The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-25
LONG JUMPS.
Roosevelt Special Pulls Out Of
Utica at s 30.
First Speech of the Day Made at
WatertOWn.
OSWEGO AND AUBURN
Included in the Itinerary of the
Day.
The Governor is Feeling Well
and Cheerful.

TTtica n Y. Oct 25.-The Roosevelt
RpecfaI train pulled out of here today at
500 o'clock. The intinerary of the day
is a curious one, the jumps being long
taking the party from Utica away over
to Watertown, thence back through
Weedsport to Auburn and then down to
Syracuse The time devoted to speech
making will be an hour each at Water
town, Oswego and Auburn
Governor Roosevelt was feeling well
and cheerful today and his voice was IN
good condition. He laughed over the
egg firing episode of last night and said:
Il was not on the balcony at the time,
but as only one egg was hFed, am IN
clned to believe it was the work Of some
nlischievOus boy. am sure II was not
intended for me, for at the time it was
light enough for anybody to know that
Yves not on the balcony
SAVING HIS VOICE
WateFtOwn, N Y, Oct Ex-Governor
RooseveIt's first stop today was at Cam
den, Oneida county, the home Of -AttOr-
ney General Davies. The day began with
a heavy fog over the country and Mr.
Roosevelt made his remarks very brief,
fearing to injure his voice.
At WatertOwn the governor took up
the questions of militarism alluding to
the fact that Sacketts Harbor a few
miles distant was a great army post
Bryan's theory it was abOlished,i 1T would
prove a loss to this locality.
He said that he understood that at the
suggestion Of people in Watertown and
the congressman from this district the
post had lately been enlarged and to his
mind that was sufficient evidence that
instead of being scared at Mr.. Bryan's
bugaboO Of a menacing standing army,
the people were glad to see the posts in
creased.
He also called attention to the fact
that Col Itscllln who was killed in Chi
na and his gallant regiment Of men, the
Ninth We're from this vicinity and as
serted that certainly no man who had
any respect for the flag, or any love for
It's valorous defenders would agree with
stalements attributed by the speaker to
Mr. Bryan to the effect that the officers
and men Of the army were Iooters. raw
1shers and murderers. The governor
took UP the question of the prosperity OF
the farmers and said in part:
i am assured that the farmers of this
locality have been increa sing in prospar-
ity for the past four years and that this
year Just about closing has been the
most prosperous Of all Mr. Bryan is
TeSponSlbl for the statement that tha
farming element of the country has felt
the prosperity less than anv of its elias
and by Mr.. Bryan's statement. am
going to put him to confusion. Careful
statistics gathered by the commissioner
OF agriculture show that the farmers
have increased So per cent in DrCSDerit + Y
in the last three or four years Now #
Mr. Bryan is right and the farming ele-
ment has been the least prosperous If
any class then the prosperity of the oth-
ef classes OF wage earners and profit
seekers must have been greater than 95
Per cent and a great refutation Of Mr..
Bryan's theory that prosperity has NOT
touched this country
The governor read some s+a4iS+ioz
showing the Improvement of the farm
ing classes as prepared from the REPORTS
q lne commissioner of agriculture and
sl,--I1 euI4ng the reading was frequently inter
rupted with applause
GOES AFTER BRYAN
Oswego. y. Y. Oct Ex-Governor
5<oosevelt's train arrived here a little
behind time, but there was an immense
crowd to welcome him. The Fro,ya,.-lr =
made a hit with his audience ~ s1i,,iIie ~. =
10 Judge Charles n Bulger of this
place, and his denunciation at the Sara
Joga convention Of Mr.. Croker Senator
Murphy and Tammany IF vor xxan+
q recommendation for Mr. Croker ,, r.
the governor, ask Mr.. Bulger for If .
1he governor asked. Are we to give
up the Republican administration Of
this state for Mr. Croker's a5roinfs+,.r
tion2' To which reply came in q 81
ley Of cries of NO no, never" MOT
much we won't, smilinglv said tbs e-r,y
ernoF- Aluding to what he ALLEGED We're
the false prophecies of Mr. Prvar +ba
governor said- Now / know I-o7, an
read the Good Book, and you recolIert
what happened to false prophets in the
days of the old Hebrews. They had a
very bad time of il. We have advanced
somewhat since those days in our meth
DDS OF treating them. We run them on
the Democratic ticket for the presi-
dency'
Yesterday" said Governor Roose-
veltr Mr.. Bryan al last was goaded into
making a pretense of answering a cues
ton as to whether if elected he would
pay pensioners and other national cred
ltors IN gold or in silver / use the word
prstehse advisedly, for the answer is an
evasion pure and simple-an evasion
moreover 50 palpable and so weak that
ll Is astounding that any candidate for
tne niShese Office in the gift Of the ma
ton snould have been willing to resort
TO IT, he said. I want the Reur1 blfcaY,S
who want that question answered ri firsf
find out what the law requires. and then
want them to know that If eIan+a-5
president ! viii enforce that law lust
as / VIII enforce the law against ty1,S+e
and put striped clothes on hirr tfia,-s. -
well as little thieves But if Won aslx ma
to construe Republican law 7 viii ra
Ply thal shal1 not construe a law un-
til it becomes my duty TO enforce it,
This, Of course. amounts merely ta
saying that Mr. Bryan will NOT stare
what he will do until after election
lest his statement should impair Ms
chance Of election The whole point AT
issue is how the law shall be Construed
We contend that it is to be construed
that the nation shall pay its obligations
in gold. In other words. we are for the
gold standard and exactly as cham
pion it in New York state championed
it in Colorado. Mr.. Bryan's free silver
friends insist that the law permits hin,
to pay the debt of the nation in silver
-Four years ago Mr.. Bryan's position was
the same as theirs, and this position had
at least the merit OF being entitled to
ed sincerity. Unless Mr. Bryan has con-
V1cDonS on SO important subject he is