The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-13
Viee-PresidentjaI Candidate Asks
Democraey's Champion Questions.
He ANSWERS SOME QUERIES.
Declares Bryan's Charges Against
the Republicans Are Not Sus-
tanned by Facts = Dis
cusses the Details Of
tho Army Or
SaniZation
(By Associated Press.)


| EVANSVILLE, IND, october 12.-Gover-
nor Roosevelt concluded his Indiana tour
tonight, making two speeches in this city
TO large audiences He made reply TO q
| speech delivered yesterday by W. J. Bryan.
From the hall he went to the Grand opera
house, where he addressed the second
audience, constituting the eleventh which
has heard him speak since he left Indian-
| apolis this morning
| The day was characterized by large
!! crowds and mucF. enthusiasm
| In his speech at Vincennes, Governor
| Roosevelt went into history to show that
| through expansion that part OF the State
| Of Indiana in which Vincennes is situ-
| ated was added to the dominion OF this
| Government.
Governor Roosevelt, in his address ut
| Evansville. in replying to Mr. Bryanss as
! sertion that the President asked for an
/ army of 100000 men two months before
| the Philippine war broke out. declared that
| the bill for increase OF the army was in
| troduced by Senator Cockrell, of Missouri,
! a Bryan supporter, and was intended TO
| meet the threatening conditions IN the
| archipelago. At the time the Prestdnts
recommendation was made collision was
| imminent with the nsurSent army.
ASKS QUESTIONS
Governor Roosevelt, in his turn, put these
| questions to Mr.. Bryan:
! l. II elected, Mr.. Bryan, will you pay
the obligations of the nation in gold or in
| silver?
3 Will you refuse to accept the electoral
| votes of North Carolina because obtained
| without the consent of the governed, and
| will you at once dcnounce the action of
your party associates who helped to nomi-
| nate you, for establishing by the Consti-
| tuition in North Carolina the doctrine that
! one man is coed. enough to govern another
without his consent?
g. VIII you denounce your party as
| sociates in Congress who voted on June
| :st last that the National Government
| should not be given the power to control
| the trusts?
REPLIES TO BRYAN
| To the questions asked by Mr.. Bryan. in
| a Michigan speech. Governor Roosevelt
| made the following replies:
Question one-if a trust is n good thing,
| why did the Republican platform denounce
| trusts?
Answer-The Republican party denounc-
| ed the evils of trusts and pointed out the
| way those evils could be controlled and
| n1ininzed.
Question two-If the trusts are a bad
! thing way did the Republican admins
| tration allow more trusts 20 be organized
than during all previous history of the
country?
Answer-,rhe Republican administration
| did not allow more trusts to be organized
| than during all previous history OF the
! country. The Standard Oil Company, the
| American Sugar Refining Company and all
| the other more important trusts came INTO
existence long before tie present admin
istration. Moreover, Mr.. Bryan knows per-
| fectlv well that the National Government
cannot prevent the organization OF these
| trusts.
Question tfiree-If some trusts are good
and some bad. can you tell the difference
| between good one and bad one2
| Question four-Do you know of any good
| monopoly in private hands?
! Question five-Do yo,i know any man good
| enough tc stand at the head of a monop-
! oily and determine the price OF that which
others are to use?
Answel-Mr. Bryan.s terrnnology IS here
so loose that it is difficult to know what
he means. IF ne uses trust in the sense
of large corporations any Intelligent man
| must know that there are good corporations
and bad corporations and the difference
between them can be told as readily as
the difference between two wealthy private
individuals. As for monopolies n private
hands patents are such monopolies and
If Mr. Bryan means that all nlonGpolies
are bad he means that patent laws should
be abolished outright. Does ne really mem
this? If not. his words mean nothing
THE GREAT ARMY
Question six-Do You know OF any good
reason why the army should be made
1G1 eco?
Answer-Here, again. Mr. Bryan.s Ian
Suage is loose If he is spea king Of the
present army of 69.Gc0 regulars and S5,0 eco
volunteers, then every man who possesses
an ounce of common sense or an ot,nce of
patriotism must know, not only that there
IS very good reason for having had Il
but no possible excuse for refusing to have
II. 1t has been needed IN The Philippines.
it has been needed in China.
Question seven-Would you be willing
to make the army 100000 # the Republican
leaders said. so. o. half a million !f they
wanted il?
A1swes-It IS hard to believe that this
question is put IN good faitll. for no one
has dreamed of asking ..ssc an army of
10000 Or > Eaif a EEil!II. No increase
of the army viii sver be asked for py Re
wouisi satisfy the people as they We're sat
isfied in the days .lf Lincoln
THE FILIPINOS
[ Question eigiltVha. is your title to the
Filipjnos3 Did you buy them, or d.tl yoi,
get them by force2
Answer-Ti,ers is. of course. 10 title to
th4 Filip.uos. save as there is a title %
the inhabitants Of Alaska, or The II asr.i;a,1
Is ards. Thss Philippine. Islands were ae#
CURED under President Mckinley by treatys
aud purchase, exactly as the Louisiana.
territory was acquired under jefferson
Question nine-Do YOU think you can
buy the right TO govern people?
Arswer-This has already besn answered
8 IN my reply to No. S. Evidently Thomas
jefferson theugat.he could bny the r.ghs.
to govern the Indians CT the Lcu.siana
4 purchase.
s Question ten-svh are you going to do
+ with the ri p:no when you ger him? Are
( you going to XII him
Answer-We are net going to Kill the