The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-06-30
William Randolph Hearst Wins
A Fight That Has Lasted
Twenty Years
He Is Entitled to the Thanks of Every Citizen Including
the Whisky Makers.

II we had lived In PERSIA Wnen AeXanoer put on LIS
purple robe and came talk the ungraefu soldiers
we should have said, Alexander you deserve credit"
five had seen Napoleon the Bridge at Lodi and then
watched him put the Imperial Grown his own head we
should have said, Napoleon you natural born win
ner."
If had been alive to Christopher Columbus land
on American soil after people had told him he would fall
over the edge of the should have sd Columbus
you are entitled to national thanks for discovering
We ARE alive to see William Randolph Hearst, the
of dozen fighting newspapers win Of his greatest
victories the victory over whisky. And say to him.
YOu entitled public gratitude and recognition Of the
fact that the victory over whisky the of from
the slavery of drink in spite of themselves the saving of
women and children from misery WILLIAM RANDOLPH
HEARsT's VICTORY"
For twenty years Mr. Hearst in all Of his newspapers
from New York San Francisco has kept up the fight
against whisky and against the shameful partnership be-
whisky and the Government of the United States
It takes courage and patience to fight for twenty years
the same fight with your enemy apparently winning.
States went dry and the national consumption of
whisky INCREASED. The Hearst newspapers said truly
Evidently prohibition drives the relatively harmless
drinks makes whisky secretly sold the only drink-and
Hearsts newspapers had the courage oppose prohibition
ITSELF while praisng the prOhibtOnst's sincerity Mr.
Hearsts fight against whisky-won at las-has been an
expensive as well as long fight
Other would have been discouraged. Hearst was
not
few days ago. in the hearing of this writer he said to
his chief editorial writer You cannot do me greater
favor than by writing against whisky EVERY DAY do
not care takes fifty years to win if my boys inherit
the fight from My newspapers going to rid the
country of whisky
The country is rid of the whisky industry at last and
Hearst through his newspapers has that national vic
tory he is entitled to the thanks of every mother and
father to the thanks of the children the poor whisky
victims
Even the whisky themselves should thank the man
that has conquered them after twenty years fighting
We truly believe that the dragon with his dying breath
had the decency to say II glad the whole that st.
George killed me. I was not fit to i've"
Be it remembered that winning fights for the people
through newspapers is not chds play You keep at
it. and you make sacrifices Hearss antiwhisky fight
has cost him millions of dollars that other big newspaper
owners have calmly put in their pockets. At first the
whisky makers whose advertising important said
Weu boycott Hearsts papers, do advertising in them
That will bring him to terms"
They did not understand their man. he threw the
whole whisky business out Of all of his publications 1t has
meant in twenty years the giving up millions in revenue
1t has also meant making bitter enemies You cannot con-
quer and have him love you
At last Hearst has won 1t has been his fight and is
HIS victory We give him credit for it, and advise other
editors to do the To praise good fighter teaches
and encourages others to fight.