The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-09-30
ROOSEVELT AT AKRON,

The speech delivered by Governor
Roosevelt at Akron, Ohio, a few DAYS
ago, was characteristic of the man. Like
the soldier that he is, he charged right
up to the enemy's guns and fairly swept
everything before him. Every politi-
cal Issue upon which Republicans and
Democrats differ was discussed in a
manner that made it impossible for the
public not to understand just where the
two parties stand. and to convince those
who set country before party, who are
not blinded by prejudice, that depar-
ture from the policy of the Republican
party would result disastrously to the
nation!.S 20
He doubted the sincerity the Demo-
cratic leaders. who, he said, had raised
false Issues to misiead the people.
TIE squaring of ones deeds" he
above. all others which we should exact
fromp1b!l; men a1d from the spokes-
men'Cf-' great parties, whether these
Spokesman appear upon the stump or
speak through the platforms of their
parties. II the spokesman of a party
do not and cannot believe what they
say. whether IN thesway of denuncia-
ton or promise. and especially if they
promise Vi lat they know they cannot
per orm, and what is palpablv intended
not TO result IN performance, but in
vote getting at the moment, then they
insult the conscience and the intelli-
gence Of every freeman fit to exercise a
ireeman's privilege"
The Democratic party wished to dis
cuss fhe question of trusts, an economic
question, and of expansion. and TINS
ayoht the mair question, the silver
question, and thus win the support of
the gold Democrats by making them
believe that the silver question was not
4 live issue, but he held, as all intelli-
gent men do, that it is, and must be, a
rltaE.issne, until it is repudiated by the
Democratic party.
The Democratic party were denounc-
ing.trusts, hut had proposed no rem
cdy: They pretended that the tariff
favored trusts, vet they knew that the
Standard Oil and the Sugar trusts, and
the New York Ice trust, of which Rich
ard Croker. Il frustrating Democrat. is
the, head, are utterly unaffected bv the
tariff. They might exist tariff or no
tariff
Referring to the present tariff ard its
elect upon the nation generally as com
pared with the Democratic tariff, he
asked:
Are you or are YOU not better Off
than YOU Were SIX Years ago? The
farmer, the tradesman, the man with
tie dinner pail, the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
these men as 4 whole better off than
they were six years ago?
To, DENY that the people are better Off
would be to deny the evidence of our
senses, and it therefore follows that to
deny that change of tarlff.as proposed
by the Democrats, would result dsas-
trouslv to the country would be to DENY
the evidence OF our senses. the fruit of a
sad experience OF Democratic rule.
We"(;he Republican patrv) said the
speaker. stand for CONFIRMATION Of the
conditions which have brought 1,rns-
perity to us. We stand for an inteili
gent effort to wipe ont any wrong that
may ARISE without substituting n tenfaid
greater evil. FIuaily, we sand formp-
holding the traditional American policy
ot deterding the honor of the American
people in The face Of anv foreign foe
and of giving free outlet to the vigorous
aud Astounding strength oil the nation"
g In this crisis We appeal not merely
I" party but beyond party; we apreaI
II all good 'ciiRPnS 10 all patrIotic
Americans, Ia stand with us as we up
hold -hnaurlal integrity and the condi-
tons which make for matt rial prosper-
i'v at home. a we uphold the honor O!
the tag and the interests of the nation
abroad"
DISCUSSING the question OF expansion
he SAID that the anti-expansionists an
vocated THE diehonor of American arm.
aud the trailing o. the, American flag in
e.r!uSt. and placed themselves outsi,ie
ihe. rank of of proper party opponents.
AMI make themselves merely the en-
enles OF the naiirn as whole. as al
really by their action on Ike currency
They have shown themsel, as to be the
enemies of honesty with;n the nation.
The same burden of shame rests on
the men who preach the creed of the
weakling and the coward IN their own
safe homes now, While our soldiers sire
fighting valian'ly in the tropic lands
of the eastern seas and are bearing or
wtrds1he Tag o. our country in a cause
tEatsfs not only the canse Of America,
but tlte cause Of civilization and hui
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