Evening star., 1932-10-26
Text of Gov. Roosevelt's Speech
Baltimore address -Four Horsemen of Republican
acknowledgements, Delay Deceit and Despair"
100000 900 Revenue.
BY the Associated Press.

dress OF Gov. FRANKLIN u. RooSeVel
follows:
am unable to express how deeply
feel and appreciate this wonderful re-
ception in q State whose people from
the beginning have led in the funda
mental principles of democracy, who's
people from the first settlement upor
our shores have preached and practicet
the doctrine Of the liberty Of mind ant
liberty of soul.
It is we'll that the people OF our coun-
try should keep in mind that 1t wa
this Colony which first proclaimed free
dom of religious belief and practice &C
cording to the dictates Of ones owT
conscience and soul. And let 1T also b'
remembered that this was during ar
era when intolerance was the domlnan
policy-religious and political-of gov
ernments throughout the world.
This principle was greeted by th'
skeptics of the time as an idea, VISION
airy, fantastic, unworkable.
A worthy spokesman for this prin'
ciple. a gallant defender Of 1t year II
and year out, a brave and tried genera
in the war to preserve human rights
human liberty, is your great Governor
Albert C. Ritchie. I am happy to hav'
enjoyed his friendship during many
long years.
We are approaching the end Of thi!
campaign. and I am determined now
as have been from the beginning. thai
the people of this country keep before
them the fundamental issues Of thi!
campaign. To that end have refused
to be diverted or confused BY
the Misrepresentation of my op'
ponents, the fear Of the weak
the madness Of the unreasoning. NJ
amount Of hysteria on the part OF
bankrupt Republican leadership will di'
vert the American people at the elev'
enth hour from the decision they have
already reached.
War on Four Horsemen.
I am waging a war in this campaign
a frontal attack, an onset, against the
-four horsemen" Of the present Repuo-
lican leaoership-the horsemen OF de-
First, the "horseman of destruction
the embodyment of governmental pol,
icies so unsound, so inimical to true
progress that it has left behind in 1t:
trail everywhere economic paralysis
industrial chaos. poverty and suffering
You have heard him clattering doWr
your street.
Echoing down the trail OF this firs'
"horseman," we might imagine the
voice of the Book Of Revelation saving
"A measure of wheat for penny, three
measures of barley for a penny: anc
see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Next comes the "horseman Of DELAY
-emblazoned on his banner again the
words of the Revelation: And it was
said unto them that they should rest
yet for little season."
I suppose this is what the Republican
leaders mean when they say. "Don''
change horses while crossing the
stream" What they really mean L
Don't cross the stream at all"
NV friends. the delay that they have
practice is the delay that they want
YOU to adopt when they say: Give then
another term and mavbe they can dc
better" or perhaps that inspiring battle
cry, Give us another term and we vii
not do worse"
There is no time for delay when We
have been led by these people into
uuicksand. 1t is no time for delay
when nearly half of our people cannot
purchase the bare necessities for theil
existence 1t is no time for delay wher
eleven millions of honest, industrioU
and willing men and women are tramp
ing the streets and roads OF our coun-
try looking for work. 1t Is no time te
wait when the prosperity and happines.
Of this country are at stake. And we OF
the Democratic party will not wait.
Third Horseman False.
The third "horseman" is the horse
man of deceit" 1t is his purpose tc
cover the trail Of the horsemen of de-
struction and delay. He tells you things
that are not true. He wears mask
He attempts by Misrepresentation and
the distortion of facts to blind your
eyes, to destroy your sense of direction
to paralyze your power Of motion.
He carries a great shield to hide from
YOU the ugly ruin and terror which his
comrades have left in their wake.
The fourth "horseman" Is the horse
man Of despair" He tells you that oul
Government has no control over condi-
tions that are handled from abroad
He tells you that economic conditions
must work themselves out. He tries tc
close the door of hope in your face.
The first horseman Of destruction
suddenly appears on the scene in q
country. t. most powerful in the world
with the greatest potentiality in wealth
in natural resources, intelligence anc
the efficiency of its people: where star
vation and serious unemployment die
not exist. Abroad in this land, however
was an unsound spirit of speculation
which had been encouraged by the false
doctrine of borrow and buy"
The horseman OF destruction in the
Republican administration gleefully
gave encouragement to this speculation
The presidential candidate in 1928 said
unwisely that there would never be
another panic in this country; that we
were on the eve of the greatest prosper
ity that we had ever known.
The White House and the Treasury
Department issued statements that def
nitelv encouraged and stimulated this
speculative boom. They led the people
on to certain and disastrous destruction
There is the record. No partisan
words will ever wipe it out. 1t stands
and the lost savings Of millions bid Us
remember
The destruction came likewise from
the false policy Of lending money to
backward and crippled countries. The
administration encouraged the policy
lIldG SOuSlG W Optll Aldi ihCGo III AoiC iCASA II
lands through the lending of American
money to these countries. This was
definitely sponsored by the Republican
candidate for President in 1928, and fol
time it became cardinal factor In
the policy of his administration. That
it was utterly and entirely unsound
have demonstrated many times. II
brought a terrible retribution. Thi;
charge. which l have made repeatedly
in this campaign. has never been an
swered. The State Department pre-
sented a laborious alibi, which was i'm
mediately answered in such devastat'
ing fashion by Senator Glass and othel
members of the Congress that the STATE
Department has gone fishing ever since
Lack of Explanation.
You will search President Hoover''
speeches in vain for any attempt K
explain this policy of destruction.
The horseman of destruction rodt
into every town and every county wher
the Grunoy tariff was passed anc
signed. This horseman was Unsuitable.
He struck at the crumbling prosper