft of the treasury
* printed to prove it, But when you
look at the draft. as given in the ar
ticle Out low few people scrutinize
that oloseiyj you perceive that the
date CT the draft is left blank.
L have brought it he-e as printed
in this newspaper, 10 show it to you,
and here 1t is. When you look at the
original draft, which l have also
brought here for your inspection. you
see the date of it at the top in large
letters and figures as December 81.
1909, which is before the present city
government came in When you ex-
, anime the said original further, you
see that it also bears plainly the date
when audited and youched, which es-
tablished the claim as a legal liability
of the city was recorded in the con-
troler's office, namely, December 30.
1893. This date is also omitted in
the newspaper copies as you perceive.
n NO TO- nc 81
onies. namely, forgery and falsifica-
ton of a public document, were com
mftted IN the eagerness of this pub
Usher 10 wrong the mayor of the city
of New York.
Hearst's Correction.
In a day or lyo afterwards. when
he had heard rumcrs that members Of
the grand jury were taking notice of
the matter, he published as an excuse
that the dates were so faint in the
original draft that the photograph did
not reproduce them Now just look
at this original draft again. The date
at the top as you see, is in larger and
more pronounced letters and figures
tnan any other part of the draft.
lad the draft photographed as test
that the dates would take like the
rest and here is tie photograph. You
see that shows the dates as plainly to
say the least, as any other part of the
draft. But If il were true that Mr..
Hearsts Photographic apparatus would
not reproduce the dates why should
he print the draft without the dates.
W by did he not put them in in some way
the truth is. 1 am assured shat the
dates were actually cut out of the plate
with routing machine. An inspection
OF the draft as falsely printed shows
also that TO be the case, as you see in
respect Of the date Of December %.
The Criminal Aspect.
Now, l do not cali your attention
TO thlS low crime because it annoyed
or embittered me in any way. The
newspapers of this man had done as
bad or worse to me and others. but if
was borne in silence, exceDs that |
spoke on the criminal aspect of such
things before the bench and bar at
the dinner they gave me in December
last. because 1 thought it due that
some on should do so for the sake of
society and the decent and honest news
papers.
i need not say TO you that the in
debtedness for which this draft
drawn was incurred during several
years before the present members of
the city government were elected. and
mat IL was audited and made fixed
and legal obligation of the city before
We took office, instead Of any of us
fixing the ward, as the article says:
Honest Publishers Concerned
Probably 1 never would have seen
the publication Of this draft, had not
an official brought it to me last Fri
day and pointed out the crime to me
L mention the matter to you because
right here is where Il should be men
toned And let me- add that il CON
Germs You, the publishers and editors
OF the decent newspapers, far more
than 1t concerns me. If you can stand
such things in your great profession.
the rest of us can stand It or will try
to stand il until the hour arrives
when We shall make up our minds to
utterly destroy il and take effective
measures to that end.
1t is high time that these forgers
and libelers were in states prison and
the time is not far distant when some
OF them will be there. And Just think
OF man who would be capable of do
ing things like this, being possessed
OF the notion that he is fit to hold anv
office from mayor to president OF the
United States. Morally speaking his
mind must be a bowling wilderness
Never will the voters put such men in
office.
What an Honasx Pro~~ w.