The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-31
ROOT TOSPEAK FOR PRESIDENT
VIII SCORE COMPARISON BE-
TWEEN HEARST AND ROOSEVELT.
Secretary VIII Plain the Inference
Between Policies Of the President and
the Democratic Candidate -AdTnInis-
IratIoa NettIed Over Campaign Trick.

Between Policies OF the President ana
the Democratic Candidate -AdEnInIs.
IratIon NettIed Over Campaign Trick.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 3O.-In the political
speech which he will deliver at Utica on
Thursday night Elihu Root. Secretary Of
agents Of William r. Hearst to show that
President Roosevelt and Mr.. Hearst are
advocates Of the same principles OF reform.
While no official announcement to that
effect is forthcoming, it is known hat Mr..
Root will speak for the President and 1t is
likely that he will leave no doubt on that
score before he concludes his address.
No statement is obtainable at the White
House as to what President Roosevelt in
tends to do in response to Timothy l.. Wood
ruff's appeal to him through the press to
counteract the attempt of the Hearst people
to show that Mr.. Hearst and the President
are in accord in their political views. II is
| learned in an authoritative quarter, how
ever, that the President will be content to
let Mr.. Root speak for him.
What Mr.. Root will have TO say will make
plain the difference between the policies
for which the President stand and those
for which Hearst stands. The attempt
Of the Hearstites to put their leader and
Mr.. Roosevelt on the same platform OF
principles Is extremely irritating to the
Administration, which regards Hearst "a a
thoroughly insincere man whose policies
threaten danger to the nation. The Ad-
ministration leaders believe that dearst's
| election would be little short OF a calamity.
and they view the attempt to show that
he and the President occupy common ground
as a political trick Of a reprehensible char
acter.
At the time tina it was first reported
that President Roosevelt would write a
letter to Mr.. Hughes repudiating Hearst
and his theories those who sought informa-
! ton on the subject found that the Presi-
dent and those close to him were somewhat
puzzled TO know Why there should be any
| doubt on the part of any one as to the Presi-
| dents opinion Of Mr.. Hearst. There has
been no secret OF the fact that Mr.. RoOse-
welt was earnestly DESTROYS Of Mr.. Hughes's
nomination and that he was confident that
the Saratoga Convention could not have
made a wiser choice. For this reason, and
! also because the President believed it
would not be proper for him, on account
OF his office, 10 take an active part in the
New York campaign, he did not write 10
Mr.. Hughes or any other prominent man
in New York on the subject OF his position
in the present contest.
The Administration in Washington, from
the President down, has no sympathy with
Mr.. Hearst and what he breaches. The
endeavor by Mr.. Hearst's friends to show,
by the example Of parallel columns, that
the President and Mr.. Hearst are advo-
Gates of the same principles is regarded
by those in a position to know the Presi-
dents views as a reflection upon the intelli-
aence OF the voters Of New York State.
1T is easy TO pick sentences here and there
from what Mr.. Hearst says OF his editors
write and contend that they are similar 10
sentiments taken here and there from the
Presidents speeches or writings said a
man thoroughly informed OF the Presidents
views. MIR. Hearst says things that sound
pure and beautiful and breathe the spirit
OF the highest patriotism. You might place
them in parallel columns with extracts from
the Bible and show a similarity. But it is
not what Mr.. Hearst says that is important,
1t is what he really stands for. When you
| COuollOt LhCoC US ~ hD "SOa6
side the general character Of his newspapers
you will not find any similarity
Political circles were interested to-day
in a published report that the speech which
Secretary Root was 10 deliver at Utica on
Thursday was printed at Government ex-
pense at the Government Printing once.
The explanation Of the incident is simple
and shows it to be OF no consequence.
Yesterday. when Mr.. Root had finished
debating a portion Of his coming speech.
he wanted a proof Of 1t, and he tnstructec
one OF the members OF his ONCE foroe TO
have the matter put into type and prooI
made. In the routine Of the State Depart
ment the typewritten copy went from Mr.
Roots ONCE to the Government Printing
once. where the matter was quickly set up
and q proof returned to the Office OF Score
tary Root.
When Mr. Root found that the work had
been done at the Government printing
establishment he Immediately issued in.
~structions that the copy Of thes speech b
taken from there and placed in the hands
OF a private printer. The speech was
finished by the printer, who will be paic