The evening times., 1900-10-19
Circulation Statement.
snnpping. snarling ..,eIIbinaerz.

When Hanna was in > proper element,
inside the party cashie S wire cage, and
cool-headed, he saw tie necessity OF muz-
zIing his explosive Sard TEDDY" For
time he succeeded in doing it, but now
the muzzle has been dispensed with and
the results are violent. That is not
strange, but ii is a trifie peculiar that
gouty old Hanna himself is loose and "a
ging, and more in need of a keeper and
hysicaI restraint than the cowboy candi-
date himself. Both, however. are doing
their level best to keep up regulations for
brutal, bullying speech. and total abb
sence of self-controI before audiences.
Both offered brilliant Illustrations Of
these tendencies in different parts of the
country yesterday. At Mitchell, South
Dakota, Hanna, whose toe was hurting
him hideousIy and who, consequently, was
in q diabolical humor, took occasion to
pitch into certain ''slanderous speakers
and newspapers" who had charged that
young champion OF liberty. honesty. and
good government Theodore Roosevelt,
with being drunk while in South Dakota,
on his recent stumping tour. Yes
shouted a man in the audience, that was
right here in MiteheIl' As soon as he
could make himself heard amid the ap-
pIause which followed this interjection,
Hanna, purple and choking with anger
shrieked: 1T is an Internal lie." OF
course he ought to know. because he was
not in Mitchell on the hilarious occasion
referred to, and the audience had been.
The other wild trust selection was equal
" happy In a speech he made in Wheel
ing, where unkind investigator had culled
and had printed quotations from old maga-
zine articles written by the Rough Rider
before his capture of Cuba and the New
York GUverncrship. and were distributing
them among the moderate-sized crowd at
the meeting. One of the historical items
in circulation referred to an expression of
opinion that "a man who would join
strike ought to be killed. or something to
that effect. II is already familiar to the
public.
= want to call your attention. said
Roosevelt, TO a circular which has been
circulated On these grounds by lot of
scoundrels. 1t contains extracts from what
puTports to be speeches I am said to have
made" He continued:
''The statements are lies. known to be lies by
lated them, and 1t Is charac teristc OF the party
which stands for reputation IF the national debt
which stands fer civic diSUrder and lawlsssness
at home, and the di>honor OF the flag abroad.
that it should take refuge in the foulest and most
deliberate mendacity when all other methods
fail
Observe the clever little dodge of the
cowboy candidate! It was easy for him
to deny that he ever made speeches con-
tanning the matter printed in the circular,
which did not allege anything of the sort
The extracts which so excited his wrath
and bad language were not from speeches
but from articles published a few years
ago in magazines, and which are supposed
to represent his sentiments On the sub
tect OF labor strikes and other public
questions. We do not see how it was
''the foulest and most deliberate mendaci-
ty" to republish them, whatever may be
thought of Roosevelt's denial OF them.
We should not be too quick to criticise
or find fault with the manners and meth
DDS of the two horrible examples who are
snorting and cavorting over the country
in a heroic effort to outshine each other
IN the domain of billingsgate In the
present condition of affairs they are use
full members of society, and are doing
good work in disgusting intelligent voters
with themselves. and with what they rep
resent. Long may they rave.