The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-30
Place Where Bryan Was Nominated
I'm Kansas City, NO.. Filled with
$4,000 Eager Listeners.
DAY IN sUNFLowER LAND
BRIEF STOPS AND SPEECHES At
MANY POINTS IN KANSAS.
People of the 'Bleeding" State Re-
minded They Are Responsible
for the CoIonePs Nomination.

KANSAS CITY. Sept. 29.-On the arrival
OF the Roosevelt special train here this
evening the Governor was escorted by a
regiment OF Rough Riders to Shawnee
Park, IN Armourdale, Kansas City, Kan,
where an immense open-air meeting was
held On being introduced to the vast as
semtly an organized effort was made by a
large number OF men and boys to prevent
his making speech. Cries and Interrupt
tons were frequent during the first few
moments. Each interruption was followed
with hard hits from the speaker. until quiet
was restored and the greater part Of the
speech was listened to IN respectful silence.
On the conclusion of his address, Gov.
Roosevelt was driven to Convention Hall.
in this city. The vast auditorium was filed,
though the seating capacity OF the hall is
said TO be twenty-five thousand. To-night's
meeting marked the opening of the cam
paign in Kansas City. Joseph FIory. Repub-.
lican candidate for Governor; z. T. Allen,
on the same ticket for lieutenant governor.
and w. B. c. Brown, Republican nominee
for Congress for this district. also spoke.
Governor Roosevelt's opening remarks
practically were a repetition of his recent
utterances concerning trusts in New York.
with especial reference to Judge Van Wyck,
Richard Croker and the ice trust. Now.
Mr.. Van Wyck." he said. was. by Mr..
Croker put on the committee on resolu-
tions at Kansas City, which drew up the
Kansas City platform, and the plank
against trusts was partly drawn up by Mr..
Van Wyck. who, at that time, had in his
possession the ice trust stock. This plank
was also backed by Senator Jones, the
chairman OF the national Democratic COM
mittee, and one OF the chief beneficiaries
of the cotton bale trust in his State. The
Democratic convention that has just been
held in New York condemned the ice trust
at the very time all the leadership. Van
Wyck and Mr.. Croker, and Corporation
Counsel Mr.. Whalen and Mr.. Guggenheim-
er-an of them not only had stock in it,
but their lawyers were fighting at every
step the Republican attorney generals ef-
forts to dissolve this trust. The courts have
not decided the question yet, and we don't
know whether that trust can be dissolved
or not.
'.As things are now, only the States can
deal effectively with corporations. That
brings UP great difficulties. owing TO the
intertrafhc between States. We have got to
have a constitutional amendment to give
the national government proper power.
Last June q constitutional amendment was
introduced in Congress which would give
the Nation full power to deal with the
trusts-to examine into them. to regulate
them, to rescind their charters and sup
press them In common with other corpora
tions; to do whatever seemed wise That
measure received the vote of every Repub-
Iican but two, and against it was cast every
Democratic vote save four. Now ask you,
and / think 1 have right to ask you, to
compare what has been done by US with
what has been promised and prophesied
and has not been done by our antagonists
BY their fruits shall ye know them, and l
ask YOU TO look at the actual Democratic
thistles and not take into account the imag-
mary figs they have promised TO pluck
from these thistles."
Governor Roosevelt will spend Sunday at
the Midland Hotel. He will attend the
Dutch Reformed Church in the morning
and In the afternoon he will take gallop
into the country with some friends He
will see no callers and attend no functions.
He will rest and sleep and prepare for his
Nebraska tour curing the coming week.