The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-08
ROOSEVELT RANTS
O BELTS AND CHAOS
Bryan's Success Spells Ruin
to Beet Raisers.
THEN FOLLOWS CHAOS
The Rough Rider Raves of Honor
and the Flag.
And Says the Only Way to Hold 1t There is
Never to Haul Down the Flag But
Keep Up the Fight Against
the FiIirilos.
(By the Associated Press.l


(By the Associated Pressl
Grand Rapids Mich, Sept. 7.-Gover-
nor Roosevelt arrived at this city at 6
O'Clock this evening, and was accorded a
grand street demonstration. Tonight he
spoke in the auditorium which was crowd
ed to its utmost capacity and later made
"a brief speech in Powers Theatre. Dur
ing his trip through Michigan today Col
onel Roosevelt made eight speeches, be-
ginning at Bay City at $3.50 o'clock in
the morning and ending at Hastings at
s o'clock. The crowds at the various stop
ping places during the day were large,
appreciative and responsive. The New
York Governor is pleased with his Western
reception, although he complains that he
is greatly overworked. He says that
while his health is robust and his
strength equal to any ordinary demand,
he will be glad when he crosses the
Michigan State line into another State
where the Central Committee does not
work it's candidates so hard. The Cover
nor goes to South Bend, Ind, tomorrow,
where he speaks at 5 O'Clock in the even
ing.
ROOSEVELTS IDEA OF HONOR.
Bay City, Mich, Sept. 7.-Governor
Roosevelt arrived here early this morning
He was driven to Central Avenue Park
escorted by a company of local Roosevelt
Rough Riders.
In his speech he said:
1.-THE great issue that we have before
us this year, is whether we shall continue
r;1 ynau n
chance to earn his living if he wishes to
do so. That is the great issue. We want
conditions such that "a man of thrift, in
dustry and business sagacity can use
those qualities to the best advantage.
Here in Michigan you know for your
selves without it being necessary for me
to say so, the infinite difference between
now and four years ago, in any of your
industries-in the beet sugar industry,
think of the difference now; think OF
what the conditions are now and that you
will deliberately plunge US back to in
dustrial chaos if you reverse the policy to
which the nation is now committed. That
is the greatest issue.
Secondly, Games the issue of keeping
the flag up in honor where it has been
placed in honor. You did not let us con-
tract in 1866 and we won't contract now.
1.-THE issue are the issues of national
prosperity and national honor. And the
American must give but one answer when
such questions are asked
The next stop was at Saginaw, where
the crowd about the station was even
greater than at Bay City. The Saginaw
Rough Rider Club, was on hand mounted
and clad in blue flannel shirts, army
trousers, leggins and sombreros. Cover
nor Roosevelt spoke from a stand erected
at Genesee and Jefferson streets. The
former street was literally packed FOR
three squares Only minority OF those
who saw the candidate could near him,
burt these cheered as loudly as the rest
Pointing to a motto carried by marcner,
Governor Roosevelt said:
1.-THE issue of the campaign is coa.a aimed
in that second placard: Let well enough
alone Old man, Well enough is Old
man good enough, and it is best TO let him
alone. We have been doing we'll year by
year and are doing better. Let the
American people have the good sense to
keep in office the good men under whose
administration we have achieved our
present prosperity. This is more than a
mere PARTY contest. We appeal to all the
old school Democrats because we can
trust the old school Democracy, especially
in this State, the State Of General Cass,
who was a Democrat of hard money and
EXPANSION
At Owosso, Colonel Roosevelt said
81 know you will not grudge my stat
ing that / feel especially pleased to see
here in the audience men who wear the
button that shows that in the years that
tried mems souls, from 81 to IS, they re-
sponded to the call of the country; and
exactly as in 1850 we had right to ask
that all good Americans should stand
together, no matter what might be their
party affiliations in the past, so now we
have q right to ask that all men VINO
wish their country well, materially and
morally, who are proud of the honor OF
the flag which you brought through TO
Appomattox. shall stand together when
we are threatened with dishonor. We
have already expended much in the Phil
ippines. 1t is now merely question II
we are going to go back; the land that
has been watered with the blood of the
bravest and best Of our youth is to be
turned back to be contested for by saw
ages or to fall prey to the first great
European power that chooses to take 1t.
eve have introduced into the Philip
pines not merely order, but we have
introduced liberty and such liberty as
they never have known before in their
history. The only way to which you can
get liberty to the ordinary Filipino is to
keep the flag up, and not to turn the is
lands over to the rule of a greedy and
bloodthirsty oligarchy.
81 wish / had an opportunity to talk to
you at length on more than one issue.
There is this difference between us and
our opponents in this campaign. 1t is
that we are willing to discuss at length
and to stand by our positions, not only
on every issue we raise, but on every
issue that they raise; whereas our oppo-
nents, headed by Mr.. Bryan, not only
won't talk on the issues that we raise,