The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-18
POLICY.
Gov. Roosevelt Speaks on That Theme
to National Republican League.
VITAL CAMPAIGN TO AMERICA.
Success Of Popocrats Meant Disaster
and Misery at Home, and Shame
Abroad Support for McKin:
ley for What he Has Done-A
Learned and Comprehensive Speech.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 17.--At the
meeting Of the National Republican
League convention to-day, Governor
Roosevelt. of New York said In part:
Mr.. President and Gentlcmen:-We
have come here to begin the work Of a
! campaign more vital to Amerlcan,in-
{ terests than any that has taken place
3 since the close OF the Civil war. We
appealsnot only, TO Republicans, but TO
{ all good citizens who are Americans in
fact, as well as in, name, to help: IN
I re- electlng President Mckinley. 1t was
indeed OF infinite Importance to elect
e him four years ago. Yet the need is
even greater now. Every reason then
obtained in his favor obtains now; and
!, many more have been added. ( Four
years ago the success Of the Popnlistic
\ Democracy would have meant fearful
misery, fearful !dlsaster at home: I 1t
would have meant the shame thatsis
worse even than. misery and disaster.
z To-day 1t would mean all this, and In
addition the immeasurable disgrace OF
abandoning the proud position we have
taken, of 1inching from the grsat
work We have begun. President Nc
Klnley has more than made good all
+ that, he promised. or that was promIs-
r ed on his behalf, and as the smoke
clears away we see how utterly trivial
Z are the matters because Of which his
administration has been criticised,
when compared with the immense sub
! stnntlal gains for American honor and
interest which under that administra-
ton have been brought about We
] appealed for President Mckinley be-
fore, asserting what he would do Il
President, from our knowledge ofwhat
he. had done in lesser positions. Now
Z we appeal, for him asking that the
promise OF second term be judged by
the performance OF his first, and plclg-
Ing that the wonderful work SO ,trI-
umphantly begun in his rstterm shall
in, his second be carried to an even
more triumphant concluston.-
What He Stands For.
Wefask support for President Me-
Kinley because of what ne has actually
done, Of what he now stands for and
typifes and because of the marvellous
work that has been accomplished under
HIS administration. We ask the sup
port Of all upright citizens because
against him are arrayed the forces OF
chaotic evil. because OF the menace to
our moral and Industrial welfare which
4 Is implied in the present attitude and
{ purpose of the Populistic Democracy.
There is little need to argue against
+ free silver now. What need we say
against a doctrine which would work a
sweeping understandable revolution In
our financial SYSTEM, ind vet which Is
advanced by party system after q VIC.
lent contest. In which nearly half 0.
that party. has opposed It? At Kansas
City It took the Democrats Two days
to determine upon the free silver plank
in their platform. The rest Of the
planks did not need an hours work.
And yet they solennly ask that the
two days plank shall be relegated to n
secondary position. Indeed. II their at
titude on this question, were not full OF
I. such terrible possibilities of; tragedy to
J the nation, It would amount to n farce.
Ny fellow townsman, Mr.. Richard Gro.
ker. the arbiter OF theedestlnies ct the
New York Democracy, has recently
evolved a theory which Is entirely
worthy OF serious consideration by all
men who are willing to take the Kan.
sas City.conyentlon itself seriously. Mr..
Croker has announced that he thinks
Congress should change the ratio every
four years. SO that the only thing GER.
tain about our dollar would be that no
one ever could prophecy more than that
length of time in advance what II
would amount to. Mr.. Cookers party
associates. appear inclined, II is true, to
treat his views on finance with levlty
But in reality he is Just as much emil.
tied to serious treatment from them as
they are entitled to serious treatment
from US. 1t is hardly necessary 10 say
that not merely free silver, but the
very threat Of free silver would para
lyze our whole Industrial life, The