The times., 1899-09-24
OHIO'S CAMPAIGN Opens
Roosevelt Fires the First Repub-
lican Gun at Akron.
A. Cordial Reception Given New
YorIx's Governor His Views on
cratic Remedies for the First
Criticized - Philippines Discussed.

AKRON, Ohio. Sept 23.-The Repub-
licans OF Ohio opened their State campaign
here today. the chief speaker being Gov
ernor Theodore Roosevelt, OF New York,
As political gathering and as a greeting
10 the Rough Rider chieftain. the demon
stration was in every way a success. The
parade, in which the Governor was the
principal feature, brought out the fact that
Roosevelt has, in this end Of the State, at
least, vast number of admirers. All along
the line of march the Governor was cheered
and greeted with friendly remarks. AT
Grace Park, where the Governor spoke. he
was received in a similar manner. Very
early in the morning Akron began TO MI
up with delegations, marching clubs, and
a miscellaneous crowd from all over the
State and by noon was well filled with the
active Republican workers from all over
Ohio. The train from Cleveland bringing
Mr.. Roosevelt arrived at 1850. Governor
Roosevelt and Senator Hanna were in the
rear car. and were greeted with cheers as
they stepped on the platform The Tippe-
canoe Club occupied the rest of the train.
While the club was getting into formation
the carriage in which Governor Roosevelt
and Senator Hanna were seated was sur
rounded by people pressing forward 10
shake hands with them.
When Mr.. Roosevelt arrived at the
Buchtel Hotel he was given splendid re-
eeption- At the entrance TO the hotel the
crowd was so dense that it was almost
impossible for him TO gain entrance. Gov
ernor Roosevelt rested for few minutes
in the parlor of the hotel when, with
Judge Nash, Colonel Dick, and a large
number OF the reception committee, he was
escorted 10 the banquet of the Elk's Club,
where the party had dinner After din
ner and reception at the Elks Club the
parade formed and passed through the prin-
cipal streets to Grace Park. where the
speechmaking took place. Near the centre
a small stand had been erected and from
il Governor Roosevelt and Judge Nash
spoke 10 about 5000 persons. The New
York Governor was the first speaker. He
said, in part:
Governor RooseveIrs Speech.
Il come to speak to you tonight" Gov
ernor Roosevelt began, because we rec
ognize throughout the nation that the con-
test this year in Ohio is not and cannot
be anything but national contest. The
value OF a political party and the worth
10 the nation Of public man must depend
very largely upon their sincerity. II
party raises an issue which il knows is
a false issue, merely for the hope of car
rying an election, then that party shows in
the most striking way that il is the enemy
OF the country and unfit TO be entrusted
with its government
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 on
expansion, on trusts, and on free silver.
Our opponents denounce trusts. But they
propose not one remedy that would not
make the situation ten times worse than
at its worst il now is. They are not striv-
ing TO benefit the people. They are striving
10 hoodwink the people in order to benefit
themselves.
In the Democratic platform in Ohio
just two measures Of relief are proposed.
The first. that you should change the tariff
because it favors trusts, and the second
that you should coin silver in the ratio of
16 TO ] without regard 10 the action of
any other nation. They pretend that the
tariff favors trusts. They know well that
the greatest trusts in this country, the
Standard OIL and the Sugar Trust are ut
terly unaffected by the tariff. They know
well that the trust with which there is the
most widespread and deepest dissatisfaction
the Beef Trusts utterly unaffected by
the tariff. and In my own State one of
the largest trusts, the Ice Trust (which is
said 10 have as its most prominent men,
Der and promoter that ardent antitrust
champion and advocate Of Mr. Bryan, Mr.
Richard Croker, is also wholly unaffected
by the tariff.
We cannot by any laws bring happiness
and prosperity TO everyone, but we can
by wise legislation and wise administra-
don, secure the chance for the great bulk
Of our people 10 live out their lives and
do their work with the odds as much as
possible In their favor, the conditions as
favorable as they can be made. You can
lot by law make a man prosperous But
you can very readily by law take away
this chance from him. and as sure as there
is a sun in heaven, il you do what our
opponents ask you TO do, If you upset our
present tariff policy and plunge us back
into the economic chaos In which we we're
ioundering six years ago. and if you up
set our system Of finance and destroy oul
national and business credit, then you viii
cast this country into a condition of APP
paIling misery, a misery which viii be felt
BY all. but which viii be felt most severely
by the wage-workers, TO whom our foes
especially appeal.
Free Coinage of Silver.
''The second great remedy they propose
for trusts is the free coinage OF silver a
sixteen 10 one-the coinage of IS CEN
dollar II they carry through their propo.
sition. IL they succeed In securing the fire,
coinage OF silver, the effect would indeed
be disastrous upon the whole community
The disaster would fall with most crush.
fng weight, not upon the men against whom
the demagogues rail, but upon the wage
workers with whose interest they profess
themselves TO be primarily concerned. NJ
man Ia this country is so vitally interested
i'm having the currency kept al its ful
value as Is the man who, at the end of th,
week or at the end OF the month, is pait
his earnings by another for whom h'
worked
The foundations OF our society res
upon the man with the dinner pail What
ever is really for his welfare-for his per
msnent and ultimate welfare-is for tn,
welfare OF the community. And Of al
ways most surely to interfere with his ma
terial welfare. tampering with the curren
cy In which he is paid is the surest. Tn,
banker. the manufacturer, the rich mer
chant, the large landowner, could get alon,
after a fashion under the scourge OF fire.
coinage. but the laboring man could not
The laboring man would 90 down TO tn,
level where you find him in countries
where silver is the standard metal I wan
you 90 keep in mind TO think over tbs
fact that the two remedies our opponent
propose-altering the tariff and debasinl
the currency-eould have no possible effec
in abating the evils OF the trusts an,
could hurt those who profit by the trust
only TO the extent that they hurt ever
member OF the American business com
munity, from the capitalist 10 the day la
boTer. / repeat what ] have said. Thes