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Show fi MR. HEARST AS A NATIONAL 1 FIGURE. !g When William R. Hearst enters tho ,t House of Representatives next month yM to completo his unexpired term ns hi congressman from tho Eloventh dls- trlct of Now York, "no one In that body," says tho Sprlnglleld Republl- f can (Ind.), "will attract tho personal .' attention that ho will," for, continues Tho Republican, "If Hearst ever was dangerous, ho nover was so dangerous f as ho Is today, as a factor In national i politics." Both tho manner of "Ms , I campaign for mayor and Us result, as j i well as his conduct now," tho Chicago Public (Slnglo Tax) asserts, "make ', him loom up no longer as a solf-scck- I er, but as a genuine leader In a great l' ' causo." Ho has becomo "tho Bryan of tho east" In tho opinion of tho Chi-! Chi-! cago Tribune (Rep.), and, as tho St. r Louis Globo-Domocrat (Rop.) pre dicts, ho "will bo far moro powerful 1 1 between now and election day In 1008 ' i than ho would bo If ho had obtained tho mayoralty." Ho will "grow moro , threatening as timo goes on," ro- marks tho Macon (Ga.) Telegraph ; (Dom.). Tho Detroit Journal (Rop.) I avers that ho Is at last a "real presi dential possibility," whllo tho Chicago Chronicle (Rep.) declares that his nl-l nl-l most winning light', slnglo handed, i ngalnst Tammany "will probably sub- stltuto Hearst for Bryan ns tho Dcm-H Dcm-H ocratlc Idol, and cnuso a reorganlza-H reorganlza-H tlon of tho Democratic party on a H purely socialistic and revolutionary H basis." Tho Spokano Spokesman-Re- vlow (Ind. Rep.) likowlso thinks that H "tho Democratic cholco will bo bc-H bc-H twoon Bryan and Hearst," and then H makes tho following observations: H "Though McClollan, tho Tammany H .candidate, has been re-elected, tho vie-H vie-H -tory Is such a closo ono that It must H very materially rcduco tho Tammany H J Influence in tho party In a national H , campaign. Hcretoforo It has been H i rtistomary to refer to that organlza-H organlza-H tlon as ono of tho most perfect and powerful political machines in tho H; , country. Tho blow which has been Hif ' struck at it in this election can not H t but Injuro its prcstlgo, and though H , . Mr. Hearst was In tho campaign as u H municipal ownership candidate, it will H bo an easy matter for him to resume H ' his place as a Democrat and seek tho H nomination for tho presidency. "Thoso who believed that Mr. H Hqarst was nothing but a rampant H yellow Journalist aro learning that bc-H bc-H hind his ' sensationalism thcro is a H power Strong enough to elect him to H . congress and almost able to down tho H most powerful Democratic machine In H tho country. Ho may bo able to win H over that same machino to his own H ; side, and if ho desires its support in H i the presidential field, and tho raco in H ; the national convention between him H . m and Bryan, as predicted by Mr. Wat-H Wat-H terson, may bo a very interesting H , one." H Tho press aro, however, by no H means united In assigning such great H importance and significance to Mr. H Hearst's sudden development of pop. H . ular strength In Now York City. Tho H ' Sacramento Union (Rop.) predicts H that oven if ho gains tho mayoralty H ( on tho recount, his victory " will hard- H ' ly tend to put him in tho lino of fu- H turo and larger political honors." Tho H , papers which take this adverse view H claim that his show of power was duo H to adventitious nlds and peculiar clr- H cumstanccs which aro not likely to oc- H cur again in combination, and further- H moro that, although ho may bo accep- H table to tho olectorato of Now Yorn, H ho Is an Impossibility in tho eyes of H tho country at large. Tho Kansas H City Star (Ind. Dem.) states that tho H causes which contributed largely to H tho romarkablo voto polled by Mr. H Hearst woro "dislike of tho regular H party organization and tho lavish S promises of tho candidate," and tho H Chicago Post (Ind.) Interprets tho H size of tho voto to mean "a popular i H Hi dissatisfaction with tho manner In which both of tho other parties hnvo been exploited by bosses to their personal per-sonal advantages." Scores of papers bellovo that tho popular Indignation aroused by tho insuranco scandals gave him a wldo but only ephemeral popularity. "Any stick Is good enough to beat a dog with," as ono paper expresses ex-presses It. "Ho represents," says tho Nashvlllo Banner (Dom.), "an element found in all largo cities, but which does not represent tho thoughtful American people." As tho Now York Worker (Socialist) explains it, "what was really behind Hearst was not tho 'will of tho people,' but their ignor-nnco ignor-nnco and lndoloncc, their readiness to cast tho burden of their own emancipation eman-cipation on tho shouldcrsi of a 'leader.' 'lead-er.' " Hence, says tho Chicago Chron-Iclo Chron-Iclo (Rop.): "Counting thorn nil (tho causes) together, to-gether, as they indubitably should bo, ono can seo the genesis of tho Hearst voto and can entertain a reasonable hope that it can never again coalesco in ono aim." But in splto of differences of opinion opin-ion as to Mr. Hearst's prospects for greater power and further honors, all seem to agreo with tho Chicago Journal Jour-nal (Rop.) in saying that "he is evidently evi-dently in politics to stay." Says tho Nashvlllo Banner (Dem.), "his extraordinary extra-ordinary methods of solf-cxploltatlon and sensational propaganda mnko nat ural tno assumption mat no win again essay tho rolo of national leader," for ho has "tho audacity and nervo to attempt at-tempt tho impossible." Tho charge that tho movement back of Hearst carries the "red flag" seems to bo losing los-ing force. The Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ind. Dem.) maintains that "tho Hearst voto was not an anar chlstlc outbreak and not a socialistic tidal wave," and tho Indianapolis Star (Rep.) declares that "it would be folly to assume" It wasi such. What will bo tho consequences of Mr. Hearst's appearanco as an active factor In politics remains an open question. Tho Worker (Socialist), oi Now York, asserts that "Mr. Hearst has lot looso forces that ho will be unable to control, and that this straddling strad-dling demagogue may tako from us today, but wo shall tako from him tomorrow." to-morrow." But tho Des Moines Register Reg-ister and Loader (Rop.) cautions us that If tho conservative classes do not want Mr. Hearst In control ol "tho destinies of this country" they "should loso no time In sotting up for themselves n true democracy, and work It without fear or favor." It Is of course expected that whatever In terest Mr. Hearst will tako In national na-tional politics will bo as a Democrat. But to accomplish anything of Importance, Im-portance, ns such, ho will have to reorganize re-organize tho party and get possession of tho predominating faction. Many papers, as shown above, bellovo that ho can easily succeed In this under tnking; others express doubts. Among these may bo cited tho Nashville Banner Ban-ner (Dem.), which says: "Tho organization of a national radical party, under whatever name, Is not improbable with loaders like Mr. Hearst and Mr. Bryan, who has insisted upon tho formation of a radical rad-ical democracy, but such an organization, organiza-tion, becauso of tho many Incompatible Incompati-ble elements which might bo brought upon special anpeal Into tho organization, organiza-tion, would bo constantly tending to factionalism and to tho breaking up Into smaller parties. At any rate, whatever may como to Mr. Hearst's movement, tho majority of tho American Ameri-can people aro for sound, safe, and conservative government, nnd may bo dopended upon to stand by tho safo principles that havo been tried and not found wanting." |