The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-11-06
BITTER DENUNC|AT|ON Of HEARST
BY SECRETARY OF STATE ROOT

reforms and better government
What did he do? Why, he did
nothing During the three years he
has been in congress that body has
been in session 467 days; there have
been 185 recorded votes by yea, and
nay. He was present and voting at
but 23 and present without voting at
2; his voice was heard in that congress
in those years but once, and that for
ten minutes in personal explanation
regarding an article published in the
New York American; he did not even
contribute motion to adjourn to the
business OF congress,
He Is SO rich that the $4,000 paid
him for that neglected service may
seem Of no consequence, but no hon
est poor man would have thought it
right to take it.
"It is seldom, indeed, that a man 50
young, whose public career has been
so brief, so small a portion of whose
life is known at all to the public, has
furnished such convincing proofs Of his
unf1tness for Office.
'The public knows the character of
Mr. Hearst only by the new~,oanAr he
publishes, and God .orbid that we
cI
shouio set up ali the high station OF
so'ei-ur OF New York, for the admi-
ration and imitation Of our children,
| the man whose character is reflected in
the columns of the New York Journal
and the New York American.
But the worst Of Mr.. Hearst" said
Mr.. Root, sis that with his great
wealth, with his great newspapers;
| with his army Of paid agents; for his
own selfish purposes, he has been day
| by day and year by year sowing the
! seeds Of disSensiOn and strife and ha-
tired throughout our land; he would
array labor against capital and capital
against labor; poverty aginst wealth
and wealth against poverty, with bit
+ ter and vindictive feeling he would
destroy among the great mass of our
people that kindly and friendly spirit,
that consideration for the Interests and
rights of others, that brotherhood Of
citizenship which are essential to the
peaceful conduct of free popular gov
ernment; he would destroy that re-
spect for law; that love of order; that
confidence in our free institutions
which are the basis at once of true
freedom and true justice. The malig-
nant falsehOods of those Journals read
by the immigrant in his new home
where none can answer them are max
ing him hate the people who have well
coined him to liberty and prosperity,
to abundant employment, to ample
wages, to education for his children, to
independence for his manhood such as
he has never known before. What
public servant honored by the peoples
trust has he not assailed with vile and
vulgar epithets; what branch Of our
free government has he not taught his
readers to believe corrupt agency of
oppression?"
. Mr.. Root urged his auditors to return
majority Of republicans in the house
OF representatives to work with Pres
ident Roosevelt In the next congress.
Which evils which have come with
the enormous increase in corporate
wealth in recent years are real and
serious" said he. There have been
many outrageous practices which
ought to be punished Now this pro-
cess OF Intelligent and effective re-
dress Of wrong is going on; great and
substantial progress has been made in
1t; laws are being reformed so as to
meet the present evils; laws are being
enforced with vigor and SUCCESS;
malefactOrs are being punished 40
sordlng to law, and not against law;
skill and wisdom and efficiency and
honest purpose never surpassed in the
history Of this or any other country
have put their hands to the task and
are pressing it forward with untiring
energy
The most conspicuous and fit rep
resentative of this great and benef-
clent work in this state is Charles e.
Hughes. The most conspicuous and fit
representative of this same great and
beneficient work in the federal gov
eminent is Theodore Roosevelt, presi-
dent of the United States The honest
poor man who has felt the crushing
power OF unfair wealth may take heart.
tor the most powerful personality of
our generation from the vaptase
ground Of the greatest office in our
land, is leading the battle in his BE-
haEf; the honest rich man who fears
that property may be endangered and
prosperity checked may calm his fears:
not single principle is invoked in this
warfare against corporate wrong
doing that has not for centuries been
familiar to the common law of Eng
and and America, but to exercise the
same measure of control under the new
conditions Of our day, new agencies
and new methods have had to be pro-
yided by the law and sanctioned by the
courts. The structure of our prosper
tty will not be weakened; it will be
made strong and enduring by removing
with the care of the experienced build
er the rotten timbers of disobedience
to law and disregard of morality. The
first danger is lest the people should
refuse to return majority Of repub-
ltcans in the house of representatives;
the second danger is lest in this great
est of states. the presidents own sIa.s
the voters shall reject Mr.. Hughes
who was the presidents own choice for