New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-06
INCITES ASSASSINATION.
4 CONGRESSMAN,S TRADE
Hefin's Infammatory Speech De
H0uRced by NeR of AH Parties.
IRON THE TRIBUNE BUREAU.

IRON THE TRIBUNE BUREAU.I
Washington. Oct. 5--The extraordinary sen
tinents expressed by Representa- tive j. Thomas
Helm Of Alabama. at Tuskegee have aroused
severe criticism all sides in Washington. en-
tireIy Irrespective of party affiliations Wash
ington has thrice witnessed the painful events
incident 20 an assas assinaJion of President and
that a member OF Congress should be guilty Of
such extravagant and reckless remarks has
caused amazement and concern
There they sat, Roosevelt and Booker. and if
some CzolgOsz or one Of his kind had thrown a
bomb under the table 40 great harm would
have been done the country
II Booker Washington takes a hand in this
thing II will be time viii ask him 70 step
out / win ask him 20 hands of. ana you know
We have a way Of influencing down here
These are literal quotations from Representa-
tive Helms speech at Tuskegee yesterday. as
reported m special dispatch TO The Washing
ton Post" Mr. Heain is further reported TO
have gained uotorieJy recently by attacking
Iudrs Jones former Governor OF Alabama who
has so successfully stamped out the peonage sys-
tenn in that state Judge Jones was appointed
to the bench by President Roosevelt on the in
dorsenleut of President Cleveland and others.
and has proved himself credit 10 the judiciary,
having fearlessly attacked a system which
amounted to slavery under another name and
which threatened TO reiustate that institution
erners themselves that the appointment OF Judge
Jones was a happy one. and that his services
have been of the utmost value to Alabama and
the nation X is declared that his high stand
ing i'm his community enabled him to work
form which would have presented insurmounta-
Bile obstacles 10 a jurist who had been allied
with the Republican party In the South
1t is generally remarked that. aside from their
Inherent menace to the institutions of the ma
ton HehIn's remarks of yesterday are typical
of the class Of men attracted By such indam-
matory denuncations as that made public
few days ago by Carl Schurz and by the full
minations Of those anti-imperiaIists who mis-
represent the President as an absolutist. almost
a tyrant. violating the Constitution and pervert-
ing the power of his Office to override the law
for his ends
The inccudiary speech CT the Alabama Con-
gressrnan is regarded as differing only in degree
from the allegations that the President has
violated the law in his pension order violated
the Constitution in his administration of the
Philippines and abrogated International obliga-
tions In his recognition OF the Republic OF Pan
anna. These extravagant personal denunciations
and unwarranted reflections a candidate for
President are more than likely to lead men OF
limited mental caibre to express such senti-
rnents as those uttered yesterday at Tuskegee.
and they carry with them the menace of a repe-
tition Of those great tragedies which have thrice
rnarred the history of the nation, those who have
studied the causes Of the events referred 10 de-
clare.
Ner of higher intelligence and greater political
saracitv capable of fine distinctions in their
choice Of words. il is remarked. content them
selves with presenting in subtle form crit icisnls
~ tbe President, not less dangerous intrfnsiCal-
Iv and which AFFORD basis for such deductions
as those made by the Alabama Congressman,
and then men incapable NJ tnsidious suggestion
and nslziIled in the art OF insinuation voice the
senttTnents for which Mr.. SChurz. Mr.. Parker
and Hoke smith are really responsible. with a
frank brutality which shocks the entire public
For these reasons the thinking portion or the
r,Ibuc is il Is believed. more likely 10 blame the
men whose insidious calumnies have resulted in
tba TTedin OutbUrst than the misguided author
~ that illumination. and the Impression prevails
An washington that the Alabama Congressman's
avtraya gance must have a tendency 70 curb the
eTforts OF that new faction In the Democratic
national councils which has sought TO inject
sIa1derous personalities INTO a campaign which
tom the character OF the candidates for Presi-
dent should be peculiarly free from them.
An experience that every American traveller