The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-14
GOV. ROOSEVELT
ON CONSISTENCY.
Tells the People of Wafertown, 8.
D., What Democrats Have
Not Done.


WATERFOWL. S. D.. Sept. l3.-The
special train bearing the Roosevelt party
stopped this afternoon at Castlewood.
where Gov. Roosevelt addressed a large
crowd from the rear platform. A stop Of
an hour was made at watertown. small
town in Coddington county, which enjoys
the reputation of having sent more men
to the Spanish war relatively to the pop
ulation than any other county in the
United States. The meeting was in the
open air and Gov. Roosevelt was fol-
lowed by Gov. Shaw. OF Iowa; Senator
Nelson and Col. Lee Slower. Gov. Roose-
veit said in part:
with an effrontery which II is difficult
to determine certain of our Democratic
friends have the audacity to say that
they represent the principles Of the found
ers OF the Republican party. II they had
any feeling. or a drop of the blood that
ran In the veins of the great original
statesman who conducted the country
through the four years OF civil war. and
then gave up his life that his country
might live, they would turn with indigna-
tion from the candidate of Democracy
who speaks about the copsent of the gov
erned as regards the Philippines. knowing
that one of the chief chances of his cleo
tion and the absolute triumph of his party
consists in multiplying the doctrine in some
of the Southern states which Lincoln gave
his life to free.
IT want to sympathize with them as
party In being ashamed of their ances-
try. I congratulate ourselves upon the
fact that when we asked for the support
of the people we did not have to say
that though we are Republicans now II
must be understood we are not like what
Republicans were. but we are like what
Democrats were. We form a party of
coherent principles. and now, II the lead
ers of our party OF 1850 were alive. they
would find us quoting their words. and
acting up to their principles, and rising
up to bid them welcome In our councils
Our opponents say they belong to the
Democratic party, but they have none
of It's old principles left That is fine
confession of faith for a party to make
This country. In spite of the Democra-
cy, just keeps moving; when you move
the top OF any mass You move the bottom
too. AS we move along the Democrats
gradually move up and accept as true
what we have accomplished as true about
quarter OF a century before. Mr.. Bryan
now does not venture to quote the words
of any Democratic candidate for president
in 1860, 1864 and 1858. Now there Is not one
OF the Democrats that ever says word
about Hawaii. or quotes single express
sion that they used about Hawaii eight
years or six years ago. but they will soon
move up to the Philippines just as they
have moved up to Hawaii. and in two or
three years they will move UP past the
Philippine question:
Some False Doctrines.
",rhe doctrine OF the constitution follow
ing the flag has never been seriously
shown up by any set of staee9men In this
country save by the extreme Southern
A.t~ AwIf
preceding the civil war. There is an
other doctrine they have evolved sud-
denly and that Is the consent of the gov
erned: that no man shall he governed
without his consent. MIR. Bryan is elo-
auent about that, and they have expended
many columns of newspaper type In pro-
mitigating that idea. That Is when IL
applies TO the Philippines. but have seen
no word that hc has said In reference
to North Carolina, where the constitution
has Just been amended TO provide ex-
plicitly that the black man shall be gov
erned without his consent by the white
man.
"If Mr.. Bryan is sincere in uphold
ing the words Of Lincoln, If he is sin
cere in his upholding of the doctrine in
the Declaration OF Independence, let him
cut himself from association with those
who trample under foot those doctrines
al home Let him cease to base his chief
hope OF election to the presidency upon
violation here in America of the very doc
trines which he has falsely invoked in
the Philippines. The consent OF the SOW
erned doctrine was invoked from 1861 to
1885. and the gentleman who chiefly In
voked II was Jefferson Davis. president
OF the Southern repablic. who based his
argument In favor of secession upon the
fact that you could not govern the South
ern states or keep them tn the nation
against their consent because Il violated
the principles Of the Declaration Of In
dependence"