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j ORCHARD OF THE WORLD.
TATES, like men, are sometimes
.V greater than they believe them
; selves to be, and the discovery
. of their latent qualities it often the
cat ( Oregon's friends believed that
enthusiasm had exhausted itself in the
contemplation of her marvelous re
sources, and ' were 'eontent in the
(thought that her fertility had been
thoroughly exploited. s v;. ;
And now comes forward Judge
. Cyras' Happy, of Spokane, with, the
statement that Oregon's winter apple
: industry is but in its cradle period;
that with development it will do more
. orange did for.' California, andthat
Oregon is destined to' be the orchard
pf the whole world. Fine thought,
and- splendid prediction; and better
than belief and prophecy is the proof
that Turtle Hknnv offers for the faith
' fhat is in him. i :-"- "s - , ' ' ;
' In an article published today in the
magaiine section of The Sunday
Journal Judge Happy gives the result
of some investigation of the apple in
dustry, and asserts that there is a
. toe of belt around 1' the , world in
which the 'winter apple if produced
vn perfecfionl This tone lies between
the 40th and 50th parallels of north
latitude, and embraces all of Oregon,
Washington and Idaho. This is a
narrow strip, ; whose limited area is
an everlasting guarantee against over
, production . of the ; fruit;, and even
within its close confines are areas on
which the winter apple may not be
grown with great profit. But on the
favored spots orchards will be planted
and will yield abundantly, with har
'.: vests exceeding in value that of many
wil become the most valuable in this
country, because they will produce
the greatest profit. ; .'
' Tutare Hibbv rmintl ta the care and
rucuimv uicuivui L iiavv (iiuf
California's orange groves the source
of so much wealth, and compares
these with the slip-shod, haphazard
' ways pf Oregon's fruit growers. But
the change for the, better is notice
able, and the winter apple orchard of
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scientific basis, and from its limited
confines to a constantly growing
market will tro the finest fruit in the
Mtr1f trra flt twill swM Anf im
producer in the millionaire's class. .'
' Oregon Is " still richer than we
' thourht it was. ' '"'
..." ,t niu antna uu weir ..
r T.TNUSUAL INTEREST at-
ij iacnes tnis year to tne state
7'' "l ' campaign in Maine, where
.'the chief time between -the fientih.
licans and the Democrats is the 're
submission of the prohibition amend-
. ment to the constitution. The Demo
c'crats have adopted a platform de-
mandina resubmission of the amend.
ment and are making their -campaign
" cm the cry "Let Maine Be Honest."
The contention of the Democrats is
are 4ot in favor of genuine prohibi-
tion: that in manv localitiea the U
. of liquors is still carried on despite
the law against it; and that after hav
ing given prohibition a full, fair trial.
, the people should now have onnor.
. tunity to say whether they desire to
' continue it : If the vote should result
in favor of prohibition, the question
would then be regarded as settled. If
it should result adversely, the state
, would return to the old 'system of
licensing the tale of liquors. ;
j Undoubtedly, .there are. many Re
publicans in Maine who would wel
come the abolition of prohibition.
.Yejt . it seems scarcely . probable that
enough of them will scratch the party
ticket to enable the Democrats to win.
In the amnion of the political arooh
ets Maine will go Republican, as
Usual.'-" -, '''' ' ,
Oddly enough in South Carolina,
where a somewhat similar issue has
been raised,' the attitude of .the two
fifties is reversed. The battle there
is for and aaainst the state dispensary
system. Under the leadership of
Senator Tillman the Democrats are
championing the system, while the
Republicans are - contending for a
more liberal construction of the liquor"
laws. ; f ' v- ' '
1: THE "ETON SLOUCH."
TN A VIGOROUS editorial the
I .'. Boston Globe comments csustic
"ally on the prevalence -of the
"Eton slouch" smong American boys.
Says-this critic: - ,. ' ,f. '
It la a. parados, an trooy Pt this relan
of Theodore 4h ntrenuona, , that It
ehould have beooma th Mlfht of taah
lon tor young Araerioa to alouch.
Everywhere, whether In vUIaa tane
or la city etreet. the real Up-to-dato
youta U proclaimed y weii-oaiea
alovenilncsa of bearing aa he louna ea
laally alone-
In hla ahouldera there la a stoop and
hi walk 1 a carefully cultivated h am
ble that would flU the aoul of a ufeiona
hobo with envy. It la not the mloclnf
Mica Nancy step of the now extinoi
dude, and much lew do It resemble
the swaacrln roll of the dead heavy
swell of the poat bellum ported.
- The dude of the early etvhtiea. when
Oacar Wilde waa enthroned beneath the
banner of the lily", waa effeminate la
the extreme, while hla predeoeiaor, the
well aaaumed - a raaacullne rlfor If
ha had It not. The youth In Style to
day eeeke the extreme neither of af
femlnaey nor of maeoullnltyr hla atti
tude Btmply la that of a heavy, drafting
world wearineaav- " '
The dude or the swell wouldn't hare
been caught dead with hla handa 'la
his pookete. But the lathartio younr
ater of tha-onrrtnt period wouldn't be
found allva under any circumstance
with hia handa out of his pocket. Even
a the hottest daya of thla hotteet sum
mer ho la not tempted from the fash
ion In thla regard, but auffera hla fin
gera to awelter In the fartheat deptha of
hia treuaere pocketa that they may be
ta etyla. ;
Am a crown -for hla alouchlng figure be
affecta a alouchlng bat, lta atray brim
pressed straight up from hla forehead
and almost aa straight downward la
the back. In this carefully misshapen
manner yon will eaa costliest and soft
est panamaa and the coaraeat domeatle
fetra wat-t.. In our democracy fashion
knows no clssses. knows neither race,
color nor 'condition of servitude.
Th T e clock In the morning young
man. with all oar national adaptlve
aesa, oontrivea auceessfully to counter
felt, even while on the way to polish
up the handles of th big front door,
th languoroua aaunter of th 10 o'clock
curled darling of Eaay atreet And each
wears on hla lapel a baoMlora buttoa
a th symbol of their common brother
hood. .. .. .. ,
This "stooping, slouching, shuffling,
hands-in-the-pocket fashion" as the
Globe describes it, is by no means
unknown in Portland. ' It ia con
stantly in evidence on our streets. It
is a, bad babit A slouching gait be
gets slouching in other things. The
physical slouch is ap to Jcome a
mental and'moral alouc. , The true
American boy throws back hit shoul
ders, lifts his feet and shows by his
carriage that he respects himself. i
As a guards officer once said to
his men: -Try to walk at if you have
t. sovereign In your pocket" Per
haps yon have not all got a sovereign
in your' pocket, but you thould try to
look and walk at if you had, and put
a little more dash into your walking
and marching." v. .',r
THE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW.
IF THE HOLDERS of public
, franchises in Portland refuse to
' im Tar ar4 ra ,t at roa T mmmm A a
vumijij w i vsa uvi eVewssaaj a v-
mand for a quarterly statement
of their receipts and disbursements.
some action should be taken, either
by the people or by the legislature.
Undoubtedly a law can be enacted
which will compel all these corpora
tions to give the desired information,
for the city .should have the right to
exact it for purposes of taxation, if
for no other reason. It matters little
whether section 99 of the charier is
or is not applicable to the holders of
franchises granted before the charter
went Into effect Irrespective of that
section, the right to know the profits
of these semi-public corporations is a
necessary incident , of the power of
taxation..'" . . ' '
We do not accept, however, the ex
cuse that the holders of franchises
granted under a former charter are
not subject to the provisions of sec
tion 99. We believe that the mayor's
interpretation of the section it the
proper one and that it will be upheld
by the courts. But if not, let a law be
enacted which will compel these cor
porations to open their books and
make known the true value of the
franchises which they hold. '
ENFORCE THIS LAW. -
T T EREAFTER the people whose
M criminal paths have led them
. to jail will, while they' are
guests of the county, eat the plain but
wholesome fare supplied by contract
For many years . prisoners at the
county jail have feasted free on meals
supplied by the sheriffs of Multnomah
who charged the people I7yi cents for
them. ' By expert caterers, who serve
many fastidious patrons, that price
was said to be rather high for the tort
of food poked through the bars to the
jail birds; and it has not ..been jdenied
that the sheriffs msde from $200 to
$300 4 month profit, in feeding the
prisoners. - - -;'' " ' ' A ;: " '
Before the last election, the county
court announced that a change .would
be mede, and that without regard to
the man who wat elected tberiff the
prison fare .would be supplied by coa
tract. The power to do , this was
granted a decade ago, but for reasons
hsrdly worth considering now, was
never exercised. ..
..The Journal believes ,the change a
good one, and does not think Sheriff
Stevens will be wise if he makes any
serious, objection, to. it- It js in ac
cordance with the law, and as a law
officer Mr. . Stevens should be the
first to see that it is made; it will, re
move one fertilecause of criticism of
the sheriffs office, and it will save the
people two or three hundred dollars a
month.: V.,.'.. v.. .'-v. ;7.-v;
' For thfs last reason, if for no ether,
The Journal insists .that the law be
enforced. -. ' '. ",; .' ' ,'.;."s
ROOSEVELT'S LATEST AP
;. POINTER V
JAMES S. HARLAN of Chicago,
who has been selected by Presi
dent Roosevelt as a' member of
the interstate commerce commission,
comes of good old Kentucky stock
and has qualities that should qualify
him well' for the position to which he
hss been appointed. He is a son of
John M. Harlan, who for nearly 30
years hss been associate justice of the
United States supreme court Jus
tice Harlan's three sons, James, John
and Richard, have all gained distinc
tion in their chosen walks of life. All
of them are men of unusual stature
and fine physique, and in their college
days were famous members of Prince
ton's football team. John Harlan has
been a picturesque figure in Chicago's
civic affairs and has been one of the
most persistent, aggressive and un
compromising foes of corruption and
dishonesty, in municipal politics that
that' city has ever known. James
Harlan was for some time attorney
general of Porto Rico, where he was
intimately ; associated , with Judge
Hunt,' now presiding in the land
fraud prosecutions in this city. The
courage, the , energy, and . the grim,
bulldog tenacity which (carried yhim
triumphantly through many a hard
fought battle 'on the gridiron doubt
less appealed strongly to our stren
uous president, and influenced his se
lection. They are qualities which
should stand Mr. Harlan in good
stead in his new position; for there is
already abundant evidence that the
railroads will not submit willingly to
the new rate regulation law.
One Lariducci,twho finds it hupps
sible to resist the attractions of com
bat, and whose freqnt infractions of
the lew passed to safeguard the peace
and dignity of the people have caused
his-, arrest and imprisonment times
numberless, ' dei"" f becoming a
policeman. We suggest that he be
sworn in, that he be sent on the
cemetery walk, and that with his star
and club he be given a commission to
beat into sensibility the first person
he finds looking for trouble.
Those sociologists who ire enrich
ing Rockefeller by burning the mid
night oil to prove that the cost to
the people of all : necessaries has
nearly doubled in the past 20 years,
should permit themselves to dream
only "while they sleep. One of the
sreatest necessaries in the world, the
newspaper, has not only not increased
" By Henry F. Cope. I
They bind heavy burden and grievous
to be borne, and lay them on men'a
ahoulderai but they themselves will not
move them with en of their flngera.
Matt xxtlirt. .
HAT a relief to discover that
the . Almighty's requlr-
; ments are not the same aa
those set jip by his aelf-
nomlnated representative. The small
man alway has a multitude of rules
for ather people. Th Infinite wisdom
set before man only great and broad
principle for hla guidance. After all.
It la a much simpler thing to do right
and to live a religious life- than many
would hav ua auppos. Th complexi
ties are of our making. ' , '
' Religion ha suffered from th people
who hav an Itch to be regulator; they
eek to escape th practice of th deed
of righteousness by devotion to the
enactment of lta regulation. They seek
to compound with tbeir conscience for
th lust to which they yield by ex
cessive restriction regarding thos for
which they nav no desirs.
These creators of burdens, then child
ish Inventors of trivial regulations and
deprlvatlona hav uoodd In turning
many a heart back Into th desert. Men
longing for . larger life, looking to the
way of religion and seeing nothing but
Innumerable and Infinitesimal legal ne
gation, hav turned awayempty and
disappointed. .'
Heart hungry for th Inflnlt hav
turned perplexed from a ohurch that
aya, It you would find Ood and llf you
must put your soul Into th harness that
we hav been making these thousand
feara, the harness of prejudice, prohlbl
lona, penalties, and proscriptions; If
you would be plou you must cultivate
a woebegone vlaage, speak In. a. whins,
and take all llf as If it were a nauseat
ing doae. Thank Ood ther alwaya were
thoa who would rather go empty than
get into this harness.
Religion must mean not restriction"!,
but enlargement; not a burden but an
uplift not less llf but mora. It put
on a man, not a straight .jacket but tne
uniform of strength end hope end per
fection. It key word la not law but
llf. Ita principle I not that of regula
C ; A Sermon or Today V
m - 1 ltl 11
J BURDENS THAT CURSE;':.-; . :''y.y':
tion by aegatlea but regulation by th
In price, but the cost of The Journal
has been reduced over SO per cent
and the value has icressed 100 per
cent :v ' "-''.;.' ', :' '
,f .
San Francisco has so much eash
in hand that she is forced to lend it
in Naw York. We are glad that the
people Cjf the Bay City regard this as
a sign of prosperity; in .Portland we
need all the money we can raise for
the development of the city,
; .? v, . v ' a ' V :
After an absence of 31 years. Pro
fessor Charles H.. Frye -returned to
his home! handed his wife $5,000, and
said "Ask me no questions. Thirty
one years.' That's the longest poker
game on record.', '.- ':.';.: , t. ,'
' " '.
Whenever the dispatches tell of a
more than ordinarily sanguinary out
rage in Russia, they close with the
statement that "the cxar'e yacht, with
steam up, is lying, off the palace
steps. , ,. .' -.v . j .;
It ia just possible 'that much of the
charm of this delightfully .'cool and
pleasant weather Is due , to the tem
porary withdrawal of the Thaw case
from the.oublie prints. - ' V : v-
Sentence Sermons.
We are ta be what' w are today.
tittle duty' euros a lot of doubt ;
The truth that does not liberate you
enslave you. --
That alone, la learning which issue
In llf. ., " - '-- : .-
Who glvee a Mtl help find a large
p!c of heaven, ; v , . "
Th beat 'protest agalnat dirt ta that
which la mad with a broom.
Prayer la away from anxiety, .but not
from activity. . v ', -
Bserlng th croaa ahould not giv you
a eroa bearing. - -,: . , -. ,
Ton cannot know) - the i kingdom of
heaven If you have forgotten how to be
happy. . .' 1 - ' .'.
A narrow man ia the en who most
easily la twisted crooked. , ,'
Th Dlety that pulla dowa your fee
waa prepared In th pit . ,. .
Hardship often la th nam that hap-
plneaa puts on bar door. ,
Th 'church- that do' not Invest In
humanity has dividends awaiting It
In havn. y.t . , ' ,
Thar I mas- eplrltualtty la a little
song than la a week'a sighing. . . .
v v. :.-. - "
f It takea robre than a etaterty way to
mak a aalnt,f a man. -ii f ; ,.
i It'a a profltles task trying ta lay up
other people treasure In heaven. ,
: Moving Weatward. V
Prom the PhUadelphla Bulletin.
Official figure ahow that immigra
tion Into th Cnlted State during th
last fiscal year was allghtly In excess
of 1.1SS.00S. . Thla la aa Increase of not
quit TSfOOS ever th yeer previous. It
ahow that the movement weatward of
aliens Intending to become American
cltlsena. although not lessening, la not
undergoing any marked acceleration.
It I f urthermer to be noted that In th
past yeer 11.411 appllcanta for admla
alon were aent back at th expense of
th ateeraahlp eompanlea which brought
them over. Evidently th Inspector
whose business it ta to axamln Into th
qualifications of Incoming foreigner
have not been Idle. Th truth probably
I that th average physical standard of
th alien who hav entered thla coun
try recently I distinctly above that of
th population from which they are
drawn.
development of th rightneas, th beat
within. , ..
- Religion, real religion In th soul of
man, seeks to get Put of th narrow,
gravellk pew Into th plac where Ood
seems to be; th spirit of worship erlos
out for th large apace, th soul swings
In aubllme circles about the a tare. Reli
gion cannot breath wher men crowd
thick In angry debet about foolish
question. It seeks to be where rustling
leaves and soughing winda ar breath
ing their adoration of a Ood who In-
habiteth eternity,
The only safe way,4 the only on
along which It both happtnea and uae
fulnes, la to live out th llf you hav
within, to be natural, to tell th truth
to yourself.- Don't call yourself ylle
worm of th dust whan you beltev yoa
ar a, fairly decent cltlsen, and don't
do for a portrait or th church window
type when you know that you belong
with th tricky traders In th tmpla
If w but knew it ther 1 enough
good In every on of ua waiting ex
pression both to keep us busy and to
mak up, and mora than make up for
our deficiencies In thos virtues w
nvy. ' Many a man 1 sighing because
h eannot be Saint Anthony who ia do
ing a great deal more good in th world
by Just going on with ' his yry-day
business or blacksmith) or merchant.
tlv out your present beet; that la what
th world needa; It will lead to the
thing yt betur. ,. '. .
' Honest plain, straight equar dealing
ha it increment in religion as well as
In buslnes. . If you want to be a better
man th almpl. easy, and only way la
to mak th moat or th good you al
ready hat; setting busy th virtue w
posses w soon find ourselves blest
with thoa w had admired afar off, but
perplexing our hearts with th burden
some restriction manufactured by
others. vn th good w hav beoome
111, ...... : '
As a matttar ' ' fact' men wha ar
rich In haraetr seldom hav tlm for
moral Inventory; they atmply go on liv
ing their beat, neither knowing nor ear
ing whether men think they ar wealthy
or bankrupt In th thing within. No
man ever lose any of hie, virtue by
eying little about them. If la only the
man who ha a email stock who seta It
all la the window, . ' -
THE REAL WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
By Jam Creelman. In Pearson's afaf-
aslne for BeDtember.
Just 10 ye re ago William Randolph
Hearst, a tall, blue-eyed, excessively shy
youth, newly dismissed from Harvard
university, acquired the 8nn Franolao
Kxaminer aa a girt rrom nia millionaire
father, a senator of the United 8tata.
81 nee that tlm Mr. Hearst bas swept
over th. urfc of American journal
lam. changing Its manner and methods.
If ' not Ha moral, until today be owna
eight newapapera, with a combined dally
circulation of I. OOD, 080 copies, and per
sonally controla a political movement
powerful enough to twlat one of th
great political partle from It normal
ora-ahlsatlon axis.
Why writ about Mr. Heeratat ell?
win not lsnore him. hla exulting sen-
eatlonallsm and hi proprietary pollt'aT
- Because on might well attempt to
ignore, me weather. , ' . , , ,
Xearst a livtaa loroe. '
- Mr. Hearat is not a fore In prospect
nut a lore in being; and. whether w
Ilk hln or not whether w regard him
as the honest and unselflah spokesman
or oppressed and discontented million,
or "a shallow and Indaeent demaa-oa-u.'
playing upon th paaalon of th people
ror to mere gratification f "a low and
vulgar Instinct for notoriety." it 1 not
to be denied that, he has com to play a
tremendous part hi n affair of the
American peopl. . ,
H baa lhrested llt.OOo.OOS In hla
newspaper, and It coda him tlt.6ee,00S
a year to aupport them, vry dollar of
which, and more, too, he get baok from
th public. Without th support af th
business men who advertla la hla pub
lication and furnish many million' of
his Inoom. h would be bankrupt In six
months, in spit of his wealth. .
Born la Baa rraaelsoo, . '
William Randolph Hearst waa bora In
San Franeleco, in lttl, went to th pub
lic school and. then entered Harvard
unlvrlty. . ,''
He waa tall, 'strong, pal, amlllng,
bashful, but mad fo practical Joke.
He was n Indifferent student, although
b showed ability whenever h chose to
concentrate on any subject But b had
an Incurable levity, a feverish love for
pranka.' ....... s
He became th business mans gar of
th student paper. Th Lampoon, and
mad money o rapidly that th tu
dent had to hav frequent baaaueta to
keep the surplus down.
When Orover Cleveland waa eleated
president Mr. Hearst hired many band
or music, nought wagon load of boar.
et off firework In .all direction and
ralaed such a red-blaslng, ar-pllttlna.
rip-roaring, all-night racat a to oan
dallx old Cambridge and almost caused
his expulsion from Harvard. It waa th
first outburst of that Hearatlan genius
for fireworks, braae band and hurrah
ing apeetacularlty which ha atartled
and entertained th country ao . many,
many time since.
An unappreciated practical lok re
sulted In Mr. Hearst's auspenston by th
Harvard faculty, and h want back to
Ban Franclaoo aa ahy, gentle aad amll
lng aa ever. . , ...y
Wanted a aTwpape
Senator Hearst eyed hi talL hand-
om eon gravely and stroked hi grar
Mara. - ) - . - - .
"My boy, he said. "X assam that
you are not content ta live simply as a
rich man'a eon. but that you want to
get out and do something for your
self." 'k -' . 1
, That's right, fathar."
-1 hav great ranch propertle which
you might develop. T-
Th young man shook his head vigor-
Uly. i. . .
"Mlnasr "i- t: :-'
Another emphatic heke of the head,
"What do you want?" .
I want th San Francisco Examiner."
"Great Ood!" cried th aenator, throw
ing up hla handa . "Haven't - I ,pnt
money enough on that paper already?
I took It for a bad debt and tt'a a aur
loser. " Instead . of - holding It - for my
own son. I've bean aavlng It t give to
aa namy."
' CHvea the Taaira.
In th nd Senator Hearst reluctant
ly surrendered his own Judgment that a
newspaper was an Interesting gam but
a "damned poor business,'- and hi
on became th proprietor and editor of
th San Francisco Examiner, -
Ban Francisco a ml led at th notion
that th long-legged, oft-volcd, frivo
lous youth, whose gorgeous cravat
were th wonder of th city, and who
personal escapade had provoked th
frown of even that liberal community.
waa to aaeume th dignities and re-
aponslbllulea of editorship. It waa a
publle joke. - - . ;.
But nan yranciico waa mistaken,
Mr. Hearst threw himself Into th
work of reconstructing his newapaper
with a vigor, intelligence and oourag.
that astonished everybody. H brought
to hi task a personality hitherto unexpected-.
- H attacked abuaea, pro
claimed radical democracy, Introduced a
sort of typographical violence In the
make-up of hia paper and smashed all
journalistic tadltlons.
Makes First Saeeees.
Th circulation of th Examiner In
creased by leap " and bouada. Mr.
Hearat - stuck to hi - task, working
hardsr thaa any of his subordinates,
seldom leaving the offloe before mid
night . He mad the members of hi
ataff hia ehum and ahowered present
on, them. He courted the applause of
th crowd and Invited th opposition of
th hated railroad despotism and lta
el Ilea. H .championed labor unlonlam.
H vn got on of hi woman writers
to pretend to faint In th trt and be
taken In an ambulane to a hospital in
order to tell th atory of her terrible
experlenoe and expose th Inefficiency
and corruption of th publi hospital
arvlc;
' Fottaaa Znherited.
Befor Mr. Hearat had hpant 1780,000
In hla new venture th Examiner, had
been converted from a newapaper wreck
Into a profitable bualnea and a recog
nised power on the Paclflo coaat Then
the humorou emtio faded from th face
of San Francisco, and the tall young
edifor with th pal blu eye and al
most femlnln amil waa denounced as
a clever but unacrupuloua natlonal
lat , i ., i
, When Senator Hearat died In lttl he
bequeathed hi fortune to hla widow.
It has been commonly supposed that
hi possessions were worth 140,000,000,
and soms eetlmate hav been a high
aa 180,000,000; Th truth 1 that tb
tatat left by Senator Hearst waa worta
about tlT.000,000. i ;
Mr. Hearet wanted to own a newa
paper In New York. San Francisco had
grown too small for him. Hla dealr to
buret Into the metropolla became an
overpowering paaalon. . '
Thar can b no doubt that at thla
tlm Mr. Hearst had no dealr lthr
for nolltlcalleaderahlD or for publlo
office. Th exoltement and romaoo of
newapaper Ufa aatlsfled him. He avoided
political attachment and reveled In the
society of newspapermen. His bashful
nesa waa extreme and h shrank from
pereonal publicity.
It la hard to recegnls th nervously
demur W. It Hearst of thoss day In
the WILLIAM RANDOLPH HXiSIT
Wffllam Randolph Hearst and His Sort.
whoa nam Is printed In big type sev
eral time a day In hla own newapapera
and screamed from the very housetop
by his agent. -
He earn to New Tor a in lit ana
bought th Morning Journal, a cheap
and amusing though aomawhat dis
creditable sheet published by Albert
Puliuer. He paid 1110.000 for- th
psper. but befor h reached tb climax
of hi activities h invested more than
$7,000,000 In this atngl nterprl, with
lta various editions. ,
At first Mr. Hearst's New Tork paper
was bright enterprising, full of clear
picture and striking cartoons, aaucy,
but without malic or rurnaniam. it
caught th fancy of th crowd and woa
friend. Its raw and abualv politics
were developed later on. ,.
The Bryan ftasapalgn, ' :
Mr. Hearat's great' opportunity eame
In 1816, when Mr. Bryan waa n6mtnated
for president. . Th - New Tork pre
waa bitterly anUgonletlc ta th free
Uvr movement and all- lta' eoneomlt
anta and the great eastern newapapera
bolted th Democratic ticket - ..
Mr. Hearat waa not a free silver man
and aever has been, but he at one took
up with th abandoned Democratic
can and a campaign for 'Mr. Bryan
which aatonind tb country ay it
daah and brilliant audaetty. H hired
th ablest writer h - could get 'and
pant money In a way te mak th rich-
eat New Tork newapaper proprietor
gasp. His" expenditures war so lavisn
that th aalariea af newspaper men on
moat of th rival Journals war raised
to keep them from Mr. Hearat; and th
present large - tncomee or Amenoaa
newspaper men are ta soma extant due
te the paoe which he haa sat - v .
. : Vat With Byeta, .
It was In the long struggle, to arouse
the United States to armed Interference
with the cruel aad bloody rule efMSpeln
in Cuba that Mr. Hearat showed th
terrlno power af naatlonal Journallem
backed by wealth. Hla frantlo and
vulgar method of attracting attention
to his newspaper disgusted eonsarvatlv
Joumallata; but underlying th scream
ing headlines and 'erasy llluatrationa
there was a not of moral rntnea
that ateadlly mad ltlf fait. The
Journal did thing. It proclaimed Itself
aa the protagonist of "th journalism
that acta" . - .
Mr. Hearat was not eontent merelv to
print. aewa; he felt t to b a proper
part of Journallem to mak nw. '
The- Treeing of Evangaiina cianero
waa a tremendous advertisement for hla
pewspapera.
- maatagta Zaetdaat
Frederick Ramlngton. - the . famous
artist was cent to Cuba, with inatrue-
tiona to remain tne re until tn war -gan.
. After a few day Mr. Remington
wird: -. a.
Kvrything 1 quiet. Thar I no
troubl hare. Ther will he no -war. I
wlah ta return. -,t, '
- Th answer ha got: 'I ;
-Pleass remain. Ton furnlah th ale-
turea and I'll furnlah the war..
- ,v. ,., .. w. R. HEARST.
The outbreak of th Spanish-American
war found Mr.. Hearat In a - atate of
proud eostaey. He had woa hla cam
paign and the McKlnley administration
had been forced Into war. Hla newapa
per broke Into a new madne of big
type and red-Ink appeals to publle paa
alon. He apant 1800,000 abov ordinary
expenee In covering th new of th
short campaign. He went to Cuba him
aelf and mad note of the fighting
under fir. .",.,
- : Show Ke Vaartottam.' '
. When Admiral Camera was preparing
to move with a powarrut fleet to attack
Admiral Dewey In Manila " bay, two
American monitor with It-Inch rifles
were ateamlng aaroaa th Paclflo to tb
Philippines. It waa a critical Situation.
Had Camera's fleet reached Manila bay
before the arrival of the alow monitors,
Dewey might hav been overwhelmed.
In that exciting and perllou pour Mr.
Hearst aent thla remarkable message
to hi London representative: , -
- "Dear Mr. Creelman I wish you
would at once make preparatlona ao that
In eaa th Spanish fleet actually atarts
for Manila w can buy some big English
steamer at th eaatern end of th Med
iterranean and take her to aom part of
th Sue oanal wher w can than sink
her and obatruct the paaaage of the
Spanish warships. This must be done
If th Amertcsn monitor sent from San
Franclaoo hav not reached Dewey and
he ahould b placed In a Critical position
by th approach of Camera' fleet I
understand that If a British veaaet wer
taken Into th canal and sunk under th
circumstances outlined above, the Brtt-
Ish government would not allow her to
be blown up to clear a passage, and It
might tak time enough to raise her to
put Dewey In a eafe position. - Yours
yry truly, . W. R. HEARST."
Camera' fleet entered th Sue canal
on It way. to attack Dewey but the
Inking of a teamer to obatruct th
channel waa averted by th abandon
ment of th expedition and tb return
f th Bpanlah fleet ... - .
AM the BreaideaUal ejuanajga ef. 11(1
... 1
drew near. Mr. Bryan sent a message to
Mr. Hearat asking blm to start a news
paper in Chicago, where . the radical,
thed th regular. Democracy was with
out a party organ.
"I'll do it.", aald Mr. Hearst, "if th
party leaders will recognise th fact
that rn doing It for the party aake
and not for money." . ..
Mr. Hearst's representatives went ta .
Washington, and received aaaurancea
from Chairman Jonea and other mem- ,
bers of th Democratic national oonv
mlttee that -if Mr. Hearst would print
a newspaper tn Chicago It would- b re
garded a a direct contribution te th
party causa That vary day Mr. Hearst
wa elected president of the national
association of Democratic clubs.
That was the real entrance ef Mn,
Hearat Into practical polltlca. He ap-
pointed hla Washington correspondent.
Max F. Ihmaen, secretary ef th leagued
clubs, and ever since that time th or
ganisation haa been. In a ense, hi per
sonal property, aupported and absolutely ".
controlled by him. In the eecond Bryan .
campaign theae cluba acquired an en
rolled membership of nearly 8,000,000.
, ' . ' , Satraaee la rellWoa. ,
- Within 14 hour after Mr. Hearat had
received word . from - th Democ ratio
leader, costly presses were, on their
way - to Chicago, aad on the day Mr.
Bryan waa nominated the Chicago
American appeared. Since that - tune ,
Mr. Hearat ha established dally news
papers In Boston and Loe Angeles. -
H also own th Cosmopolitan Mag-e
aslne, which eoet him 8800.000 and paya
about 170.000 a year. He 'owna, too,
Hearat'a Home and American - Farm,
another profltabl publication! end Mo
tor, a periodical devoted to th autotao
bile Jnteraata '" - ;.: ':.. -
It I a gnat mistake to suppee that '
Mr. Hearst I a vain auid ' Incompetent "
rich man managed by a band of elever
employ an ambition, plus a cheek
book. Ther I no keener mind or
stronger will tn th country. It may ha tha!
be ha misused hla abilities aad his
wealth that la a queetlon about which
people do not agree bat a dose-range
study extending over many year reveal -
him a th real master, th Inspiration
and th administrative genius ef his ,
ay stem of newapaper and political
aganctM. '. . : , , . , '
'- , Appeale te Crowd. ;.,.
But th crowd like glaring publicity.
It takea the ellence ef th rich man or
corporation for evidence of self -conscious
guilt and applauds th brav
erusaders who . hammer . them tn , the .
newepapers and on the etump. i ;
Mr. Hearat pays 1111.00 a year for .
the servloee ef three men In his New
York offlo. That 1 axaetly th sum
which the United State pay for the
services of President Roosevelt and the -nine
members of hi cabinet ' The high
eat salary paid by Mr. Hearat la 881.000,
th next 840,000 and the next 180,000.
Besides this he ha five assistant who
receive 880.000 a year each. Thla
makea 8121,000 a year for eight captain :
of yellow Journalism, Juat 8100,000 mor ..
than th total Income of th president
and hla whol cabinet : . - . ' ;. , '
.... Xla Big FayyoU. ' " ' "I '
Wltn more than 10 editors and hun
dreds of political agent working out
hla instruction and with 1,000.000 .
cople of hla newspaper drifting over
th fac of oclty vry day. It might
b supposed that Mr. Hearat Uvea In a .
tat of - perpetual exoltement. Th
truth la that be Is the moat placid of
human and find plenty ef tlm for ..
play. It ia hardtq..bellv that thla
smooth-faced, aoft-apoken and tranquil
young man of 48 year who ldlea In th
restaurant, loll amiably tn automo
bllea, and generally atudie th Amii- '.
can people from the standpoint of th
vaudeville theatre, le th master-mind
of a movement that keep a large part
of th nation In an uproar. - '
It haa been said that Mr. Hearat spent
mor than 81.000,000 In that attempt to
be nominated for president . The fact
I that outside of th aalariea and ordl
nary expenaes of hla regular employ,
he paid out not more than 8180,000-;
practically all for printing, fireworks.1
hall hire, banners, badges, fnuslo and
transportation. : He spent ,Sa much for
Mr, Bryan. '-.''."'-.'""'"'; '
' Oampalga f ot Kayoa, ''"i V
Mr. Hearst's campaign for mayor of
New York wa carried on without th
aupport of any political party. Ha
wa nominated -by petition,, the ar
rangement being made 4y hla tern-;
ployee. and he paid hla own expenaes.
Mr. Odell, the New York - Republican
leader, Informed Mr. Hearat' represen
tative, when an attempt wa mad to
unit th Republlcane, Hearatitea and
the Citiaens' union on a mayoralty "ban-,
dldata, that a legitimate campaign, sup
ported by disciplined orgnlaatlon math-
ods, would cost, without a dollar for
bribery, at leaat 8400,000. Mr. Hearat'
had no party and a mere pretense of -organisation,
known aa th Municipal
Ownership league, yt h earn' within a
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