Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-14
CREATING ANOTHER CZOLGOSZ?

Elhu Root, then secretary OF state in the cabinet OF President
Roosevelt delivred a speech at Utica, Nov. l.. 1900 in which he said:
"1n President Roosevelt, first message to congress, in speaking oi
the assassin of Mckinley, he spoke OF him as inhamed by the reckless
utterance, OF those who, IN the stump and in the public press, appealed
The wind Is sowed by the men who preach such doctrines 'nd they
cannot escape their share of responsibility Tor the whrlwind that is
reaped. This applies alike to the deliberate domagogue, to the eNploner
OF sensatonaisn, and to the crude and foolish visionary who for what
ever reason apologies for crime or e>otcs amless discomfort"
Il say by the presidents authority, that in penning these words, with
the horror of President Mcknley~ murder fresh before him, he had
Mr.. Hearst specifically III hi, mind.
And l say, by his authority, that what he thought OF Mr.. Hears
then, he thinks of Mr.. Hearst now"
Mr.. Hearst apparently learned nothing from the assassination Of
William Mckinley. Or if he learned, he ha, qvickly forgotten. He is
now making against President Wilson the saline appeal to the dark and
against President Mckinley. Indeed, hi, attacks upon President Wilson
are even more malicious, mcndacrus and incendary than we're his at
tacks upon President Mckinley.
Day after day Mr.. Hearst, in wore and carcature, is plQurng the
president OF the United States as a traitor to the United States. Day
after day MIR, Hearst charge, the president "j the United States with
overt and calculated treason. Day after day Mr.. Hearst presents n
president OF the United States AS the cowardly and cunning enemy al
the American people.
This is the food upon which the twisted and distorted brain of a
Czolgosz feeds II some later Czolgosz, his weak and hayward mind
.nAamed by Mr. Iiearsts demagoeic abuse of the president, Should carry
the Hearst argument to it, logical conclusion and proceed to remove the
be astonished, perhaps, than Mr.. Hearst. He and his kind are
always astonshed when the wind that they have sowcd is reaped in the
whirlwind.
Mr.. Hearst has a legitimate right to oppose President Wilson's adj
ministradon. He has a legitimate right to oppose the repeal OF the
canal tolls exemption clause. That question involves issues such a
Americans have always divided ON and always viii divide n. But there
is a point in opposition beyond which IL O American who does not believe
in government by assassination hes a right to cross, and in his shame
less assaults upon President Wilson Mr Hearst has crossed that he
further than he crossed it in his assaults upon President Mckinley.
Is William Randolph Hearst ambitious t O raise up another Czclgosz:
Does he wish to make it possible Tor a future president to say OF him
steps and retrace them quickly. Let him ponder thoughtfully tine accu,-
ing words uttered by Elhu Root At Utica and ask himself whether h
would caet to have them repeated:
81 say, by the presidents authority, that in penning these words,
with the horror OF President McKnleys murder fresh before him., h.
had Mr.. Hearst specifically in his mind.
"And say, by his authority, that what he thought OF MIR. Hearst
then, he thinks OF Mr.. Hearst now"-New York World.