Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1918 — EX-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT [ARTICLE]

EX-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

(Speech at Carnegie Hall, N. Y. City, October 6, 1898.) “I should ask the people of this country to support the administration of President McKinley, if for no other reason than because, say what you like, •the victory at the polls of the men who are opposing and denouncing the administration in this election will be interpreted abroad as meaning on the part of America a repudiation of the war from which we have just emerged triumphant. It will strengthen the hands of every power which views with jealousy our victories in the Antilles and the Philippines. It will mean that the nations that now secretly and enviously wish to clip the wings of our pride will be emboldened. It will result in the partial undoing of what our army and navy have accomplished. It will mean the chance of grave complications and the likelihood of our meeting obstacles when it comes to • reaping the fruit of our triumph.”