The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-22
DOING HlSDUTY
LEY's PHILIPPINE Foley.
No Other Course Open for the Pres
ident but to Restore Peace and
PATH OF EXPANSION, HE SAYS,
Is THE PATH OF NATIONAL HONOR,
AND 1T LEADS TO PEACE.
People OF the tn1teO states cannot
Now Refuse to Tread Ii, He As
scrts, without Losing Prestige.
SPEECH TO OHIO VOTERS
WITH EAGER LISTENERS.
Part of 'sTeddy's" Address Devoted to
Castigating John IL. McLean's
Newspaper Organ.
People of the United States Cannot
Now Refuse to Tread 1t, He As
scrts, Without Losing Prestige.
SPEECH TO OHIO VOTERS
MUSIC HALL, CINCINNATI, CROWDED
WITH EAGER LISTENERS.
Part of 'sTeddy's" Address Devoted to
Castigating John IL. McLean's
Newspaper Organ.

CINCINNATI, Oct. 21.-Music Hall could
not contain all wanting to hear Governor
Roosevelt and Senator Foraker at the Re-
publican mass meeting here tonight. Gov
ernor Roosevelt arrived in the morning and
was entertained at a series of dinners by
Judge Taft, the Piccadilly Club and others.
In the evening he was escorted from the
St. Nicholas Hotel to Music Hall by one
of the largest professions ever seen in this
city, including the Americus Club of Pitts
burg. the Blaine Club, Stamina League,
Ford Stith League and other organizations
and battalion of one hundred Rough Rid
ers, all veterans of the Spanish war. There
was a great display of fireworks. The hall
was filled before the parade reached ii.
Governor Bushnell and staff were in the
city for the annual police inspection and
drill but Lot at Music Hall.
County Chairman Kushman opened the
meeting and presented Senator Foraker as
the presiding officer. Senator Foraker made
stirring address of an hour in support of
Judge Nash for Governor and for the in
dorsement of President Mckinley. In the
very outset he emphasized the Importance
of an overwhelming Republican victory in
Ohio preceding the presidential contest.
an emphatic Endorsement of President Nc
Kinley's administration. an administration
In which the President has faithfully kept
every pledge that he made before his cleo
tion. Moreover. he had done some things
that he had not promised; he had enlarged
the domain of the United States. The great
duty of the party to-day was to indorse the
Presidents administration, and the way to
do SO was to elect Judge Nash. He dwelt
on the benefits of the protective tariff. the
restoration of prosperity, the annexation OF
Hawaii, Of the West India islands, of the
! acquisition of the Philippines, and said that
these facts involved greater responsibilities
| which he was not here to discuss.
| Introducing Governor Roosevelt the sena
| tor lauded his services in civil life ana his
| bravery in the field. He said that these
| services would never be forgotten while the
Republic lasted; that the people Of New
| York had recognized his services and had
| made him Governor, and that the people of
| the United States would also recognize his
| greatness and make him President. Sena-
| tor Foraker was tremendously cheered
| throughout, and his reference to Governor
! Roosevelt set the audience wild.
Governor ROoseveIfs Address.
| When Governor Roosevelt took the floor
| the cheering was so vehement ana protract-
| ed that it was some minutes before he could
| begin speaking. In the very first sentence
| of his speech he nominated William McKin-
| ley as the next President amid prolonged
| applause, and then proceeded as follows:
Mr.. Mclean, through his paper, the Gin
| cinnati Enquirer, To-Day asked me certain
| questions, and, as they come from the
Democratic candidate, shall answer them;
| not because they throw light on my charac-
ter, but because they throw light on his.
| He asks why have not prosecuted those
whom he has been pleased to call the canal
| thieves in New York. Now, / shouldn't
! come here TO speak to you on behalf of
well as on behalf of national honor in ma
| tional affairs, were / not more than anx
ious that every man should know every
| thing have done or left Tndone as Gov
Charges about the management of the
| canals, such as those contained in the En-
New York campaign. said they should be
| probed to the bottom, and probed they
! were. l appointed two Democratic lawyers
| of the highest standing, one of them Mr..
| Cleveland's former district attorney Of New
! York. / got an appropriation Of $4,000
| from the Legislature for them. and threw
| them, telling them to hunt out any fraud.
to punish any criminal without regard to
aught but his criminaiity; in other words,
my party opponents, telling them to- strike
wherever they found the slightest weakness
in the armor. of any public official.
After a full and careful investigation
| these lawyers, whose conclusion would not
be and cannot be questioned by any repu-
table memb Of the bar in New York State
reported that there would be no justifica-
| ton for their Indictment; no justification
for the prosecution Of any public official:
|. the canals, and especially of the elimina-
| tion OF politics, wherever 1t impaired their
efficiency, remained Not a man was ap-
| pointed .Df
| honest and efficient service, and the result
is that during the first eight months of the
| with the corresponding eight of the pre-
| vious year, the canals Of New York State
have been administered at cost of $4,000.
| as against $4,000, and this though more
/ work was done. In other words, by the SIM
pie process of applying to the public service
| exactly the qualities that an efficient busi-
ness man would apply to his own affairs,
| the canals, under my administration, have
| done more work than ever before, with a
saving OF nearly p per cent In the cost.
Il earnestly commend the consideration
| of these facts to MIR. Mclean. and in the
| to pursue a similar course with regard TO
his own special adherents, but warn him
| that If he does he will forfeit their allegi-
ance forthwith. / go into this matter at all
| simply because the weight OF what / have
| to say with you will depend largely upon
| your estimate of my sincerity and the way
| in which my deeds square with my words
| Mr.. Mclean raised this issue; have an
swered it. Now ! ask that you judge him
Dy the same St1DQdrU- anu IL you 90 you
will bury him by 100000 majority"
THE PHILIPPINES QUESTION.
| Governor Roosevelt then proceeded TO dis
| cuss national questions. In reply TO con-
| tentions of anti-imperialists he said:
"A grimly comic feature of the present
| international conspiracy against America
| and civilization is the way in which the ad-
| herents of AgGinaldo, in the Philippines,
| and his apologists here. pat one another on
| the back; and another striking feature Is
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berent violence Of the language employed