The Portland daily press., 1900-10-15
ROOSEVELT'S REPLY.
Answers Charges Of
Candidate Bryan.
Tells Why lie CAN'T Suppress the
Ice Trust.
He Has Done His Part
Towards It.
The Attorney General is Trying
to Do the Rest.

Spring Station, KY, October 14.-Here
since early this morning, eighteen miles
from Lexington, Governor Roosevelt S
special train has remained on Louis
Vile and Nashville side track. The can
didate for Vice President accompanied
by Leslie Combs, chairman of the Re
publican State central committee, Mrs.
Combs, Major Hersey of rough rider
fame, and Col. Curtis Guild, Jr., spent
the day at the residence of A. j. Alex
ander, situated In the center of farm
comprising $500 acres. Before leaving
Louisville word was given out that the
train would proceed at once to Lexington
but a secret order directed. that it stop
over Sunday in the country to enable the
caused by his unusually hard work of the
last few days.
The rest brought about the desired
physical Frightening. The Governor 8
voice has almost entirely lost It's huski-
ness and he says he feels as we'll as on the
tirs5 day Of the campaign.
Early tomorrow morning the special
viii leave for Lexington, arriving there
at a. M.
Tonight Governor Roosevelt gave out
an open letter to Don M. Dickinson OF
Michigan in response to the following
from Mr.. Dickinson:
Detroit, Mich, October II.
''My Dear Sir:-Yesterday and today
Mr.. Bryan is speaking in this State. The
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among other UnIngs, the following report
OF his utterances:
''He talked about trusts In every town
he spoke. In six of these towns today
the question was fired at Bryan by Re-
pubhcans who asked him to explain
about the trusts. He had an answer that
made the crowd guy the questioner every
time. 1t was 'There Is Republican
Governor and Republican legislature in
New York and what have they done to
throttle the Ice trust for be is too busy
out here telling you about It,
1.-THE same charge was made by Mr..
Bryan at length in Nebraska and all the
press Of the country mad your answer to
it, given, think in speech in the same
State, Every reader Of the papers, too
knows of your action as Governor in
respect to the ice trust and am under
the impression also that you recommend
ed the legislation under which such
trust might be reached in New York 4"
Governor Roosevelt's reply follows:
''My Dear Sir-I thank you very much
for your letter of the eleventh inst
When Mr.. Bryan talks as in the quota-
tion contained In your letter he simply
says what he either knows or ought to
know to be without the slightest founda-
t1on in fact. He made similar statement
in Nebraska. then answered him and
asked him in return whether he would
pay the obligations of the government in
gold or in silver If elected. He never
answered my question, but as my state
ment was printed broadcast he must have
seen it and therefore he must know that
there is no warrant in fact for the state
ment as to the ice trust
''In my message to the New York leg
isIature recomm 5nded certain action
about trusts. The legislature did not act
along the line suggested but it did pass
very stringent anti trust bill introduced
by Democrat and 1 signed 1t. The at
torney general is now proceeding against
the Ice trust under this bill. Mr.. Croker
and his fellow stockholders in the ice
trust through their attorneys are fighting
us on technical legal points through every
stage of the proceedings.
"Now, as L say, Mr.. Bryan knows all
this, from my previous answer. He
knows perfectly well that cannot sup
press the Ice trust in any manner save
by due process of law and that the at
torney general is proceeding against it
under the law and is being hampered by
the delays inevitable in attacking a COR
poration well defended by able lawyers
when the corporation contains stockhold-
ers as wealthy as Mr.. Croker and his as
sociates. Mr.. Bryan knows that where
the attorney general is undertaking these
proceedings I have absolutely nothing
to do with them. He therefore knows
that have taken every step that can
possibly be taken In the matter. Under
these circunstancess1t is unnecessary for
me to comment upon his continual rep1-
tition Of statement which he must know
has not the slightest foundation in fact.
"Whether the ice trust can legally be
dissolved is a question which must be
settled by the courts and similarly it Isl
a question to be settled in accordance
with law whether or not any Of the Tam
many leaders who hold stock In 1t are
under the law. The trust it.
self is certainly one that can be said to
be bad trust, dealing as it does in an