The Washington times., 1917-08-16
Could w. R. Hearst Be Elected
Mayor of New York City?
He Could, and He Would, If He Unwisely Accepted
Nomination

The TIMES said the other day that it would be foolish
for W. Hearst to let the Democrats of New York any
other city nominate him for mayor. -. /
We should advise Secretary Daniels to settle down
for four rowing boat the Potomache has the
navy to look after.
And we wouldn't advise Hearst to settle down for four
years running the City Hall in New Yorkhe has newspa
pers all over the country that make and unmake Of
cities and watch them in between 1t would be wasting his
time to do routine work that somebody else might do well
reader asks this question: Do you think that W. R.
Hearst this time could be elected mayor of New York
he accepted the nomination.
Of course he could be and WOULD be-
When ne ran before, with backing Of no party, with
bitter opposition from Republicans and Democrats he
elected after counting all the votes of repeers and
other criminals gathered together by Tammany Hail. and
all Tammanys needed to steal the election
Everybody knew it, and in addition the fact admitted to
this writer by one of the biggest in Tammany.
The people would elect Hearst mayor he
foolish enough because he has been working for them
persistently for twenty years, and they KNOW 1T.
When big railroad prepares to grab slice of the city
running all along the Hudson river it sets to work wisely
in the recent of the New York Central railroad
It arranged the grab in such a way to improve
greatly the property that Hearst happens himself to own
the Riverside Drive Plans made and approved by
railroad and city government showing that Hearsts own
property to be beaued and made valuable his
great building in which he lives to face magnificent
park SILENT beautiful The railroad to be invisible
And the intelligent gentlemen of the railroad and of the city
hear from him.
Hearst however looked at the entire plan not merely
the part that affected his real estate and comfort
He observed that the city being robbed that mo-
nopoly established that would prevent other railroads
from coming into New York that the merchants put
at the mercy of corporation AND ESPECIALLY that in
the lower part of the CITY, far from his house. where the poor
people live consideration whatever shown for human
beings. HEARST KILLED THE GRAB, at the same time
quite matter of course killing the improvement for his
own property that was ''to keep Hearst quiet"
When Hearst ran against Democrats and Republicans
combined in New York city, an earnest and important
worker in Tammany said to this writer Something in
politics happened today You know collect poor tramps
Just before election put them in lodging houses register
them and election day give them all the whiskey they
want, and pay them to vote our ticket.
What do you suppose happened this time with Hearst
running? Why election day approached found how
the people talking The poor people especially
for Hearst because he had stood by them and they believed
in him. And actually didn't dare let these that
had registered in lodging houses out and vote We
paying them for it. So they locked the lodg
ing houses today with their money and their whskey and
they won't get until the polls close And had get
professional repeaers from Philadelphia and other cities
the that we registered for these lodging house
men"
This the Tammany Hall gentleman said this writer
on election day
Hearst would be elected if he for mayor of New
York because the poor people know that he works for them
business know that he protects their legitimate interest
and opposes mcnopoists that tax business.
And when you consider Hearsts political power in New
York City bear in mind these facts His New York Evening
Journal crcuateS than 100000 copies daily His New
York morning American sells than 400 900 copies daily
Hearst is able to talk morning and evening IN THE
HOMES that buy every day than twelve hundred thou
sand copies Of his newspapers This gives him great power
with readers that, with good reason, trust him.
he should for mayor now not all the financial
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