Graham guardian., 1918-06-21
Mr.. Hearst's Critical Analysis of
Nv. Roosevelt and His Political Purposes
Editor Los Angeles Examiner

Editor Los Angeles "Examner"-
n A CUNT CLEMENS, Mich. May 1S.-Mr. Roosevelt,
though notably less able and less respectable EN-.
phatically the Asquth Of American politics. He is
out of power and ne is greedly to get back into
and he does not scrupe at methods matter
how unfair to the Administration how harmful to the
country in order to accomplish his purely selfish political
purposes.
The attack which Mr.. Roosevelt makes upon the
Administration is just baseess the attack which AS
quth made upon Lloyd George and will prove be just
futile in its effect upon the Administration and just as
fatal in its effect upon Mr.. Roosevelt.
The immediate of Mr. Roosevelts present out
burst are two in number.
The first cause is the fact that the magazine which
hires Mr.. Roosevelt at 81 per word to make vicious
attacks the Government of the United States during
time excluded from the mails in issue for a
wholly false and absolutely unused attack upon the Pres
dent of the United States and the diplomacy of the United
States calculated to bring country and people into
contempt and consequently to injure
Mr. Roosevelt did not write this particular article but
it conceivable that any to the existence of mag
azne which pays literally for political SANDER
natural the part of Mr. Roosevelt for his
profitable, if not patriotic contract.
The second of Mr.. Roosevets immediate agita-
ton is the fact that the small and lonely New York
which supporting Mr. Roosevets perpetual aspra
tons for the Presidency recently rebuked public
by the representatives Of the United States Govern
ment for printing certain articles which had
foundation fact and which discreded the officers of the
United States Army and held them up rdcue and
tumely without the slightest basis of truth Justice in the
allegations
In any other country in the world in critical times
traorous publications like Mr.. Roosevelts magazine and
Mr. Roosevelts newspaper whose only objects in printing
faehood petty political spite against the President
and partisan support of the aspirations of rival cand-
date would have been wholly suppressed reasonable.
Our Government however is enent with such Offend
ing publications and with Mr. Roosevelt himself because the
Administration properly believes that republic the right
of free speech and free publication should be preserved
though there be occasional dsoya abuses of this right
in the of Mr. Roosevelt and the magazine which
hires him and the newspaper which politically supports him
That the United States Government entirely right
in its denuncaton of Mr. Roosevels New York newspaper
conclusvely in the suit which of the
resignation from that newspaper of its editor Mr. Frank
Smonds well known throughout this country for his par
otto articles on the
Mr. Smonds definitely stated and showed that desire
to retire from this dsloya paper due to the fact that
this habtualy invented and concocted cables
in its office for the purpose of manufacturing false
material with which to attack the Government Of the United
States and the army Of the United States for small and
ish political purposes.
Of course Mr.. Simonds would not willingly remain con.
neced with any disloya publication matter how profit
able that connection might be- but there is apparently moth
ing in Mr. Roosevets makeup prevent his connection with
any publication matter how ratorous long as that
connection will to line his purse and further his u
scrupuous methods of promoting his personal political
pirations.
Mr.. Rooseves attemr ted reflections upon the Hearst
publications unmporta 1t.
It is sufficient to say in reply that whatever criticism
81 Hearst publications ulted in constructive cr
.oundod upon esabs ed fact, not upon manufactured