The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-18
TIE WORLDS REPLY.
Roosevelt Told That He Can
No- M1zzls the Press

OK GATED D1e1 2 ucr 19Ec-
ssys. TIE World. Il fhs coarse
Of rs sBsEer 20 President RoOse
velE's references 70 thar paper in
his special Message 70 Congress
TODAY. xsFs-
Mr. Roosevelt Is mistaken
he rsnsoE u1zJle the World
-.Wb1le no swo1nt OF billings
gate q lis psrg ear alter or de-
ts-Di1s-l0a 70 .ress hin With ja-
aielzl iUpsriizliFy aud scr1p0loas
fairness. W rrpess what re have
already sad. that the Congress
q ne United States sho1ld make
zAoroash Investigation OF the
Ehols Panz1s transaction. that
Tie fall iEa1a nav D kaoEn 70
tbe Aaer5esa l--ople-
Tie He-I5 lalls saprrciafe>Itbe
osusli1raE paid 10 Il ey Nr.
Roosevelt n making i Eb- suo-
Jet Of SPECIAL message % tie
COngres- - he United States.
TIE j Grid faliy appreciates
1he ImP9rtzEee zul sggu16r4ucs
Of NJ Roesevrl:'s statement
Ea-n & debates 70 Congress that
tie proprietor SHOULD be prose
es1rd lor liSsl Or gas govern
mental 23rbOTisirs-. ard thai the
Attorney General IA under con.
sid@Izsi0u tie form under which
IL proceedings szsiuss Mr.. Pa
lI'zer shall u brO1glf.'
Il. j. tEuu sbs; TIE Word
pTiared ID. puslic reports coz
eeruIBg tie Panama Cau4l affair
EAicb resulted from William Mel
IN Cromweii's sp!eai 70 tue Dis
tEicI Attorneys Office dnring the
rcrenr campaign 10 prevent the
publication OF q story which wss
said 10 DC IN the hands OF tie
Democratic SafiOnal COnmIlIee.
Il E4s Mr. Cr0nwell's action
which raised The issue II tile cam
paign
1T i true also that when Nr
koossreli made his attack upon
Deleyau Smith. tia. tie World
called attention 10 certain safe
n-u1s Ebicu Mr. Roosevelt must
haze known 10 be false or mi>.
leading. aud appealed - Congress
10 end ali scandal by q full aud
impartial investigation. II this
DC treason let Mr.. Roosevelt
make DC most Of II.
ACCEPTED TAFT's DENIAL.
MIR. L 5ossveIt's lamentable
habis Of Inaccurate statements
makes Il impossible 10 accept
igaer his Judgments or his coz
+ ciusIou-. La his message he does
nos state correctly even so simple
a matter. IS tue pretended causes
OF lis grlr1 aBce.
Be World has never said that
Charles Z. Taft or Douglas Roo
ln~Un male any profits whatever.
Dir TAFT denied that be was con-
crrned IN the transaction in any
wy. which deuial he World &C
copied aud Published. Ii would
have been equally glad 10 priut
Dir. RO0ias0n's denial could 1t
have succeeded iu obtaining one
from hin as il frequently at
tempted.
.sIue World has no evidence
that he was associated with Mr..
Cromwell aud would accept his
word 10 that effect; for Mr.. Rob
iDsOn Is an estimable gentleman
OF high Character. whose reputa-
tIOn for ysraciry is infinitely bet
ter than thai of his distinguished
bfotbeT-lu Law
IF the World has libelIed any
body We hope 1t will be punished.
but We do not intend 10 be in-
Inundated by Mr.. RoOsevelt's
threats or by Mr.. Ruosevelt's
dennuclaIlon, or by Mr.. Roose-
velt's power.
NO other living man ever so
grossly libelled tue United States
as does this President. who be
smlrches Congress, bull dozes
judges, assails the integrity OF
the courts. ISLANDERS private citi-
ZeDs, and who has shown himself
TO be the most reckless. uuscrup
nlOUs demagogne whom the Amer
lean people ever trusted With
power and authority.
1--WE say this not in anger but
in sincere sorrow. The World
has UNNECESSARILY more respect
for the Office of President of the
United States than Theodore
Roosevelt has ever shown during
the years in which he has main
tanned reign of terror and Will
fed the honor aud honesty of.
I 9th public Offic ais and private
citizens who opposed his policies
or thwarted him in his purposes.
$50 far as the World is con-
cerned It's proprietor may go to
jail, il Dir. Roosevelt succeeds,
a. he threatens; but even in Jail
the World will not cease TO be
fearless champion of free speech,