The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-08
TEDDY I ] GIVEN A
HOT Receptions
in IN MICHIGAN. II :, /.
3 His Speeches Are All Happy and to
the Point and Just What tho
55 People Want, 4.
THOUSANDS OUT T0HEAP HIM.
Puts to Flight tho Idle Fancics Of
Bryan and Kis followers--A 4
Triumphant Journey.

:
GRAND RAPIDS, Mlch., Sept. ~
Governor Roosevelt arrived in this city
at 65o'clock this evening and was ae-
corded grand street demonstration.
Tonight he spoke in tho auditorium,
which was crowded to It's utmost capa-
city and later, made o brief speech in
Powers' theatre, During his toar
through Michigan to-day, Col. Rpose-
welt made eight speeches, beginning ut
Bay City at $3.50 in the morning and
ending at Hastings, ut 8 o'clock. The
crowds Mt the various stops during the
day were large, appreclatlve and re-
sponslve. The New York governor Is
pleased with his western reception, al
though he complains that he Is greatly
overworked.
He says that while his health Is ro-
bust and his strength equal TO any or
binary demand, he will be glad when
he ccrosses the Michigan,state line into
another state where the central COM
mittee does not work It's candidates so
hard. The governor sleeps here to-.
night, In his private car, and goes to
South Bend, Indiana, tomorrow, where
he speaks at 5 o'clock in the even'g.
The demonstration at the auditorium
tonight. in point OF numbers and en-
thusiasm,. surpassed anything that has
yet taken place at any meeting held
during the present campaign In honor
OF the vice presidential candidate.
Thousands were unable to obtain adj
mittance to the hall, which was crowd
ed TO Its utmost capacity.
The meeting was called to order by
Congressman William Alden Smith,
who introduced Governor Roosevelt in
brief. patriotic and telling address in
which he extolled the outrage. sacri-
fees and patriotism OF the American
soldier. When Governor Roosevelt ad-
.vanced to the front OF. the stage the
great audience broke Into enthusiastic
applause. When It had subsidized he
spoke as follows:
There are several great Issues at stakp.
jim this campaign, but. Of course, the
greatest issue OF all is the issue Of
keeping the country on the plane of ma
3terial well-being and honor to which It
has been brought during the last four!
years. I do not claim that President
McKinley's admirable administration
and the wise. legislation passed by Con-
gress which he has sanctioned are SOLE
5ly responsible for our present we'll
being, but 1 do claim that It Is possible
for the American people to achieve such
we'll being. 1 insist furthermore that
( the one and only way to insure wide
spread Industrial and social ruin would
be now to reverse the policy under
which we have so prospered, and to try
that policy of financial disgrace, and
economic disaster which We rejected in
'96. Our opponents now advance the
most extraordinary arguments tha.
have ever been advanced In a presiden-
tial campaign by any party on behalf
ofsits presidential nominee.
They have reatllrmed specifically
their entire 'g6 platform, and yet they
insist vigorously that all they consider
edof most vita! Importance in 90 shall
nowbe relega ted TO a subordinate place.:
and more extraordinary still. they act,
ually ask that Mr.. Bryan and Demo-
cratic house be elected, because the SEN
ate will remain Republican anyhow, go
that the President and the house won't
be able to do much harm. Think ofit,
gentlemen! This is the position actual
ly,.aken by not q few Of our opponents,
and especially by the men who know
that Mr.. Bryan's financial policy Is ut-i
terly rulnous, but who want to give
themselves some excuse for voting
against President Mckinley, because
forsooth President Mckinley has been.
too active in upholdIng the honor of the
flag. Mr.. Bryan himself is sufficiently
strfdent when he talks about those fig
ments OF disordered brains, militarism
and Imperialism; yet he cooes as mildly
as q sucking dove when he whispers his
unchanged devotion to free silver. Now
It is worth while remembering that X
the question OF the unsettlement Of our
currency is raised In any campaign, IT
must be one OF tho paramount aues-
tlons. III p. & : ~ 4 ,.i5
The other day, In accepting the PoPa-
listlc nomination, Mr.. Bryan was care
full to point out how little he and they
differed In essentials on tho greenback
question. He! Is quite right. Both are
believers In fiat money; what particular
kind OF fiat money is necessarily
minor detail. 1t makes no difference
whether. free silver or fiat money is
champIoned as tho first or second Issue
so long as It is ,champloaed at all. save
that to subordinate 1t as an Issue re-
moves the least Justification for raising
the issue at all. The one element more !
essential than any other TO the prospar-
ity of u great civilized nation is y sound
and stable currency. The only possible
excuse for tcopardIzing the prosperity
OF the whole nation by attacking It's
system OF currency, Is n conviction 50
Intense thai The Issue must Of necessity
be n burning one. II our opponents do
not regard the silver Issue MS y para
mount issue, then why have they been
guilty Of gross wrong TO their fellow
In raising II NJ all, AS =
OF fact, 1t Is paramount, anu the
attitude OF the Popuitstfc Democracy IN
trying to keep It out Of sight east OF The
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