The Washington times., 1918-08-14
Mr.. Lewis and His Friends
Doodle, BernstOrff, and BOlO
Readers of Course Understand the Motives Back of This
s -Hc- Feeble Attack on W. B. Hearst.

In his morning American and Evening Journal Hearst
has built up in New York. where the interests live and do
business circulation Of than million per day
This means that Hearst has the power to talk directly each
day to at least four or five millions Of his fellow citizens in
and around New York
That is great power Hearst it to protect the mil
lions that read his newspapers against the schemes of few
The INTERESTS, engaged in milking the public, would
Ike very much to control what Hearst whispers into the
public ear least counteraCt Hearss influence by
cessfully mixrepteSenting him. .gsE fiss-..
when it comes to milking the public the interests
ceedo for they are professionals at that game.
But at influencing public opinion, those interests
the feeblest most foolish failure that the mind Of
could conceiyewess their constant purchase Of rotten
newspapers that become rotten and die under their
control
thing 80 fooishly done would not be worth mention
except for the encouraging repeated demonstration Of the
fact that corporations fail when they attempt to influence
public opinion They rob the public and swndle the
public in four hundred different ways buy officials that
the public elect But they cannot CONVINCE the public
The latest ChOsen toOl' of the gentlemen that dislike
Hearsts plain newspaper talk named Lewis attorney
eral of New York State Mr. Lewis running for governor
at the primaries thinks he is running for governor The
fact that Ehu Root and Barnes would like him elected
sufficient description of Mr. Lewis You do not need to be
told what his other friends are like
Being able spend the States money hiring detectives
baueh and hands to Hearts newspaper competitors
bundle Of sidavs by Hears apartment house employees
The newspaper competitors dislike Hearsts daily crcu
latOn Of than million much do the interests
They print Lewis aidsvits with loud applause giving
fairly good imitation of the Captolines geeseand that
without the Capitol being in danger.
Newspapers that would not-and do not-give one
column Of space to the most earnest truths from the most
respected pupts will give whole column the front page
and i've columns inside page to anybody corpo
ration crook disappointed politician in this latest case
exconvc that will attack Hearst and tell the people that
they ought not to read his newspapers
Foolish editors They such circulation as they have
to tell their readers over and that Hearst the great
newspaper power And Hearst's circulation grows
One Of his newspapers friend MIR. ochs, Of the
Tmesthe only able editor in New York city except Hearst
somny assured recently is the prosperous
paper in the United States.
What is the latest brilliant effort of the corporations
chosen tool to make it clear that Hearst should be first
boiled in oil, and then tried for high treason?
Why, dearly beloved Lewis PROVES that Bernstorf of
Berlin and Bolo Of Paris called Hearst at his apartment
and actually him.
This of course, was long before the war started.
Bernstorf at that time of half dozen foreign
representatives calling Hearst Bernstor before the
war, was received everywhere in America.
When he called on Hearst he was also calling at the
White House and was received And the President in
sucng Americans to be neutral and treat with respect
citizens and representatives of all nations.
For we were then at peace with all
As for Mr. Lewis prize baby-Bolo Pasha-now repos
ing in quckme at the fort Of Vncennes the public knows
about him
; Hearst and the editor of the New York Times and
others dined with him at public dinner He with
letters from officials of the French representing
him loyal patriotic Frenchman owner of great news
paper In Paris As Hearst in his newspapers uses one
tenth Of all the print paper produced in the United States
It natural that Bolo should ask see Hears-assum
ing him to have been what he and the French government
represented him to be-
Hearst received him. as he would any other newspaper
man who came well recommended.
Sothers received him MOST CORDIALLY including
the firm of j. Perpont Morgan Co. That firm not only
received him. but took from him deposit and paid to him
nearly two million dollars That good deal of money
but Mr. Lewis and Mr. Hearss newspaper competitors
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