The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-07
Governor Roosevelt Opens His
Western Campaign Tour.
In a Speech at Detroit to Large
Audience.
QUOTES CARL SCHURZ
And the Democratic Presiden-
tial Candidate.
Predicts That Calamity VIII
Follow Democratic Success.

Detroit, Mich, Sept 1.-THE first meeting
of Governor Roosevelt's western tour,
which was held in the big assembly room
Of the Detroit Light Guard armory last
night, was all that the governors most
ardent partisans could have desired in
point of attendance and enthusiasm. The
floor and galleries of the great han were
crowded Many were on the outside, I'M
within ~ hearing distance The vice presi-
Dental candidate received tremendously
up through one of the Side aisles. A large
proportion of the audience stood upon
1t was with difficulty that the shouts
could be appeased and silence restored so
as to permit the meeting. to proceed.
When Governor Roosevelt arose to speak
the great crowd arose almost en- masse
and remained standing and shouting for
some time The governors speech occu-
pied about an hour in delivery, and was
listened to throughout with thoughtful at
tention- Governor Roosevelt gave the
audience an object lesson when he assert
ed that our soldiers in the Philippines had
less to. fear from any body of armed ban
platform and the success of the Demo
cratic ticket He said fve members of the
them to stand up that the audience might
Fourteenth infantry at Fort Wayne, who
occupied a front seat when thus invited,
claimed Governor Roosevelt, behold your
tyrants,' The audience shouted with
governor, 1--WE soldiers, to four thousand
people in this audience, which is a larger
the percentage of the regular army bears
TO the whole number of the people of this
Governor Roosevelt said in part:
IN this campaign the issue OF over
continue or abandon the governmental
policy which has brought this country to
ana which has kent the national honor
unstained, both at home and abroad To
9sssllIDerately undo the Work would ns 70
throw us into dreadful Industrial chaos.
The Kansas City platform commits our
terial disaster and moral disgrace; which
further means upsetting the courts, the
violation OF the nations faith in financial
matters, and the unworthy abandonment
of our duty abroad.
If you think 1 am using strong Ian
guage. let me read you from Mr.. Carl
Schurz's speech in Chicago, September 5,
1885, in which he says.
And at what price will the ultimate
result be gained in case of Mr.. Bryan's
election7 At the price of the most vio-
lent and destructive crisis on record. such
sudden srbversion Of the standard of VAL
'ues and of the whole business credit At
the price of indefinite business paralysis
and distress. At the price of the ruthless
spol1auon OF the saving accumulated by
the toiling masses At the price of rob-
blng our war veterans of half the. value of
Increasing the number of unemployed by
clscouraging enterprise, and of curtailing
work. At the price of the respect of the
world for our intelligence and practical
sense And worse, far worse than all
never been forfeited since the republic
was born--at the price of the greatest
good a nation can possess and for the
Preservation Of which it should shed its
last drop of blood-at the price of our ma
uonai honor For this nation, so rich and
powerful would stand before the world
as ? Wantons reckless repudiator, as moth
ing better than a fraudulent bankrupt.
This VIII be the cost Of the experiment.
Are you willing to pay the price?s
Mr.. Bryan stood in 1886 has been reaffirn-
cd without the alteration of a letter and
with an explicit reaffirmation of the free
stlXer plank to which Mr.. Schurz particu-
larry referred Mr.. Schurz told the exact
truth in his scathing speech of 1896. and
therefore what he said then is of course
the exact truth today.
I'VE have a right to insist upon both
any party who appeal for popular conf
1.sness row let US see II we can trust
the wisdom of our present opponents by
comparing their prophecies In '96 with the
actual events since.
IN 1896. Mr.. Bryan insisted that splutoc-
racy was on one side and Democracy on
the other speech of October ID and
that IL he was beaten the wage worker
would not prosper Well, as & matter
-FOUR years has prospered as never before:
and the same is true of all other citi-
s.Qn September 10 of that year Mr.. Bryan
said: If we are defeated in this ca M
patEn there is nothing before the people
ss s 1eus a zfa 0rT b OF saFS smss and
Nies with It It's own reply. Have the last
four years been easier or harder than the
that they have been lnfiniteiy better: ana
II Is tnefRepublican party which has re-
stored prosperity, for it has secured the