The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-25
CONTRIBUTIONS WELCOMED

a day or Two ago The Tribune re.
ferrcd to an appreciative note received
from an Indiana man in this city
signed ESamy,' but complaining Of
what ho supposed to be slanderous ar.
tlcles that The Tribune had printed
against Mr., Roosevelt. We showed that
we had done nothing of the kind and
now "Samy' comes back practically
agreeing with us. We print his second
letter in full, as follows:
Salt Lake City, Utah, April %. 1909
Editor Tribune Pa rdon my Infringing
on your time and courtesy. but l venture
another question or two in addition to
the one which YOU so gracefully answered
IN this mornings paper.
Granting that Presidents OF the Roose-
welt type are, generally speaking. danger
Gus, don You think that his career in
the White House has done great good in
focusing The attention of tho voters on
national questions and the methods of
admit that If he had been less i'm
pulslEe, more good in actual legislation
might have been accomplished. but he
heretofore, we only suspected
Personally his activities have had the
etiect Of broadening my, views beyond
my innate faith in the Republican organ
lzation.
:, An in all, I am still OF the opinion that
Roosevelt has done ineStimable good for
this country, and that even his aggres-
svcness will tend TO make the way OF
President Taft with his oil cam easier.
and The congressman anxious thar ihe
people will forget, will DO as he asks them
10. and at the same time show Roosevelt
mat ne could have done more with them
by being good. Finally they will outdo
each other TO make up Tor the time they
lost sparring with the big stick hopinc
to make a record that will bring them
back again.
Do you approve of Your readers asking
queSIionS and giving opinions in this
way? Several national papers have ap-
proved ySGa,,nH and hope you wil not elect me
'''' '''' ''Sp9'''O'iS iSSAMY.
We have no doubt in the world but
President Taft, with his oil can
or otherwise, VIII ease matters up very
much
As to the great good done by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, in tho lines eulogized
by our correspondent we think that he
did more evil than good. His autocratic
assumption of dominion over Congress
and Congressman. and his assaults upon
the courts were direct assaults upon the
foundations Of our government. assaults
which 1t was scandalous and revou-
tionary for the chief magistrate of the
country TO make. And we do not for
get his direct responsibility in bringing
on the panic OF 1907,
With respect TO the query. We say
decidedly that We do approve of our
readers asking questions, and giving
opinions for publication. We have al
ways given place with great pleasure to
communications Of that kind, and snail
be glad 10 do so for "Samy' or for
any one else who has anything worth
while TO say; but always with the IN
derstanding that we have the name and
address of the person so contributing
in this present matter. inasmuch as the
criticism was directed solely against !
The Tribune, we did not consider the
name so important, and waived, in
Samy s - case, the rule which is uni
vcrsal in newspaper Offices that the |
writer of any communication must be |