The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-17

dangerous appeals, revolutionary and
snbvcrsive, blatant lhs.ncerity, damn.
Ing proof Of insincerity, hollow and
'nsincere, unblushing effrontery, un-
sEeakahle deceit. un.lisguised treas
on, revolving shamelessness, impu-
dent appeals, insane. perpetual lying,
Hawpipg and attempts at Wholesale
robbery. The newspapers which o..
pose the Progressive party have told
him that the leader Of that asSFty is
guilty of insincerity, deep and hope
! less hypocrisy. shocking unscrupa-
!oasness, unparalleled viciousness
and dish onesty, msensate ambition,
charlatanism, plain alterations BAL
faith, unworthy ami itions, horrible
ghbness. indecent performance, crazy
soclal1stic schemes, shabby tactics,
duplicity, shrewd political triekcry,
utter untrustworthiness, squclid
oandying of words, no. respect TO.
truth, hoodlumism, frantic rage, un-
repenant depravity, a seamy record,
and cutie fish politics. And he had
read that one Of his antics" as he
'shrieks his hostility" against con-
stituted government to win the howl.
ms mobocracy is "gnashing his
teeth"
All this and more, if he has waded
through one half the yellow journals,
Schrank read. Convinced by what
he read that Col. Roosevelt Was an
actual menace to The country, that
his election would plunge the Uni
ted States into state Of chaos un-
paralleled in the worlds history, re
VAS led to offer himself up as q, mar
tyr that this country might be saved
from the dangers which were said to
threaten.
Who, then. is responsible for this
insane attack? Schrank alone? NJ,
jury acquainted with the
facts would so determine For ev-
cry drop Of blood that Col. Roosevelt
has shed, for all the anxiety his wife. !
his children and his thousands of adj
mlrers have experienced since the at :
tempt was made on his life, the yell !
low press. J. Adam Bede and the
son of the lamen1cl !
Justice Harlan must some day ans
Wer to God. If it should be that our
leaders, life must be ,snuffed out at |
this time when he is needed most, !
II the fates have willed that his sun /
shall set at it's meridian, that his !
speech at Milwaukee shall be indeed
his valedictory to the American peo- ,
pie, after the name of Schrank--a !
mere ent-''murderer" will
follow the names in the Book Of !
Life OF all those whose utteranees !
lnf1amed him to commit the horrible !
ueed. For just so guilty as was the |
Hearst publications OF the murder of !
Mckinley will be the agencies which !
have villified Colonel Roosevelt in r !
manner which sho lid bring shame
TO any civilized nation.
Let no Negro jump. at the conclu-j
sion, from what is written above, !
that. as heretofore, we have been /
neither principals nor accomplices ic
a crime which has shocked the world, !
for, unfortunately, wa~can not plea,i
mot guilty. Thej Advocate records ,
it with the greatest reluctance that
among the principal offenders, amon,; !
those who have been loudest in thi.;
silly abuse Of Col, Rot sevelt has been ,
q coterie- piH-headed- Negro edit
ors whose limit Of abuse Of the for
nler president was the extent of .
their vo1abularies reinforced by what ,
they could plagerize from the white +
newspapers. Taking their cue from !
the opposition press they have revell- !
ed in vituperation Of the Progressive !
party leader and have wallowed in !
the deepest pits Of slime to find a .
missile to hurl at him and his cause !
But Sod moves IN mysterious
WY, His wonders to perform" A !
bullet +, made Theodore Roosevelt ;
President of the United States once. !
Who knows but that He has used his /
traduceTs as the motive. power be- |
hind another bullet to make him
President again? Who knows?