The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-07
HELD FIRST MEETING or WEST
ERN TOUR ~ DETROIT.
GREETED BY BIG AUDIENCE,
THE GOVERNORS ILLUSTRATION
or MILITARIsM.

aud MiIitRrt.m IL Absurd.
Detroit. Mich. Sept. 6-The initial meet
ing OF Gov. Roosevelrs Western tour
which was held in the big assembly room
OF the Detroit Light Guard Armory to
nlght. was all that the Governors most
ardent partisans could have desired In the
point OF attendance and enthusiasm.
The floor and galleries OF the great hall
were crowded and many were unable to
obtain standing room. The vice presiden-
tial candidate received tremendously en-
thusiastic greeting.
when the Governor aross 10 speak. the
great crowd arose almost en- masse and
remained standing and shouting for some
time. The Governors spe seh occupied
about an hour In delivery and was listen
"a to throughout with thoughtful auen-
i,n. The telling sarcastic A. d witty points
were quickly caught and applauded
Gov. Roosevelt gave the audience an OBJ
ject lesson when he asserted taat our sol
diers in the PHILIPPINES had less 10 fear
from any body OF armed bandits n that
country than they had to fear from the
principles OF the Kansas city platform,
ard the success OF the Democratic ticket.
lie said fve members Of the regular army
were present and he asked them 10 stand
up that the audience might see their ~
rants Five soldiers from the Fourteenth
Infantry at Fort Wayne. who occupied
front seat. when thus invited. arose, and
we're appiauded until their cheeks glowed
with bushes.
Nov" exclaimed Governor Roosevelt
"Iichold your tyrants." Tho sudicnse
shouted with laughter. There are mere a"
continued the goverror. "ivc soldiers. o
3o.OG people in this audience. which Is a
larger per cen,age 70 tyranny in this mouse
,han the percentage Of the regular army
bears to the Whole number OF the people
OF this country.
Republican Prosperity.
The following are extracts from Gov.
Roosevelt's speech:
"In iss6 Mr.. Bryan Insisted that 'plu-
tocracy was one one side and Democracy
on the other (speech of Oct 10 and that
n he was beaten the wage worker could
not prosper Well a. a matter Of fact
the wage worker during the past four
years has prospered as never before. and
the same is true Of an our citizens. on
Sept. 10 Of that year Mr.. Bryan said: II
We were defeated In this campaign there
Is nothing before the people but four
years more Of hard times and greater ag-
itasion.' That statement carries with u
its own reply. Have the last four years
been easter or harder than the three years
preceding You know well enough that
they have been Infinitely better: and Il
Is the Republican party which has restor-
ed prosperity. for it has secured the con
ditions which gave free play 10 enterprise
and thrift Mr.. Bryan continued Ia the
same speech; DO you think we have
drained the cup Of sorrow 20 its drcgsT
No. any friends. YOU cannot set a limit
10 .he present hard times But. a. a
matter of fact they did st a limit for the
limit was not as soon as Mr. Bryans de-
feat was secured: and the limit would be
instantly removed n he were now elect
ed. We would all return at once into the
very condition from which the election of
President Mckinley rescued us four years
ago.
In the same speech AIR Bryan said
Business men complain that business con.
ditions are bad. ! warn them that these
cVrdltions cannot BE- improved By foIlos-
ing up the policies Of the Republican par
~. Well. let business men answer ssheth-
er that warning has or has not heen .usti-
ned What DO YOU think OF business con-
ditions now as compared with four years
ago"
The Dollar and the Man.
We have been hearing a good deal re-
Gently OF Mr.. Bryan's statement that he
wanted to put the man before the dollar
ana not the dollar before the man. There
are certain conditions 20 which such a
lrfa kfs4
possibly be compared with Mr. Bryan's
other statement OF Sept TO- 1895, in which
he denounced the gold dollar a. a rob
ber' dollar. one statement means Just
ae much as che other aud no more In
stead OF bothoring about whether the man
Is ahead OF the dollar or the dollar is
ahead OF the man. or whether the gold
dollar II 'robber'-whatever that may
mcan-or anything else preposterous. LEI
us fix our attention on the fact thar the
policy followed for the last three years
has resulted In bringing the man and
the dollar together. That q what a man
really wants whether he "a behind OF IN
frons % the dollar. He wants 20 get
hold OF dollar. and not fertv-eieht
cents. When a man can get hold OF a
dollar, he Is is master. and when he
cannot Ret hold of ", then he cannot
master II. AZ present we give the ware-
worker work and we provide chat he ls
paid full value for his work. That Is the
only practical way 10 bring the man and
the dollar together on terms which will
give the man the advantage; and the
fact OF having actually carried ou the
policy which secured this. Of having done
she deeds which produced these condl-
tions, " worth TO the lnboring man ten
thousand times more than All the nne
phrases that can ever he uttered a. 10
some wholly imaginary precedence Of DO
sition between the man and che dollar he
earns.
Mr. Bryan's Arguments.
Sometimes Mr. Bryan would 70 into
more specific prophecy. In his Madison
square Garden speech he Insisted that
savings bank depoaltors under the rold
standard would be liable 90 lose their de-
posits and n The gold standard continued
indefinitely. would have 10 withdraw their
deposits In order 20 pay living expenses
Well. last year $500 there we're IN the
United States bss7 900 savings bank de-
poeitors. as against B0s5o0 IN the year
when Mr.. Bryan spoke. aud the amount
OF their deposits had increased BY ss11-
10000. Evidently Mr.. Bryan did not make
q happy shot when ho prophesied that
IL the gold standard continued the deposit
ors would lose their deposits. OF would
] have 20 withdraw them.
Again. IN his speech at New Haven.