Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-17

mat II sun brings sorrow 10 our l0lndN
when we think OF H. another prosi-
dent OF the United states has been
slain by the hand OF M arsnssln who
was promptly taken ma executed for
the crime, liut ! ask YOU again, Was
rocomponso made IN the death OF this
Wan2 Put the life Of this foreign
anarchist this man with the unpr0.
nouncoablo name, IN the scales with
the lie Of William Mckinley, whom
no slew, and would the scales Of JUS
lice be balancod2 Not at all,
These men were tho aBHassns, but, IN
my estimation, they were not the real
murdororH, The real murdorors are
SIN at large and stll have influence
among the children of men, Who are
they? they are men who live In This
country OF freedom, who have youch.
sufod TO them every privilege Of llbcr-
~ and who poryoTt those privileges,
Some Of thom edit newspapers, some
occupy pulplts, aud some speak rom
public platforms. they are the artists
who picture noble men before the com.
munlly aH ilonds lnoafnnte they are
writer's who describe them as being
monsters, aB being Wicked, cruel ann
bilious, ms men reaching out 10 rob the
poor, 20 Cypress mankind, and 10 have
How into their own hands the proceeds
Of The work Of the lnbolofs, Christ
said upon one occasion that he who
lookoth upon II woman 10 lust after her
has committed adultery already IN his
heart ] say that The man who looks
upon another with murder IN his heart,
ana who, by speaking ana writing, IN
cites the feeble minded and Vicious 10
strike The blow which takes from the
country her noble men whom thoy hate,
N In fact the murderer such men
commit murder In their hearts, ana
lhoy are no loss murdorors than they
would BIZ n they committed tho deed II.
self, 40 with the man who covots that
which does not bclong 20 him In the
court Of Almighty God he win be
doomed a thief, Just az though he put
forth bis hand and took that which be-
longod 10 his nolghbor And when the
Lord In His courts on high, dlspensos
strict Justice, these ignorant foolish or
Vicious individuals who have been In
duocd 10 take the lives Of good men,
through the Hes that have been clrcul-
nted about their victims, Will be found
no moro guilty than win those who
commit he murder In their hearts ana
whose writings, speaking or pictures
have lnoltod the criminals TO strike the
deadly blow, This IN what | believe, 10.
day IN our land OF boosted freedom
ana liberty, whenever the President OF
The United states attends public funo-
llon or goes abroad, he must needs be
surrounded by n corps OF secret service
men, detectives and policemen, who
watch him and everyone who comes
IN contact with him. and look for sus.
Oh I.s-
cause President Roosevelt Ia a coward
that he dare not go abroad without be.
ing protected thus2 No, no man Will
say that the hero OF San Juan hill is
coward, No man win say that one
who boldly, ana almost alone, stands
out against tho oppression ~ the people
by wicked men and by trusts, " a COW.
ard, No man viii say that President
Roosevelt " n coward when he dare
stand unswayed against the tomblnod
cry Of tens OF thousands OF men and
women melted by prejudice, lie IL not
n coward he IA u brave man. But be-
cause there arc those IN the land who,
onJoylng the liberties OF free country,
describe and depict him m being ambl.
tlous, desiring 10 be an emperor, and
wear n crown, because there are men
who use their talents In cartoonlng him
thus, representing him TO be an op.
prossor Of the people and criminal In
his desires these men, through their
writing and speaking from the platform
and the pulpit, have made II necessary
that the President Of tho United states,
brave though he Ne, must be surround
cd by a corps nf secret service mon,
nlght ana day IN order that his He
may bo preserved ! say that those who
make this necessary arc criminals, why
do no, men use the gifts tiod has given
them IN pOrtrayng before the country
tho virtues Of their fellow men, In mag.
nlfying their good deeds, and In impnt.
INK 10 their honest purpose good Instead
of oYllY why do they not magnify hon,
orablo men IN the eyes ~ their fellows
rather than oXaggoralc imaginary
faults, ana arouse hatred In The hearts
Of the ignorant against men whose lives