The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-11-01
ABUSE.

helped to finance and manage the
Roosevelt campaign, charged that the
murderous assault on Mr.. Rooseveit
was melted by the "falsehoods Of char |
acter assassins and liars like Charles
ID. Hilles," who was formerly secretary
to President Taft, and is now chair
man Of the Republican national com
mittee.
The rantings Of half baked youns |
person like Mr.. Mccormick would be
of no importance II they were not st
completely In harmony with the con
duct of the Roosevelt managers since
Mr.. Roosevelt was shot by madman.
Dixon, Pinchot, Mccormick, Cochems
and a whole chorus of demagogues
have been seeking to inHame the pub
lie mind against better men than them
selves and create the impression that
Schrank's insane deed was inspired by
political "abuse" of Mr.. Roosevelt
Now, 1t happens that there has been
a good deal Of abuse In this campaign,
but most Of 1t originated with Theo-
dore Roosevelt and his followers. NO
other candidate for president ever IN
dulged In such sweeping denunciation
of his opponents. No other candidate
for president ever attacked presi-
dent as Mr.. Roosevelt has attacked
Mr.. Taft. No other candidate for pres |
ident ever appealed so frankly to the
passion and frenzy Of his audiences
To select few Of many examples:
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compared President Taft to crook
10 a "thief," TO burglar" to "pi- |
rate" TO a "pickpocket," to a receiver
of stolen goods" and Hiram johnson, |
Mr.. Roosevelt's associate on the ticket, |
has travelled from one end OF the coun- |
try to the other calling President TAFT
''the most humiliating figure In Ameri'
can history" Even the day that ne
was shot Mr.. Roosevelt denounced the
conduct Of the governor Of Illinois as
Infamous" because Governor Deneen
refused to support Mr.. Roosevelt on
third party ticket
June 3 Mr.. Roosevelt said OF Presi- |
dent Taft that "high minded and hon |
orable men would refuse to accept del |
egates" such as Mr.. Taft had gained |
In Ohio.
June 8 he said that "again and again |
we have sent to the penitentiary cleo
ton officials for deeds not one whit
worse morally than was done by the |
members OF the national committee"
in seating two Taft delegates from |
Alabama.
June II he declared that Mr.. Taft's
attitude toward the presidency comes |
dangerously near being treason"
June 10 he asserted that the contest |
between himself and Mr.. Taft for the |
nomination was Eight between hon
esty and dishonesty"
June 16 he Issued statement that
rang with the words theft and
stealing" and fraud"
June II In speech he spoke Of the
naked thefts'' OF the national commit |
tee and the men who had earned Mr..
Taft's gratitude by stealing for him."
He said a majority OF the national
committee had "practiced political
theft In every form from highway rob |
berry to petit larceny"
When Mr.. Taft was finally nominal. |
ed he publicly insulted him as "the
beneficiary OF successful fraud" and
his delight on his recent western trip
was to describe the president Of the
United States as "a dead cock In the
pit"
As for Woodrow Wilson, Mr.. Roose |
welt has branded him as n "Tory" ana
as the nominee Of the bosses, and In |
his recent speech In Chicago he devot- |
ed most Of his time to inHaming the
passion of foreign born voters against
Governor Wilson on a basis OF para /
graph In Governor Wilson's "History |
OF the American People" The whole
third party campaign has been a cam |
paign OF violence, abuse and viliHca |
tion for which we can find no justiAca.
tion.
We mention these matters now only
because OF the scandalous and dema.
gogic attempt OF Mr.. Roosevelt's polit |
ical managers to bring about a reign
of terror against everybody who has
opposed his election. Mr.. McCor
mick's shocking assault upon Mr..
Hilles is fair sample Of their man
ners and methods which cannot be al
lowed TO go unchallenged. Ii Is on q
par with Mr. Cochem's assault on Mr..
Bryan as an "oratorical gravedigger,"
whose statements are shameless and
"ghoulish," all because Mr.. Bryan pro
tested against the scheme to make par.
tisan capital out Of the murderous at.
tack OF a manaic.
Mr.. Roosevelt was not shot because
Of "abuse." If anybody had been shot
because of abuse the victim would
have been William Howard Taft presi.
dent of the United States, and not
Theodore Roosevelt. 49,,
Let us Keep the record straight