Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-04-03
SOME HEARST CARTOON
HISTORY RECALLED

The Hearst newspapers, thougl
ostensibly Democratic, have become
assailants Of the Wilson admins
tration. The reasons for this atti
tude are sufficiently well known
President Wilson did not see fit t.
be governed by the wishes Of Viii
liam Randolph Hearst in the selection
Of his cabinet, in his Mexican pol,
icy and in other matters.
Quite probably Mr.. Wilson ne.
elected even to ask the advice Of
Mr.. Hearst about how to run the
government. He has cer tainly ne
elected to take Mr.. Hearst's adj
vice, rendered through his news
papers.
Feeling this neglect-this failure
to appreciate his abilities as a
statesman Of well-nigh omniscient
wisdom-Mr. Hearst has passed
from establishment to indignation,
and from grief to fury.
For weeks past the Hearst regi-
ment of sensation starters, head
line whoopers and caustic cartoon
lists has been arrayed in battle
front against the administration
and against MI. Wilson personally.
The assaults have passed from
political dissent and criticism to
personal abuse and security, espec-
ialls in the cartoons.
The Hearst cartoonists of course
under specific instructions from
their psymaster, r sparing nc
pains to depict Woodrow Wilson
the President and the man as ride.
ulous and contemplate, physically
mentally and morally.
People who know nothing OF
Woodrow Wilson save what they
learn of him in the Hearst news
paper must regard him as the star.
Yelling, shalloW-witted pedant Of
the comic stage traditions.
One who is, whatever his errors,
a high-minded American gentleman
and chief magistrate Of this re-
public is represented in the Hearst
newspapers as u silly brainles:
thing, and as q lickspittle for the
British government.
The queer thing about thi.
Hearst campaign of %scurrility il
picture and text is that it's author
William Randolph Hearst not onl,
seems to have forgotten a very sore
experience Of the past, but also ap
pears to believe that the American
people have neither respect fol
their President as such nor mem
DRY Of the visible results Of sucl
a campaign Of contemptuous sian
der Of O former president.
Can Mr.. Hearst nave forgotten
what followed his cartoon cam
paign Of thirteen years ago agains
William Mckinley? That campaig1
was on precisely the same lines q
this, used the same methods, an
sought the same objects-the bring
ing in Of universal and hateful con
tempt Of William Mckinley n
President and as a Man.
When William Mckinley was a,
sassinated millions Of American
believed William Randolph Hears
guilty in act, IL not intent, of sus
costing his murder-ot fosterin
the delusion Of a weak brain thu
William Mckinley was SO hate
and despised that his destructio
would be spplauded rather ths
condemned.
This is a very stre subject wit
Hearst. He has protested again'
any such imputation with wrat
nd even with tears. He has g
erted himself in every way to pc
suade the American people 10 fo
get the possible connection, betwet
his pictorial suggestion Of Villa
McKinley's worthlessness and vii
ners and even William Mckinley
murder.
But suppose the tragedy Of 49,
should be repeated? Suppose I
special kind Of weak brain to viii
the Hearst cartoons are now pa
ticularly appealing, with their +,