The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-15
AS Others See II
HEARST

Mea 3ured by the standards of his time, Senator
George Hearst of California a pretty good sort
OF course he represented the Southern Pacific which
had an octopus hold upon the Golden State in those
days. Every public official in California at that time
nothing more than a Southern Pacific representa-
tive in public office. California has emancpated itself
from the stranglehod of that octopus George Hearst
would have to be very different sort Of a
he alive today to seek seat in the Senate.
George Hearst was the father OF William Randolph
Hearst. With all his reactionary tendencies borne
the tide of the time, Senator Hearst OF California
safer type in public office than would be his ambitious
today.
Mrs Phoebe Hearst William Randolphs mother, was
very high type and useful citizen who has done many
splendid things for California. During the war she
remon 5trated with her son. pleaded against his attitude
which have described proGerman and others
a antiEn2lish
All of this merely to show that coming from fine
stock better things might have been expected of Will
liam Randolph than that which have him de-
liver. His people were at least most emphatically
American. He would say he is. Yet the war record
of his newspapers nothing that American could
be proud of, and which Americans by the thousands
very heartily ashamed Of Whether he was pro-
German ant-Britsh matters little. But the mere
fact that he himself claims to be editor and proprietor
of the New York Deutsches Journal may not be without
its significance
Hearst wants to be President of the United States
Such thing would be a national calamity.
Hearst is very busy, busy spending money. In 1906
he formed and financed what he called the Independ
League This his personal party which
with ample expenditure OF fortune he expected to ride
into the governors seat at Albany The enterprise
failed
Now Mr. Hearst is trying to reach the governorship
through alliance with Mayor Hylan of New York City
Even Tammany doesn't want Hearst And when you
get too much for Tammany you going some How is
Mr. Hearst working it? Here's the how. It is just
illustration but it tells the story.
fellow by the of Cogan until recently
Deputy Commissioner of Markets for New York City
Mayor Hylan removed him from office
Mr. Colgan instructed Ito go up through the
state visiting every Eks lodge in the interest of Will
liam r. Hearst He told all your expenses will be
paid and your time and salary in the Market depart
ment will go on" lie said that he could not Ills
membership in the order of Eks for that purpose He
told that other city officials were responding to
this request and in the way working the Masonic
Moose, knights of Columbus and other orders. Mr.
Colean had idea that the people of New York were
paying him a salary to work on the market problems
and not for Mr. Hearst. He refused to so. Mayor
Hylan promptly removed him from office. Mayor IIylan
said that there politics in the removal Figure
it out yourself. The Hearst-Hylan machine is working
Hearst hopes to capture the Democratic nomination
for governor of New York He figures that if he is
governor of New York when 1924 rolls round he will
be the inevitable Democratic nomination for The
presidency.
William Randolph Hearst is agitator of discomfort
He fans into flame the elements of discomfort without
advancing constructive policies that will correct
ditions he generally complains of.
Money goes a long way to influence, by Indirect ac
ton, the thoughtess voter. 1t is difficult to believe
that the Democratic party of New York state the
party of Tiden and Hill and Cleveland, will put
Hearst upon it's banner
Even if it should travel far from the ways OF wis
dom, it is hard to believe that the national Democratic
party would go down to the most ignomnous defeat
in all its history. This is obvious that it does not
possible that the Democratic party wouldever
template such suicidal action. though the covet-
Hearst might calculate such gulbility.