The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-01
THE RABBI AND THE EDITOR.

Editor Internountan Catholic:
NV attention was accidentally drawn to an edito-
rial contained in your issue of the 18th inst, en-
titled can oyster Bay Bunder and indlted IN crit
icism of President Rooseves recent attitude III the
matter of the Jewish petition to the c2ar.
It needs but little effort the part of the most
ordinary of readers to discover the hidden sting Oh
ant-semitism which permeates the article from pc
ginning, to end Though very carefully concealed IN
the ample folds of velvety rhetoric and diluted on
the way by naive assumption of facts which never
existed this hatred that has never done any
harm to YOU and yours is patent to be silently
passed
You say Not long ago in Kishineff, city in one
of the provinces of the a Russian boy was
killed by a Jew. There may have been provocation
for the crime but that does count-the hated Jew
had taken the life of Russian boy NOW as the
editor and publisher of a paper, you ought to know
that there is not particle of truth in this malicious
and venomous lie; that Jew in Ktshinen ever at
tempted carried out the killing of CHRISTIAN boy
that not one the great daily papers of the country
ever claimed substantiated the preparation. OF
YOUR Imaginary crime" knowing this to be the
case how can you, protested follower of One VINO
teaches you to love your enemies, misead your read
ers and co-religonsts into believing this cruel fab
ricaton to have been actual and accomplished
fact? However, not satisfied with adding this 1alse
and ischievous story the great pile of cruel ana
unustifed lies about the Jew. you must next calun
Mate and insult the fine and unquestioned
integrity president by ascribing low and mer
cenary motives the noble attitude he has taken IN
the matter of the Jewish petition to the car For
tunately his high-mndedness, heroic courage, strong
manhood and fervid patriotism are too well known 10
suffer anything at the hand of this malicious ana
wholly unjustifed attack The strenuous man, VINO
stood throughout the entire length of his public ca
reer for all that is great and noble in national and
in he
admiring countrymen for refusing. to be an anti
semitic.
The mere idea of the president expecting to sue
coed himself by the aid of the Jewish vote, of New
York! Nothing but ignorance or malice could ad-
vance such an absurd proposition! The Jewish vote
in New York City is hardly big enough to influence
the municipal to say nothing of the national, course
of events 1t did not seem strong enough for the
Jews of New York to obtain justice at the hands Of
city authorities when they were publicly nsuted
by morgier mob we'll as the police during the
funeral of the late Chief Rabbi Joseph. Even if it
were true as you state that there 100000 Jews in
New York it is still to be remembered that very
great portion them not voters by reason of too
recent arrival therefore lack of citizenship; that
another not inconsiderable portion ardent Demo
Gratis Socialists pledged to support their party
besides a great number of them must be women and
children. Or do you to say that there are $780,
900 qualified Jewish voters in the city of New York
ana that all or tnern are ReDuDHCdfS. fOTIuHdteiS
for President Roosevelt his chances for reelection
do not depend upon the Jewish vote of New York
City.
Your attempt to establish parallel between negro
lynchng in this country and the Russian atrocities
in Russia hoping thereby create the inference of
unftness to protest against the same, is, to say
the least, very lame While condemning with my
whole heart and soul the tendency to take the law
in ones own hand. yet-common sense compes me to
admit that the worst of ynchings is not at
all comparable to the Jewish riots in Russia. Not
one of lynching in the United States was en-
couraged connived at by the authorities Many an
officer of the his life and limb in fighting the
mob until overcome by overwhelming numbers. The
individual negroes that were ynched perpetra-
tors of revolving and henous crimes Even the ierc
est mob did not think of visiting Individual sin
Upon the innocent of their You find in
stance in any of the states where, without the least
provocation, negro tortured their women
mutiated or their habtatons reduced to ashes and
ruin. while officers passively looking on
Besides we have large standing army, no regi-
ments of soldiers stationed in every town and city
authorities.
Taken altogether the writing of your article could
have been inspired by nothing else but feeling of
| objectionable and unjustifed prejudice
Hoping you will try to rectify the fault by publish
ing this letter remain, yours respectfully.
RABBI LOUIS G.. REYNOLDS,
9O5 East Fifth South.