The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-07-27
He Depicts the Inevitable Disaster That Would Fol-
low the Adoption Of Democratic Principles
and Presents an Admirable Plea for
the Continuance of National
Prosperity and Honor
makes An APPEAL TO ALL GOOD AMERICANS =.
PROUD OF The NATIONAL NAME and HONOR

Gov. Roosevelt, In his speech, at the
Auditorium, st. Paul. said:
Men and women Of MinnesotS, Of the
Northwest. of the United States. I thank
you for this greeting. Let mo thank you.
not for myself but for the party and the
country, because 1t augurs we'll to have
such bodies as this. such men and women
as are here tonight. assemble to take
thought of the policies that are to con-
troll our country.
II do not address you as a Republican
addressing Republicans. but as an Amer
lean addressing his fellow Americans.
urging them to stand for honesty
and the honor Of the flag. We have
come here to begin the work Of cam
paign more vital to American interests
than any that has taken place since tho
close Of the Civil war. We appeal not
only to Republicans. but to all good citi-
Gems that are Americans in fact as we'll
rs In name, to help US In re-electing Pres
1dent Mckinley. 1t was indeed of In
finite Importance to elect him four years
ago. Yet the need is even greater now.
Every reason which then obtained in his
favor obtains now. and many more have
been added. Four years ago the success
OF the Populistic-Democracy would have
meant fearful misery, fearful disaster at
home; 1t would have meant the shame
that is worse even than misery and dis
aster To-day 1t would mean all this.
and In addition the unreasonable dis
grace Of abandoning the proud position
we have taken. Of tlinching from the great
work we have begun.
president Mckinley has more than
made good all that he promised. or that
was promised on his behalf, and as the
smoke clears away we see how utterly
trivial are the matters because Of which
his administration has been criticised,
when compared with the Immense, SUBJ
stantial gains for American honor and in
terest which under that administration
have been brought about. We appealed
for President Mckinley before, asserting
what he would do II president from our
knowledge of what he had done in lesser
positions. Now we appeal for him, ask
Ing that the promise Of second term
be judged by the performance Of his hrst.
and pledging that the wonderful work 50
triumphantly begun In his first term shall
in his second be carried to an even more
triumphant conclusion.
I'VE ask support for President McKin-
Icy because Of what he has actually done.
OF what he now stands for and typifes.
and because Of the marvellous work that
has been accomplished under his admins
tration. We ask the support Of all up
right citizens because against him are
arrayed
The FcrceA of Chaotic Evil;
because Of the brOoding menace to our
moral and industrial welfare which In
implied in the present attitude and pur-
pose of the Populistic- Democracy.
1--WE know denaitely what VIC be-
lieve and We say 1t outright.
"Our opponents. who represent all
The forces of discomfort, malice and
envy. formed aDd formless, vague
know what they really do believe,
becnunc the principles they prOfess,
II put forth markedly, are SO revolt
ing, even to their own followers,
that they like at least to try to
wrap the mantle of hypOcrncy
around theL,. They rant about
trusts, but they have nothing prac-
ticable to advance in the way Of
remedy.
Nor Is this to be wondered at, when
one Of the makers OF their platform. the
representative from New York. and the
leader Of that organization In New; York,
are both themselves among the most
prominent stockholders in the worst trust
to be found to-day in the United States
the Ice trust. which has justly exposed
itself to the criticism which our oppo-
nents often unjustly apply to every form
Of industrial effort. They have invented
the imaginary danger Of Imperialism. and
about that they also rave. Yet 50 con-
scious are they Of the hollowness Of their
attack, 30 we'll aware that to follow
out their professions would mean to trail
the American nag In the dust, that they
are obliged to pretend that really after
all they are for expansion. After in
finite labor they finally did decide that
they still believed in free silver. This de-
cision was reached in their committee by
q vote of 70 to "a, so that it appears they
only have 81 per cent Of faith In their 49,
cent dollar after all. Even this amount
of faith they were able to reach purely
by the aid Of Hawaii. and yet four years
ago they objected as much to our ex-
pansion over Hawaii as they now object
to our expansion over the Philippines.
There issanw "a -.
.Elersent Of Grim Comedy
in those builders having now perforce to
take the one rejected stone to make out
of it the foundation Of their new plat
fem. z
'"Thelr only unequivocal position Is that
In favor OF free silver at ratio Of 10
to I. for they have sought at least u
make the pretenss Of qualifying, or at
least sof cloudins what they mean when
the. ask for, the relaxation ~ The bonds
Of Justice and order and the a6andonmene
Of our position a. q great nation man.
fully doing its part In the world work that
must be done by all great nations. True
to their nature, that have sought to sub
ordinate this one issue on which they take
decisive. stand: and they declare that
they have subordinated the question OF
free silver to other questions. Now, ~
q matter Of fact. they cannot decide
which one Of their various heresies; tho
people shall regard as most important.
The decision rests with the people them
selves; and those that are primarily in
terested in our financial honesty and In
dustrial wellbeing cannot admit that any
possible difference is caused by putting
the free silver plank In one rather than
another portion of the PLATFORM II -
man announces that he believes In the
doctrine Of cowardly surrender and also
In the doctrine Of reputation Of debts.
1t makes not the slightest difference ~
to the order in which he puts his two