The evening times., 1898-10-26
SAY THEY were MALIGNED
Guardsmen and Volunteers
Discuss Roosevelt.
THINK HE INSULTED THEN
Many Who Were Before Santiago
Refer to the Rough Riders I'm
favorable Comparisons Between
His Cavalry and Other Soldiers.
Flower to Take the Stump.

New York, Oct. 26.-Friends of Col.
Roosevelt are somewhat disturbed because
OF the evidences of a growing impression
i'm the National Guard regiments and
among volunteers throughout the State
generally that the Rough Riders stric-
lures while in Cuba upon nearly all the
soldiers excepting those that he had the
honor TO command We're uncalled for and
insulting. Those who oppose the colonel
are carrying on their opposition with
much vigor. and decline to be argued out
OF their assertions that they were malign-
ed and abused by the Republican candi-
date. who when a military man, stated
in his request to the Secretary of War to
send regulars and Rough Riders to Porto
Rico that the cavalry division of 1000 men
would be worth "10,OOO National Guards
armed with black-powder Springfieids or
other archaic weapons"
The argument used against the Repub-
lican candidate was expressed as follows
by captain of one of the largest COM
! panies Of the Ninth:
L am, generally speaking, Republi-
can, but this election will see me voting
for the Democratic candidate for COVER
nor. My regiment volunteered for serv-
| ice in the army of the United States, and
we obeyed all orders and performed the
duty allotted to us That we were not
armed with improved rifles and smokeless
| powder and sent to Cuba was not our
| fault, and for Roosevelt to beIittle the
services of patriotic men serving their
country at great sacrifices is simply out
| rageous."
The Soldier Vote Is Heavy.
That the military voters of the State
| VIII be an important factor in determin-
ing the result of the election is appreciat-
ed both by Col. Roosevelt's opponents and
friends, and this lends zest To their efforts
for and against him. Just before war was
declared against Spain there were about
1900 National Guardsmen in the State.
of which, il is estimated, two-thirds were
voters. OF these 1900 only from 25 to 30
per cent were accepted for the United
| States service. AT the present time all
the organizations of the New York guard
have returned home except the Twelfth,
/
Fort Slocum; the Forty-seventh, in Porto
Rico: the Sixty-ninth, at Huntsville. Ala,
and the First Regiment. in Honolulu.
In these five regiments 1t Is fair esti-
mate that there are less than 100
guardsmen in the aggregate force. De-
Quoting this number from the whole
force OF the State leaves about 1900
gUardsmen now in the State Added to
this number which will prove great
factor in the voting for and against
Roosevelt. are the returned volunteers
not former members of the guard. These
number at least 5000. Then there are
thousands of veterans as we'll as relatives
and friends of the men who are bound up
in National Guard interests and are in
fluenced by them.
There are at least 1000 veterans of the
guard who have served their time in its
ranks during the last twenty-five years
who are voters, not counting older vete-
rams.
Drumming Up the Germans.
Between now and the end of next week
great attention will be given by the Re-
publican managers to creating furore
among German-American voters. They
despair of making any heavy inroad up
on the Van Wyck strength among the
German element but have as many Re
publican Germans abroad as their ex-
pense account will justify to attempt a
disproval of the assertion of the Ger
man-American Reform Union that the
great body of that part of the population
will vote the Democratic ticket. The fact
cannot be hidden that in this city and
particularly on the Eastside there are
many Germans whose ideas of personal
liberty suffered rude shocks when Roose-
welt was one of the board of police COM
missioners. Many of these have hereto
fore voted the Republican ticket and
probably might have done so this time
had Mr.. Platt presented any other man
than one they consider as a sort of per
sonal enemy. As one of them said: Rec
ollections of Roosevelt give us the night
mare" The Republicans are reckoning
without their host when they think of
: acquiring any formidable show of sup
port from the Germans.
Flower to Go on the Stump.
Roswell P. Flower will take the stump
. for Van Wyck next week In his own
; county, Jefferson. He VIII follow Roose-
Welt in that territory. He said yesterday
; on the outlook:
. Everything indicates a Democratic
; victory. i have talked with men who
have paid attention to various sections
; of the State, and their hopeful and con-
fident manner, more than their words
have convinced me we are going to win