Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-09-06
aTeELD ANSWERS ROOSEVELT.
Extract From Illineis' eevsrncrs Great
Speech. Delivered Before Ohio As
soeiation Of Demceratie Clubs
at Toledo, August !, 1900.

81 Toledo, August !. 1900.
Recently o gentleman in New
York who had become famous for
having been alone in Cuba-a gen.
tleman who has adopted as his life
motto or coat Of arms two "P'S'
and double 49," which four let
ters signify "pompous posing" and
strenuous strutting"-left the
capital Of New York and vent to
Sc. Paul and delivered speech to
al association of Republican clubs.
The speech has not, from Begin
ming to end, a single argument or
q single accurate historical refer
erence ; a speech that 10 made up of
invective, misrepresentation and
vituperation.
Ordinarily the speech would not
be noticed even in o country news
paper, but inasmuch as il was made
by q man whom Tom Platt has per-
mitted to be Governor Of New York,
as it was made by man whom the
trusts Of America have selected to
preside over the Senate of the Uni
ted States, in order that their inter-
ests may DO secured, inasmuch as
it was msde by q man who is a can
didste for the suffrages of the
American people, inasmuch as it
was made by a man who is relied on
to secure the perpetuation Of the
regime Of hypocrisy and revolution
in the White House, who is relied
on to help make the grasp and con-
troll of British influence over our
people still more complete, / will
notice this speech to see the kind
Of misrepresentation that the Re-
publican party feels compelled to
resort to.
Referring to the Democrats, he
said: "They stand for lawlessness
and disorder, for dishonesty and
dishonor, for license and disaster
at home, and cowardly shrinking
from duty abroad"
/ This is q reflection on the intelli-
gence and patriotism and the hon.
or of every Democrat in the country.
It IL personal insult to the six
and one-half million of men who
supported Mr.. Bryan in 1896, and
to the eleven million of freeman
who are going to support him in
1900.
The question arises Is this the
language of q sincere and discreet
man, and therefore worthy of no.
tice, or is it simply the hysterical
rant of political mountebank, and
therefore to be treated with con.
tempt. I?
lie gives no facts and advances
no arguments in support Of this
charge. 1t is simply an asser-
ton. He puts himself in evidence.
Aside from truthfulness, it involves
his sincerity and discretion.
Incidents Of Public Career.
Who, then, 10 this man, and what
10 his history? Personalities are
offensive and / will not indulge in
them. But, surely, when We are
thus brutally assaulted we may ask
who it is that is berating us.
/ will notice only o few Of the
incidents Of his public career, which
throw light on the question Of his
sincerity and discretion. / find it
recorded that years ago he was q
member Of the New York Legisla-
ture, and on one occasion he reused
the hopes Of the country by making
q speech against q class which he
called the criminal rich. But he
at once dashed these hopes by turn
ing around and voting with and for
these very criminal rich whom he
had denounced.
In the years 1s97-S he held q
Federal Office in Washington, and
in order to escape paying his taxes
in New York he signed an affidavit
and swore before the everything
God that he was not Q citizen Of
New York. IL this was true, then,
under the constitution Of New
York, he would not have been elig-
ible for the Governor of that State.
By subsequently accepting Q nomi.
nation and election to that Office
he showed that he did not believe
his own affidavit, This being so,
may it not be that he does not be-
lieve the charge that he has made
against rs?
Kilied a srsniard.