The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-07-06

The address Of the temporary
chairman was in one sense historical,
mostly ancient history. and a great
bored attempt to draw away atten-
tion from Rooseveltism. it's volcanic,
eruptive, reckless character, by dwell
ing upon the fact that at some period
had been a party which did things
and did them safely. The orator hoped
1t is now in control of both Legislative
branches of the government and 10
the party Of nonaction, Of obstruc-
tion to reform and progress; in q
word, the party whose only sacred
precept is this shibboleth drawn from
precept was born of cowardice and
fear to move.
Williams spoke Of the wonderful
mutual admiration society of me and
ferring to Roots peroration at Chi
cago. He then quoted from Root s
speech at Cooper Union, New York,
In October, 1902, in which Root said
the tariff law on the whole has work.
ed well and that 1t is better to en-
dure some slight inequalities for q
time than to incure the uncertainty
and disturbance to business which
result from making changes, and he
had heard that the president in a
political tour in the west that spring
Of 1908 made a speech on the same
subject in the identical language.
Two Think ~ One.
''verily," said Williams, two souls
with but a single thought, two
speeches that read like one and that
single though is not to force II a
single special interest, not take the
party's lips from the public breast
for fear the public may find them un-
necessary and might shake them of.
How humorous to praise so highly
our fellow citizen in the White
House, who. in long line of great
men who have filled the seat he now
occupies, has himself found only
about three. in his opinion, worthy
Of anything like unstinted praise
Washington, Lincoln and himself.
Verify. other humorists will have TO
retire from business"
Williams quoted Roots temporary
speech, that the republican party is
the medium of the people in their ex-
preston of moral sentiment and sar-
casttcally went over the list of scan-
dals In it's past and present history
the Credit Mobilier, Dogoiyer-Ames'
whisky ring, through long saturna-
liza OF southern reconstruction Incl
dents, the postofiice department. pub
lie lands bureau. full sway Of bosses,
celebrated order OF "Hell-Roaring
Jake" Smith prescribing 10 as the
age above which children were to be
killed in one of the islands of the
Philippines. The speaker laughed at
Roots statement that the offenders
had been relentlessly punished. The
secretary boasts that the per capita
of circulating money among the peo-
pie has increased from $2S In March,
1897, TO $S1 In May last and that the
credit for that and the consequent
prosperity was due to the republican
party. What a curious boast this Is
for those denying so strenuously that
the quantity of money had anything
to do with the value of money. or of
the price of other things measured In
money or with an ascending scale.
all
Now It is asserted that the volume
of metallic money has been immense
ly increased and that 1t has brought
prosperity. all due to republican legis-
lation. Was republican legislation
operative in South Africa and the
Klondike. Was 1t republican legisla-
tion which made immense crops.