Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-23
OHIO CAMPAIGN OPENS
ssventy.flve Thousand People Hear
Governor Roosevelt Discuss the
Issues at Akron.
First Big Rally Of What Promises
To Be an Exciting Canvass
In Ohio.
Roosevelt Makes Fearless and
Magnificent speech-Many Tell.
ing Points Made.


state campaign opened here today with
one OF the largest crowds known in the
history of politics in Ohio. Special
trains bearing crowds from Cleveland
Toledo. Columbus, Youngstown and
canton added 10000 to those already
here. 1t is thought there were 10000
visitors In Akron. Among the distin
Suished persons present are Governor
Roosevelt, of New York, and Senator
Ha1na, who was greeted by immense
crowds on his arrival this afternoon
Inc parade moved at o'clock in six
divisions. Fifteen thousand men were
In line. The most conspicuous features
were the escorts of Col. Roosevelt and
Judge Nash, the former of veterans of
the Spanish-American war and the LAT
ter of veterans of the civil war. The
meeting was held at Grace park. where
'o'ooo people We're gathered, only a
small portion of whom could get within
range of the voices of the speakers
Judge Nash was the first speaker. He
said in part:
Within the last few years many OF
the business men Of this country have
consolidated their great interests into
corporations and combinations, which
are popularity known as trusts The
men who conduct our manufactures.
trade and commerce, are generally in
telligent, far-seeing citizens, with the
patriotism equal to that of any other
class OF citizens. am very loath to
believe that these men would knowing
iy do anything that would be detri-
mental to the country or to their fell
low citizens. 1t is true. however, that
there are things connected with these
new organizations which require regu-
lation by law. in order to prevent evils
which may arise. These evils have been
denounced by both the republican and
democratic parties in Ohio in state con-
vention. So far the two parties stand
upon an equality. In another respect
the republican party has an advantage
in the fact that the seventy-third gem
eral assembly passed stringent law
Well calculated to prevent evils, and
that an attorney general elected by the
republican party has been diligent in
his efforts to enforce the law"
He was followed by Governor Roose-
welt, of New York. the principal speak
err of the day. He was greeted with
tremendous applause. He spoke as fol-
lows.
Il come to speak to you because we
recognize throughout the nation that
hear hi ~,
can not be anything but national con-
test. 1t is idle to say it is local,-yes,
and worse than idle-it is dishonest to
make such an assertion where the dem
ocratic platform lays its especial stress
upon national issues. Ii party raises
an issue which it knows is false issue,
merely for the hope of carrying an cleo
ton, then that party shows in the most
striking way that it is the enemy of the
country and unfit to be entrusted with
its government. If the spokesmen of a
party do not and can not believe what
they say, whether in the way of denun-
citation or promise, and especially if
they promise what they know they can
not perform, and what is palpably in
tended not to result in performance, but
in vote-getting at the moment, then
they insult the conscience and the intel
ligence of every freeman fit to exercise
freeman's privilege.
This is just what the democratic
party in Ohio has done at this time, and
just what its leaders, national and local,
from the top down, are doing when they
speak of expansion, on trusts and on
free silver. 1t is the sincere belief of
all right-minded men who have the well
fare of the nation close at heart that
the position taken by the Ohio democra-
cy, speaking in reality for the national
democracy in this campaign. is one de-
structive of national prosperity at home
and of national honor abroad. More
over, it is impossible to avoid the con-
is true. but are willing to plunge the
country into any disaster. provided only
they can persuade sufficient number
of dupes to put them where they can
crafty their greed for office, their thirst
for power. / should not use such Ian
guage in an ordinary political contest.
l use it now as / should have used 1t
had I been alive during the years of the
civil war. The men whom we are now
fighting champion cause which in it's
essentials is the same as that cham
pioned by the dough race and the cop
perhead thirty-seven years ago. They
vote the war failure now as they
voted it a failure then. They mouth
with hypocritical anxiety about free
press now as they did then. They at
tack the nations credit and financial
honesty now as they did then; and ex-
actly as in those days when they struck
at an evil, they struck at it insincerely.
so they strike insincerely at any real
abuse of the present time, Offering no
remedy, standing ready to hamper those
who would really offer one; and when
they propose remedy it is measure
which will aggravate ten times what
ever of evil actually exists.
"They wish to discuss the question of
trusts. an economic question, and of ex-
pansion. which is really the question of
upholding abroad the honor of the flag
and the interests of the nation, and Of
making US rise level to our duties as a
world power. They hope to avoid much
discussion of the silver question-much
discussion of their advocacy Of a dis
honest dollar; trusting that thereby
they shall be enabled to say to the be-
Aevers in free silver that they are
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