New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-15
TIE "PTBLTC ENEMY. =

The "PtB BIC ENEMY.
The public enemy entered the state
yesterday, beginning a speaking tour in
pursuance Of his plan to ''MeXicanize'
the Republic. The deluded farmers Of
Western and Southern New York gath
cred by thousands TO welcome him.
hanging on his words and cheering and
applauding him. How black it looks for
the nation when farmers, the very back
bone of the country'S conservatism, fail
to see the menace" of which Mr.. Dix
warns them: fail to realize that they are
rallying in support Of Cesar. Napoleon
ceive that they are lending aid to the
plan to turn this government into a die
tatorship. and that, too. as soon as
1912, The end Of the Republic is at
hand. We have only two more years
of constitutional government before us.
The empire will be brought upon the
scene by the public enemy" against
whom Mr. Dix and Judge Parker are
warning the state, apparently in vain
Only Mr. Dix. Judge Parker, Tammany
Hall and Wall Street can see. They
lift their patriotic voices to give the
alarm. but the farmers of Dunkirk,
Jamestown and the rest of the Southern
Tier heed them not. and go out to greet
the public enemy" and take the de-
stroyer of the country TO their bosoms.
Most singular and sinister is the delu-
sion under which this whole nation
labors. save always the clear-seeing Mr.
Dix. Judge Parker, Tammany Hall and
Wall Street What hope is there of saw
ing the country and warding off the die
tatorship Ia MericGin? The dulness of
Dunkirk pervades the whole country.
Everywhere the yapping multitudes turn
out to testify to their admiration of the
public enemy This Cesar has just
swung around the circle of the South
and West The South. where you would
expect a public enemy of the Repub-
lican variety TO be recognized on the
Spot-the South opened its bosom to him.
The WeSt-perhapS nothing better is to
he expected Of the WeSt-the West went
wild over him and is likely to elect to
office every one about whom he breathed
a word of commentator. VIII Mr.. Dix.
VI
Street he able 10 save a nation so OBJ
sessed? And this trip was only repe-
titiOn of another that preceded il, when
even Democratic governors and Demo
cratic mayors. in their zeal Ia pay him
adequate honor and properly express the
sentiment of their communities, nomi
mated him for every office under the sun
and a few more. and declared that the
regard for the colonel knew no party
lines. And only little while before
that. when he returned from Europe full
Of the honors which foreign states had
delighted 10 show him. New York City
where the nation will be saved if it
is saved-New York City turned out TO
give him q rousing and unprecedented
reception. "
The story of the peoples folly does not
stop here This blind. besotted, deluded
nation once made this public enemy
its President, And not content with
having him in office one term, they fur
thered the MexicaniZation Of the Re
public by giving him another. They did
it with overwhelming maiOrities and
with every evidence of profound salts
faction. preferring him TO the patriotic
Judge Parker. who. assisted by Mr.. Dix
and Mr.. Murphy. and supported by the
patriotic money of Wall Street. is just
now raising his monitory voice to save
the country. When his second term
ended il was generally said that he had
been one Of the cCuntTy's most popular
executives and that the faith Of the
people in him was extraordinary, 50
monstrous is the delusion which has eX
listed regarding this public enemy.
The people were blind 10 the irreparahle
damage which he did To the country
during his seven years incumbency of
the White House; how he abolished the
Supreme Court. overthrew the C0nstitu-
ton and left the Republic almost ''Mexf-
canized" Nothing will save the coun-
try unless that patriotic band. Dix. Par
ker Murphy and Wall Street. can beat
StimsOn.