The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-02
SUSPEND WORK
FOR PURPOSE OF
HEARING TEDDY.
rvorkingmen Quit Labor and Come
Out in Vast Numbers to Listen
TO the Next Vice President.
THE EFFECT OF EXPANSION
On Locomotive Building = Still in
Good Physical condition-speech-
making Tour About Over.

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JAMESTOWN. N. Y, Nov. 1.-Govcr-
nor Roosevelt finished the next to the
last day Of his New York state tour In
this city tonight. after having Travelled
through FIVE counties. making fifteen
speeches during the day.
The two stops where the most con-
adorable time was spent was at Dun
kirk and Jamestown. His speeches
during the day and at both Of these
places were favored with vigorous at
,acks on Richard Croker and National
Chairman Jones, for their alleged atti-
tudc on the counting Of the ballots
which Governor Roosevelt diagnosed as
On Indictment to violence. AT both
Dunkirk and jamestown and especi-
ally In the latter place tonight, there
were Immense audiences.
At Dunkirk, where three meetings
were held, the governor. in addressing
the first, an open air meeting in front
Of the Brooks locomotive works, which
suspended work in order to- give the
employees an opportunity to hear him,
replied to Mr.. Bryan and said, among
other things:
The Full Dinner Pail.
IT want to take up one or two state
ments made last Saturday by Mr..
Bryan, while he was here. In the first
place Mr.. Bryan said that the argu-
ment OF the dinner pail was bad be-
cause It was not full. Now, I don't
know exactly how full 1t Is, but 1 do
know 1t is four times as full as 1t was
four years ago. Here are the figures
OF the present year for these works, as
compared with 1896:
1.-THE average monthly wages paid
out are little over 100000. as against
$4,000. That is an increase Of 257 per
cent. The average number OF engines
turned out is twenty-elght per month.
as against eight. And the number OF
men at work is 21oo, as against 500.
Mr.. Bryan said five were prosperous 1t
was not due to US. Well. tell YOU one
thing, Mr.. Bryan is not responsible for
it."
q What the Workingman Said.
8 you bet your life he isn't" shouted
Hone OF the grimy-faced workingmen.
The governor smiled and continued:
"He said It was due to Providence.
We'll, Providence helped us because 1t
helped to keep Mr.. Bryan out ii
"Mr. Bryan denounced Imperialism.
One Of the engines that you have here
Tor expectation is to go to Japan. II
be give up any effort to hold our own
20 the east. then goodbye to any chance
% extending our commerce and OBJ
flaming market In the Aslatic hemis-
:pherc. We are able to export our loco
motives and our goods because we are
tsnking up our position in the forefront
% the nations OF the world. Let me
give you an example. Eight years ago
Expansion was not in our line and the
French took the island OF Madagascar.
You say that was no concern of ours.
We'll. It was for the first thing that
happened was that the market we had
there for eleven million yards Of Amer
lean cloth was closed Immediately.
Markets Would be Closed.
III Mr.. Bryan had his way and we
Ihad retired from our possessions in the
Philippines, you would find that the
market for engines and everything in
Asia would be closed to US. II you vote
for Mr.. Bryan's policy we will have
such conditions MS we had four years
ago. These works will feel them, you
will hurt every man who Is concerned
In any way as q proprietor Of these
works; you will get ut them. but you
viii get at everybody else. too. The whole
truth Is. gentlemen. that we all Of US
IgQ up or go down together. When hard
times come they come to each Of us.
endwhen prosperity comes something Of
the prosperity comes to each OF US.
I agree with Mr.. Bryan that there
hFe other things besides the full dinner
pan Involved. He Is quite right, and
i'hey can be comprehended by the word
] 3'aatT!o,ism.' the honor OF the flag, the
3honor Of the nation"
Answered Bryan's Arguments.
AT the jamestown meetings the gov
eFnor confined himself principally 10
answering Mr. Bryan's argument on
imperialism.
Sir. Bryan does not connne himself
very rigidly to facts" he said. "He
RATED that he believed In the expansion
d" Jefferson which did not acquire hu-
man beings. but not In the expansion
winch acquired human beings In tho
philippines. Now. l do not know how
much Mr.. Bryan knows OF our history.
uu' suppose he mus, have looked at
'1e matter OF the acquisition OF what
va" then called tho Louisiana terri
''Fy. under President Jefferson. the
..uhier Of Democracy. The trans
sas'l7sippi country from the Gulf OF
A'et!co to the Rocky mountains was
,sPlired =, BY purchase precisely as the
rh'lppines have been acquired under
''t'dent Mckinley. Leaving out the
-'i'hs there were In the territory of
louisiana several thousand civilized
s,'hEs Frenchmcn and Spaninrds,
-' we're much more civilized than my
's'h'e 10 be found In tho Philippines
-, -. resident Jefferson did not even
t the!r consent and when they
,."'ened ,n.. revolt, he sent an armed
~. '''" That territory Just exactly ag
t'sS'aeit hicKinlcy sent Macarthur