The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-21
TIE PHESIDENT'S STYLE.
Roosevelts Message a Strange and
Wonderful Mass Of English.

ANAH A0Eh ~ lfll.l
Tho deadly parallcin TO which the
World subjected President Roosevelt
Pronunciation Of bribery showed g remark
able similarity both ln thought and lail-
suagc 10 an Interview with District AL
torney Folk. the famous So. Louis prose-
cutOr OF bOOdiers. published some time
ago These short extracts are examples
THE MESSAGE. FOLK
bribery has mott INTERVIEW.
been Included 81 ex-l Bribery has not
tradition treaties. been included IN
heretofore, as the'trcaties heretofore.
necessity for it has because there has
not arisen. While been no necessity
there may have beenFor II. There have
as much official cor-Ibee more cases Of
rupuon in fOrmer.bribery IN the United
years, there has States IA the past
been more developer two Years than lB
and brought to ligntthe hundred years
I'm the immediate IDreCeding. 1T may
past than IN the prc-.have been lust as
ceding century Of.commOn here tOf0re,
our country's his HUT the evidence o.
tory. IL should belt was not brought
the policy Of the'to light. If the
United States represent programme
leave no place onis carried out and
earsh where cor-'there seems to be
rupt man fleengno reason why II
from this country should not be,
can rest i'm peace there viii not be
me exposure anQciviized country on
punishment eff thc'carth where hood
public corruption isIlers fleeing froru the
an honor TO alUnited States can
nation not dis-irest in peace. Sure
grace. The shameiand swift punish
lies ia federation, lnaent of public
not in correction. lplunderers is a
states honor not It's
shame. The disgrace
Iis in tolerance, not
lin correction.
In the face OF these resembIances an
authorised statement was made at the
White HOUSE that mo one except the
president had anything TO do with the
message. This may mean that the pres
ident wishes to relieve any OF his secre-
taries Of the charge OF plagiarism. or il
may imply that Mr. Roosevelt. as Lowell
said Of Shakespeare, makes his own
any thought that he bOrrows A presi-
dent VINO can construe recess OF the
senate between two raps Of the gavei
may wen think himself capable of inn
parting his own originality To the ideas
Of mere district attorney.
However this may be, the intelligent
and discriminating public has a right q
expect that when a president of the
United states does adopt or adapt the
ideas of western prosecuting attorney
style. Language that WOCld De apprO-
pirate and even admirable in a district at
JOrncy intent on the capture and COnVic-
ton of "bOodlers." lis cut of place and
iufelicitOus i'm presidents message ad-
dressed to congress and read by all the
world.
The World is a firm believer in the
style that conveys an idea cOucisely,
dearly and forcibly But when the pres
ident Incorporates in his message the
language Of a casual interview, and saws
OF the iSthmlal canal, This great enter
prise cannot be held up he and his Har-
ward associates cannot afford to sheer az
newspaper English" Tt is hardly 10 be
wondered at that the Berlin Post wakes
sarcastic over the literary style of the
message. and SAYS: Its general tone re-
pire of Business. and Mr.. Lorimer s let
ters Of dollar king 10 has SON.