The Washington herald., 1906-11-02


returns. no matter how false. of corrupt
! election officials"
And TO this:
The effort is being made now by the
criminal trusts to crush out the power Of
the people IN the American government
These trusts control your parties control
your primaries. control your public OIL
GERS, and deny you the right 20 any gov
crnment that, will express the popular
viii You are deserted and betrayed by
the public officers that should sustain
you, and By the so-called free press that
! should support you"
yiiiheafiOn of Public Men.
Joseph L. Choate. the leader Of the
American bar. whose honored and dis
ltinguishcd career is known the world over.
has been the pride OF all true Americans,
is stigmatized as "a sorvile Ickspittle Of
corporations"
Fulton Cutting. ideal citizen. leader in
philanthropy and independent politics, as
a worthless poodle"
Edward n. Shepard, the foremost adj
voeate Of civil virtue ia the Democratic
politics OF New York City. as a "corpo-
ration lawyer"
William T. Jerome. the Democrat Of in-
dependence above all others. as a 'politi-
cal Croton bug"
Timothy l. Woodruff. twice elected lieu
tenant governor Of the State. chairns
Of the PeDuhlica7 State Committee. as
standing "for everything rotten in Repub-
lcan politics"
Charles a. Towpe. radical Congress
man, as "a rat"
Richard Wat-cn Glider. The leader Of
the teneTeTt house reform Il NV York.
as having no more maaliness than an ap-
Pc bloSs7m."
Thomas Taggart. chairman Of the Dem
ocratic National Committee. as "a plague
spot in the community spreading vile
ness"
Secretary Bonaparte as "a cab horse-a
snoh."
senator Knox. the Attorney General
who brought and won the sui against
the Northern Securities Company. as hav-
Ing Coal Trust guilt for a pillow"
Mcclellan the Dead Cat"
George B. Mcclellan. Congressman
mayor Of New York. and worthy heir OF
an houOred name, as a fraud mayor. "
"offce thief" and ''the dead cat ia the
City Hall"
Alton B. Parker. chief justice Of the
State. candidate Of the Democratic party
FOR the Presidency. as g cock-roach. a
waterbug"
JON Sharp Williams. leader Of the
Democratic party in the House Of Rep
resenta tives, as "a railroad attorney"
Joseph G. Cannon. Speaker Of the House
Of Representatives-the honest plain typ
ical American. as being "as little scrupu-
lous in politics as a fox in a baruvard."
Charles w Fairbanks, Vice President
of TIE United states, as "a Wall street
speculator.
John Hay. the great Secretary Of State.
Fhe cherished friend ~ Lincoln-uohle.
pure, virile American. lover Of MS coun-
try ard bis kind. whose authorship has
adorned our literature and whose wise
strong statcsnanship has lifted high the
power and prestige o. America through
out the world, Is described as "a guy in
ruff and a red coat
Reed and Mckinley.
no Thomas 3. Reed. the great Speaker
'of the House. he writes in a published
letter: You divide MeKlnley's infamy
with him ana 50 made his load ths easier.
BY the same token yeu have become a
toad to the public eye; you grow to be
looked upon as a thing Ioathsome: your
name becomes a hissing and a reproach.
and your deeds a stencil in the nostrns
Of men"
Grover Cleveland, twice President Of
the United sta'es. Is described as no
more no less than a living. breathing
crime in breeches'
Theodore Roosevelt. President Of the
United States. is called "a loose -tongued
demagOgue "a woman KILLER" "a H.
grant tax dodger." "a PLAYER TO the col
ored gallery. "a man with the caste
feeling" one who has sold himself 10
the devil and will live up e. the barzain. %
Once only has this method Of fncen6 ary
abuse wrought out its natural censs-
euence-in the murder OF President Nc
Kinley. For years. by vile epithet and
vller cartoons, the readers Of the Journal
were taught 20 believe that Mckinley
was q monster iB human form. whose
taking OF would be a service 10 mankind.
Let me quote some Of these teachings:
Assassination Upheld.
Mckinley condones the treacherous
murder OF our sailors at Havana and
talks OF his confidence in the honor n
Spain. He plays the coward and shivers
whitefaced at the football OF approaching
war. he males an international cur Of
his country. lie is an abjset. weak, fu-
tile. Incompetent poltroon
Mckinley, bar one girthy Princeton
person, who came to be no more or less
than a living, breathing crime in brsech-
nc fz
hated creature IN the hemisphere; MS
name is heoted; his figure Is burned in
ef1gy."
The bullet that pierced GoebeTs chest
Cannot be found in all the West:
Coed reason, # Is speeding here
To stretch Mckinley On his bier
AND this. in April. 1901;
institutions. like men. viii last until
they die; and if bad institutions and bad
men can be got rid Of only by killing.
then the killing must Be done"
And this. IN June. 1901:
Murder Changed History.
There has been much assassination in
the world, from the assassination Of some
old rulers who needed assassination to the
assas ssination Of men in England, who.
driven 70 steal by hunger, were caught
and hanged most legally.
rs there any doubt that the assassina-
ton Of Marat by Charlotte Cordsv
changed history 70 some extent? What
proof is there that France would have
settled down into imperial Nap1ieouism
and prosperity If MaraJ, the wonderful
eye doctor. had been allowed to live 10
retain his absolute mastery Of the Paris
populace?
IF Cromwell had not resolved to re-
move the head Of Charles I from his lace
collar, would England be what she Is to-
daN-a really free ns ton ona . -.r..s...