The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-24
HILLS HOT ROAST OF
THE PRESIDENT.
:. ithout Mentioning His Name He
Lands on Roosevelt for His Al
legged Fondness for the
Spectacular-Great
Crowd Present.

Olcott Beach, N. Y, August 19.-From
twenty to thirty thousand people at
tended the annual picnic of the Niagara
County Pioneers Association today. The
morning was taken up with a business
meeting of the association, followed by
a reception to former Senator David B.
Hill.
An immense crowd gathered at the
open air theater, where the exercises Of
the day occurred.
Attorney General Gunner was the first
speaker. He eXtolled the industry. intel
ligence and character of the pioneers Of
western New York. Mr.. Gunner then
paid tribute to Senator Hill, who was
the next speaker.
Mr.. Hill, in opening. discussed Mob
Law V. Due Process of Law
He said:
Mob violence is not rendered less OBJ
jectionable. even if it be true, as fire.
Quently asserted, that unless it shall In
terpose its strong arm the guilty may
escape punishment through a lax admin
istratiou OF the criminal laws or indlfier-
Aa1a To its enforcement on the part OF
the people themselves. The very excuse
offered is a reflection on the community
itself where the crime has been committed
and the remedy lies. not in the people
themselves overriding the law. but In the
people uphoiding and enforcing the law,
and in an appeal to their patriotism. their
good sense their innate sense of justice
and respect for municipalities seldom,
or ever. evoked in vain. We cannot per-
NIT this government to become mob
ocracy. which acts upon impulse, feels
20 restraint and recognizes no appeal
from its hasty prejudgment.
Grimes which can only be punished
by such irresponsible tribunals as mobs
might as well not be punished at all. be-
cause in the end the remedy will be
found to be worse than the disease.
THE duty of every American citizen
who loves his country and Its free in
situations is plain. tie should assist in
the creation of healthy public senti-
ment. which should demand that no per
son charged with crimes be punished
therefor except under due process of law
and by lawful officials and after trial
before a court and jury a. provided by
the wise and heneficent provisions OF our
federal constitution and their vital 20
visions, SO essential to the public vel
fare must he respected in every part
Of our domain and wherever orr Ameri-
can flag shall permanently hoat. and
every man. whether white or black. ma.
tive or foreign born. rich or poor. ednca
tad or unlettered. must be protected in
his life and liberty"
Does He Mean ROOSEVELT
Taking up another subject. Mr.. Hill
said:
The tendency of the times is toward
Indulgence in that peculiar speech Or sem
satioual performance which may be char
acterized in general terms IS spectacle
larism, if 1 may be permitted to coin
that word.
-'Spectacularists usually affect supe-
riority over other people; in ti.a matter
OF patriotism, they desire to be regarded
as the only true patriots; they assume
10 possess all the virtues. while other
people III their estimation possess all the
vice. They abhor silence and obscurity.
They assert the commonest kind of self
evident propositions, which have become
moss covered from ge, with an emphasis
as though they wern oracles and rs
though their platitudes We're wholly orig
mai.
They have their press agents VINO, I'M
solicited supply the newspapers gratui-
tuously with the details Of what they do
each morning, noon and night, as though
the world was holding It's breath for
fear that something would escape il per-
tanning to themselves. If they happen
-, hold a public Office they arc delighted
, 20 see their smallest public acts paraded,
magnifed and applauded They are sure
that there was never before such public
officials as themselves-s0 earnest, 90
honest. so self sacrificing. They neddie
with everything whether within or with
out their official jurisdiction. and usually
MIDDLE everything with which they have
anything to do -
spectacuIarism. as he interpreted is
sort Of 1Isease-it expands the head and
contracts the conscience; and may an
rroprIatelv be called ego mania which
Is o~o.her name fnr eentism
1.-THE hone ot the country Hes IN the
great mass Of cool deliberate and CON
servative citizens who pursue their avo-
cations and perform unnstentatiouslv and
entertain sincere convictions OF their
ife's work Thev neither delight in war
IN contention nor in unnecessary strife
They carry no chin mon their shoulders.
ALWAYS looking for trouble. Their wayG