The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-01
"uENDirIOUS JOURNALISM"
Thredsye nssseyett Answers ira ietsms 90
Him by the ''EyenlnG Pest"

NnroOorP Mo0aENeu AuaHega NrutfNa1ua %
Him by the ''Esenins Pest
The O-sfiook for the current week Con-
taIns . signed editorial article by Con-
tTibuting Editor Th~odors Roosevelt on
-Mendaciotls Journalism" Il b m an
swer TO this eHcerps from an editorial
article N the Ersaing Post on August -.
= vii make the corporations come 70
tirn@'- shouted Roosevelt 70 the mob. But
did he not really mean that he would make
them come down With the cash 20 Ebert
him. as 10 did hsfore? For . man With
Mr Roo-evslt'- proved record u - simply
disgusting humbuK for him 90 rant about
me corporations upon whose. tr~asurers
~ fauned when he was President and
wanted their money for hi- campaign
Dos he think that nobody has a memory
whi'h goes back 20 the life Insurance in
vesuEAtions and that eTeryhod5 has for
gotten the go .ono takea froa widows and
orphans AID Add~d to Theodore ROo-s-
velt's poiitt~al corruption fund.- Did be
nos take . biG cheek from the beef trust.
and Glad 20 get ~? And nov be - GOING
~ make the corporations come 20 time
One can have respe-t for a sincere radical. /
for an honest fanatic. for an Axitator or
lsvelier Who believes that he - doing Code
will. but 10 IL hard 20 be patient With . man
Who tAlhs big but arts mean. whose ere IL
always 20 the main chance POLITE ally and
Who lets no friendship. no generosity. no
prtDctpls. no moral scr1pls stand for .
moment between himself and the goal
upon which he has sst his ovvrma-terins
Aubi,iOa-
This champion Of purity. this roarer for
political virtue. u the man no vas for years
rhsn IN public life hand In glove With the
worst political ooTrupsioni-'s Of his day:
uho tosfisd 10 Plat. Who praised Quay.
rho raid court 80 Hanna under him a.
President. Aldrich ro~s 60 the height % his
POWER. alNav- on GOOD terms With HOo~e-
vslt ~ vas Roosevelt Who IN IaOs wrote
an op~n letter urging the reelection Of
Sresksr Cannon. AGAINST whom mutisr-
inEs Rad then begun 90 ri@e. II uas RoO---
welt ~ ho asked Hartman 10 come 20 the
white House secresiy. no took his money
90 buy votes IN Nsu York. and - no after
uard wrote 20 Ny Dear sherman
the same sherman rev ling the capitalist
90 whom h had previously written saying:
You and are practical men
In reply 90 these assertions Mr. Roose-
vel, writes:
The Er~-irJ Poet 10 nS' in itself sum
cientiv important 20 variant ali answer,
but as representing = class with whose
hostility n ~ n~ce-sarv 10 rN~kon IN any
genuine mov~men' for d~cent govern
men' !, - worth while ~ speak oft There
arc FAFtlFF 81 NFhFNN l~sftAN IN tnia gOtln- D
nv and pf infei.- flial hangsr~on Of wealthy T.
people Who are delighted TO engage in any
NOV eunenf FOR reform uhtrh docs not f.
ioa~h ths ut~keine-. Of certain xr~2i roy /
poTaIions and % certain rnen Of great
wealth People ~ this class will h in 4
favor % any ssthetIc movement. they will
favor any movement aGainst the small 4
Ersfiing politician. asain~; the grating
labor leader or any man Of that stamp.
bI, they cannot Be trusted the minute
that the reform assumes .ufi~ieni dimeu-
sious 20 jeopardize 20 much 81 the essab-
ll-hed order Of thing gives an unfair
and improper advantage 70 The great cor
poration and - tho directiy and tn
directly responsive 10 80 wishes and de-
p~nd~nt upon ~ The Frs-i-s Poe, and
papers 81 the SANE Kind ami The people
- ho~s views they represent would favor
AftaekinR . rang % small bO..e- who wish
10 cOnfrol the Republican parry. but they
YOU'D a. fhe ErsEiss Post ha- shown /
far rather 80 fhe~s small bo--e- yin than
80 . movement triumph uhich aims no.
merely ~ the oveTthso- ~ the small polttl-
raj boz hut ~ deprtSinz tbS corporation
~ tfs Improper innusn~e over Folitt~s !
dspytvinx the man Of wealth Of any aavAn- L
laTe b>yOnd What belongs 20 hirn az q
simple Amert~an citiIen They would be
against corporations only after such cor
DoTationa had bsSn caught In the or,sd@.t
lind 81 erirninality
7 have nevpT for one moment counted |
upon the support - ths Erssts1 Po.s 0r
% thO~e wbom q represents IN ths eaort
for ei~anIine-s And de-en~y within the
Rspubitcan sarry. hecats~~ tie ErsEt-o Paas
n 0uld suppor sucn . movement only on Z
roodttion that u vas mt PAR % . laFEer
movement for rhe besseVm@nf ~ aoctaI !
rondHiOns Bot thts = MT al In tke
struggle fog h0u-s' po'i'i~a there - no
more . plaee for th@ liar than there - for
'he thief. And In = moyement designed 20
psn an enf 20 ths dssrninion % rho thief /
blis iiftis gopd An ~ derived from ~.
lsssfanne - Tho liar ~ coarse obtec-
'5on I'll ~ mad- - ny u-e % tbs Ian
E,laGe Ny answer - 'haf ! am spstnG "
fa~neiy srt-nrLcrafy and ds~cripsiveiy ami
bscauss ~ @lanF termv- srprs-- tns fa~ts
Nth tn neus~eary pr~ctsion IN tke aTtiris
n vti~h ~ Eusatsg Posf counes 20 ths
dsfsn~e q thoss IN present eo1fFoi %
th@ Republican rauy n Nsw Tork stAfs.
whon q haa xHected 70 oppose IN tie
pasi. tls Es~asaa Posi- n rDugh What
sssr odilog DsaonAEly wTuoo thS sFghcls.