The Delta independent., 1908-06-19
WON'T BEAR ANALYSIS
Claim That Roosevelt Stands
For Bryan Principles.
FAR ASUNDER AS THE POLES
Tho President = Constructive States
man, Demoeraey's Leader an Inn
practical Dreamer-The Republican
Party's Record of Achievement.

Partys Record Of Achievement.
Following is the concluding portion
of a speech Ly Representative Roden-
berg Of Illinois in the house April 81
last:
Mr.. Chairman, we will be told in this
campaign that the Republican party
has appropriated Democracys ideas
and that Theodore Roosevelt is mas
querading in the garments of William
Jennings Bryan. The claim will be put
forth that Roosevelt stands for the
same principles of government that
Bryan stands for, but when this claim
is made we will ask for bill of par
ticulars. For instance, we will ask
them 10 show when and where Theo-
dore Roosevelt ever advocated the de-
struction of the protective policy of the
Republican party: we will ask them to
show when and where he ever favored
the hercsy OF free and unlimited coin
age of silver; we will ask them TO show
when and where he ever expressed con-
tempt for the supreme court of the
United States; we will ask them to
show when and where he so far forgot
his Americanism as TO question the in
tegrity of the flag of his country: we
will ask them to show when and where
he became inoculated with the popu-
listic virus of initiative and referen-
dun; We will ask them TO show when
and where he ever advocated a govern
ment guarantee of bank deposits: we
will ask them to show when and where
he became a convert to the damnable
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ownership Of railroads. No. no. my
friends: Theodore Roosevelt and VII
liam Jennings Bryan are not one and
identical They have nothing whatever
in common. One is the direct antithesis
Of the other; one is a practical states
man. the other an impractical dreamer;
one is patriotic. the other is platitudi-
nous: one is constructive. the other de-
structive; one believes in intelligent
action. the other in unintelligible agi-
tation.
Mr. Chairman. the Republican party
has now been in continuous control OF
the destinies Of this nation for eleven
years. This is not n long period of time
In the life OF nation. II is not a
long period of time In the life of po-
initiative and the genius OF construc-
tive craftsmanship. II has been long
enough. however, for the Republican
party to present to the people record
OF achievement unparalleled in all the
annals OF political history. In that
time we have settled forever the ques-
tion of our monetary standard and
have strengthened and securely forti-
fed the national credit. We have raised
the standard of freedom and indie
pcndence in the little island OF Cuba
and have banished forever from the
western continent the last vestige of
monarchial misrule and oppression.
We have carried the blessings of
American civilization, with Its Chris
tianizlng. harmonizinG and elevating
influence. TO the people of the Philip
pines and have pointed out TO the Fill
pinos the path that leads TO constitu-
tional self government. We have re-
pcaled the Democratic Wilson tariff
law, that debt producing measure of
odious memory, and have dispelled the
clouds OF doubt and disaster that for
four long years obscured our industrial
horizon. We have strengthened the
hands and enlarged the powers OF the
Interstate commerce commission by en-
acting a railroad rate bill which does
away forever with unjust and unfair |
In the matter of freight |
rates. We have given life and force
and effect to the Sherman antitrust |
law and made II n power for good In |
the land. We have passed n national |
pure food law to protect the lives and |
the health Of our citizens. We have |
esta blshed the most cordial relations |
with the republics of South America |
and have placed our trade with them |
on firm and lasting foundation.
The work of constructing the Pan
anna canal Is being pushed forward |
With vigor and enthusiasm. and when
this the greatest of all modern under
lakings shall have been completed
there will follow as its natural and
logical sequence the deepening of our
from the great lakes to the
gulf and the multiplied products OF
the valleys OF the Ohio and the Missis-
sippl will soon be transported by water
10 the teeming millions of the orient
Before this congress shall have CON
GUIDED its labors other great measures
" progress and reform will he placed
upon the statute books by the Repub-
lean party. An employers liability
aw which will bear the test OF consti-
and which effectually de-
,troys the barbarous doctrine OF EEL
ow servant has already been enacted.
rhe other demands of labor will he
given full and fair recognition, and
system OF finance Will be inaugurated
hat Will make impossible all future
speculative panlcs. This is our record.
On this record we stand and ask a
OF Republican control. We
10 not 10 into this campniyn with mn