The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-07

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July Con- taking
the chair as temporary chairman. John {
Sharp Williams said
This is an appropriate n1ace and +iroa
Tor a democratic convention The place
IS St Louis. The Zion city of the most !
lana territory acquired by the father OF
democracy The time is the centennial
anniversary celebration of the acquisition
of that territory, vast area of config-
uous territory whose possession was
necessary in self defense and which was
ntted in climate and soil for homemaking
oy , tne sons and daughters of the Republic !
the anniversary OF real and not pseudo ,
eXpanSion-an expansion of our poDula- !
ton, our Industrial life, our free institu- /
lions, over uninhabited lands. or lands
sparsely settled by savages. whose tribal
independence We recognized by treating
with them, or settled in spots by white !
so-called expansion by mere superinlposed
thority.
The address of the temporary chair
man of the Republican national convention :
was in one sense historical 1t dealt much /
In history at any rate, most ancient bad
to prove that the party of Roosevelt must, !
by something like evolutionary process, J
act as the party of Lincoln and Mckinley. ,
the palpable fact that it is not so acting, :,
Not without reason then this labored ar
yer. >'' 7'-'-0''''
Drew Attention From Rooseveltism :.
1t was to draw away. attention from
Rooseveltism and its volcanic, eruptive
and reckless character, by dwelling upon
the fact that, at some period of its his .
tory, the Republican party has been a
safely. The orator hoped to have the !
country lose sight of the fact that it is
now in both of its legislative branches a
party of passivity, OF nonaction, of OBJ /
struction to reform and progress; in a >
word, a party whose only sacred precept :
is the shibboleth which maketh them
boleth drawn from the gamblers table,
stand pat" a precept born of cowardice
and fear to move.
The speaker quoted Mr.. Roosevelts
words, in which he called Mr.. Root the
greatest man in public life, and went
on:
In this wonderful mutual admiration So
c1ety of ME too, Teddy" and ''Me too,
Elihu,' is the return rhapsody of Mr..
Roots peroration at all ,extravagant,
ment of course
Is it any wonder that he was the man
selected by the candidate to clay it on
strong?"
1t is not to be wondered at that the
peroTation of the greatest of these" was
a sort of dedication of him who had dub
most as natural as Self-appreciation. It
was only alter egotism after all. What
a magnificent piece of huInor is this I'M
bounded adulation of our fellow citizen in
the White house by 'the chief of these"
How humorous to praise so highly our fell
low citizen in the White house, who in
ed the seat he now occupies has
himself found only about three in his
opinion worthy of anything like unstint-
ed praise? George Washington, Abraham
Lincoln and himself. Verify, the other
humorists will have to retire from bust
ness. The chief Of these is Mr.. Root.
of the Republican party, through it
more than any other party the moral
sentiment of the American people finds
expression" God save us. Where?
"MoraI Sentiment"
Going back to ancient history In the
credit mobilier? In the long saturnalia
of Southern reconstruction, or in recent
history in the postoffice department? In
of bosses, formerly cursed so bitterly and
the president? In the pitiabie kilograms
assisted revolution of fifty or one hun
dred men" was slated to come off un-
exp9ectedlly IN Panama? In the celebrated
prescribing ten as the age above which
children were to be killed on one of
the islands of the Philippines. In the
universal honeycombing of our national
bought special privileges?
Time fails me to ask where. Mr.
lent!essIy prosecuted and ,sternly pun
ished" Isn't this remarkable ''thun-
dering in the index for. you when
plishments, especially when compared
with the refusal of Republican house OF
representatives to make culprits face even
so much as congressional investigation:
when compared with the absolute and
constant refusal of the Republican speak
er to recognize anybody for the purpose Of
making motion even of that character?
If there ever was a determination fully
entertained and finally carried out, it
was the determinatio ton of the Republican
administration and the Republican legis-
lative body to see to it that nobody
should investigate the alleged culprits in
the postoffice department except their
colleagues IN the executive branch OF the
There follows something, however,
which viii be taken seriously. These
Of money among the people in the United
States increased from S23 IA in March.
1897, to s91. 02 in May last, and that the
credit for that and the consequent pros
publican party What a curious boast
this Is for those lately denying SO siren
thing to do with the. value of money, of
the price of other things as measured in
money OF with an ascending scale of
prices or with national prosperity. This
was all denied but yesterday. Now it is
asserted that the volume OF metallic
money has been immensely increased,
that 1t has brought prosperity and that
1t has ali been Que to Republican legis-
lation.
Monumental Efrortefy
Duo to what act of congress passed by
them? Was Republican legislation opera
tive in South Africa ard the Klondfke:
and did 1t cause the discoveries of gold
there? Did It cause the rev inventions
for the more profitable extraction OF gold
FROM gold ore? Die Republican legislation
add two billions CT gold to the worlds
stock OF money metals in the last sight
ycare? Was & Republican legislation
which made the immense crops OF cot
ton, wheat, corn. etc, wfiel. enaS;ed
the United States to draw rlare tilan
It's pro rata share of tho worlds stock