The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-11-12
NOT "DEE-LIGHTED.':
Roosevelt Mad at Some Charges
Against Him-Ananias Club
May Enlarge.
WASHINGTON cor. The State.

members Of the Ananlas club unless
the present temper Of the chief elec-
tor changes materially. Those who
have visited the White House the
past few days have seen some foam
ing at the mouth and some energetic
eesticulation. and words have been
proceeding from tAe executive mouth
which were not uttered for publlca-
, tion. The substance Of them, though,
and their import may be p1nted
without violation Of confidence.
The matter is that the president IS
getting mighty tired of this thing OF
having prominent financiers and rep
resentative newspapers say that he is
responsible for the panic in New
York and the general lack Of conf
dence in the big financiers and cap
tains Of industry which has caused
this financial unrest and the stor-
ing up Of money in stockings and
chimney corners instead Of letting 1t
circulate through the business chan
nels. Today and yesterday in partl-
'cular the president has been making
remarks aaent the remarks that are
being made about him. He not only
denies that he is the cause Of the fin
ancial disturbance, but he very en-
Aphatically and profusely denies that
he has made the remarks openly and
widely attributed to him. For IN
stance, speech recently made by
Edward NJ. Sheppard fully entities
that distinguished gentleman, in the
opinion of the chief elector. to full
membership in the famous club, and
while Mr.. Sheppard has not been for
mally elected, it is we'll known here
now that his name is in the hat, with
"a fairly good prospect of being
drawn out. Mr. Sheppard, said:
What E. M. Sheppard Said.
"For months President Roosevelt
has been going up and down the
country planting the doctrine of dis
content. He mas excited Jealousy on
the part Of the masses against the
classes, and has weakened confidence
in our business structure. He has
sowed the wind and we will reap the
whirlwi1d.'
The president says he amt done no
sicn thing. And what's more, he
.Gon't care who knows that he amt.
Mr.. Sheppard further said in that
speech last week:
"But when a man charged with
enormous responsibilities, whose dut!
it is not to speak until he knows, not
to make charges until he can make
good, when such a man goes over the
country, with every ear open to his
words, and charges men Of wealth and
standing with crimes, saying that al
kmost every captain Of industry should
Ebe behind the bars, his words have a
huch greater effect than if ne were a
private citizen.
"And when he from the White
House says that he will send from III
70 so capitalists to jail, it attacks the
yvery center Of our confidence N our
institutions. "
In full justice 10 Nj. Roosevelt, he
never made any such charge as that
nearly every captain of industry
should be behind the bars, and ne
never threatened from 10 to 50 capt.
talists with jail. Very few men here
abouts doubt that if ne were really
to try very hard to make convictions
he might be able to put some dozen
~ so, at least, Of the high ~financlers
h jail, and have them sent from there
no the penitentiary or the chaingang
Nor is there any reasonable doubt IN
many peoples minds that if ne really
wanted to "bust'' some trusts he
could find plenty Of them which have
been flagrantly violating the law. The
most he has done has been to tals
about what ought to be done, and he
has not really gone so far IN dong
that as he is represented to have gone
% wonder he is mad.
"Fixing Things" Up,
Just few days ago Mr.. Frlck, one
the great muck-amucks Of the stee
rust, was down here to confer witt
the president. As a consequence Of
that visit it was announced that there
would be no proceedings against thf
4 steel trust. which next to the Stand
ard Oil company is about the mos
powerful corporation in the cou1'
trv, and it is scarcely doubt to any
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