The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02
HEARST NOT GUILTLESS OF
 M'KINLEY'S DEATH, SAYS ROOT
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 --~---~~-~~~-o~--- the teachers of these lessons to him and his was and is Will liam Randolph Hearst and his yellow journals. Is there no one left who loved Mckinley? Are there no working men in New York who cannot see with satsifac- tion honors heaped upon the man who is not gult0ss of McKinley's death? The same kind of teaching is being continued now month hy month, and day by day by the Hearst journals. Its legitimate conse- quence, if continued, must be other weak dupes playing the role of Czolgosz. other MeKinleys stretched upon the bier, dis cord and bloody strife in place of the reign of peace and order throughout our fair land. It is not the spirit of Wash ington and Of Lincoln; it is the spirit of malice for all and charity towards none; 1t is the spirit of anarchy, of communism, of 'Kishineff and of Bialystok'
 Mir Root urged his auditors to return a majority of republicans to the House of Representatives to work with President Roosevelt in the next Congress.
 Evils Real and Serious.
 ''The evils which have come with the enormous increase in corporate wealth in recent years are real and serious" said he. 'trhere have been many outrageous Pi dStiCtS WlllCIi OuSIl lO DS SlbpDtts anu many wrongdoers who ought to be pun ished That should be done not by lynch law, but by the intelligent and wise ac- ton which benefits elf-governing peo- pie. Defamation and denunciation and big headlines in the newspapers will not do the business. The same kind of pa tient experience and discriminating skill is needed for the process that the surgeon needs in cutting out tumor from the hndx ,ir1er tIa ,.f tha patient. Now this process of intelligent and effective redress of wrongs is going on; great and substantial progress has been made in it; laws are being reformed so as to meet the present evils; laws are being enforced with vigor and success; malefactors are being punished accord ing to law and not against law; skill and wisdom and efficiency and honest pur- pose 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.
 Hughes Is the Man.
 ''The most conspicuous and fit represen- tative of this great and beneficent work in this state is Charles E. Hughes. The most conspicuous and fit representative of this same and great heneficent work in the federal government is Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States. The honest poor man who has felt the crushing power of unfair wealth may take heart, for the most powerful person. ality of our generation from the vantage ground of the greatest office in our land, is leading the battle in his behalf; 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 war against corporate wrong-doing that has not for centuries been familiar to the common law of England and America but to ex- ercise the same measure of control under the new conditions of every day. new agencies and new methods have had to he provided by tho law and sanctioned by the courts. The structure of our pros perity will not be weakened. 1t will be made strong and enduring by removing with the care of the experienced builder the rotten timbers of the disobedlence to law and disregard of morality. The first danger is lest the people should re- fuse to return a majority of republicans in the House of Representatives; the second danger Is lest in this greatest of states, the Presidents own state, the voters shall reject MT Hughes, who was the Presidents own choice for the nomi- nation and elect to that great office an demagogue in the person of MT. Hearst
 ''The immediate and necessary effect of MT. Hearst's election would be to de- priye the President of the moral support of the state of New York it would be to strengthen the Presidents enemies and and to weaken and embarrass him in the pursuit of his policy. It would inevitably lead to a reaction against all true reform and genuine redress of griev- anccs."