New-York tribune., 1900-08-02
ALTGELD ON ROOSEVELT.
ATTEMPT TO REPLY TO THE LATTER's
SPEECH AT ST. PACL-ASPER-
SION AND vITUPERATION

principal speech OF the meeting was delivered to-
night at the Lyceum by former Governor Altgeld
Of Illinois. He spoke in reply to the address of
Governor Roosevelt before the National League OF
Republican Clubs at ST. Paul. Ex-Governor Altgeld
said in part.
For forty years the Republican party has con-
ing that time the Democrats twice elected Pres
cent yet curing one term they dig not have con
gone that 5tspsed the policy Of 5he
& 1eh 20 staA % hLnqy ot the SSps9'1Se SesIon S md
when gu.Ged by Lncoin it stood for justice equality
and humanity: but with the wiplng out Of slavery
rs mission was performed, and 1t passed into the
hands OF eorruptionists until u stsnds Tor exsety
nea by hs eF PTssdsnf thai snss ne fesus Sns e u
man. could invent has been practised; government
has been used 10 enrich the few ,.o,-.a ,-or, thu
ESow6 IS r,5ss bage hesn formed which are
to-day osvouring the substance of the American
people; which control every great industry, all the
co9nry q have deeirSyed the smSI indepsndert men
of the lsnd have desToyed The hopes Of tse young
Of the land; have made an indepenoent ano
henora Die career for young nan imposS1ln.eo
le platform. Even the aiieeed Democratic stock
holders IN the Republican Ice Trust in New-York
2a a6T * Nhy # 6ss hsy shoagn s0 sFs we FR6d5 not
Trgsta 90 not nghf for nothing The trusts con
stitute the head, the shoulders, the spine tne
limbs and the soul of the Republican party OF 70,
say. On the other hand the trusts are only specK
the tail Of the Democratic party, and II Is ooins
y ne spring Of sss the Democratic Po4rs5 PsTty5 te a
a5y,5-sgrs+ioT 5s5nsf ifs viii 10 90 TO the rescue
~ outraged and suffering Cuba Al The begirrninig
IN behalf Of Cuba. We disdained the tHo9ghL Sl
conquest. we dlsdained the thought OF Land s' % au
we're true to our traditions, and won the en-
coniuEs Of the civilized world. The President de,
aggression But no sooner mao eH me ~ar ,1 tTrned
around and determined 10 make az o4t @, ~ Iai
sontrscfs au ned beef embalmed ships and
be lined strplings for officers to command Ils Al!S
dsni{S Of skTnish r Z # issted but few months
It has been over nearly two years Yet we are sun
Recently gentleman in New-York who had be-
eeenan ee who tGT fs5 a"s adossed as his lie o
coat OF arms TWO Ps and COUPE trepIi
fer ns 6e e9pitai Of Ne-YoT and
70 St P4H and deyeTsd ciS3s rs s5pesee seeecS as
not from beginning 70 end a single argument or "a a
single historical reference; speech tnas
is made up Of invecuves. misrepresentation ano
ReferTing 70 the Democrats he said: They stand
for lawIessness and disorder. for dishonesty ana
Sns5 & 9 5s sesg so ana 1 9s2fS5 abrda This a IS
personal insult the six and one-haH miilions OF
steTen = nfiians Of freernen who are going 10 sup
port him IN 1900 He gives no tscts anq aeshnGGS f1pS
an assertion. He pats himself in evidence: Asiie f
VINO. then, is this man and what is his history?
Of the New-York Legislature. and on OF one 0cGa- 5c
sion he reused the hopes of the country py rnakhe
nal rich. But he AT once dashed these hopes by
criminal rich waom he had denounced.
in the years lss7-9S he held a Federal ONCE in in
sss ssneTR IN @ h he sgned an adaSt and swore
before S he eyer living f f9a s t3t Ras ne Tu waT hen RG5
e Of he Of T9Sid fbat stat sot hTSS BS
emily ecPngd &c tf 3nafSpn R ala not fna 6eSe ha
70 once ne Se"ed bei T 40 T NAV II not be that
he does not believe the charge which ne has mace
It ts next recorded that he entered the Spanish
n cSba B and athSqgh h sT speeessa y mes means
n that modern weapon of warfare known as a
week thsn General Grant did In four years Of hard
fgng and he seems t2 be the & 39ix M man o On bs ss
shot down and killed Spaniard who was neelns
Tie records Albany show that the Governor
got the LEGISLATURE TO pass law tazng Inc .ne lIsn an
the records also show that at the demands or
.aTon' Plat and the corporations he reconyened The
Legislature in extra session and had it change this
law the corporations dictated
Of as aSoGt Gass soo9 By Republican Politicians and
sh9ug a he not fKsa bo 2u6 o n
He says in his ST. Paul speech: After infinite
S2 fe2r s INK SeexeS R free silver This Decision
reached IN their committee 6y 70 SGe @ OF ce 20 10 of f. b
in their IS cent dollar after all
have told his audience that ;i there were Two sets
Of delegates at tie ka9ssS C1y SonTfht0n, ns e
form claiming that inasmuch that platform
cisi question as could be framed. reafIirmation
all that was necessary The other set OF aeie.
financial plank. and they PrsVaIe9 @ Aea taeZ rale9
the principles for which the party stands would
have been the same i was not not difference Ie.oo OF
ence Of opinion 10 the most effective way Of
s2SRg 2a esr tes k defence Of the Presdents policy
read from his speech:
9 s t9r9Ggh Was acoTed When largely
through the instrumentality Of Jackson Florida
ed IN he their
lnolsa Pop1a'g5tSs ~ ,5eor '6e1 1btc the Pj1pi1es
ax 3 govened ST President Jeferson secured the
Louisiana Purchase just as President Mckinley Sc
cured the Philippines, and Andrew Jackson warred
against tfe Seminoies when we had acquired
Florida from Spain just as General Macarthur Is
Tsgs1s in Luzon. Unless we are willing to deprive
Jefferson and Jackson of the NEED Of honor which
deny the same high praise TO President Mckinley
Now. what are the historical facts? When We
acquired Florida and when We acquired Louisiana.
uof only did the treaties provide that the new
70 SR99f Re S SS an aid no1 eft but ST GSr Re
Yitory IN each case was AZ once made part Of the
Szeas 81 @ sds or tns nf eRst G the case @ Of
and in the case of California.
But in negotiating the treaty with Spain the Ad-
provision that the new territory should become an
integral part OF Republic and that the in
Of the Republic The policy which the Admin
istration adopted toward the Philippines is exactly
the opposite of that adopted by Jefferson by Jack
son and by later Democratic Administrations in
For Two years the American Republic. through
President Mckinley. has oeeB burning villages.
shooting down men, women and children; who had
denoe. were peaceabe and Industrious people who
the Declaration Of American Independence had ad-
uired the heroism Of the fathers Of this Republic,
declared that in going 10 war with Spain it was
t2 pupgSe tsees ~ ~ that fTeed naG and G
pendence for which our forefathers died.
nal aggression into which the syndicate and the