The sun., 1919-10-30

into your heart? What kind OF an idea
! does that give you Of the great under
living structure of Democracy, the purity
| OF the Courts, of the Grand Jury and
of the Judiciary generally? What diff
! ference does It make how much misrep-
resentation there is IL there is a Goyera-
! or that has got to be destroyed because
/ he is not amenable to ordersT"
| "I am not Czar, l am not a despot.
! am Just a plain, ordinary man, picked
out by a majority OF the people in this
state to administer the law as It is on
the statute books.
shows Up "Journsl' Story.
what sensible person would atten,pt
! to put the impression In the minds of the
! people" the Governor continued, that
! food sdulterators would be protected by
anybody But. Of course. you Rave to
have the Governor assassinated and IL
had to be done"
The Governor accused the Evenino
Journal Of SO slashins testimony In a
recent hearing as to make It appear that
he (Smith) had vetoed a bill that was
in opposition to the interests Of the meat
packers. The bill. he declared, was ye-
toed the year before he became Gov
ernor and was not presented again last
winter.
There were cries of mo! MOI" when
the Governor asked: rs a newspaper.
is the force behind a newspaper that
will do that worthy TO survive In a city
that boasts It is a believer In the great
American spirit OF fair play2" He
| added.
Follow back the history of this mans s
newspapers and you will have to read
out of them that in this great democracy
there has never been a man elected to
office yet that has not been tainted in
/ some way.
''Is that right or is It wrong? That
is not n severe statement to make, be-
cause that is the truth. II the Hearst
newspapers were the text books for the
! children of our s'hools they would have
to spell out OF them every line that no
m Il Aan be trusted In this country
after he is put into public office that
= no man thinks enough about it no man
has enough OF regard for It; no man
has enough OF real Christian charity 10
do the thing right; no ma" that ever
held great public office had enough OF
/ respect and regard for his mother and
his wife and hts children and his friends
to be right in office. About that there
| man in this State from Grover Cleve-
land right down to to-day has ever
escaped this fellow"
THE President OF the United Sta
returned from his speaking trip throu n
the West broken in health, after a long
hard siege az the White House, trying Ia
keep this country headed In the ght dl-
rection whel he returned to the White
House and lay upon his back sick II. bed
this part of the country had the salts
faction OF reading in the New York
hot he hnNr ~
best interests of America and turned
her over to Europe for the presents that
lis wife got willie they were abroad. Is
there any doubt about that
| Declaring that there was a feeling o.
unrest throughout the country. but thai
he had confidence in the good common
sense of the people and that appeals tC
| patriotism had never failed, the Gov
ernor said:
THE utterances OF these newspapers
make 1t difficult for the Governor.
| cannot be expected to have the Influence
that / ought to have. No more car
the President of the United States expN ft
| to have the influence he should have II
a newspaper here in this populous city
CT New York is permitted to drag then
down to serve the purposes OF the own
! er of the paper"
| Governor Reads a Letter.
| When the Governor said he had received
| 5000 letters commencing him for hi:
attitude toward Mr.. Hearst and only
one in opposition a big voice in the gal
| lery doomed OUT That's the odds"
This is the letter as the Governor read
! IT, and he declared 1t was a bona hde
communication, although no name was
signed to it:
| You want TO complain about w. X
Hearst. l know that he is an anarchist
but he does one good thing, he exposes
you grafters all right You don't need
to complain you know that you have
sold the public and their babies to tht
milk trust you know you got your share
of the S5.000.00O they made in nine
months What the hell do you care
about the public? You're just the same
as that Judas Wilson he sold the whole
world to England and tyranny. and you
sold the public to the milk trust. Bu'
you got your reward for II. The Other
fellow Is dying already. and you'll get
yours"
"Now, / may not have paid much at
tention TO that letter." the Governor ex-
| planned were II not for the fact that
| as | read II over the second time l nnd
that It contains almost verbatim num-
| Der of headlines from the Hearst papers
| That is where that man got his idea
and that is where he got his inspiration
| and that is his idea Of this country and
his treatment for the President or any
| other public official
The Governor asked what there was
about him or his record that he should
be assailed by Mr.. Hearst.
| What can 1t be?" he inquired. ut has
got to be jealousy. 1t has got to be envy
II has got to be hatred, or II has to b'
something that nobody understands
that makes me come down here into The
city of New York, before this audience
and urge them to organize In this city
to stay the danger that comes from
these papers. TO the end that the health
| the welfare and the comfort Of thi:
people. OF the people OF this state. ma,
be promoted. and we may get rid OF thii
pestilence that walks In the dark"
II is understood that Col Thompson
chairman of the Committee OF One Hun
dred, will take steps within few day'
TO carry out the suggestion Of the or
ganization of a "Citizens Fair PLAY