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Show POSSIBLY HEARST. 91 The 51 per cent is liable to win sooner than is jflfi at present expected. The Boston Herald believes MnA that if W. R. Hearst can obtain the' labor vote in 91 1904 he will carry New York, Connecticut, Illi- 91 nois and other northern States. Of course he j 91 would havo the solid South. With him elected 91 President the marvelous spectacle would be pre- 91 sented of a man possessing many millions, ready ' 91 as President to further the innermost wishes of " jM those who believe that ours will never be a good mM government until it is made over and set running '91 on the free and easy plan of pure and unbridled '91 Domocracy. That last word is not used in a par- ' mM tfcsan sense. No stream can rise higher than its 91 source, and the life that Mr. Hearst has lived in .' 91 New York, where he has commanded everything ,, 91 that his fancy craved, that life would be reflected 91 on the country were ho to become President. Me , 91 is a man who does not believe In self-discipline or j 91 self-rostraint; he cares nothing for public moral i 91 opinion, or for the respect of the purer elements 91 of society. From his youth up ho has never met 91 a difficulty that he could not extricate himself 9 from by direct purchase; he believes thoroughly '19 in the omnipotence of money; indeed, this he ! H naturally inherited. With him President all '99 these characteristics and contradictions would be' WW imaged from the White House as certainly as i3 i 99 the strenuous life of tho present occupant, as 19 clearly as was the exalted character of George J9 ; H B as j H gjj ,j, Washington, when In the same position it was H ' reflected like a star upon his countrymen and the H 1 : world. The descent from George Washington to H n ," ' Grovor Cleveland was, in places at least, down H H ,; a perilously steep grade. From Cleveland to H H I Hearst it would not be great. In some respects H m . i j it might be an improvement. As advisers, Mr. H m ;' Cleveland chose only from extreme partisans of B M t ' his school, and he loved men best who flattered m jlp if him most and told him ho was it. With Hearst B ;J President, the chances are he would call to him B m 'J men of all shades of Democracy and (hen would m t tell them that what seemed best to a majority B jt LK of the cabinet must seem best to every member m M 4 unless he decided to change the programme, and m m '!$ would be liable to have his way. While calling Bn j! ' his administration Democratic, his ear would be Bill ;il. to the ground whenever capital and labor clashed Bilfl ' and his instincts -we do not say sympathies for HJ!f L wo do not believe he has any would be with the Bl ft strikers. Again it is probable that Henry George Kill S n llis lifetIme nad more influence with W. R. lll II Hearst than any other man and were he Presi- 1 iff dent and were the clamor to rise around him for l h Government ownership of public utilities, there 1 'M I s n telling that he would not endorse the cry. iyl !', Finally, when we take note of the unrest in Bl l the country, the arrogance of the money trusts HjfJ n J and of the labor trust, it is not difficult to ima- Bl K Sine that in the confused seas a nature like that k! iW f of Hearst might be tossed to the surface and win. Hffi m Surely his prospects for such a cyclone are better Bfii I to all appearances than were Mr. Cleveland's in KI V v' the autumn of 1S82 or in the autumn o 1890. New Ijjl l York and Illinois has a corruptible vote great lli jj enough, when united, to turn an election. Mr. Bi If Hearst has the means to turn that vote his way 1 m l! and hG would not for an instant hesitate to use llS li them, in a campaign where he would, be a candi- Hll h date |