Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-08-20
ROOSEVELT EXPLAINS
10 Gen. John N. Palmer What Nc Really Did
Say at st. Paul.

New York Aug. is-Gov. Roosevelt at
Oyster Bay, l.. f., today, gave OUT lof
publication letter Which ne bau Wiz !,
Springfield H.. relative 10 the st Paui
speech made by the governor IN which ne
had been quoted as making derosatory
remarks concerning Democrats. Inc let
NV Dear General Palmer notice that
In your recent very manly interview stat
ing why you could not support the Popu-
listic Democracy ana the hd iI,,a ts
platform and nominees. you aiIude 10 a
statement | was supposed 10 nave made,
attacking Democrats generally In my St
Paul speech.
which was no; merely garbled but falsi-
fled | stand by this speech absolutely
and have nothing TO explain in connec-
ton with ii. but | do wish TO point out
where it's meaning was deliberately IN
verted.
II do not feel that this is in the least
a merely party campaign. / feel that We
have "A right To appeal TO all good citizens
whether in the past to have been Repub-
licans Or Democrats. no matter what
their political affiliations have been, 10
stand in with US now.
appeal not only TO Republicans, but 70
all good citizens who are Americans IN
fact as well as in name, 70 help US in re-
electing President Mckinley.
IL ended by saying study the Kansas
City platform and you cannot help real
izing that their policy tthe policy OF its
makers and SPONSORS is "A policy Of in
fanny. mat their triumph would mean
misery 20 widespread that II Is almost
unthinkabe and a disgrace 50 lasting
that more than a generation would have
to DaSs before II could be wiped out
They stand for lawlessuess and disorder
for dishonesty ana d!shonor. for license
ana disaster at home. and cowdrdly
shrinking from duty abroad
We ask the support " all Americans
who have the welfare Of the country at
heart. no matter what their political
affiliations have been IN the past. W.
ask the support ~ an sound headed men
who do not wish 10 see our material we'll
being swallowed up in al abyss of dis
aster
lieve in civic decrnry ANA shrink from
the tunt ~ financial ulshunyr. ana We
appeal % All brave men who are proud
OF the national name and reputation. and
ask them To see to IL that We are not
Inundated before mankind and that We
30 not abandon th- position We have
taken in the forefront pt the great ma
tons ~ the earth.
You viii see that mere ! most explicit
ly draw the line between the men who
support and ask support for the Kansas
City platform and All other citizens.
feel that. d q matter w fact. the great
est credit possible Is due 10 men like yuU.
my dear sir, and to the other Cold Dem
oCrats who. four years ago. stood and
now stand tpr national honor
II hold up the policy advocated in the
Kansas City platform, H- q base ami
cUwardly policy, ~ emphasize our right
- appeal to the countless thousands Of
high minded Democrats who abhor base
ness and cuwardice and are quick 10 s"-
and disOwn them. We appeal 10 these
Democrats tp strike hands with ms ut this
crisis 81 THE nations history. for they
nave been better IN the hous. ~ their
friends: ami II they arc far-slzhtel. they
must necessarily sac that every principle
Of courage. OF patriotism and Of national
self-respect demands that they have been
Al this moment betrayed. just as under
similar circumstances the Northern Dem
ocrats during the Ctvil War rcpudiattd
the principles OF the men like Nailanding-
ham. just as in lSl2-l4 the Northern Fed
eralists repudiltvd their party under like
conditions.
In short. ! feel that the Kansas city
platform makers ana their followers have
forfeited the right 10 appeal To any Dem
ocrat who Is keeniy sensitive to the ma
tional honor.
They claim the late General Lawt0n
was a Democrat. Doubtless h. was aL
one time, but the bjtterest arr4iEnmeut
OF the Kansas City platform IS contained
in the " Ords l-aWtOa wrote just before
mis- death: II am shot by Filipino bull
let. ii might as We'll come from ms own
men. because | know from Observations
confirmed by captured prisoners. that the
continuation Of the lighting IL chiefly Cue
TO reports that are sent out from
America
Very respectfully yours
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.