The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-01
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Buffalo Was Glad to See and
Hear Him.
He Addressed Three Big Meet
ings In One Evening.

Buffalo. N. z, Nov. 1.-The train bear
ing the Republican vice presidential can
didate arrived in this city shortly after
o'clock yesterday after making pause
at Black Rock, in industrial suburb Of
Buffalo and the northbound railway
center of the city. The governor was
accorded a splendid reception at this
place and addressed a few remarks to
the laboring people. From the time OF
his arrival until he retired there was
one continuous ovation. The streets
through which he had to pass on his
way from the station were crowded Win
people.
1t had been planned to have the gov
ernor hold a reception in the afternoon
because of the early hour OF his arrlNai,
but he was so fatigued with the day
work that he compromised by address
ing the assembled people as a whole, ex-
planning that he was deeply touched by
the magnificent reception Vhleh mao 0ee IN
accorded him and that he desired 10
thank them for it. Being booked TO
make three speeches in the evening he
said he would not make one at that
time, but hoped to see them at one OF
Governor Roosevelt spoke at three
meetings last night, one on the east
side, in the industrial portion of the
city which was an open air affair and
where so many people were gathered
that less than One-half of them could
small hall, where the major part OF the
audience was composed of Italians ana
the third and last in the immense con-
vention hall, which was filled to the
doors. In addition to touching upon the
many subjects which -he has exploited
at other places. the Governor said:
'fOur opponents, having no case on
the facts are constantly obliged to alter
facts in order to make their case. 1
have noticed placards in your city, put
up by them stating that the cost of coal
to the anthracite coal trust As mat
ter of fact the real price delivered IS
$5.75 just about what it always has
been at this season of the year.
''Bourke Cochran spoke here the other
night. He presented Mr. Bryan's issues
rather better than Mr.. Bryan could pre-
sent them, yet confess IL IS 1ncom-
prehensibIe to me how Mr.. Cochran can
now champion Mr.. Bryan, in view not
only of what he said four years ago, but
of what he said as late as last February
when he stated that no matter whether
there was Imperialism or not in the
campaign he would have to pursue the
course he did in 1896, because, he said,
I regard the Chicago platform as des-
tructive to all government, and should
prefer some government to no govern
ment.'
ssWell. what are the reasons he gives
as his excused In the first place, i'm
perialism; in the second, militarism. BY
imperialism he means our expansion in
to the Philippines an expansion con-
ferSon'S expansion into the country west
of the Mississippi. Mr.. Cochran and Mr..
Bryan have both affected to feel great
horror from the fact that polygamy and,
| as alleged, slavery exists in Sulu, in the
Philippine archipelago, which is now
under our flag.
Il should like to ask them II they
/ think that it will help their policy in
the event of our withdrawing the hag2
| OF course, as a, matter of fact, the only
| chance of getting rid of either consists
in keeping the flag up We can not do
everything in day. MeSsrS. Bryan and
| Cochran would be the first to rave
against President Mckinley If he now
added to the war with Aguinaldo anoth-
er war with the sultan of Sulu.
Half a century ago there were many
abolitionists, sincere but absolutely fool
ish and wrong headed people, who want
ed the free states to Secede from the
union because there was slavery in the
union. Had their advice been followed
slavery would exist to the present day
in the southern states The only thing
to do is what we actually did, that is.
to keep the flag flying, and when the
fullness of time arrived abolish slaN =
80 it is in Sulu. We shall keep the
flag flying, and therefore in the end
polygamy and slavery will both disap+
pc r. I might mention incidentally that
President Mckinley has already de-
clined to recognize slavery in the island
and therefore has taken steps towards
And what are the plans of ATessrs.
BRYAN and Cochran why OF ali Things
in the world Mr.. Bryan proposes to es-
tablish a protectorate over all the ISL
ands, including Sulu, and therefore to
perpetuate slavery and polygamy, by
guaranteeing to the islanders these
among their other institutions and pro
tecting them against all outside inter
ference In other words. Mr.. Bryan's
platform deliberately provides for the
perpetuation Of the very evils which he
and Mr.. Cochran affect to denounce. As
matter of fact, they can only be done
away with by following our system"
At Niagara Falls the Roosevelt train
was greeted with the governors salute
of nineteen guns, and the governor was
taken to the opera house, where he ad-
dressed a large audience The chairman
of the meeting introduced him as a
friend of the woTfkingman and as a man
who was a Workingman himself.
The governor said: Il do not believe
that in this campaign I have been in
troduced in a manner that pleases me
so much, because don't feel that any
American is worth his salt unless he is
workingman. Work comes in many
different ways, and I honor every form
of honest work in others, and claim in
return the right to be treated as being
as much of a workingInan myself as
any Of my fellows. If a man does not
work he can not do anything for his
fellows and he can not do anything for
himself If there exists a class in the
xr-hio17 instead If Ts,rra riding