The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-22
MIR. ROOSEVELT ANGRY
REPLIES TO QUESTIONS PRO
POUNDED BY MIR. M'LEAN IN
HIS NEWSPAPER
Is PLACED ON THE DEFENSIVE

Did Not Visit Ohio to Discuss New
York Affairs, but to Attack Anti
ExpansiOnists - Compares Them
With Copperheads, and Asserts
Arguments Are SimiIar-Americn
Must Share in Worlds Conouests.
CINCINNATI, Oct. A.-Music hall could
not contain all of those wanting to hear
Gov. Roosevelt and Senator. Foraker at
tho Republican mass meeting here
night. Gov: Roosevelt arrived in the
morning, and was entertained by Judge
Taft, the Piccadilly club and others. In
the evening he was escorted from ST.
Nicholas hotel to Music hall by one of
the largest professions ever seen In this
city, including the Americus Club of
Pittsburg, the Blaine club, Stamina
league Ford Stith league and other or
CARNATIONS, and a battalion of 100 Rough
Riders, all veterans Of the Spanish war
In addition to the torches and blazing H.
luminations along the line of march there
was great display of fireworks The
hall was filled before the parade reached
1t. Gov. Bushnell and staff were in tha
city for the annual police inspection and
drill, but were not 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
the Endorsement of President Mckinley.
When Gov. Roosevelt took the floor the
cheering was so vehement and protracted
that 1t was some minutes before he could
begin speaking. In the very first SEN
tence Of his speech he named William
Mckinley as the next president of the
United States, amid prolonged applause
and then proceeded as follows:
REPLY TO M'LEAN.
IN Mr. tn Mclean. through his paper the
tain questions, and, as they come from
because they throw light on my charac-
ter. but because they throw light on his.
He asks me why l have not prosecuted
69Ss Wh9m he has ia 5e Seen pleased to call
should not ccme here to speak to you en-
behalf of honesty and dacency in state
atfairs, as well as on behalf Of national
honor in national affairs, were I not NOR
than anxious that every man shou
know everything 1 have done or left un-
done as governor of New York
Charges about the management of the
canal: such as those contained in the
ENQUIRER today, were made last fall in
the New York campaign 1 said theV
should be probed to tha bottom, and they
were. I appointed two Democratic law
yers Of the highest standing one of
them Mr.. Cleve!ands former district at
torney Of New York got an aDpro-
priatfon Of 00) from the le.is.at,lre for
them and threw open every book in ey.arv
department 10 them, telling them to hunt
out any fraud, to punish any criminal.
without regard to aught but his crimi,
nality; in other words, / took the sword
OF justice and handed it to my party op-
ponents, telling tn kn to strike whe eve
they found the slightest weakness in the
arlnor Of any public official After a full
and careful investigation thee lawyers,
whose conclusion would not be and can
not be questioned by any reputable mem
Der OF the bar in New York state re-
ported that there would be no justifica-
ton for their Indictment no justification
for the prosecution of any public official.
PHILIPPINE QUESTION.
Turning then to national issues. es-
pecia!ly the question of expansion, Mr..
Roosevelt said:
Every argument advanced by our op-
pQnents can be paralleled in the speeches
Of Their predecessors during the Civil
war. They use catch words now as they
used catch words then. They attack us
as imperialists. We are no more impe-
-iGlists than were the men who voted for