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To old-line Democrats, the Hearst Presidential boom, now in full cry, was the joke of the new century.
Yet no leader had come to the fore who seemed likely to give the puissant T. R. a semblance of a race.
The sneers at Hearst changed to concern when it was seen that he had strong support in many parts of the country.
Platoons of Hearst agents were traveling from state to state in a surprisingly successful search for delegates at the coming convention, and there were charges that money was doing a large part of the persuading.
Just when it was needed for the campaign, Hearst Paper No. 8, the Boston American, began publication.
A Bay State supporter said, `` Mr. Hearst's fight has been helped along greatly by the starting of his paper in Boston ''.
He ordered his editors to tone down on sensationalism and to refrain from using such words as `` seduction '', `` rape '', `` abortion '', `` criminal assault '' and `` born out of wedlock ''.
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