Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-28
A CONsCIENCELEss DEMAG0GUE
An Amazing Attack Upon the Presi.
dent Of the United States by
the New York Sun

| FROM tne New 1Ofk sun, Dec. "
Matters are much improved. The
conditions of money are steadily APP
Lroaching the normal. A subdued
activity is seen in general business,
and 1t is possible to take account of
stock and determine the extent of
the damage incurred. The spectacle
is impressive. No preceding panic
ever approached II for the impartial.
ity and extent with which the ruin
was distributed
Since Mr.. Roosevelt came into the
Presidency he has conducted an ex-
traordinary campaign against wealth,
especially against corporate wealth,
and in particular against the rail-
roads. His hatred OF the last named
mas taken the form of an intellectual
cbscssion or lesion. It began with
his public declaration that the ac-
Cepted definition of property must be
changed, and II proceeded cumula-
lively ever since until 1t eliminated
In the present commercial CONFUSION.
or Mr.. Roosevelt's proficiency in
the arts of the politician in the
worst significance of that word he
has left us no room for doubt. A
more constituencies or more reckless
Gemagogue never afflicted this coun-
try. by slow and insidious degrees
nc has upset the public confidence,
Grrayed class against class and TO-
mented mistrust and hatred. No one
ever approached him in creating
hopeless disaffection and unrest in
the ranks of labor. lie Joined labor
union under conditions of intense
publicity; he has constituted himself
the champion of every known eX-
tremity of labor agitation; he has
associated upon terms of close per-
sonal intimacy with the worst and
most sinister figures among those
professional disturbers of whom Or
chard. Meyer, Pettibone and Haywood
are the familiar expression, and he
has welcomed them as the guests of
the President Of the United States in
the White House at Washington. All
this has beens-accompanied by the
steady denunciation and sophisticated
vituperation q capital, especially of
capital invested in railroads, and
therefore in most intimate contact
with the people; by the steady abuse
OF what he called swollen fortunes
and by fixing public attention on
| ohnsaS in anrnnrnta pnnnopamant In
ways as subtle as irresponsible, but
excellently devised to arouse and in
flame the public mind.
Any vulgar and INSCRIPTIONS DEM
agogue could have done the same
thing with no particular harm to the
great body polite. But when the
role of agitator and of sower of evil
seed is taken up by the President of
the United States and he goes up and
down the land engendering discon-
tent, jealousy and hatred in the
hearts of the people 1t is very diff
| rerent and a very serious thing. Even
ia time of overlooking national pros
perity, even in time of prosperity
ntOTe evenly ulslTlDuleu anu sHhTSu
than ever before in the history of this
or any other country, 1t was possible
for Mr.. Roosevelt to achieve disas-
ter that ordinarily could ensue only
in time of great public depression,
disappointment and common misfor-
tune.
He had not the slightest apprehen-
sion of what he was doing. No ray
of business intelligence ever entered
his brain or ever can enter his brain.
lie cannot even now understand that
when the President of the United
States, year after year, unremittingly
assails the stability of fourteen bill
lions of money invested in single
American ndustry-to-wit, our rail-
roadside is bound by virtue of the
weight and tradition OF his Office to
bring about crash. What did he