The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. THE SHOOTING OF ROOSEVELT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 45, 16 October 1912, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. THE SHOOTING OF ROOSEVELT.

Tkq news of the attempted; assassination of ex-Premier Theodore ißoosevelt comes somewhat as a shock, ' anc arouses once more latent .interest ir. the American presidential election, about which comparatively little hat been said of late. That Mr Roose velt is not very seriously wounded comes as a relief, and we may sincerely hope for his speedy full recovery. The act was undoubtedly that of some poor, weak-minded wretch, and no more serious import can possi'oiy bo attached to it. From a campaigning point ol view, however, the matter may have its good uses, for surely nothing so theatrical in the career of this rather famous public poser has occurred than his behaviour after being shot, as recorded by the cablegrams we publish to-day. To decline to allow a medical man to examine his injuries, and to then attend a meeting and deliver a political address with a bullet concealed somewhere in his anatomy, makes a pretty story—and it may or may not be true as at present pictured. The incident, in any case, will be made to do full duty and may have a very big iniluence on the election which will be decided next month. The supporters of Mr Roosevelt certainly wanted something to happen to' give things a shake up, for at the end of August, according to a statement published in New York, Mr J. Pierpont Morgan decided to support President Taft in the election campaign; This came as an unwelcome surprise to the Roosevelt party, but they have endeavoured to turn it to advantage by saying that, while Mr Roosevelt's opponents accuse him of accepting trust support, they are only too willing to accept help from the greatest trust magnate in America—" The Money King." Mr Morgan is reported to have remarked that while the attacks of the Taft Administration were detrimental to the best financial interests of the country lie preferred to support the only man who had a definite policy and a party. Dr. "Woodrow Wilson apparently has no definite policy, and Mi 1 Roosevelt is in a worse case because he has no party. Though Mr Morgan may have been fairly near the mark, the act o! crazy Sclirank—the lunatic who bred at Roosevelt—may have unlooked-for results.