The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-23
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Pulitzer Comments sarcastically
on Special Message.
SKINS TEDDY ALIVE

SHsHee~ aa@e U N
Says he Is the Biggest Liar and
Meanest Demagogue That BIAS Ev
e- Been Elevated to High Position
by the Americans, But He Cam,
Silence the World.
New York, Dec. 15.-The World
in the course Of its answer to Pres
ident Roosevelt's reference to that
paper in his special message to
congress today says:
''Mr. Roosevelt is mistaken. He
can not muzzle The World.
While no amount Of billingsgate
| on his part can alter our determi-
! nation to treat him with judicial
| impartiality and scrupulous fairness,
we repeat what we have already
lsaid, that the congress Of the United
States should make thorough in
vestigation; that the full truth may
be known to the American people.
/ s'The World fully appreciates the
compliment paid to it by Mr.. Roose-
velt in making it the subject Of a
Especial message to the congress Of
the United States.
The World likewise appreciates
the Importance Of Mr.. Roosevelt's
statement when he declares to con-
gress that the proprietor OF The
! World should be prosecuted for libel
by the governmental authorities and
that the attorney general has; under
consideration the. form under which
! the proceeding against Mr.. Pulitzer
shall be brought.
.'This is the first time presi-.
dent ever assorted the doctrine OF
lese majeste or proposed, in the
absence Of specific legislation, the
criminal prosecution by the govern.
ment Of citizens who criticized the.
! conduct Of the government or the
conduct Of individuals who may have,
had business dealings with the gov
ernment. Neither the king OF Great
I.Britain nor the German emperor
| would venture to arrogate such pow
er to himself. John Adams attempt
to enfocre the sedition law destroy,
ed the Federalist party inSAmerica.
Yet Mr.. Roosevelt, in the absenceSof.
law, proposes to use all the power.
| of the greatest government on earth
to cripple the freedom of the press.
on the pretext that the government.
has been hbeIed-and he5is the gov.
ernment. "A 81 l.sss .ss.sss5
It is true that The World print
ed the public report concerning the.
Panama canal affair which resulted
from William Nelson Cromwell's ap-.
| peal to the district attorneys Office.
during the recent campaign to pre-
vent the publication Of a story which
was said to be in the hands Of the.
Democratic national committee. It.
was Mr. Cromwell's own act which
raised the issue in the campaign
''It is true that when Mr.. Rocse-
welt made attack upon Delavanl
Smith The World called attention TO
| certain statements which Mr.. Roose..
yelt must have known. to be false
or misleading and appealed to con-.
gress to- end all scandal by a=full
and impartial Investigation. Il this
se treason, let MI. Roosevelt make,
thermost Of it. Z.
.'Mr. Roosevelt's lamentable habit
Of inaccurate statements. makes Is
impossible to accept either his judg-
| merts or his conclusions. In his
message he does not state. correctly
even so simple q matter as the pre-.
tended causes Of his grievance. The
World has never said that Charles
P. Taft or Douglas Robinson made
any profits whatever. Mr.. Taft de-
MED that he vas concerned in the
transaction in any way, which de-
NAL The World published and ac-:
cepted. It would have been equally
glad to print Mr.. Robinson's denial,
could it have succeeded in obtain
| ing one from him as it frequently
attempted.
tsThe World has. no evidence that
he was associated will" Mr.. Crom-
well and would accept his word 70
that effect, for Mr. Robinson is an
estimable gentleman Of high char
acter, whose reputation for Veraci-
ty is Infinitely better than that OF
his distinguished brother-in-law.
"If The World has libeled any
body we hope it will be punished,
but we do, not intend to be intimi-
dated. by Mr.. Roosevelt's threats or
by Mr. Rooseyelt's denunciatlons,
or by Mr.. Roosevelt's power.
''No other living man ever so
grossely libeled the United States as
does this president, who besmirches
Econgress, bulldozes judges. assails
the integrity of courts, SANDERS pri-
yate citizens and who has shown
himself the most reckless, unscrupu-
lous demagogue, whom the American
people ever trusted with great power
and authority.
| eve say this not in anger but
in sincere sorrow. The World has
immeasurably more respect for the
Office of president of the United
States than Theodore Roosevelt has
ever shown during the years in which
he has reign of terror and yil.ifled
| the honor and honesty of both pub
lie officials and private citizens, who
opposed his policies or thwarted him
in his purposes.
$50 far as The World is coneen-
trated, its proprietors may go to
jail, if Mr.. Roosevelt succeeds, as
he threatens; but even in jail This
World will not cease to be fear
) less champion of free press and