Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1904 — Page 10

The Hears! Newspapers and "Yettow Journalism.” - What Bishops Fallows and I Mallalieu Say: By HBLBN M. GOIJGAR DT is claimed by the enemies of Hon. William Randolph Hearst Ihat his newspapers represent “Yellow” or In other words, sensational journalism, therefore his press is demoralizing to the country. I have been a constant reader of his newspapers for years and I challenge anyone to show an cditorfal line that Is demoralizing In all his extensively circulated newspapers. His journals advocate justice and morality to an eminent degree. His papers have a circulation of over two and one-half million copies per day. They are so cheap that the poorest can afford to read. They are within the reach of everybody. Besides his championship of the rights of the masses against privileged legislation in the Interest of the few, who like the RockerfeHers, Morgans, Carnegie*, Baers and such trust-enriched barons who are rapidly amassing the wealth of the country and dictating opportunities to life, liberty and the pursuit of business, he has been Instrumental In forcing attention to the greatest moral issues of the day. He devoted pages of hts newspapers to the discussion of , the divorce evil, to which men and women of eminence from eaflfflnafc to those engaged fn humblest reforms contributed. Bishop Fallows says of this journalistic act. “THIS MARKED A REAL JOURNALISTIC EPOCH AND I PRAY THAT THE PUBLICITY GIVEN THE DIVORCE EVIL BY MR, HEARST THROUGH HIS NEWSPAPERS IN DIFFERENT CITIES OF THE COUNTRY MAY BRING ABOUT THE GREATLY NEEDED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FOR A foHFORM DIVORCE LAW, FOR DIVORCE IS ALMOST AS GREAT AN EVIL AS ' POLYGAMOUS MORMONISM.”

W. R. HEARST’S PAPERS A MIGHTY POWER FOR GOOD

Bltoop Willard F. Mallalleu, of Massachusetts, Primate of the Methodist House of Bishops, which consists of six tees members, wfeo have''spiritual authority over the whole church of the country, which consists of over ten thousand clergy aya and millions of souls, says of the Hearst Journals, under the caption.' . -h, ~

•*W. R. HEARSt’S PAPERS A MIGIiTY POWER FOR GOOD” * - There papers are established In nearly every one of the greatest cities of the country and extend from Boston to 6tn frrandscO. The circulation of these papers at the present time exceeds more than two million copies each day. Th*tt> In dddfttan to this, we have many other dally papers using Hearst features, covering practically the whole coowtry, with a dally circulation of more than five million copies, and It may he assured that each oopy has at least two readers, go that tt is manifest that Mr. Hearst’s own papers and these other papers ore read each day by from tea to fifteen mUlfcas of people, and many of three people are among the most Intelligent and Influential ■ No a« earnest, consistent and persistent antagonism has been developed against one of the supreme outrages Of recent times than by the W. R. Hearst papers. What Is this outrage? CetanMMUi it is the combination of the "coax, barons,".a tear and a half ago, by WEOOH KANT aHHAONS OF PEOPLE WERE MADE TO PAT A MOST EXORBITANT PRICE FOR ONE OF THE Prime necessities of civilized life, and not a few of these millions shivered and SUFFER HD THROUGH THE DREARY MONTHS OF A SEVERE NORTHERN WINTER AND DOUBTLESS THOTJfANDB WERE HURRIED TO THEIR GRAVES AS A RESULT OF THE HARDSHIPS AND PRIVATIONS THEY WERE COMPELLED TO ENDURE. BRHB CERTAINLY WAS A CONCRETE CASE WHERE PRESS AND PULPIT MIGHT WELL COMBINE IN UHH INTERESTS of an abused and outraged people. AND IT IS A SOURCE OF WIDESPREAD, IF NOT UNIVERSAL, SATISFACTION THAT AT LAST THERE WXft BEEN RENDERED A DECISION IN MR. HEARST'S SUIT BY THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY OF THE LAND; THAT, IT IB TO BE HOPED, WILL BRING THE MISCREANTS TO JUSTICE. Furthermore, the Hearst papers and the pulpit have stood shoulder to shoulder in creating and maMn e effective the National Antipolygamy League, and, so, in some measure, staying this foul, degrading tide of corruption th<4 Is alike destructive to moral excellence in personal character, and a forte Inimical to the public morals. then, again, the Hearst papers and the pulpit have done most excellent service in the crusade against the prevailing tendency to seek relief from matrimonial infelicities by means of easily procured divorce. Another giant evil of the present time is Intemperance. The beverage use of intoxicants is the white * curse. This Involves Lmmeasureable waste, for alcohol in any form however disguised or named, is neither food nor breltbful stimulant. It is emphatically the plague and curse of the English-speaking people, for what might not tfcfEte people accomplish if it were not for this needless waste. Prisons, poor-houses and asylums are crowded with the victims of the dirink habit Sad to say, this Is not the Worst of this terrible curse. The wreck of homes, the breaking of the hearts of wives and mothers and children ud linved ones presents a spectacle over which God’s pitying angels bend with tenderest concern and deepest got- I raw. If any human Interest should command the attention of the press and the pulpit it is this. The recent symposium in the W. R. Hearst papers, to which more than thirty eminent men contribute articles, brought tots subject distinctly and emphatically before many millions of people, not a few of whom rarely if ever attend church and more rarely listen to a sermon. Every friend of the temperance reform, every patriot and phi--iMZtorsptat ought to thank God for such a symposium. Never was the work of the pulpit more definitely and successfully sustained by the secular press than in this instance. .• And why may not this effort be repeated? Why may not the pulpit take fresh courage when such splendid reinforcement Is freely offered for the accomplishment of Its greatest humanitarian work? When the press and the pulpit shall thoroughly combine their efforts, when the press shall attain a still Jkighef plane of Intellectual and moral excellence, when the pulpit shall become more practical and not leas spiritual and fihall care to do its full duty and grapple with all vital questions which concern the temporal as well as ater**A wall-being Of humanity, then there will be a condition of vital forces wttlch will crush out many on evil and bring boundless blessings to millions yet unborn.

May God speed the day)

MRS. HELEN M. GOUGAR’S ESTIMATE OF HEARST

glowing picture of possible PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.

The smouldering fire of "Hearst so? President” that has attracted little attention for months seems to have suddenly burst Into a consuming flame. In the face of the numerous "endorsements” the man is receiving in many parts of the country, Republicans as well as Democrats are asking, "Who is William Randolph Hearst?” I will answer the question as I know the man. Mr. Hearst is 41 years old. He was born In San Francisco. He is the only child of the late United States Senator George Hearst and Phoeba A. Hearst His ancestors were of North Carolina and Virginia stock, his mother being a descendant of the Randolphs of Virginia. His mother is noted for her great charities, having endowed the University of California. Ha is a most devoted son and cooperates heartily with his mother in business and benevolent enterprises. lie was educated in the public schools of San Francisco, and in Harvard college. In religion be is an Episcopalian. He is a man cf fine physique, robust health, indomitable energy and great

executive ability. He is a "business man’* In every sence of the word. He is exceedingly temperate in hath its, never gambles, nor races horses, hut is a devotee of the automcftrtle. H« once owned a yacht, but dining the Spanish-American war It was fitted up aa a cruiser at blB expense and he presented it to the government, then enHated himself as a private in the wax and risked his life on the firing line before Sontiago. Last April he married Miss Mttllcent Willi son of New York. There is a charming romance connected with this marriage. Miss Wfillson was a pool girl, making her living on the stage. At 17 years of age Mr. Hearst met her and fell desperately in love with the vivacious Miss; his affection was reciprocated. He requested her parents to take her from the stage and put her in college and he would furnish the money for her highest possible education. He promised to marry her at the age of 2L She was a brilliant student After her graduation he took her, her sister and her mother on a tour of tjie world that she might have the culture of travel. She is a beautiful woman with a charming personality. She is much beloved by the mother of Mr. HearstMr. Hearst is a strict moralist and holds women in high esteem. His charities are unbounded; fiver y winter he furnishes the coal, food and raiment to thousands of the suffering poor of the tenement districts of Hew York, which city is his present residence. He sent out three relief trains, one from New York, another from Chi-

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cago, and another from San Francisco and hurried supplies to the Gaffveston sufferers. Be gave large sums tar the rettsf at the Jbws in Russia) <Oao to the victims of the St Pierre volcano district.

As a newspaper maa he In hid a remarkable career. He understands the business In every detail from setting type to editorial writing and bestow management. Hto Erst venture was Ora San Francisco Examiner, which he took when It was almost defunct. He put life and enterprise into it until it has the largest circulation of any newspaper on the western coast He owns the Los Angeles Examiner, Chicago Examiner, a morning paper, and the Hearst Chicago American, an evening paper, the latter having the largest circulation of any Chicago daily. In New York he owns and runs the New York American, the Evening Journal and Das Morgen Journal (German edition).

In Boston, the "Boston American,” which at the end of the first month had a bona fide daily circulation of 907,660. When he bought the Journal ft was a sickly, struggling Sheet, nearly defunct He breathed the breath of enterprise into ft and now it has the largest circulation of any dally paper in the world. He Is now establishing Journals In Boston and St Louis on the same extensive scale. He pays the highest price for labor and seeks the beet talent that can be secured, regardless of cost He makes every newspaper enterprise pay good returns. "Yellow Journalism” la often heard

William Randolph Hearst.

Slander la the only weapon the opponents of MT. Hearst can wtakl. They dare not openly defend the trouts for the people will not tolerate ft They dare not oppose the trusts for the Slanderers of Mr. Hearst live by, and have political power through the trusts. They know as well as the trusts know Chat If be Is elected President an attorney general wfH be appointed in Che cabinet that '*wfß run a muck" against Cbe trusts that are robbing toe firesides and dinner baskets of laboring men In the land. So In the extremity to wWdh predatory wealth is driven they are resorting to the vilest slanders of the man, slanders for whfoh there Is no foundation, whatever. These ermisaries of the trusts are resorting to persooa'ntles to avoid the free, fuS and fair discussion of public questions upon which they dare not speak before the American voter.

Mr. Hearst made a brave fight in congress recently for the eight-hour labor day for all government employes but the proposition went down before the overwhelming Republican majority, that defeated the proposition. The hope tor justice to labor Uee in the nomination and election % William Randolph Hearst

as a criticism of the Hearst papers, it is true that all his papers are like great department Stores, where one can get wheatever he wants. He can go to Che basement bargain counter and get fun and fro Tie or to the upper room and get the best and mast progressive thought in the editorial section. But one thing is true —no vicious sentiments or vulgarity are permitted voice In Mr. Hearst’s publications. He is a devoted advocate of the one principle of "equal rights for ail; special privileges tor none.'* He Is an aggressive foe of the new form of human Slavery known as “trusts.” He prevented the water works of New York from going into the hands of a few monopolists known as the R&xnapo robbers. He smashed the ice trust of New York, at an expense of $260,000 to himself, and the babies of the tenement districts called him "blessed.” He killed the food trust and is now locked In deadly embrace with the coal trust, at the head of which Is Mr. Bear, who claims that the Almighty and be are In partnership to rob the firesides of America in the interest of this most grasping combination. Doubtless If he Is nominated for President on the Democratic ticket he would cause these combinations to tremble (n their boots. He la the friend of legitimate capital but the aggressive enemy of predatory monopoly. Mr. Hearst is now a member of Congress from New York, having received the largest majority ever given any candidate in bis district He Is a of great wealth, made from gold and

W. R. HEARST’S PAPERS HAVE HELPED CHRISTIANITY

The symposium on the drink evil with powerful cartoon® and to which the most eminent men and women <ln the Country*uwtrihUtafk otttldSl public attention as nothing before has ever done by the secular proa oa rhi« ixapovCafit fiuwttqp. ; > TT imi mj m UMMMIH” 11 anfr labor, on Sabbath observance, on toe negro problem, to n» of which the able* writers of -toe aatortry ctmlrl immense educational service lines. " Mr. Health’s power as sn editor hi In keeping near to the people. Where-too many journalists pander to ertear toe videos Classes, air. Hearst seeks the opinion Of judges, lawyers, clergymen, notable women, bishops, archbishops cardftnale and toe most scholarly and eminent men and women. I ean do no better than to give to my readers the opinions of two off the meet eminent churchmen on toe influence forgo*} of the Hearst journals. BL Rev. Samuel Fallows, IX D., LL. D., Residing Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal church, and famous humantartan, orator and anther, one of the most eminent churchmen in the United States, telle how Mr. Haarst'a papers have’helped Christianity in the following terse words. Bishop Fallows says:

W. a. HEARST’S PAPERS HAVE HELPED CHRISTIANITY Mr. Htoarat did hnraonre service to the country la organising this powerful national Antipolygamy League, wHh tte 250,000 active mreabeiA consisting Of churchmen of all denominations and the officers and members of hundreds of Christian women?# organisations, who collected and forwarded to Congress 5,000,000 signatures and brought Shout the tmßfwHng df Roberts of Utah, the polygamist. The members of this national Antipolygamy League ha ore also beta way active In bringing pressure to bear upon the United States Senate to prevent from remaining a uaotibw of that august body. They are also hard a# worts with out notional legislators to secure a Constitutional amendment which will bring the prosecution fbr polygamy into the federal courts, which cannot be influenced by the Mormon Church, as appears to ho the caw wtife (ha stage court# of Utah. The Christian people Aoald not aeon forget that notable petition to the Queens of Europe of more than 250,#OO American women. Wives Of the most eminent men throughout the nation, and the entire boards of officers »of practically all the CfcrUtLn women's organisations of America, headed by Mrs. McKinley and Mrs. Garfield, the widows of our Martyred JVretAraiM. ftgtlflat the cruelties perpetrated upon the Macedonians by the Turks. Almost Immediately after this protest was made the sanguinary persecutions ceased. I am but reflecting the sentiment of a large number of my clerical brethren in thus expressing my appreciation of the good work done for Chrtstlaadty and food cUisenetdp by Mr. Hearst’* various papers along the lines 1 have enumerated. The benevolent movement* championed smxecHtully by them, such as the raising of a fund of more than SIOO,000 tor a memorial shortly to be orated la New York City In memory of the heroes who died on the battleship MKina; toe sending of thousands of dollar* end tminkads of provisions to the suffering people of Jacksonville and Galveston; (he bringing together through a great bazaar a fund of more than $50,000 for the eroction of a home for (h# orphans mad# by sufferers through the Kishineff massacres; the providing of Christmas joy for more than 100,000 of New York’s poor lari Christmas, and many other kindred Christian movements are all worthy of the highest comnaendatkm. Thu# the cause of morality, humanity, social progress and Christianity has been greatly advanced by these, as well as many other, eoccesatful efforts of the W. R. Hearst papers. To what better purpose can money, genius and laudable ambition be directed I rincarely hope that the Hearst papers -will ever continue as the ally of the Christian churches of the nation, tor with preoß and pulpit working In unison toe cause of Christianity cannot help but advance with giant strides.

copper mines}. Ho can not t>e bought or Intimidated to aerre any chess, for ho is nob enough to bo mooter of Mmnlt Nb one con 'town" him and bo will be Under no obligations to any eotrtbinaCton for funds, for ho hao ample means with which to pay an legitimate eamKlgn expenses, at at least his share of eat.

With etteh a man tor candidate on a wise and conservative platform the Democratic party wdH doubtfleos make a lively campaign that will pat metal In Republican ranks. I have drawn the picture of the man as I see him. HELEN M. QOUGAR. In Lafayette, Ind., Call.

In the last two campaigns Mr. Bryan was denounced unceasingly by the same press because be talked too much* It was not what he Said but that he said at all. The files of the Republican press of the last two campaigns would be interesting just now as to the repeated warnings to the Democratic candidate 'that no man who made spooch ae fn a political campaign would be elected Treat Jem. Now, If the converse is trne, Mr. Hearers sphinx-like silence should make him President Ah! ndne enemy 1s hard to pfeaaa

It is difficult to ptase the Republicans and ft may be possfbel that the Democrats are not lying awake tp a» compHsh the feat The party press fa Borrowing over the fkct that Hon. Wilham Randolph Hearat does not talk enough, he does net make sissrhi

TO BE SEEN IN NEW YORK CITY

HEAR3T FOOD VANS*—A BEAUTIFUL CHARITY., *" r ~ Hon F. J. Jones, ex-senator of Massachusetts, now of Chicago, told me recently of what he saw In the Streets of New York the week before at midnight. At Madison Square Garden In the heart of the city there was a huge covered van around which a great crowd of men was gathered. For three hundred yards there was a proomslon at men standing three abreast waiting their torn to get to the van. From this van a huge sandwich, a huge piece of cheese and a bowl of Steaming coffee were handed out to every man. All was free and no qnesttona naked. This la one of the two Heeist food vane that Hon. William Randolph Hearst maintains at his own expenee on the streets of New York OUy throughout the winter season from 0 o'clock at sight to 6 o'clock In the morning. Mr, Hearst says tost as Hong eg he Is able to maintain Che expense no man shall go to bed hungry in New York City. All summer these vans ran and deliver ice to the poor la the tenement districts at the ex-

SAMUEL FALLOWS.

pense of Mr. Hearst Le me emphasize the fart that this la not for the sake of furthering the Presidential aspirations ox this man. THrS 19 THU SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR HE HAS DISPENSED THESE BENEFICENT CHARITIES IN THIS SAMS GITY. Where is there another man of wealth Who tioee as much for hts fellow man in New York or any other cfty m me land? Mr. Hearst’s whole career, his practical charities, show him to be a with a heart and a soul, fired with the noblest Impulses of humanity. HELEN M. GOUGAR.

'When the Republican and ClevelandParker press so far forgets the decencies of Ufa as to attack the good name of the wife of a candidate for any office, the political party for which it •peak* should be repudiated by deoent people. - . . I Who Is advocating Judge Parker for President* The friends of Grover Cleveland and the trusts. A man is known by the company he keeps. Judge Parker Is In bad company. Remember that the Democrats who voted Che Republican ticket in toe past two political campaigns are booming Judge Parker for President ftepuMcans. the tram Magnates and Otevetend-Democnrtß, synonomons terms are booming Judge Partowv for President, as sgiinst Mr. Heaoaft. Of count, '~>r