The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-06
TRUMPET BLAST
Governor Roosevele's Ringing
Call to Duty.
HIS GREAT AKRON SPEECH.
Full Text Of His Arraignment Of
Democratic Insincerity.
FREE SILVER CAN'T CURE TRUSTS
The Bryan-McLean Philippine Policy
a Creed of Shame.
PERFORMANCE SQUARES PROMISE
FREE SILVER CAN'T CURE TRUSTS
PERFORMANCE SQUARES PROMISE


structive statesmauship Proves 1t to
Be the Only Party Which Can Be
rrusted to Remedy the Abuses of
which the People Complain.
Akron, o., Sept. 23.-The address OF
Governor Theodore Roosevelt today at
the opening of the Republican cam
paign has had few equals in brilliant
sloquence and convincing presentation
If the great issues which are now be-
fore the people, in the history OF the
state. The gallant hero OF the Rougn
Riders was given a great ovation, ana
1 tremendous crowd packed Grace park
% hear him speak. 1t is safe TO say
that nobody within the reach OF his
voice was disappointed. They had ex-
oected a great deal, but Teddy fully
came up to their expectations.
The meeting was presided over by
Judge N. D. Tibbals of this city, and
was the greatest rally at the opening
,f a political campaign that has been
aeld in Ohio.
The speech in full is as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Fellow Republicans:
1 come to speak to you today because we
recognize throughout the nation that the
contest this year in Ohio is not, and can
not be anything but national contest. IL
Is idle to say 1t Is local-yes, and worse
| than idle-it is dishonest to make such an
assertion where the Democratic PLATFORM
\ lays it's special stress upon national ques-
tions
/ intend to discuss the issues raised and
| the issues avoided in this platform and by
| the chosen Democratic orators and repre-
| sentatives Before doing so, however, 1
| want, with all the emphasis at my COM
| mand, to point out to you one thing. The
value of a political party, and the worth
! to the nation of a public man, must depend
very largely upon their sincerity; and, in
| deed. the worth of a nation can be to
certain extent gauged by the sincerity 1t
| exacts from its public men and Its parties
If party raises an issue which 1t knows
is a false issue, merely for the hope OF car
| rying an election, then that party shows In
the most striking way that it is the enemy
Of the country and unfit to be 1ntrusted
with its government. The squaring OF one
deeds with ones words is the quality above
all others which we should exact from pub
lie men and from the spokesmen of great
parties whether those spOkesmen appear
upon the stump or speak through the plat
forms of their parties. If the spokesmen
of a party do not and can not believe what
they say, whether in the way OF denuncia-
tion or promise, and especially If they
promise what they know they can not per-
FORM and what Is palpably intended not to
result In performance but in vote getting
at the moment, then they insult the con-
science and the intelligence Of every free
man tit to exercise a freeman's privilege.
| Democratic Insincerity.
This Is Just what the Democratic party
| In Ohio has done at this time, and just
| what it's leaders, national and local, from
the top down, are doing when they speal
| on expansion, on trusts and on free silver
For an honest difference of opinion and
belief we can all entertain the hearties1
, , respect But when issues are raised in {
purely demagogic spirit, not with a view
to bettering bad conditions, but with thu
purpose of securing office for certain poll
ticfans, at no matter what ultimate cost t.
3 the people, we have right to denounce IL
the strongest terms the men raising them
1t Is the sincere belief of all right-mindet
men who have the welfare of the natiol
close at heart that the position taken b.
, the Ohio Democracy, speaking In realit.
for the national Democracy in this cam
paign Is one destructive of national pros
| perity at home and of national homo
abroad. Moreover, 1t is impossible to avoi
4 the conviction that their leaders know tina
J. this is true, but are willing to plunge tn
y country into any disaster, provided onl
they can persuade a sufficient number o
| dupes to put them where they can gratif
their greed for office-their thirst fo
. power
Now and In 1861.
should not use such language in an orc
nary political contest. l use it now as
should have used it had been alive durin
the years of the civil war. The men whor
we are now fighting champion a caus
| which In its essentials is the same as tina
D. championed by the dough face and the col
perhead 81 years ago. They vote the wa
failure now as they voted it a failur
tnen. They mouth with hypocritical an,
iety about a free press they di
then. They attack the nations credit an
financial honesty now as they did theI
and exactly as in those days, when the
struck at an evil, they struck at 1t insil
cerely, so they strike insincerely at an
real abuse of the present time, offering 4
remedy, and standing ready to hampt
those who would really offer one: an
when they propose a remedy, 1t Is a mea
- pre which would aggravate ten times wha
ever of evil actually exisf.
Free silver Live Issue.
! There is not an issue they raise on whic
4 we are not more than anxious to meet the
Z more than half way, and on at least one
1 the Issues you will see that they will Il
4 as far may be to shuttle out of anythir
4 more than a perfunctory repetition Of the
II former position. They wish to discuss II
b question of trusts, economic questio
4 and of expansion, which Is really the que
~ tiOn of upholding abroad the honor Of Il
flag and the interests of the nation, al
of making us rise to level to our duties
q a world power.
a They hope to avoid much discussion
! the silver question much discussion
their advocacy of dishonest dollar, trus
Ing that thereby they shall be enabled
say to the believers in free silver that tn
es are heartily in favor of it. and yet to fo
ng ngS the men who stand for sound finance
or explaining to tkem that that question
really relegatef to the rear and IL not