Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-25
OHIO CAMPAIGN
Opened at Akron, Saturday,
With a Monster Rally.
Gov. Roosevelt Sounds the Slogan in
Favor of Administration.
Firm Stand Taken and Upheld on Trusts and
the Philippines.

Ahi oll' ~, toGpl. - ! ne Ike JuDl!Cdn
campaign was opened here, Saturday.
with one Of the largest crowds known
in the history Of politics in Ohio.
There $4,000 visitors.
Coy. Roosevelt of New York. and cs-
cort, the Tippecanoe club Of Clcve-
land, did not arrive until l.. An i'm
mense crowd greeted them at the sta
ton, and the party was taken to q no
tel. From here Judge Nash. Gov
Roosevelt Senator Hanna, Cpl. Dick
and other distinguished guests went to
the Elks Club rooms where they ate
dinner with the newspaper men. II
was an entirely non-partisan affair.
AfterWard Judge Nash and Gov
Roosevelt received the collegians
Western Reserve University. Ohio
State University and other institutions
being represented.
The parade moved at ,. 1t was in
fix divisions and in charge Of Capt. "A.
Wagner. There were 5000 men in
line. The most conspicuous features
were the escorts To GOV Roosevelt ana
Judge Nash and the one Of the vet
Grams Of the civil War.
The meeting was held III Grace park.
within whose confines 1900 people
gathered only a small portion If whom
could set within range Of the voices cf
the speakers.
Judge y. Il. Tibballs presided. Pres
Ira Priest &c Dshtel College offered
prayer and the Columbus Glee Club OF
100 voices sang.
Judge Nash was the first spca ker He
dWelt on tariff and gold praising the
Republican party for prosperity ara
in concluding saying that -unduubted-
" new and careful and wise legislation
Will be required both upon the part of
Congress ana state legislatures to reg
ulate and prevent evils which may
cmanate from large corporations. such
legislation we can safely entrust to the
men Of the Republican party. who in
MI times past have shown themselves
more capable than the men placed in
Congress and in our Legislatures by
the Democrats"
Governor Theodore Roosevelt spoke in
part as follows:
come to speak to you because We re-
c0gnize throughout the nation that the
contest this wear in Ohio is not. and cam
not he anything hut 4 national contest.
II Is idle to say it is local,-y.s ana worse
than idle,-it is dishonest TO make such
an assertion where tn Democratic plat
form !ays III eSpeclal stress uppN haii"nii
questions If party raises an lSSu"
which il knows is a false issue. merely
for the hope Of carrying an election. Then
that party shows in the most striking
way thar il is the enemy of the country
and unfit to he entrusted with its gov
ernmenJ II the spokesman of party
dn not ana cannot believe what they say.
whether in the way of denunCiation or
promise and especially if they promise
what they know they cannot perform.
and what is palpably intended not 10 re-
suit in performance, but IN N1te,Eettln-
a the moment, theh iheE Insult lhe son
sclcEce and lhe lhltIHstllCt III every
freeman lit u exercise Il freeman PRIV
lege
This is lust what the Democratic party
III Ohio have done 1T th!s Tina. and iu5t
what its leaders. national ana local from
the top down. are doing when they speak
Of expansion. on trusts and On free sill
yer. II Is the sincere bfleI q an riSHt-
minded men VINO have the welfare or me
nation close AZ neart, lhat 'he position
taken nE tEe ONO democracy, Sptdhl!1
~ fetlllN LOT 'Hc htlioIldl Dgiii"CI a. III
TINS GdnpdlSn Is one ueStr uctEc %! NJ
hohof ABROAD. Moreover " II !hlpoSSlpiv
10 avoid the c3nFlcuon that t4[lr i igau-
efS khpW ma ms Is u ue. pu. a. = W1ilus
LII P!.ih7c stic .out''I Hmm ,,,iS ~
PIN i'vu WHY t'iTH 1T t ~,
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such ltlG udSt ~ an oiHildI P,L'lC"l
contest. use II now as l Snuu4u nav
usei II nal | nceh 1llNe curing lhe !tdI1
ot ms IlHlI war l rs men whom MI n: 6
now hShtinS champion Il tausJ WIi I.,. III
it, esSGnnais Is InG same as INA cn,
4 IA S.ie e4Ien Wears amn Thev VIII
n . 1rii. f1i1,Tra NM tba,. yGt.h /.
ny e ill., tb4,3 ,rbal, ,no1Itb Win hXn5
i iit,' ,,xint,. ahc,,t n free nrnss nos
Al l'.t h Al Hin tto,, tn 1tt,cll tr It'll,
tj,r.n rr"Git nnI financi1I honest% now
nv thev did tben: and eXartly as in those
DAYS, when they struck at an evil. they
struck ut ii insincerely. 50 they strike
insincercly at any real abuse of the
Dresent time offering no remedy, ami
Standing ready to hamper those who
would really offer one: ana when they
nronose a remedy. il is a measure when
would aggravate ten times Whatever of
evil actually exists
,rba, wish " discuss tbe ouestion Of
- ~, fo,,,,,,,,io ,',,ostia,, III &c ~,
u uSt'' az ,;i IL ~ -. -, =
pdlsioi- "IicH = itdllS III WYE ,ioll II
UNFOLDING ABROAD me hOnor on lAt Iae
and the interests of the nation. and of
ma king us rise level to our duties as Il !
yyorld mower They hope to avoid much |
discussion Of the silver puestinn-much |
discussion Of their advocacy Of dishon
est dollar; trusting that thereby they /
shall be enabled 70 say q the believers ~ |
Tree SILVER lhdl lneN are mean tllA III ldN"L