The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-02
THE ROUGH RIDER GETS ROUGH
USAGE BY ILLINOIS FORMER
GOVERNOR
ANSWERS TO ST, PAUL SPEECH
THE "POMPOUS POSING" AND
'esTRENUOUs sTRUTTING" HERO
OF SAN JUAN ENFILADED
GIVES NEW WORKERS RECORD
His Record as a Tax DOdger Shown
Up-His Cuban RenOwn Due to
WeII-Managed Press
bureau.

TOLEDO, o., Aug. IA light attend
ance marked the second Cay meeting Of
the convention OF the Ohio Democratic
clubs. The principal speech Of the meet
ing was delivered tonight at the Lyceum,
by former Gov. Altgeld. of Illinois. He
spoke in reply to the address of Gov.
Roosevelt before the National League OF
Republican clubs at st. Paul.
Gov. Altgeld said:
There are only two principles or sys-
tens of government known to man-GoV-
ernment by brute force and government
by consent of the governed. The one Is
applied from without, and is represslVe,
and in the end, destructive, because ii
arrests growth; while the other works
from within, is evolutionary and progress
siYe.
Government by force has existed for
thousands of years, and its tendency is
everywhere the same: 1t has checked
growth, arrested development, cowed the
nobler aspirations of man, stunted the in
tellect, and covered the earth with suf-
fering and misery.
Government by consent of the governed
stimuates the higher aspirations of man.
people reach their h'A her capabilities,
not in one line, hut in all lines. they
reach the highest standard OF manhood
and womanhood. the highest ideals Of
dons Of the earth have been great in
proportion as they recognized the prin
eiple Of freedom.
The principle of government bv consent
pf the governed was first applied in its
broadest sense in the formation of the
fepuoic, and it worked n revolution in
human society. 1t has given the world
more progress in 'one century than it
echieyed IN the fifty or sixty centuries Of
recorded time.
Not only has this given us the marvel
00VplOnmPOt Of 10
hent, but ii has made us the most poten-
hal nation on the globe. For a third of
century our nation has been the great
psf world power on earth; not through
Its armies or its naVies, or It's display Of
material splenGOr, or its brute force; but
through its high ideals. through it's high
Ftanoards of justice, it commanded the
respect, the confidence and the admira-
ton of mankind, and has drawn after it
all the peoples Of the earth.
We have seen the spectacle of a major
general of the United States army who
was sworn to defend the constitution and
was paid a salary by the government for
uniform and tell an assembly of wine
urinking magnates that the constitution
was no longer binding.
NOW, after a career of UNPARALLELED
BplepdOr, after having oeen the hope of
the human race for a century, after haV-
I1g shaped the civilization of the age, it
is soIenniy proposed to abandon the prin-
elples that made us great, to come down
FROM the heights where we have been
peckonirg the nations and to get on the
lower plane of brute force 6nd enter irtc,
p scramble with the despotic nations of
the earth in an attempt to plumber weak
er people. Incredible as it may seem, at
the close of this marvellous century
which Is the child Of the Declaration Of
independence, We are asked to go back
TO those principles which have cursed the
world for thousands Of years. and which
again given sway, will bring back tie
dark ages"
EVERY METHOD OF PLUMBER.
For forty years the Republican party
pas controlled the policies of this govern
ment while during that time the Demo-
Erats twice elected president yet DUR
Ing one term they did not have control
OF congress-, and during the other nothing
was done that changed the policy of the
government l wish to speak kindly ot
the Republican party; it came into the
world with great mission, and when
guided by Lincoln it stood for justice,
equality and humanity: but with the
Wlplng out of slavery its mission was
performed and it passed into the hands
Oh corruptlc nists until it stands for ex-
pctly the opposite principles of those that
dent. 4e'i
Since the Civil war every method of
plunder that genius of man could invent
has been practiced; government has heap
used to enrich the few ~
Through the special privileges obtained
i from the government great combinations
ana syndlcateS known as trusts have
been Formed, which are today devouring
the substance of the American people
IEI Wilicn ~ contrQI % every great industry ali
tbe means OF transportation control the
money of the country, have destroved
Ihe small, Independent men Of the land.
nave uestioyed the hopes of the young
men of the land: have made an inde
pendent and honorable career for, a ,,oi1n,,
man impossible " Soul'5
Every trust in America is fighting the
Democrauc platform. Even the alleged
democratic stockholders on the Ren1h
tlcan ice trust in New York, controlled
by Tom Piatt's son, are fighting our plat
FORM. Why? If they thought we WouId
not overthrow the trusts they would nor
bght US. Trusts do not fight for nothine,
The trusts constitute the head, the shout
oerS the spine, the limbs and the SUI
OF the Repub1can party of today Thew
own control and direct it, Thev have
erased every great motto from its ban
pers and have substituted a vulgar dollar
mark The men who today speak for the
Repuphcan party, as a rule, are mere
trust creatures. who have to change their
gong every moon in defense Of their
masters and secret employers.
on the other hand, the trusts are only a.
Fpeck on the tail of the Democratic par
ty, and it is doing its best to lash them
ptf. In order to perpetuate their power
the trusts are now raising millions of dol
lars to help Mark Hanna debauch the
DR. will you stand for your own independ
ence and the independence and happiness
of your children?
IN INTEREST OF ENGLISH.
year ago the newspapers and the
men that spoke for the administration
talked of the early partition of China
England has already taken a harbor.
Germany has taken a harbor and Russia
had taken a harbor. We were told that
we must keep the Philippines because
they constituted a nearby tree behind
which we could hide until the hold-up
TOOK place. when we could quickly rush
put and get our share of the plunder
Now that the trouble in China has unex-
pectediy arisen, and England has her
bands full IN Africa she is not in a position
TO demand the lions share of the snoiIs:
therefore she does not want a partition
to take place at present and Instantly t1e
Mckinney administration issues an edict
that China must not be DArfifionaSs
whether the edict was right or not is I'M
material. 1t was issued to protect Fnor-
lish interests; It is time this toadyism
should end. 1t IS time we had an Amer-
lean administration at Washington
In the spring Of 1898 the Democratic
party, assisted by a few patriotic Re-
publicans, forced the administration
against its win to go to the rescue of
outraged and suffering Cuba
At the beginning of April 1898 congress
declared war against Spain in behalf Of
Cuba. We disdained the thought of con-
quest; we disdained the thought of land
grabbing; we went out onea mission os
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