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SAYS HIS ELEcTIoN WOULD
MEAN SERIOUS DANGER
TO THE REPue4tc.
DECLARES AMERICANS BLUSH
THAT SUCH A MAN EVER
WAS ELEcTE9.
twheeling IntelliaAaer,)

y :
Liarl Liar! Liar! Liak. Liari
The above is the sufficient Roose-
veitian answer to every Proof Of ddu-
|ble-dealing, of duplicity, and OF cor
rupt solicitation brought against the
only pure, truthful and honest man in
the United States.
Confronted with the statement OF
e. H. Hartman, that he personally
raised $250,000 to be us@d In the
Roosevelt campaign in l1gO4, Mr..
Roosevelt shouts "liar.n
Confronted with the statement Of
George R. Sheldon, that Mr. Roose-
welt knew that Mr.. HarriNl nan raised
this sum, and the purposes for which
it were to be used, MrN Roosevelt
shouts liar.
Confronted with the st eement of
Senator Boies Penrose, til u $4,000
was received from the ST ndard Oil
Company to aid in the eleC ion of Mr.
Roosevelt in 1904, and that dr. Roose-
welt knew of the receipt O this sum,
Mr.. Roosevelt shouts "liar.
Confronted With Evic' Pnce.
Confronted with the sworN evidence
of John D. Archbold vice president
of the Standard Oil Compan, that the
company distributed $125.080 to the
Roosevelt campaign fund.- laid that
Mr.. Roosevelt knew of thiA contribu-
tion and authorized a solicitation for
$150,OOo more, Mr., Roosevelt shouts
"liar. :" y
| There never was CONVICTED thief
| who did not shout liar at the wit
nesses for the state. There never
twas brutal murderer who went to
the gallows clarifying in his own
nerve. who did not shout liar" at
those who testified against him.
| Abraham Lincoln, one of the great
est and noblest men this world has
ever seen, served the American peo-
pie through five years of storm and
stress. How often was the character
of Abraham Lincoln impeached, and
how often did he have to take refuge
behind volley of liars" In order to
save himself?
When two men disagree as ito
statement of facts, one man may call
the other a liar and be believed
When the same man, in the course Of
a political controversy, finds it neces-
Isary to call a second, or a third, or
a fourth, or fifth man "liar," and
il all of these men are of such standing
that ordinarily their word would be
accepted as good as to any question
tof fact, the preponderance of evidence
lis decidedly against him.N +
Double Dealing and InsncerIty. X
Liar" has become Theodore Rooaes
Welt weapon. Surrounded and over
whelmed by evidence of his own douy
I.ble-leading and insincerlty, by proofs
of his Willingness to accept aid from
Ievery Questionable source, of hts read
mess to- enter into unworthy 0bligat
Itions,, Of his willingness to break
Eevery honorable promise, his sole de-
4 Tense is loud volley Of abuse, and
4 the word "liar" is his principal pre-
jectile The American people, must
blush that such man was ever ele-
waited to the, Presidency Of the United
States. The possibility that this
!, Christian and prize demagogue gould
lagai1i attain the highest and most re-
lsponsible office in the gift Of one
hundred million people would imply
the most serious danger that could
threaten the American common
wealth
J Fortunately there is no such posi-
I bility.
i Asks Progressives to Detroy Own
Party.
j Such is the opinion of Theodore
Roosevelt entertained by the Wheel
i ing IntelHgencer, the leader ffllle3
Stand-Patters in WestzVirgi Oh
4 deserted William P. HuPbaEl
Nathan Bay Scott aud whifh is now
d lined up under the Scott. banner
But all the time this paper is villify-
!! ing and abusing Theodore Roosevelt
| 1t is begging the followers of Mr.
Roosevelt to support the Stand Fat
ticket. 1t Is trying to destroy the
Progressive party and end the pro-
lgressive movement and it is appeal
ing to the Progressiyes to assist IN
1.-The work of destroying their own.
party by voting for the Stand-Pat can.
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