New-York tribune., 1904-10-17
A TISSUE OF FALSEHOODS
lSIanderOuS Character Of Demo
cratic Pam inlet ShO1Cn.

tations from the Presidents speeches ana WIZ
ings This leahet is a tissue OF falsehoods, ana
ats circulation by Mr.. Parkers campaign man
ayers Is a striking proof OF the way in which
they have been forced 10 take refuge in mere
rnendacity and SANDER said a prominent Re
publican yesterday.
For instance. the statement that the Presi-
sent ever al any place or time said that M
Bryan snd his adherents have appealed to the
besest set in the Iand-the farmers is an un-
qualified falsehood, and the Democratic cam
vaigu managers ia circulating this leahet as
tribute what they know TO be untrue ana "haI
has been denounced as untrue by me New
York World" in the following language on Mon
day. August %. 1904.
40 MUD SINGING.
The world has already expressed It's oRlLoa osI 81
Roosevelt as a fraud" IL is prepared 10 eIlllo5
idiocy which is responsible for the circulation oi
1he cheap and palpabs talsf hooe sners In as @fhs
bssest set IN the land
The other sentences are all taken out or theH
context ana are therefore in effect exactly as
untruthful sc the alleged quotation about the
farmers; that is. instead Of the lie direct they
ere falsehoods by the suggestion Of the ialse
ana the suppression Of the true For instance
the first quotation given, that in which the
cowboys OF the West are compared with the
Fasteners. must be read in connection with
what the President said In his article entitled
Fellow Feeling as a Political Factor pup
ushsd IN The Century Magazine" OF January
1900, and republished IN his volume on me
Strenuous Life" as follows:
Perhaps may be paraonsd sGT aqoti9g5 my Ss 9n oo
experenee as an instanoe II pOI rt Snt17sis asso-
cistes were ranenn1eh & eGn 5Jtncea that Ihere
we're no other men II Ihe eooa5Iy count tt I2 Sr5eTs and
u
whom the foundation OF the commonwealth red4lyy
KTnSrican' Then saw good deal OF railroad men,
and after quite an intimate ac2uaint@Ice YIN [ siii
they typiheo the very qualities OF COURAGE sstI-
vorE power Of initiative and power Of obedience.
which We like most 10 associate with the Amerlc9h
certain carpenters unions ana grew TO have
syps ~ This time it oawned upon me that they
were al pretty good fellows ana tnat my & cnain- nam
ssfs had sprung largely from the fact that was
5 ssar T5a5 tS ne hIq remsa6er e IN otSar words had
grown into sympathy with. into understahd OF,
to4Snne tSst they ths5T and had common purposes and
common standpoint we olnerea - emong ouTssiEslJ ibElJ
different occupations or the same occupation. but
because OF our ways Of looking ar lie
The quotation about the Quakers must be read
n connection with the following letter written by
the President In the campaign Of 1910:
AGr william E. Walton. No. 224 St Pau-st.. Balti-
nv dear Mr. Walton: have received your very
kind and courteous sJ5er OF the "a instant nS Sa1
an enSel9sy S BE- & o1erneo py yece ~ 4 an srbitrio, es
pecally IN your own church, saying; we are not
the honor and integrity OF the nation and com
handing respec. Tor our loyea nag cur eeGplls
Of Christian workers: respond 70 their country
call and would combat loyalty as you could
wish any attempt 20 insult the flag We al SO dearly
surely. my dear sir. need hardly say that alike
IN your love for peace and your desire for rot-a-
tion, and also in What you have said N me above
OF 0T aTi 4 II
ent OF the proper duty OF our citizens could hardly
Respect ags Se Tor s All etsr e m Friends iS or 81 olhe de-
nonlinationsl whose views you thus put forth The
which written fifteen years ago, was intended
10 express by disagreement both with the man VINO
49, 49, ol L-..lr 80 80 = - ne.
VINO on aaeqaaIe ProvocaJIoa IallS 70 ect- II
tie sentence should certairiy so 6hraee II rbsI
4 could not be construed offensive the Society
of Friends. a body whose social virtues ana civic
righteousness Justly command universal respect.
With assurances . Of my high regard ana esteem
THEoDoRE ROOSEVELT.
Moreover the statement contains a direct un-
truth. for the President did not say thst the
Quakers are class OF professional non-con-
bataRts' As z matter OF fact the President Is
himself partly OF Quaker ancestry and he is as
well aware as any one else that the Quakers
furnished tens Of thousands Of soldiers in the
Civil War who fought CALAMITY as any other
soldiers in that great conflict
uuOLzt1OE which states
that there were cases of lynch law where the
effect has been healthy for the community the
facts are that this explicitly referred to frontier
communities where there were no magistrates.
and therefore no laws. or. 10 quote the very
words used. where great criminal organizations
had been formed which controlled the conlnluni-
ties and established a reign Of terror. driving
out oolh ministers and magistrates ana killing
without scruple those who interfered with Them.
~ wfnFz
lacked legal officers In such circumstances il
was pointed out that the action OF the regulators
OF Vigiiantes was often necessary, and il was
also pointed out that even in these circurn-
stances such action sometimes worked great in
Justice An this is q mere truisrn which re,
only be misunderstood and misrepresented Of set
and dishonest purpose IN many frontier com
aonlues where there were no peace officers II
was necessary in the beginning Of the la,inz or
the foundations Of stable civilized eocie+,- =
take refuge for the moment in the oresniza+to-
Of bands Of regulators or vigiIantes W.
civil society has been established. and coYrtg
haEe grown Up. not only the necessity dissn-
pears, but the existence Of such bodies rvoyl5 =.
criminal
Perhaps" continued the speaker, the disbon-
esty OF the writer and circulators of the nam
phiet is best shown when they quote the Presi.
dent as saying: In great crises. II NAV be -
srsary 10 oFertu~n constitutions
This quotation. which is taken o,,t as 49,,
lated from the context. deliberately, inva-,s -.
meaning OF the President-iust as .zelfto--.-,
as IL, IN recitiag the Ten Comrnandr,a,+. -.
should strike out the word nor s,,5 ,
cf them read Chou shalt hear f.l.. - ny
against thy neighbor'' 4and the eartl.,,. -.
aging Mr. Parkers campaign. WIN a.. -
ing this document ale mus far baa-t,- -
wltness). What the President wrote 80 -,
lows: ~