The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-11-06

Utica, N. Y, November IA bitter
denunciation Of William r. Hearst,
which, the speaker said had the full
and complete endorsement of President
Roosevelt, was delivered in a public
address here tonight by Secretary Of
State Elihu Root. At the same time
Mr.. Root paid an eloquent tribute to
Charles E. Hughes, and announced
that he was authorized to say that the
president greatly desires the election
Of Mr.. Hughes as governor of New
York
Il say to you with President Roose-
velt's authority said Mr.. Root, that
he regards Mr. Hearst as wholly unfit
to be governor, as an insincere, self
seeking demagogue, who is trying to
deceive the working men Of New York
by false statements and false promises;
and l say to you, with authority, that
he considers that Mr.. Hearst's election
would be an injury to and a discredit
alike to honest labor and honest cap
ital and a serious injury to the work
in which he is engaged of enforcing
just and equal laws against corporate
wrong doing. President Roosevelt and
Mr. Hearst stand as far as the poles
aSunder"
CharacteriZing Mr.. Hearst as a vio-
lent and unworthy de.nagOgue, and q
persistent office-seeker Mr.. Root de-
clared that as congressman he had
proved a worthless public servant;
that while processing to favor an in
dependent judiciary he had made a deal
with Tammany Leader Murphy for the
nomination of judiciary ticket in New
York; that while inveighing against
corporations his own corporate man
agement shows the insincerity of his
profession; that it is not calm and
lawful redress Of wrongs which he
seeks, but the turmoil Of infiamed
passions, and the terrorism of revenge
full force; that he is guided by selfish
motives, and that he is mot guiltless
of McKinley's DEATH
Mr.. Root quoted from President
Roosevelt's first message to congress
concerning the assassination Of Presi-
dent Mckinley and concluded with the
statement that what he thought Of
Mr.. Heart then, he thinks of Mr.
Hearst now"
I'VE are witnessing N the state of
New York" said M. Root zone of
those tests of popular government
which often have come in the past and
alwa--S will come in the future when a.
skilfui demaCogue attempts to get
elected to Office by exceeding all other
men in the denunciatiOn Of real evils
and promising to cure them. It can
not be doubted that many working
men in this state are about to strength
en- the enemies and weaken the friends
OF popular government all over the
world by voting for Mr.. Hearst, who
is just the kind of a demagogue that
have described
What evidence has Mr.. Hearst pro-
duced of his fitness for this office?
Of his private life l shall not speak
further than to say thu, from no COM
mupity in this state does there come
concerning him that testimony Of life
long neighbors and acquaintance, to
his private virtues, the excellence of
his morals and the correctness Of his
conduct which we should like to have
concerning the man who is to be made
governor or our state.
How stands Mr. Hearst's record as
to political purity? Why, he comes to
us covered all over with the marks Of
Tammany and Tammany's leader, Muir
ply. whom he himself has denounced
as q. scoundrel and thief; he comes
TO us not answering to the call of the
people of the state, not as the honest
candidate Of the democratic party Of
the state, but he was nominated by his
procurement, through as shameful a
deal with the boss of Tammany as ever
disgraced the politicci history of the
state. Can hypocracy go further than
the willing beneficiary of Tammany
hall preaching political purity.
GLOW stands his record as legisla-
tor? He has had opportuity to prove
his capacity and sinc--ftv in that field.
Representatives are -ent to congress
to attend to the r--~jno~@ cf the coun-
try. Mr.. Hears vas cent to congress