New-York tribune., 1918-03-16
Buffalo Leader, Back From
Florida, Foretells
Future
Picks Publisher
AS Next Governor
And Who Would Dare
Oppose President?
He Asks

william J. Corners, of Buffalo
~Fingy" TO his old friends-is Just up
from the Everglades. Of Florida. rest
.ug BIT a. the Biltmore. boosting
Florida real estate, Of which he owns
5000 acres. boosting Wilson to succeed
himself two years hence. and boosting
Hearst for Governor.
II any enc IS going to talk politics
with this Buffalo citizen. he must let
him talk Florida first, and after about
thirty minutes Of the Everglades he
can switch over to politics, and Mr..
Corners never slows down.
4 car come pretty near telling YOU
VINO the next Governor Of New York
State Will be- said MIR. Carners afte~
discourse on his Florida farm.
Nobody hindered the flow of conyer-
sstior. and he continued:
It'll be Hearst He'll beat Whit
man to standstlll. He'll bury him
like they burr the dead Seminotcs in
the Everglades. You see. Whitman is
on the wrong side Of this prohibition
cans that believe the other way from
him against him, and he'll have all
the Democrats against him anyway.
and what with the farmers kicking
about their taxes, he won't have 2
chance against man like Hearst.
Will Work War Issue
You saw what Hearst did last fall
with that fellow Hylan. didn't you?
Sure. you did. hein' here. Well. he'll
repeat with himself. He'll work the
war issue OF Whitman-Whitmar being
me opposition party to WILSON, People
are thinking al one way these days
all Democratic. Hylan II be for Hearst
Hearst always succeeds. have YOU no.
;ced that Look at his sheets. Hes
got string OF EN-, hasn't he? And
amt they all Dreezin' along? Sure,
And more than that, | can just about
tell you VINO the next President Of the
United States viii be-
As Mr.. Conner still had the floor
ard an attentive audience. he continued
almost without break:
Vel. here's the dope. and you'll do
veil to paste i in Your hat It'll be
Wilson no one else. It's lust like
two yeats longer And. listen, Do
YOU near any one talkin. against the
President. these days? Not on your
-ife you don't. What would happen to
YOU !. You d step out on the street and
ak about ten minutes against Wilson
and the war. and the boys over there.
and the officers walking around in uni
iorm four OF them were just passing,
as Ar. Corners said itJ-what would
happen to a man if he began talking
against Wilson? Why, they wouldn't
Go thing 10 him. They'd lynch him.
Well. now YOU can't oppose a man in
politics without criticism him, can
you? You've got to knock him. when
you oppose MIN in politics, haven't
YOU Well. Il no one will stand for it,
where do you &c. off?
T. r. Won't Have a Lool-in
Roosevelt wouldn't have look-in
1ext year with Wilson and the war
both runnin The people would say,
"hats ne taikin' against the govern
nent for > and then it would be all
ever but eountin' the votes Yes, it'll
ne Hearst Cor Governor this year, and
NHson again two years from now.
ihat's the right dope
Ar Hearst was beaten in 1906"
susgested tne reporter.
Yes, bu- IS war time now. and
nearst would 20 in on the war issue
and + i shouldn't be Hearst i would
be NcAdoo. But think it'll be Hearst.
nominated him once, and can do it
again