The Saint Paul globe., 1896-10-16
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VITAL ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN
DISCUSSED PLAINLY BY MIR.
ROOSEVELT.
THE NOTE OF HYsTERIA
DOMINANT IN THE CAMPAIGN BE-
ING WAGED IN MIR. BRYAN's he
HALF.
AGAINST MORALITY AND ABILITY.
Appeal Is to the Spirit OF Social I'm
rest and to the Prejudice
of Class.
THE NOTE OF HYsTERIA
AGAINST MORALITY AND ABILITY.

CHICAGO, Oct. 15.-Theodore Roose-
welt, of New York. spoke at the Coli
scum tonight on the issues of the cam
paign- He had an immense audience
and was enthusiastically received His
remarks concerning Gov Altgeld
brought forth cheers from his Republi-
can hearers. The address, which was
quite long, covered all the vital issues
of the campaign, and the speaker
minced no words in making his points
plain to his audience AT the concIu-
sion Of his address Mr. Roosevelt was
given. repeated cheers He spoke in
part as follows:
1t is not merely school girls that have
mysteries Very vicious mob leaders have
them at times, and so do weIl-meaning dema-
gogaes wnen their heads are turned by the
applause OF men of little intelligence and their
MINDS inflated with the possibility of ac-
qu1ring solid leadership in the country The
dominant note in Mr.. Bryan's utterances
the note OF hysteria. For Mr.. Bryan we can
feel the contemptuous pity always felt for
| tne small man unexpectedly thrust into a
D1g place He does not lock we'll in a lions
skin, but that Is chiefly the fault of those
VINO put the skin on him. But in Mr. Alt
geiu case we see all too clearly the laws
ana hide OF the wolf through the heecy COW
er1ng. Mr.. Altgeld is a much more dangerous
man than Mr.. Bryan. He is much silver
mucn more Intelligent, much less silly, much
more Tree from all the restraints of public
morality. For America to put such men in
control Of her affairs would be such dis
honor as it is scarcely bearable to think Of
.ouf Ioes are Waging campaign which is
at bottom waged primarily against moraIitv
and ability. With the majority Of the men
VINO want cheap money, the silver dollar is
desired, not because Of any abstrllse the-
oI1es about the benefits of bimetaIlism hu+
because 1t is the first stop toward fat money.
Ihese men champion a silver dollar because
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they would champion copper dollar rather
tnan one of silver if copper could be made
an issue at the moment. But the Bryanites
40 not depend and cannot depend only unon
the cry OF cheap money. Dishonest finance is
cnly one OF their rallyfng cries. They wish
aiso debased judiciary and an executive
pIeuse not to interfere with violent ronhs
What they appeal to is the spirit of social nm
rest, the spirit Of discomfort Thev seek
10 rally to their banners all the forces that
make Tor social disorder and national de-
structIon. They bid for the support Of tha
Knaves who see their profit in social disturb
/ ance, hoping to find it, if they be dema
gosues, IN the shape of high office: or if thew
are more vulgar wrong -doers in the onnor,
the laws y
1t is both amusing and melancholy to see
the straits to which the apostles of this doc
trlnes are REDUCED the minute they in any
uegree endeavor to put it into practice. The
present movement was started largely in
agricultural communities and in order to an
peal to those among the farmers who were
olscontented, 1t was proposed to allow them
10 pay all their debts in money worth half
what it is at present. The largest creditor
class in the United States is the class of
wage earners, and now the Populist and Popo-
erat leaders lind themselves awkwardIv
placed when they endeavor to explain A.
the Workingman just how he is going fo he
penented by having his wages cut down one
nall. There are many of us who can swim
IN troubled waters; but the poorest is tha
most nelplesS; the men who now find il the
ost ,ll,3s a,iheuH to live are the very people
VINO would go down soonest in the storm
Mr. Bryan is very apt to rail at the creditor
class he forgets that the largest class Of
creditors In this country is the class of wage
earners. Under free silver these wages would
be worth half what they are now IF tbara
were great imitation Of the currency the
prices would go up rapidly; wages might
alter while go up a little, but they would %
very slowly and never as high as prices.
Many of the arguments Of our foes are diff
cult to meet, simply because they are SO ab-
surd that 1t is hard to speak patiently ahon+
them. Mr. Bryan is fond of denouncing not
only those who lend to private individuals
what those private individuals Urgently need
but also those who in the time of the ma
tons need loaned the nation itself the nnonav
with which to carry on the national business
lt IS true that we had to pay altogether ton
nigh rate of interest for some of the honds
which have been recently issued but This uras
que, more than any other one cause to the
Iact 1nat Mr.. Bryan and his associates of the
rIepuolatlon I stamp. by their antics made the
loan dangerous. With proper tariff and a
proper financial system we would not have tn
borrow at all. Mr. Bryan and his associates
then insisted and insist that we ought
to cheat the men who loaned money to fhe
government out of half their loan. Just so
long as there is a possibility Of the American
people possessing sense Of honor so blunted
as to make such a man president, just SO long
tney Will have to pay a high price for their
folly. 80 'Aeii
Mr.. Bryan and his supporters, Messrs. Alt
geid, 11lman and the rest, preach not merely
CLASS hatred, but sectional hatred They
strive to make you people Of the mighty
west Deileve that we, your brothers in blood
and feeling, whose homes are in the East arc
AMEN in interest to you. We of the East glory
in the West. All that the East asks now IS
to do as it so often has done before and helm
place Westerner in the White house we
believe that this campaign should be waged
on the moral, even more than the material
Issue We appeal to no class and to no sec
ton; we appeal to all the citizens Of this land
alike, merely as Americans. We ask Won tn
vote against Mr.. Bryan, not merely because
ms success would mean the impoyerishment
OF the people and the trouble of the rich the
breaking up of homes the despair Of strong
men and the hungry misery Of the women and
children, but because the laws of right and
justice bid you to oppose him. No nation can
long hold its place IN the world il it does moi
strive to live up to lofty ideal; and we ask
you to Join in the overthrow of the enemies
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