Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-18
FOR PROTECTION.
Gov. RooseveIt's Eloquent Plea
for American Industries.
What Unrestricted Foreign COMPETE
ton Would Mean for United States.
Messrs. Croker and Hill in Come ction with
Trust QUESTION,

Cleveland, o., oct. l7.-This mas been
day of triumph for Gov. Roosevelt
in Ohio. Tonight. the city Of Cleve-
land gave him reception rivalling
any similar demonstration ever made
here. There was an immense parade TO
DO honor to the candidate for Vice
President.
From the Union station. riding IL q
gorgeously decorated carriage drawn
by four white horses. in company with
Coy. Nash and Senator Foraker. Gov
Roosevelt was escorted 10 a large tent
on Marceliine avenue, Newburg the
working district, where he adj
dressed Il large audience on the subject
Of prosperity. His speech was very
brief, consisting Of part Of that deiiv-
cred by him an hour later Al NcntrGl
Arm0ry in Bond street. AT the tent
the Governor was followed by Con. cur
It's Guild. Jr. who made an exhaust
i've address. Senator Foraker opened
the meeting al the armory and az the
close Of his address GOV. Roosevelt
was introduced
This was the l4th speech which
Gov. Roosevelt made In Ohio. today,
beginning at Delaware. which city.
Marion. Upper Sandusky Carey. Fc.-
toria ana Pemberville. gave him roUs-
ing receptions The first hig demon
stration. however was made at Toi-
edo where the Governor addressed a
crowd that almost filled the great cir
Gus Iot An hour and a half was spent
here in parade and speaking. leaving
Toledo at 245 +. NJ. the train made
brief stops at clyde. Bellevue and Ely
ria al all of which places GOV. Nash
also spoke. as did col. Guild. It clyde
the employees ar granite ana marble
company presented the Governor with
bucket filled with sandwiches. pieces
Of cake and coffee ana bearing th- To-
gend. eight hours ana a fun dinner
pail" In the course Of his speech here.
tonight. Gov Roosevelt said
NO one with common sense is 50
! foolish as to desire the destruction of
capital Every reasonable man under
stands and believes that nve~groWn
corporations should Ice subject 70 rig
| ia supervision. ana when necessary to
| restriction. NJ. Bryan's declared rem
edy for the evils which exist In 7Hch
corporations is the destruction If the
industries concerned. bearing down III
one common ruin. employer and en-
plOyrd. For example. sugar Is manu-
featured by such q corporation. Mr.
Bryan favors the destruction az the aE-
gar refining. beet sugar and cane sugar
growing industries of the United States
By the Introduction Of free foreign mn
fined sugar into this country. 1t would
probably destroy the corporations h.
desires to destroy II would also deg
troy every man who raises sugar beets
or sugar cane. or works in a sugar re-
fnery-
II have asked him to state which of
the commodities made by big corpora
tio-s ~ specifically desires to have
made free. According to his statement
and the Kansas city platform. ~
would have all Of them free. He would
have such commodities as American
w7rEted cloths made BY the American
Wooden 90. exposed To the free CON-
petition Of European wOrsted clothes,
not only driving American working
men from the wooden and worsted mil
n the United States. but depriving
every Ohio farmer Of an American mar
ket FOR American wool. Mr. Bryan's
policy would include free steel rails
| free glass. free china and pottery and
the exposure NJ the American working
man as vel as the American capita
lists tD unrestricted competition with
an the nations 81 the woruid. even
with the competition III the Chinese
labor hich max 8. k and porcelairs
and grows rice ana WOOL ID compete
with The products Of American labor.
We ar opposed % correcting an evil
T.. ! ~ -.r =
try fin which that evil exists Our
method " dealing with these evils IS
tD correct The corporation laws which
permit such e.iis 10 exist The nation
I'D government under the constitution
has a present no p5we- 70 deal wIth
these corporations We have in New
York NJ Croker. Mr.. Croker de-
npunce5 trusts and he il one ~ the
largest Stockholders in the Ice T-ls-.
MI Cookers rival III his loyal support
| = 3lr. Bryan * Nj David B. Hill He
| t. against trusts in his public capacity.
but in his private capacity he IS the re-
tanned counsel ~ the big corporations
II the effort - break down The fran
cnise tax law. NOW. gentlemen. The
first thing you want Is sincerity: j.
making what YOU say oB th= stUmr
good OF tf5a1 stump. and 4 t51 0F ora
tory DOES not count ~ much As q
pound u performance.
Again Oh the prosperity issue- a
little while ago. Mr.. Bryan said that
H.. rJt .ha nan before Tia dollar ana
nat the dollar before the man. For-
years ago. h-- had the man - FAR i1
front of the dollar that re could not
g=. hold II I'll tAppIau=eJ- What Az
have ben doing : 70 put the man and
the dollar together. ana Ut the man
decide whether rf1e dollar should be in
front ny behind" tApplau=eJ
Only Gre incident r1arr=d the even-
. ing nofwIt hzts 1d5nz reports circulated
carly in cs@ day that an attempt would
H. made "a break up the proposed
meeting in NeZbflrg II WAS here that
Y boy standing sors- 1i=taEr- away.
threw a rock al the GpE-rno-. a. tine
latter vas leaving rt= r+1t I'll company
with National Committee FE-rlacE
~ Ohio and Others The rex s,r3c !.
the Governor gn the head asr s5z nat
protected him and b was u5t burr
Ta= Governor er-npzrs5ls quickly
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