The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22
ROOSEVELT WAS THE SPEAKER
ADDRESSED ALL THE CINCINN Att
HALL WOULD HOLD.

HeDlted TO McLcan's Questions Rel
ative to the "CnnaI ThieVes"-Hovv
the Investigation Was Carried on.
War i'm the Philippines ana I'M
perinlism Touched UpOn-Expnn-
sion Defended and UphcId-McI1in in
ley for President.
Cincinnati. Oct. 2l-Music Hall could not
contain all who wanted to hear Gov.
Roosevelt and Senator Foraker at the Re,
publican mass meeting here tonight. Gov.
Roosevelt arrived this morning ana was
entertained at a series of dinners by Judge
Tart, the Piccadilly Club and others. In
the evening he was escorted from the ST.
Nicholas Hotel 10 Music Hall by one Of the
largest professions ever seen in this city
Gov. Bushnell and staff were in the city
for the annual police inspection and drill
but not at Music Hall County Chairman
Kushman opened the meeting and present
ed Senator Foraker as the presiding OFF,
GER Senator Foraker made a stirring
speech of an hour in support of Judge
Nash for Governor and the Endorsement
of President Mckinley. He was followed
by Gov. Roosevelt
W hNh NON. 1NOoSeNeiL look lne moor the
cheering was so vehement and prolonged
that 1t was some minutes before he could
begin speaking. In the very first sentence
of his speech he nominated William Nc
lNlnley as the next President of the United
states, amid prolonged applause, and then
proceeded, in part, as follows:
Mclean, through his paper, the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, to-day asked me certain
questions, and as they come from the
mo 10 .qafA
them, not because they throw light OF my
character, but because they throw light
on his.
The Canal Investigation.
"He asks me why have not prosecuted
those whom he has been pleased to call
the canal thieves in New York Now, /
should not come here to speak to you on
behalf of honesty and decency in state af-
fairs, as well as on behalf OF national
honor in national affairs, were l not more
than anxious that every man should know
everything ! have done or left undone as
Governor of New York.
Charges about the management Of the
canal, such as those contained in the En-
quirer to-day. were made last fan in the
New York campaign. l said they should
be probed to the bottom and probed they
were. / appointed two Democratic law
yers Of the highest standing, one or the
Mr.. Cleveland former district attorney Of
| New York. l got an appropriation of $20,-
900 from the Legislature for them and
! threw open every book In every depart
ment to them, telling them to hunt out
any fraud, to punish any criminal without
regard to aught but his criminalily; in
other words l took the sword of justice
and handed il to my party opponents, tell
ing 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
/ reputable member of the bar in New York,
reported that there would be no justifca-
ton for Indictment; no justification for the
| prosecution of any public official. The
/ question of the efficient management OF the
| canals and especially of the elimination OF
politics, wherever it impaired their eff
| cheney. remained Not a man was ap-
pointed or retained save in the interest of
| honest and efficient service. and the re-
| suit is that during the first stleight months
| of my administration as compared with
/ the corresponding eight Of the previous
/ year, the canals of New York state have
| been administered at cost Of $450.G0O as
! against $4,000, and this though more work
was done. In other words, by the simple
| process of applying to the public service
! exactly the qualities that efficient busi-
ness man would apply to his own affairs,
! lHe CdIIlS ulutT my administration nave
| done more work than ever before with
saving of nearly 25 per cent. in the cost.
u earnestly commend the consideration
| of these facts to Mr.. Mclean, and in the
interest of morality, 1 cordially advise him
| to pursue a similar course with regard
] to his own special adherents, but ] warn
/ him that if he does he will forfeit their
allegiance forthwith.
Il go into this matter at all simply be-
cause the weight Of what l have to say to
you will depend largely upon your esu-
mate Of my sincerity and the way in
| which my deeds square with my words.
| Mr.. Mclean raised this issue: ] have an
swered it, Now, 1 ask that you judge him
by the same standard, and If you do you
will bury him by 100000 majority"
The Hand-Maid Of Peace.
Touching upon the war in the Philip
pines and imperialism, Gov. Roosevelt
| said:
Admiral Dewey. when he went into Ma
Mia bay, did rot serve the designs of i'm
| perialists. He was merely carrying out the
historic policy of this nation; the policy
which was pursued by George Rogers
Clarke, when by conquest he added Indi-
ana and Illinois 10 the Union during the
Revolutionary war; by Sam Houston VIXEN
he and his followers brought about the a J.
mission of Texas 10 the United States: by
Fremont and every other settler, explorer
or soldier who helped push our country's
bounds westward to the Pacafc.
1.-The men of 10 years ago founded Mari
eta and laid the fundatons Of this
great state of Ohio in what was then an
Indian haunted wilderness, were but piou-
GERS in the great work Of expansion which
has gone on until the present day.
Remember that expansion is not on Y
the handmade Of greatnes, but, above ali.
it is the and-maid of peace. Great civil
lied powers are, firmly believe, growing
more and more able to live in permanent
peace with one another; but no civilized
power is or ever has been able permanent
~ TO keep peace with savage, barbarous,
or semi barbarous peoples, because these
| latter are not able to so conduct them
selves as to render peace possible. The day
when universal peace is possible On only
come when the nations of the word have
| grown civilized.
what Expansion Means.
Every expansion of a civilized power Is
| conquest for peace. Remember that even
| this great country of ours, as well as all