Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-17
THURSDAY, DECEMBER II, 1908
ROOSEVGLT'S 20 .lsSR MESSAGE

Presdrnb Rooscv -. D., latest message
is the most foolish document that ever
Gmanated from the White House. No
other president has felt it his duty to
ask congress- to bring suit against Il
newspaper for any cause. Otncr presi-
dents have been criticised by the press
but they did not descend to the level of
the tishw0man and hurl billingsgate ut
the heads of the men who criticised
them and their policies. Presidents
johnson and Grant We're accused or
tarrying too long over their cups, but
they did not consider it their duty to
send special messages to congress ask
ing it to bring libel suits against the
newspaper that punished the report.
Garfield was accused of corruption III
the Washington paving contracts, but
he did not send special messages to con
4reSS about it after he became Dresi-
dent. President McKinley's secretary
of war waS numerically =. Used dur
ing the Cuban war for feeding the
soldiers on cmbalmcd beef, but McKin-
ley did not think it necessary to bring
libel suits against the press.
Other instances of Ike character
could he mentioned i'm which presidents
of the United States an,l their admins.
tratiOns have been severely criticised,
but they mccIily bore. it as becomes the
dignity Of the high Office they hold
But not SO with Theodore Roosevelt.
lie throws iii entity 40 the winds and de-
HcendS to the level OF the gutter Snipc to
defend his position. And why? Because
the New York World replied to one of
Ills bitter personal attacks in defense of
the Panama Canal dral--l transaction
that the World believes was stecpcd in
corruption from it's inception To its
close. Because the World had the
audacity to reply to this attack, our
greatly beloved and hOlurCd president,
the immaculate Theodore Roosevelt,
wants congress to lock It's editor in a
baStile. Great Scott, what are we com
ing to when the president of the United
States makes such IN Ass of himsslf!
The Ogden Journal regardless of the
risk 1t runs has the following regarding
the latest freak of our freak presi-
dent.
Thcodorc Roosevelt. president Of the
United States of America. SLAYER of
wild beasts, official keeper of the
national list OF liars, falisfcrs. undcsir-
nd
United States and magazine writer, has
again broken into print this afternoon
with another of his daily special
messages to congress
Teddy tears the air and recommends
almost every known punishment cx-
cept burning 1T the stake of Joseph
Pulitzer, editor of the New York
World. and for Dclavan Smith. editor
of the indianapolis News. Simply b.
cause these men have seen fit to rive
, space III their newspapers to stories
regarding the Panama canal scandal
: which reflected upon some of Tcddv's
! constituents, the nations executive
head recommends dire punishment in
many varieties.
He believes that the time las come
when the government hJuld sue these
newspapers and if necessary cause them
l'to cease publication IN other words,
freddy. the terrible, would have a press
censorship on everything for the public
t print except that which he himself. or
which his capable press agent. writes.
g He who uttors aught against President