The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-09-16

60 the defense Of those In present con.
troll " the Republican party In New
York state. whom II has affected tn
oppose In the past. the Evening Post
through whatever editor personally
wrote the article. practised every
known form Of mendacity
Probably the Evening Post regards
the dccalogue ne outworn. but n II
will turn 20 II and read the eighth and
ninth commandments. II will see that
bearing false witness ~ condemned
az strongly as theft itself To take hut
one instance out ~ the many In this
article, the Evening Pos, says. III
was Roosevelt who asked Hartman to
come to tho white House secretly.
who took HIS money 10 buy votes In
New York. and who afterwards wrote
Ia My Dear Shcrman'-ycH. the sama
sherman rcvlllnR the capitalist to
whom he had previously written. say.
ing You and I are practical men,"
Not only w every important statement
[ IN this sentence false. but the writer
I who wrote II knew II was false "A
| far ~ ! was concerned. every man
visited the White House openly. and
Nr Hartman among the others. I
took no money from MFR Hartman no
crctly or openly TO buy votes or for
| any other purpose Whoever wrote
the article In the Evening Post in
question knew that this was the foul
est and bascst lie when no wrote the
sentence. for he quotes the same let
ter In which had written 10 Mr. Hnr
I rlman IA follows What | have Ia
say 10 you can be said to you az we'll
I after election as before. but ! would
/ like 10 see you some time before !
| write my message" I am quoting
without the letter before me. but the
/ quotation II substantially. n not yer.
bally. accurate, That statement In
this letter TO Hartman IL Of course
on It's face absolutely incompatible
/ with any thought that I was asking
him for campaign funds. for II Ia Of
course out Of the question that I could
tell him equally we'll what had to
say after election II II referred IN any
possible way to getting money beford
election This II no clear that any
1
positive Of the bascst dishonesty In
whoever wrote the article In question.
As matter Of fact when Mfr IIarrL
w"r called II was TO complain that tho
! national committee would not turn
| over for the use Of the state cam.
| palgn In which he was interested
funds To run that campaign. and Ia
ask me TO tell Cortolyou to give him
aid for the state campaign Mr. Cor.
telyou ls familiar with the facts In
other words the statement Of the Eve
ming Post IA not only false and mali
clous. In not only in direct contrndlc.
| ton Of the facts. but IN such that II
could only have been made by man
| who. knowing the facts. deliberately
Intended IN poryert them Such an
act stands on level Of lnfamy with
the worst net ever performed by a
corrupt member Of the legislature or
city official, and stamps the writer
with the same moral brand that
stamps the brlbe.taker.
have seen only n telegraphic alb
Firnct Of the article apparently con.
tanning quotations from H. Practical
~ every statement made In these
quotations In fRlschood.
To but one more shall allude Tho
article sreaks Of my having attacked
corporations and. referring directly to
my Ohio speeches, Of my having
Sought 10 lnnamc the mob and make
mischief" In those speeches tho
prime stand I took was against mob
violence az shown by the labor people
who are engaged In controversy with
corporation. My statement was in
effect that the first duty Of the state
ana the first duty NJ the officials was
20 put down disorder and 10 put down
mob violence. and that after such
action Ind been taken. then II was tho
duty NJ officials 10 investigate tho cor.
poration, and n II had done wrong to
make II nay the penalty Of its wrongs
and TO provide against tho wrongdo-
Ing In the future. II Ia but another
instance Of the peculiar basenoss, tho
peculiar moral obliQulty. Of tho Eve
ming Post that It should peryert tho
truth IN 80 shameless q fashion
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Cheyenne Wyo, August 2. 1910