The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-30
LET qNCENDlhRIES BEWARE
eIanderous, fircbrnnd Methods Again
Coming Into Vogue.
Baltimore American.

lbdNIinOTe AlOciicln.
II would seem to the person of q fair
degree Of rerSricacity that the lesson
taugh, 10y the incident OF Leon Czo!gosz
three years ago was sufficiently forceful
20 have lasted longer than the present
actions of certain persons and publica-
ton would lead ne to believe it has last.
ed. \ hue aud cry was raised against
President Mckinley along the line OF al
lerci inili,arisIN. The ahsEgdity of that
cry was admitted 10y everybody even
before the great statesman had been in
sugHratcd. But the seeds ur seditiOn lived
thI thrOvc in the poisonous soil of an
arrlIE. In The soul of tzolgosz aud his
mlirdcrOus adv scrS the harm was done.
The crop grew aud bore fruit. He had
read the papers which falsely and trail
t~orOlSly declared that President Mcliin-
Icy was n mere puppct in the hands OF
those who would turn the republic into
All empire. lie had listened tn those who
fanatically prufcsScd to believe this pal
pahlc lie. Murder was born in his little
mind. And they whose deliberate and
crafty lying had nervcd him to the deed
wee more guilty than he who did that
which would have been almost jnstiiiable
bad their words been true. These people
who melted the murder were properly
AMI thoroughly c~sstigated at the time.
Btu the lesson has not lasted. Now.
that the heat Of another campaign is
upon us the old sianderous. iircbrand
method is again coming into vogue. Ger
tain newspapers and certain periodicals
are picturing Theodore Roosevelt as an
emperor: as one who is itching for an
opportunity 10 exercise t~yrannicai power
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dearly held liberties of this people. They
who make these claims know far better
than many who are influenced Ivy their
treason how false these representations
are. They know that Theodore I,oosc-
welt is the embodiment of patriotism and
loyalty to their governments; they
know he has fought throughout his ca
rccr to secure for the people broader and
better privileges and has stood between
them and those who would have robbed
them Of the fun enjoyment of those pre-.
negatives that Americans hold sacred.
They know he has done this unscltishly
and bravely and regardless of the effect
they might have on his political pros
poets. They know. furthermore. that he
will continue to do these things to the
end of the chapter and that he seeks to
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true TO the cause Of the great common
people as allied against the classes. po-
Htical trickstcrs and ~dcmagogues.
II some weak-mindcd individual should
accept seriously their preaching and feel
himself called upon 10 prevent the yoke
from falling upon the neck of his fellow
heiugs-should follow in the footsteps OF
the ill-starred CzolgosZ and take tho life
of the President. either before or after
his re-rlcction-those papers and period
Gals would hypocritically drape their
columns in mourning and fulSoinely prate
OF the marvellous virtues of the deceased
statesmen. They would tell To the world
the truth they not only concealed. but
brazcnly denied. during the lifetime of
the man in whose murder they assisted.
They would heap anatlIema upon the
head OF their poor dnpr. who knew 10
better than to believe their traitorouS
catch-pcnny mouthings, and insist that
he he given a speedy quietuS.
Now is a good time to have a care.
IL is n good time for such publications
20 csll a halt and think n moment Of
what might lp the results Of someone's
accepting rs truth the eX~aggcra1ors and
bagpfaccd lies they are now eagerly and
Tu'hlcSSly promulgating.
Have a care. inccndiaries. have n care,