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Show ( . ROOSEVELT'S DETRACTORS. M Thc Standard has been directing attention to the outrageous H slanders perpetrated by the Taft press. This paper has reproduced H some of these libels to prove that Roosevelt, in his bitterest mood, H L could nofc t0 severely lash his traducers in oi-der to inflict on them H the punishment they deserve. We are called on again, by an ar- H. ticle 3n tfle editorial columns of the Salt Dake Tribune, to make g - note of tlie fact that in defaming Roosevelt's character the Taft I papers are indulging in the vilest tirade of abuse that editors trained in vituperation can command. Here is a sample of scurrility which the Tribune approvingly . reproduces: The New York Journal of Commerce & Commercial Bulletin 'qnotes a Latin adage, "Ira furor brevis est," to the effect that 'anger is a brief madness," as describing Roosevelt's outburst of y wrath whenever ho is opposed or criticised. And it suggests that H Roosevelt is "subject to intermittent madness" which is in danger H ' ; f(f becoming chronic. It refers to his reply to President Taft as L J i ' ',,wild and whirling words," and aa an alarming symptom of the ; temporary madness indicated. j i Henry Wattereon, in the Louisville Courier-Journal, speaks of I Roosevelt in his campaign: "The man is a maniac." He knows H not clearly what he does or says. Never an utterance of his will H bear djHCussion or dissection. Never an act of his can be defended." j , lhe Kentucky editor thinks Mr. Taft might better have "taken a . - ( orter cufc't0 the truth' and merely said, "I personally know that K- Theodore Roosevelt is of unsound mind and I refuse to fight a mad- ft men." IBP 1 ThJs fa tlle Bnme Roosevelt, in words, thoughts and deeds, to U hom these same papers a few years ago gave their allegiance and I Tords of adulation. ? I , Has Roosevelt changed or havc the masters of thc papers W changed? We can guess tho answer that nine out of every ten per- H I s?n wil1 vo- Th&y will find tie papery guilty of base incon- "f"' ! sistency and unworthy vilification,, prompted' by the mercenary, L; V 1 censors who control a big fraction of thc newspapers" tho coimtrv. No reasonable mnn can do other than concede. .that. Roosevelt is of brilliant mind and high purpose and above all true to his principles. prin-ciples. If that constitutes madness, let us pray that all our leaders be stricken mad. |