The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-10-23
Used BY Supporters of Col.
Roosevelt,
SAYS BRYAN IN STATEMENT
Declares That Progressives
Should Not Hide Behind
Tragedy.
THE SANE TO DECIDE ISSUES

Col. Roosevelt at Milwaukee SHOULD
not be used by his supporters t.
protect their policies from oolitica
, attacks, William j. Bryan read a
prepared statement to his audience
during his speech here tonight tC
bear out his assertion. His state.
ment follows:
1--WE are embarrassed in the dis
cussion of national issues by the
fact that one of the Presidential
candidates has been made the vic
tim of a murderous assault.
1--WE deplore as deeply as Nr.
Roosevelt's supporters the act Of a
mailman, who has temporarily dis
abled him for campaign work. We
denounce as bitterly as Mr.. Roose-
velt's supporters such resort %
violence, even by one who is bereft
of his reason. We sympathiZe with
Mr.. Roosevelt in his affection as
sincerely as his supporters do, and
We wish as earnestly as they for his
speedy recovery. But neither net
nor they will ask for a suspension
of activity on the part of Mr.. Roose-
velt's opponents so long as his
friends continue to present his side
on national issues.
THE question before the country
must be decided by the sane. A
maniac cannot be an arbiter in such
crisis. am surprised that the
friends of Mr.. Roosevelt should at
tempt 10 make use of this incident
in his behalf Ii cannot be charged
to the Democratic party; it cannot
be fairly charged to any party. The
suggestion that the assailant was
led to make the attack Because o;
newspaper criticism is far-fetched
one, and even if it could be shown
that an unbalanced mind was ill.,
fuenced by criticism, it is no more !
Just to demand a suspension of the |
discussion of pending problems on
this account than it would be to re-
ject religion because some have |
gone insane on that subject.
81 have been a careful reader of
the papers since last June and I am
quite sure that the Taft papers
have been no more bitter in their
assaults upon Mr.. Roosevelt than
the Roosevelt papers have been in
their assaults upon Mr.. Taft. And
neither side has attacked the other
with more virulence than both have
attacked the Democrats in cam
paigns past.
Il can show you as bitter things
said against me by both the friends
of Mr.. Taft and the friends of Mr..
Roosevelt, as the friends of either
have said against the other. The
papers say many things they ought
not to say. but | know of no party
that is guiltless in this matter.
"A nation sits expectant by the
bedside, hoping that
the wound is not a serious one. But
Mr. Roosevelt's supporters must
not use this attack to protect them
selves and their position from just
The brave soldiers on
the battlefield do not use the
for breastworks. They
stand out and give blow for blow.
And so in this campaign. Mr..
Roosevelt's supporters cannot usd
him as shield to protect them
selves against the attacks that may
be made against the policies for
which they stand"
LAY Ont" Says Teddy.
Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. 19.-Colonel
Roosevelt is asking no quarter from ,
his political enemies because OF the
attempt made upon his life Monday ,
at Milwaukee.
The wounded chieftain of the I
third party tonight issued a state
nent from Mercy Hospital in an
swer to what Mr.. Bryan made yes ,
-eruay in MS speech at Franklin,
Ind. In it he says:
p wish to express my cordial
agreement with the manly and, prop {
Or statement Of Mr.. Bryan at
franklin, Ind, when, in arguing
or a continuance of the discussion {
" the issues at stake In the con- c
est, he said:
THE issues OF this campaign 1
hould not be determined; by the '
ct OF an assassin. Neither Colonel {
Roosevelt nor his friends could ask I
hat the discussion should be turn
d away from the principles involv-
d. II he is elected President. 1t
hould be because OF what he has F
one In the past and what he pro-