Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-14
ROOSEVELT AT WATERFOWL.

Vice Presidential Candidate Adj
dresses DakOtans on Current Issues.
Governor Roosevelt, in an address at Wa
tertown, South Dakota, yesterday after
| noon, said:
II would like to discuss not only the
serious questions Of free silver, Of trusts
the tariff. orderly preservation of law and
the upholdfng of the flag. but I would like
to discuss even the opera bouffe questions
Of militarism and Imperialism presented by
our opponents. l want to call your atten-
ton before 1 go away from here to the
fact that, what some Of these gentlemen
are saying to you is just nonsense. With
an effrontery at which 1t is difficult 20 de-
termine whether TO feel most amazed or
most indignant, certain of our democratic
friends have the audacity to say that they
represent the principles of the founders of
the republican party Of long ago. If they
had any feeling or a drop Of the blood that
ran into the veins Of the great original
statesman who conducted the country
through the four years OF civil war; ana
then gave up his life that his country might
live; If they had in them one drop of his
blood they would turn with indignation from
the stage where the candidates OF democ
racy speaks to those nominating him about
the consent Of the governed as regards the
Philippines, knowing that one of the chief
chances Of his election and the absolute
triumph of his party consists In multiplying
which Lincoln gave his life to free
I'VE do not say that We are republicans,
that we are the heirs of men who fought
to a victorious finish the great civil war.
We say that We are the representatives ana
heirs of the men who established home
seekers law I'm the west: We the rep
re9entativeS and we are the heirs of the
men who passed the tariff legislation: we
the representatives ana are the
heirs of the men who stood ana do now
stand for sound money. We form party
of coherent principles. and now, If the Lead
ers OF our party of 1860 were alive. they
would find quoting their words and act
ing up to their principles and raising UP to
bid them welcome in our councils.
Il shall not try to enter into any nice
distinction between what Is Immediate and
what Is paramount Let me just point out
few things that do not resemble the
Cleveland administration in its financial
policy or it's economic administration. When
they take up this new issue Of imperial
ism they are simply working themselves
under the mantel of Mr.. Clevelend's seCre-
tary Of state, Mr.. Olney. as he stood when
he went out of office. The attitude in which
the administration stood at the end Of MIR.
Cleveland's term, and the attitude assumed
by his secretary Of state toward Spain, had
become abject. SO almost servile, that
Fitzhugh Lee was only able to keep place
and keep in direct line Of the instructions
Of his chiefs while insisting that American
citizens should not be imprisoned without
warrant of law. and insisting that though
he could not stop the butcnery of Cubans
by Spaniards. there should be no butchery
of American citizens by Spauiards In Ha-
wall they hauled down the American flag.
They have used the word paramount in
connections with that transaction. They
hauled down the American flag and an
nounced in Congress that the policy Of the
administration was that the United States
could not embark upon policy of Imperial
ism and development; they said thar could
not be done. They said we have no right
to do 1t. The democrats were united on
the doctrine that we must not take pos
session Of Hawaii, just as they were united
in 1854. when they said the civil war was
failure"