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“While there ts Life there's Hope.” VOU. NLM MARCHE 17, 1904 No. 116 19 West Tarety-Finsr St., New Yous contribution will be returned untess companied by stamped and addressed envelope. The illustrations in Live. ave copyrighted, and are not to be reproduced. Prompt notification should be sent bv sub- scribers of any change of address. ning Post pH J bas virtually eC admitted that, if the Demo- crats nomi- nate William Hearst, it won't support him. We had never supposed that the Post wanted Its friends are friends, nor its The 1 Post and Hearst really _ have very little in common. They have different tastes in the matter of type, and the use of colored ink. Few of Mr. Hearst's regular subscribers take the Just. The Jst and Hearst don't seem toaim at the same mark at all, and though it is possible that a suf- ficiently acute degree of misery might make them political bed-fellows, the misery would have to be of different quality and intensity from any now in sight. The mere suggestion of Hearst as the Democritic candidate excite the /»st to use epith It speaks of him as ‘‘unthinkable,’’ and de- clares in effect that, if he should be nominated, adeq discussion of his candida would make newspapers unsuitable for admission into families. This would be detrimental to the Post's business interests, for, as it stands, it is an excellent family newspaper. Yet it cannot be doubted that it would deal conscientiously with Mr. Hearst, if it became necessary, even if for a time it had to give up its family circulation *LIFE« and declare in big, black letters that its pages were For Voters Only. It is possible that, if Mr, Hearst rau, his own newspapers would be the only ones that would be nice family read- ing, and so he might get all the family trade. HERE would be money in that, but nobody seems to think that Mr, Hearst’s Presidential pretensions have their root in avarice. It is not money that he is after, but excitement, and, possibly, fame. He may not feel about himself as the Dost feels about him. We can't tell about that, for he is really rather a sphinx-like per- son. Still, by listening to the Dost's he may form some idea of the »ption his candidacy would receive, and judge whether it would pay him to make a serious attempt torun. Is there not a better way for him to ri: If he could be chosen President, the presumption that Mr. Brisbane would be his Secretary of State. Is it not, on the whole, a more practicable scheme for him to put Mr. Brisbane forward as his candidate for President, and limit his own aspirations for the present to being Secretary of State? We think that of the two Mr. Brisbane would run rather better than Mr. Hearst, and it would appear that the job of running ought to strike Mr. Hearst as one which a person of ample ns might delegate with profit. He and Mr. Brisbane conld have excellent sport in Washington, if either one of them was tenant of the White House, snort Ww E apologize for dwelling upon this subject. Mr. Hearst's candi- dacy is not yet imminent enongh to merit much discussion, but it is more interesting than the other candidacies, because it is more curious, just us the two-headed calf is more interesting than the one-headed calf, though the p-headed calf is the better type of ure. Besides, Hearst really has a following, and merging his interests with Bryan's is likely to have consid- erable influence upon the action of the Democratic Convention. Hard work and money will accomplish extraor- dinary things in this world, and Ifearst and Brisbane work hard and Hearst has got mone If it should be said of them that they are destitute of principle, we may expect to be told (in private) that principle no longer counts for much in this country, and that what is valued is results. Men who work hard and do what is neces- sary succeed, and men who succeed are respected. If the methods by which they have succeeded are criticised, we are used to be told that circumstances and the depravity of mankind made such methods necessary, and that what was done could not have been acc mplished without them MVE RE IRI MAkcu 20TH is the birthday of one of the most successful Americans of our generation. He is seventy years old, but still sound and strong, active in mind and body, living in the present, and taking thought for thefuture. Like most successful men, he has worked hard, but he has de- lighted in the work, His success has not been bought at any cost of a vantage to any person, nor hi methods that he has found nec to win it been such as in any case need apology or excuse. It is true he is not a rich man, but he is honored and respected by men of all walks of life from one end of the country to the other, and beyond the seas, He is an outspoken man, definite in his opinions, and clear and accurate in his statement of them. Often his views ure dis- puted, but they are apt to be right. He is the acknowledged leader of a great profession, perhaps the most important profession that is followed in this country. He is the greatest edacator of his day, and oue of the greatest men. Listen, then, brethren, of all States and countries, of all colors and creeds: Here’s to President Eliot of Harvard ; a public servant, a public benefactor, a great power for civiliza- tion, Honor and fame are his already. God send him long life ! comicbooks.com