Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-12-16
President Roosevelt Further Rsr'
70 Charges Of crooksdnt
FALSE u Every PARTIc
Action Of Government Uninhusn
by Any Ulterior Motives.
MONEY DISTRIBUTED IN FRANCE
United States EAd Eofhing to Do with
that Matter.
DEMANDS FEDERAL PROSECUTION
subEusts Lass 80 sseekholdsrs sf the
Frennh Company and scores Mr..
PuIi1ser ne VfEltAer Of
People
pEMAKps FEpERAI FRosEcUTIo!

cTsentur paragraph ud President Elouse-
vslf'E message to congress IN ths Panama
canal charges today. As the secretary
read the EtHtsmsut that the charges were
false IN every particular, SeuHtor Bailey
laughed outright as he passed along the
rear uf the chamber 70 mis- seat Other
seuEturE On both Ei5eE q the chamber
3uinsd with htn- and when the reader
reached the statsrnsri that a ErHternsut IN
q nswEpaTer which be rnsuriuned WBuld
n1t be believed. fhsrs was general msrri-
msut frzfn both SIDES az the chamber
The message elioftso the EreEtes1 inter
est IN the house The members EHvs close
attention Curing the reading of the docD-
msut and there was q ripple Of laughter
over the presidents characterization Of
SossTh Pulfzsr, publisher Of the New
York world
Calls Charges False.
President Roosevelt sent 10 the senate =
Etstsmsuf concerning the purchase q the
Panama canal property BY the Uutted
States. denouncing in strong language
charges that there WAS Erg-thtng wrong
in the acquisition Of me canal property.
These stories" he continues, were
first brought 10 my Htrsur4on as rub
hshsd IN q paper IN Indianapolis called
the News. edited BY Mr., DelHvEn smith.
Dt ELlIlEt MtL& EEETIAaAA4 ana AAlclNln
IN character and false IN every essential
pEraculEr. Mr.. Smith shelters himself
behind the excuse that ne merely Rc-
cspfea the Etnsensnfs which hsd Hp-
peHred IN n payer pzhlishsd in New York
the World owned by Nr. Joseph Pulitzer.
II is idle 10 say that The known character
Of Mr. Pu1irSer EnG ms newspaper are
Euch that the st1tausn1s IN that paper
win be believed By nosody. unfortunately.
thousands % persons are Hl-iufurmsd IN
thiE respect and believe the statements
they see in print even though they sp-
pear IN a newspaper pnbIisled by MIR.
PulirSer-
OGense Ag1aAEt NarSS1-
Af1sr palnfanE .aar sRisTzkes and Al1eEsd
IntsreEressntKtions on the part % thu
authors q The stor3es the president con-
ttuues=
-Tbe rssl orssnaer IL Mr.. Joseph FuHt-
ser. eestor ane p-opr1sto- q the Worla
while the crirniuhl uffsnss u which Mr.
Pulitzer has been guilty iE IN fern &
IIbel upon indlvionAlk. the CREST injury
d0ne is ia blacksninE the good name Of
the Amsrickn pe0pls il should not be
leff 10 9 pr1rats cltlzsn 70 sue Mr f'ulit-
ser fUr libel He should be prosecuted fUI
nbsl By the governmental authorites--
1T IN, therefore. B high nHtiona,
duty 70 bring 70 5nstice this vfnifisr ot
the American psoEls mis- man VIM wan
1only and wiokedly. and without 0ns
sHhhd0w q suEtiricuriun. seeks 10 blAckez
the chRrEcter of reputable private ci15-
EeuH and 10 Gonrdrt rhs government o.
Kin own country 3n the eyes of the CiFl-
1zed world Of wr0nE-doing Of ths bEses-
and f0uleEt kind. when be has not Cns
shadow q Qualification nf any snr1 ul
description far rhs charge he has made
The attorney general has under oOnsad-
GRAFTON the form IN which the proceeainEI
aERins1 Mr. Pulitzer shall be brought"
RSsHereIa Assumes AufhSr8tE.
TAa pres6ent refers u various papers
WaIich be transmits with hiE message Ex-
planning the method Of concluding the pur-
chase, The president takes upon hinseI
the responsibility for al that Was done Il
-Grry ouf the wfn of congress-
Ths action Of the government. he SAYS
REE wholly uuinnusnced by any question
u whe were or we're not Stockholders sfths,
n Jhc new or the ald eurupEny
''Our cuBnsrn,- ne says was TO set tn.
canal propsrtF which was owned by IN
F-ench egmpsny. and 70 see thar the rfIA
was eieBr our transactions were carrie.
sn openly. and we're published IN detail
Ths srrssidsui sayE that the United state
with the distribution of dollar Of IN
money maid ont except IN following ont IN
iFsrrucrfuns uf the FEenun court End tina
under ths circumstances there WAS not ~
Eliehteft neeo fer Mr. Cromwell 70 CIV
Any lrfr-nHtiun-
LLEa 81 storkhoAderu suhmfrasd.
,NfA' sr-heleEE. ne continues Mr
Crcmwel bf his own Rreord. has SUB
mitfea 70 me. tugIhsr win 4 copy uf III
statezneat published on the LIh instant
and which ] transmit herewith. fan he
n rise st0ckhalGfrE q the New Psuznl
cana Company q France on Jan ualy i
Sc tnurubering orer Geo and a HsV q 81
stackhul6ers who were present az 8 EpsclE
meeting q ths eunpEug heid February =
sE irrne5iHtslT after the cable offer O
the nnuIpEny WAS MADE 70 the Unite
states (IEnEETy R-I1. 1877 10 Rnoept IN
upprrdsernsrf q f4n 0oe.BaR made by IN
Isthruian Canal cummissiun-"
-'Se Tar thiE government tH concerned
cunclcars rhe president every step @
ne slightest Importance has been MAD
T'uhlir hV ms executive and every ste
tEken M France has there been nAds publ
N ne rIruper oFffeialE