The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04
ROOSEVELT GIVES LIE
To a Statement Credited to
Him, Regarding Strikes.

Deadwood. S. D., Oct s.-Immediate-
" upon the arrival of the Roosevelt
special train at Deadwood at O'Clock
last night Governor Roosevelt and SEN
arOr Dolliver were taken IN carriages
through the streets of Dea,dwood to the
Deadwood narrow gauge railroad, where
the party entered a train and were
taken to Lead, a mining camp, where
two speeches were made. One was of
some length in Miners hall, to a closely
packed house and the other a brief talk
from the carriage to a much larger
crowd which could not gain admittance.
The street demonstration in Deadwood
as the carriages passed through the
streets was extraordinary. Men and
women, mounted and on foot, filed the
streets and lined the sidewalks. The
night was Illuminated by electric lights
rockets, innumerable torches, by fire
works of all descriptions and above all
the old features of the demonstration
was the wild rush for the carriage which
contained the governor and the cheers
and cries that greeted his progress dur
ing the journey between stations. The
crowd was the most demonstrative and
excited that has yet been met with on
this long journey Of more than 5000
miles.
Governor Roosevelt made a short
speech at the opera house in Deadwood,
which could not hold fraction of the
people who wished to get in. After
the speaking Governor Roosevelt was
presented with a bride by citizens of
Sturgis Meade county. $50 strong, who
had Travelled IA miles to attend the night
meeting and to hear him speak.
At IL p. m the train pulled out for
Valentine, Neb., and for Omaha at
which latter city a meeting will be held
after which the Iowa state committee
viii take charge Of the party for one
day
The Roosevelt party arrived at Al
lance. Neb., at 1:zO, where Governor
Roosevelt and United States Senator
Dolliver made speeches from a platform
in the town.
Governor Roosevelt said in part:
Now, I ask you stockmen here, the
men who own cattle, to compare how
they were off four years ago with how
they are now off. I ask them to con-
slider whether. If 1t is ruin now. we had
not better have a little more Of it. We
have put a tariff on the importation Of
Mexican cattle. and our herds now are
twice as numerous and the prices you
get are much larger, half as large again /
You can get money at a lower rate Of
now than you could then. All
your products sell for much more. You
are better of now than you were four
years ago. Every prophecy that was
made by our opponents has not been
justified by the results. Now you are (
asked to trust the same party which I
made those promises, every one Of
which came false. If your are dealing 4
with a man and he does not keep his /
word, the first time he fools you. it is 1
his fault the second time he fools you, /
it's your fault"
The train stopped at Crawford long |
enough to enable Governor Roosevelt /
Senator Dolliver and Mr.. Dietrich, can /
didate for governor, to show themselves /
upon a platform in the middle Of the /
town. This is essentially a cattle grow /
ing country and other farm products do /
not flourish to any great extent. Gov |
ernor Roosevelt said:
'Out here where you raise cattle, not /
only the amount Of cattle, but the value /
have increased anywhere from 40 to so 1
per cent. Now, under our free govern /
ment it is our inalienable right, to make 4
fools of ourselves if we wish, and if you 4
want to go back to the old conditions /
that is your right, you can go. You /
can go right straight back into the I
slough out of which We worked our way Il
four years ago, by putting into power /
the party which for forty years has /
never done any constructive work, but /
has always criticised and has generally |
wrong"
When Governor Roosevelt mounted |
the platform at Chadron, State Senator 1
J. H. Van Dusen. of South Omaha, pre-
sented to Governor Roosevelt a set of Il
spurs Of the cowboy type, in behalf Of |
the Nebraska delegation to the national /
OF Republican League clubs. Il
Governor Roosevelt responded briefly, |
expires sing his thanks. He said:
Before I begin my speech / want to /
do something that I have not done in 1
this campaign at all before now. and /
that is to answer one of the lies circu-
lated in reference to me. I have not /
hitherto thought It worth while. but 1 /
have read a. telegram from Captain AL /
EN- G. Fisher stating that the Populists l
have convinced labor organizations that i
Roosevelt said in the auditorium after /
the Pullman strike that Any man who l
Engages in a strike or any man who goes
where a strike is on should be shot
Captain Fisher states that some ere
dence has been given that statement.
and I therefore want to answer it. Yet
It is most irritating to have to stop to
answer such g. statement, for / should
that any one Of common inteili-
gence would know that I not only never
made any such statement, but that
am incapable of making it. At that
lime never spoke in the auditorium. to
begin with, and I never said anything
anywhere to any human being out Of
which could be constructed any such
statement. It is not only a lie, but It
VAS made up by people who knew 1t was
/ lie, to be circulated by others who also
Knew it to be a lie"