Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-08
Governor Roosevelt Receives an 0va-
tion at South Bend.
FLAYS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Points Out the Inconsistency Of
Its Present Position.
SPEECH TO HOLLANDERS

orate preparat tions had been made to greet
Gov Roosevelt when he arrived here over
the Michigan Central railway. The entire
CITY was ablaze with bunting and the ma
tional coIors, and pictures of Mckinley and
Roosevelt were seen everywhere. Excur-
sion trains from many points in northern
Indiana brought in thousands of visitors
during the day. reception committee,
headed by Congressman A. L. Brick, went
to Niles, Mich, a special train to meet
Gov Roosevelt and escort him into In
diana. Rough rider and marching clubs
paraded through the city to the railway
station where they met Gov Roosevelt
and escorted him to the speakers stand
Gov Roosevelt said in part:
GOV. R0Osevelt's Speech.
Governor Roosevelt SAID. in part:
1t is certainly a curious thing that in
this campaign we should find that the very
success Of our policies Is used as an argu-
ment against US. In 1876 Mr. Bryan
prophesied terrible disaster If the gold
standard was continued, and in especlal ne
promised misery to the farmer ana 70 ule
wage worker. Now prosperity has come 10
all classes in an unheard-of degree, ana
this is used an argument why II Is sa1e
TO try the experiment OF putting INTO power
the men whose creed is the creed OF envy
and Of hate and Of Industrial ruin. Busi-
ness men are appealed TO to vote Tor Mr.
BRYAN on the ground that the country IS SO
prosperous that ne could rot harm US
much. The wage worker is appealed TO 10
vote for Mr.. Bryan on the ground tnat
though he has prospered. yet the capi'a!lst
has prospered. too. and tnat no pohcy
which does good 10 the capitalist should
be followed. even though it benefits the
wage worker. In other words. that he
ought not to balance mis- own welfare
against the chance 10 do injury 10 some
body else. This is not an exaggeration.
gentlemen 1t is a simple statement or
what the appeal made by our opponents is
in the last ANALYSIS. They appeal TO the
base passions Of envy ard hatred: to the
forces that tell for civic disorder and social
disruption. They are hostile TO an upright
and fearless judiciary, as they are hostile
TO sound currency.
Specious Appeals of the Democrats.
Again the appeal is made TO the short
sighted ana careless 10 vote for Mr.. Bryan
and a Bryanite Congress, because. forsooth,
a republican Senate will prevent them do
ing wrong And latterly a rather more an
surd varient has been made to this appeal
II being solemny alleged that ii is safe to
elect Mr.. Bryan because in such case prior
to the 4th of March next the republicans
and sound money men will have passed
such legislation as would shackle their
Bryanite successors. 1t seems well-nigh in
credible that any man of average good
sense and honesty should make such an APP
peal but il is nevertheless actually the
fact that it has been made in one of the re-
spOnses called forth by Secretary Cages
clear showing of the ruin 10 our national
finances which would be brought about by
Mr. Bryans election. Let no man delude
himself by any such plea. The Kansas
City platform of this year has expressly
reiterated every financial and civic hereSy
to which the Chicago platform of 1896 was
committed, an3, above all. has reiterated
Its adherence to the free coinage of silver
Mr.. Bryan apparently finds il polite for
campaign purposes to keep very quiet
about free silver east of the Mississippi
though west of that river his henchmen are
allowed TO talk about ii as much as they
wish. But whether they are silent not /
say the fact of their adhesion TO their pol
ley remains. and the effort to seems TO sink
the issue does not alter in the least the
fact that it is issue.
Imperialism a BuEbear.
1t ought not to be necessary TO waste
time in stating that militarism and imperi-
alism twin bugbears. only fit to fright
en- political children. There is no more
militarism in keeping garrisons in the Phil
ippineS until order is restored than in send
Ing troops 10 Indian reservations when an
outbreak is threatened To invoke the
specter Of militarsm as an excuse for
shouting against increase in the army
which compared with hundred years
ago represents an increase of just one
tenth Of a soldier To every thousand in
hahitants scarcely seems worthy of serious
people
A for Imperialism we have the same
right and title 70 the Philippines tina. We
had To- Hawaii and Alaska If we are
morally and legally bound to leave the one.
We are morally and legally bound to leave
the others. and incidentally to surrender
New Mexico and Idaho, and p.etty much
every other western state. to the aboriginal
inhabitants. The cry that "the C0nstitu-
tion follows the flag" of course means
nothing. If Judge Taft and his associates.
and General Macarthur and his fellow Of
hcers in the Philippines are representatives
iDrupriAt 90 iS <IScS.
and every Indian agent on Sioux or lrte
or comanche reservation. It is difficult TO
discuss patiently such assumption
We cannot surrender the Philippines in
the first place because Of our duty to our
selves and In the next place because Of our
duty 70 the people on the islands.
II we stay there peace and order and a
far greater measure of freedom and self
government than the people of the Philip
pines have ever known will be theirs as
soon "a the present insurrection ceases To
talk Of staying there until we establish
stable government and then leaving is of
course 10 beg the question.
We Must BE the Judges
We must ourselves be the judges of what
Is stable government. and the minute we
arrogate 10 ourselves the right to establish
such government the whole case against
our interfering is abandoned. To treat the
Fiipinos on the consent of the governed
theory, in the way in which Mr. Rryan
proposes, would be without their consent 10
put them under a military ol.garchy, and
nothing would he So certain To involve us
In a perpetual career OF mlitarism as to
turn the Eitipinos loose and yet endeavor to
guarantee them a stable government and
insure them against Interference from out
SIDE powers Such course would not only
leave a lasting stain own honor but
would be an atrocious piece OF treachery TO
those Fllipinos who have deserved best at
our hands and who have been faithful to
U.S. So that II Is In the interests OF peace
In the interests OF the islanders themselves
that we should stay and complete the work
that We have begun. The law Of our ma
t!onal life has been the law of expansion
and We have been great exactly In accord
anee as We have dared to do great tasks
II the men who met in the first and sec
ord continental Congresses had acted on
the principles professed by the so-called
anti-imp perialists of today we would never
have had nation-certainly never nation
which inspired the respect of the world
Peace Causes an Effort.
AS rest. worth having. comes only as
the result OF effort, peace worth hav-
ting comes TO a nation only as the result
Of effort We have peace and union in