The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-24


He Says the Democrats Have Ad-
vanced Nothing That Is COnstrue-
tive.
Akron, o., Sept. 2S.-The Republican
state campaign was opened here to-day
with one OF the largest crowds known in
the history of politics in Ohio.
1t is thought there were $4,000 visitors in
Akron. Judge Nash, nominee for Gov
ernor, arrived from Columbus at o'e.ock
this morning, accompanied by his daugh-
ter, Mrs Babcook; Col. Charles Dick. Sec
retary of Slate Kinney, Auditor of State
Gilbert and Hon. H. NJ. Daugherty, who
was his leading opponent for the nomina-
ton before the Columbus convention.
Gov. Roosevelt and his escort, the Tip
pecanoe Club of Cleveland, did not arrive
until after II o'c.ock. An immense crowd
greeted them at the station and the party
was taken to the Hotel Buchte. From
here Judge Nash, GOV. Roosevelt, Senator
Hanna Co.. Dick and other distinguished
| guests went to the Eiks' club rooms,
where they ate dinner with the newspaper
men. This was an entirely non-partisan
affair.
Afterward Nash and Roosevelt received
| the college delegations, of which there
were several large ones present from Ober
lin College, Western Reserve University,
Ohio State University and other institu-
tlons.
The parade moved at o'clock. 1t was in
six divisions ana in charge Of Capt. o.
Wagner as grand marshal, There were
1860 men in line. The meeting was held
at Grace Park, within whose confines iul-
ly 1900 pl op.e gathered. only small ror-
! tion of whom could get within range of the
\ voices Of the speakers.
Gov. Roosevelt Heard From.
Judge N. D. Tibba!s presided. Judge
| Nash was the first speaker. Al the con-
clusion of Judge Nash's speech, Gov
Roosevelt was introduced. lie spoke in
part as follows:
Democratic leaders in Ohio wish to dis
cuss the question of trusts, an economic
question, and of expansion, which is really
the question of upholding abroad the honor
of the flag, and the interests of the ma
ton, and of making us rise level to our
duties as a world power. They hope 10
avoid much discussion of the silver ques-
tion-much discussion of their advocacy of
a dishonest dollar; trusting that thereby
they shall be enabled to say 20 the beiev-
/
favor of it, and yet to fool the men VINO
stand for sound finance, by explaining TO
them that that question is really relegaled
to the rear and is not live issue. They
cannot be both for and against free silver,
and as long as they are for 1t, it makes no
difference whether they shout or whisper
their allegiance. In either case they
would have TO turn their words into acts
should they come into power and in both
I cases therefore, the menace to the pros
perity of the country and the welfare OF
, its citizens, are equally great.
"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. / have read
. through carefully the speeches of Mr.. Bry-
an and of his fellows to find out Whal
they propose to do. l have found plenty
of vague denunclauon. l have not found
SO much as an attempt 20 formulate a na-
tional policy of relief. In the Democratic
= platform in Ohio Just two measures of re-
lief are proposed. The first, that yol
should change the tariff because it faV
ors trusts; and the second, that you should
Z coin silver in the ratio OF sixteen to on'
without regard to the action OF any othei
: nation. They pretend that the tariff fav'
ors trusts. They know well that th'
greatest trusts in this country, the Stand
r | ard Oil and the sugar trusts, are utterly
S | unaffected by the tariff. They know wei
that the trust with which there is th'
= most widespread and deepest dissausfac
ton, the beef trust, is utterly unanecte'
h | nv the tariff; and in my own state, one o
the largest trusts, the ice trust (Which il
! said 10 have as its most prominent mem
| Der and promoter that ardent antl-trus
champion and advocate of Mr. Bryan, Mr.
Richard Croker) is also wholly unaffecte'
Il bv the tariff Six years ago you were un
der the kind of tariff to which they nov
To And Sufter
. ing from the threat of free coinage-th
?, threat which they now revive. Are tn
D people of this country so shortsighted ina
n they forget the mlseries of six years ago
DO they forget the bread riots, the pov
@ erty the squalid want, even OF those api
j and anxious to work?
3 Enough of Tariff TanLSering.
"surely the country has had enough >
tariff tankering by the opponents of a pro
leefive tariff. The second great remed
g they propose for trusts is the free coin
l. age of silver at sixteen to one-the coin
h age of a 4S-cent dollar They actually pro
pose 90 the people that, II the trusts de
prive certain men of part of their earn
ines or throw certabn body of men on
of employment, this shall be remedied b
decreeing that the men who still have EN-
u ployment shall be paid 4S cents on tn
dollar for the work they do.
" "Our opponents throughout the natior
and in particular here in ono, propos
as a method of attacking trusts 10 med
il die with the tariff, which would mean eec
If nomic disaster to the masses, and to de
base the coinage, which, in ADDITION [
:. even more frlghtful economic disaster
p" would mean national dishonor. When the
Id come to the second plank in their plat
g form. tr, question Of expansion. they ae
r voeate the dshonor Of the American arms
ut and the trailing OF the American flag
D. the dust They place themselves outsid
Il, the rank of proper party opponents an
al make themselves merely the enemies {
te the nation as whole, as already by the
Of action on the currency they have show
Se Themselves to be the enemies Of honest
D. within the nation. The other day Obi
sent 10 New York a prophet Of Mr.. Bry
ans new dispensation in IN
shane Of ex-Congressman Lent
Who divided his time between ferver
hones for the success of Agunaldo, ant
therefore, for the ruin Of the America
army In the Philippines, and the firmly e'
I'll nressed conviction that the mantle {
g. Washington and OF Lincoln had falle