The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-13
COL. RoosEvELTs SPEECH.
A Reply to Questions Asked by w. j.
Bryan i'm Recent Addresses.

n hepiy 10 aucstfons ASKED Dy W. %
bryan i'm Recent Addresses.
The principal speech in Evansville was
made in Evans Hall. District Chairman
Cunningham presided and Louis Rasch In
troduced Governor Roosevelt, who said In
part:
Yesterday. at Nashville, Mich, Mr.
Bryan propounded certain questions TO the
Republican party, as follows:
First Question-If a trust Is a good
thing. why did the Republican platform
denounce trustsT
"Answer-The Republican party de-
nounced the evils OF trusts and pointed out
the way those evils could be controlled and
minimized. Any sensible man knows that
there may be evils which need correction
and yet that this may not mean general
and senseless destruction OF all corpora
tions and the conditions OF our modern In
dustrial development
Second Question-1f the trusts are bad
thing, why did the Republican adminisfra-
ton allow more trusts to be organized than
during all previous history OF the coun-
try?
Answer-The Republican administration
Gid not allow more trusts 10 be organized
than during all previous history OF the
country. incidentally, the Standard oil. the
American Sugar Refining Company and ali
the more prominent trusts came into exist
ence long before the present administra-
tion. Moreover. Nj. Bryan knows perfectly
well that the national government cannot
prevent the organization OF these trusts.
and that II was the action or mis- own party
associates in Congress on June last which
prevented the passage by Congress OF the
constitutional amendment which would
have given the national government the
power sought for.
''Third Question-1f some trusts are good
and some bad. can you tell the differences
between q good and a bad one?
Fourth QuestiOn-'Do YOU know Of any
good monopoly in private handsg
Fifth Question-'Do you know any man
good enough TO stand at the head OF A
monopoly and determine the price OF that
which others are TO usey
''Answer-Mr. Bryan's termlnology 10
here so loose that IL Is difficult 20 know
what he means. If he uses trust I'm the
sense of large corporations. any Intelligent
man must know that there are good cor
porations and bad corporations. and the
difference between them can be told as
readily as the oinerence between two
wealthy private individuals. AS for monop-
olies I'm private hands. patents are such
n,onopolies. and IL Mr. Bryan means that
all monopolies are bad he means that pat
ent laws should be abolished outright Does
he really this2 II not. his words
mean nothing The undoubted evils con-
nected with some partial industrial monop-
olies viii never be affected I'm the least By
an opposition until. In dealing with them.
their opponents learn and practice both
precision OF thought and precision OF state
ment.
THE ARMY.
sixth Question-'Do you know OF any
good reason why the army should be made
100000
"Answer-Here again Mr. Bryan's ian
guage Is loose. III he il speaking OF the
present army OF 5000 regulars and 500
volunteers, then every man who possesses
an ounce OF common sense or an ounce OF
patriotism must know not only that there
Is very good reason for having had H. but
no possible excuse for refusing 20 have Il.