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

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ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 6.-On taking
the chair as temporary chairman, John
Sharp Williams said
This Is an appropriate place and time
i 10 "a Pe emo convention. The place
Is 81, LOUIS The Zion city of the most
populous state carved out of the Louis
1 Ia territory acquired by the father OF
anniversary celebration of the acquisition.
OF that territory, vast area of contie-
uous territory whose possession was
necessary in self defense and which was
fitted in climate and soil for homemalting
by the sons and daughters of the Republic
the anniversary of real and not pseudo
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
men easily and willingly assimilated: not a
So-called expansion by mere SuperimpoSed
thority.
The address of the temporary chair-i
man of the Republican national convention
was in one sense historical. 1t dealt much
In history at any rate, most ancient bad
history. There was labored argument
to prove that the party of Roosevelt must,
act as the party Of Lincoln and Mckinley:
This was necessary in order to disguise
the paipable fact that it is not so acting,
] gument by this great and ingenious law;
:, yer.
Drew Attention From RooseveItism !.
1t was to draw away attention from
Rooseveltism and it's volcanic, eruptive
and reckless character. by dwelling upon
the fact that, at some period of it's his /.
tory, the Republican party has been a
| party which did things and did them |
safely The orator hoped to have the
country of he aPt hot 10
now in both of it's legislative branches !
party. of passivity, Of nonaction. of OBJ ;
I gtpuetion TO 9t ref9rm and progress; In
is the shibboleth which maketh them
known, one of them to the other shib
boleth drawn from the gamblers tablet
stand pat,' a precept born of cowardice
and fear to move.
The speaker quoted Mr. Roosevelt's
words, In which he called Mr.. Root the
greatest man in public life, and went
on:
In this wonderful mutual admiration So
Elihu, is the return rhapsody of Mr..
Roots peroration at all extravagant,
considered from the standpoint of repay
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
bed him greatest of these" 1t was al
most as natural as .self-appreeiation. 1t
was only alter egotism after all. What
magnificent piece of hunor is this I'M
the White house by the the chief Of these
How humorous to praise so highly our fell
low citizen in the White house, who In
the long line of great men who have fill
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
hn
humorists will have to retire from bust
ness The chief Of these is Mr.. Root.
The temporary chairman said. speaking
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
of Southern reconstruction, or in recent
history in the postoffice department? In
the public land bureau? In the full sway
now taken so fondly to his bosom by
the president? In the pitiable kilograms
assisted revolution of fifty or or one hun
dred men" was slated to come off un-
expectedly In Panama? In the celebrated
children We're to be killed on one Of
the islands of the Philippines. In the
universal honeycombing of our national
life with the corruption of legislation
bought special privileges?
Time fails me to ask where Mr.
lentiessly 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
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 determine ton of the Republican
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
government
There follows something, however,
which will be taken seriously. These
of money among the people In the United
States increased from S23 Ia in March,
1897, to s31io2 in May last, and that the
perity following it was due to the Re-
publican party. What 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 or with an ascending scale of
prices or with national prosperity. This
was all denied but yesterday. Nov it Is
asserted that the volume OF metallic
oa has pronnery aSd tha
1t has ali been due to Republican legs-
lation.
Monumental Effrortery
Duo to what act of congress passed by
them? Was Republican legislation opera
tive in South Africa and the Klondfke:
and did ii cause the discoveries of gold
there? Did It cause the rev inventions
for the more profitable extraction Of gold
fTo5a gold ore2 DIG Republican, legislation
stock of money metals in the last eight
ycare? Was &. Republican legislation
which made the immense crops OF cot
ton, wheat corn etc, which enabled
the United States to draw r.lore than
It's pro rata share of tho worlds stock