The Washington times., 1927-12-20

Full Text Of Senator Norris Open Letter to Mr. Hearst
Resulting From Revelations in Mexico Inquiry

Of the company has shown, were
never sent. This il mauifestiy an
attempt on the part cf the Hearst
papers to deceive the people as TO
what the real facts were.
venom in Articles
The person reading the heading
and nothing else win get the idea
that Elias, the Mexican representa-
tive, was the fellow who destroyed
the kilograms, and that they can
not be produced because the Mexi.
can officials have destroyed them.
This il only a demonstration Of
the unfairness. yes, the venom, that
has run through all these articles
and that is being continued after
the truth is beginning to creep out.
It shows a malice that cannot ex.
ist in a heart that Ii pure or
moved by lofty motives.
What is your motive, Mr.. Hearst?
mittee that you have very valu.
able properties In Mexico. 1t IL
almost common knowledge that you
were in favor of the overthrow Of
the present government You evil
IDENTIFY believed that If revolution
could be started it would mean finan-
cial benefit for your investments
in Mexico For the sake Of making
a few paltry dollars you are willing
to blacken the character Of honest
journalists in your own profession.
You were willing to cast suspicion
upon the loyalty and the integrity
Of members Of the United States
Senate. You were willing to charge
that the president Of a friendly re.
public is a traitor to his country.
You were willing and apparently
anxious to do something that would
cause our Government to intervene
In Mexico.
In other words, for the sake of
your financial investments you
were not only willing to ruin the
reputation Of honest and innocent
men, but you were willing to
plunge our country into war with
a friendly neighbor and thus in.
crease the army of widows and or
phans and wounded and crippled
soldiers.
Because members Of the United
States Senate have not followed the
course that you believe they ought
to pursue, you were willing to 90
80 far as to ruin their regulations
and by faIsehoods drive them from
public life in disgrace and dishonor.
You wanted to show the power OF
the Hearst papers. You wanted to
let It be known that any public OF.
ficial who did not follow your com.
mand or your wish would, by such
dishonest and disreputable means,
be driven from public life. You
wanted to put fear into the hearts
OF men who were seeking public
office or who were seeking re.elec'
tiOn.
Strikes at Papers
You wanted them to xnow that the
Hearst papers would relentlessly
pursue, to the bitter end, those pub
lie servants who refused to bend the
knee to your unreasonable and dis
reputable demands You wanted i
known that you could put men Ou'
OF office at your own sweet will, and
that to retain office It was necessary
to follow you even to the extent ot
plunging our country into war.
But what is the use of tracing
these articles further? / have given
only q few samples. The same
venom and the same spirit runs
through them from END to end, and
II called attention to all Of the In
constituencies and to all Of the false
hoods It would require an article
practically as long as yOur continued
story that has been running foI
many days in your papers.
The record whicn yon have made
In this matter Is sufficient to place
your publications in disrepute In the
minds of all honest men and it dem
onstrates that the Hearst system OF
newspapers, spreading Ike q veno
nous web to all parts Of our coun
try, constitutes the sewer system Of
American Journalism.
GEORGE w. NORRIS.