New-York tribune., 1920-09-18
"The Crime Origin %
Cunning lnsinuation of Reckles
Demdgogues
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Without an instant's hesitation
The Tribune strikes at the very heart
of the Wall Street explosion. Your
leading editorial pierces far below the
awful effects of the tragedy, with it's
CHASTITY list of death and carnage, and
discloses its basic cause.
For q quarter of a century reckless
political demagogues, radical leaders
OF labor and other organizations, and
equally dangerous newspapers - for
their own selfish advancement-have
been deliberately arousing class hatred
in our land. Sometimes directly.
sometimes through cunning insinua-
ton, they have sown seeds of explosive
thought, utterly regardless of conse-
quences which inevitably would follow.
Now some of the results are seen.
Who are those reckless demagogues,
which are those newspapers, year after
year inculcating distrust of our gov
eminent, hatred of men and women
successful III business, contempt for
our courts, for law, order, thrift-for
all that American civilization means
at it's highest and best?
Does William Jennings Bryan, for
instance, remember his violent mouth
ings back in 1896 and 1900; his fren-
zled speeches about a "cross of gold" ?
Does he imagine that no effect fol-
lowed his declaration that The great
Eastern states of our beloved land
were "the enemy's country"? Does
bryan, do his political and newspaper
associates of those wild campaigns, to-
day imagine they are in no way re-
sponsible for arousing and nourishing
an anarchistic spirit which bears its
latest and logical fruition in the Wal.
Street explosion?
And how about the present Demo-
cratic candidate for President? For
nearly month Governor Cox has been
declaring before great audiences that
vast money interests have combined to
raise huge corruption fund and with
1T buy the Presidency Of the United
States and the next President. Not
one iota Of proof has Cox produced in
support of mis- monstrous charge. He
has even refused to testify before the
Senate investigating committee. Yet
while discreetly silent about pro-Ger-
man editorials in his wspaper--he
declares again and again that an or
of al
citizens arc engaged in gigantic con-
splracy to nullify that part of the Con-
stitution which provides for holding
fair and honest Federal elections-in
plain language, to foment and achieve
revolution of our government, no
less a revolution because of political
rather than military nature. That is
what Governor Coy's words mcan-if
they mean anything--when translated
into statements of alleged fact
Does Cox imagine that he has no
responsibility for arousing hatred and
distrust among those of unbalanced
minds, as among propagandists of Boil
shevlsm and promoters of anarchy in
various forms, who are present in
every considerable community? And
how about Cox's supporters in the
press, his political associates, the null
titude Of Democratic campaign orators
now shouting forth in every town of
the land that the Republican party, "a
creature of Wall Street." is determined
to "kill the League of Nations and
throw the world back into its former
strife and bloodshed"?
ONE NATIVE AMERICAN.
New York, Sept. II, 1920.