The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-16
ROOSEVELT ROASTS
we Grows a BIT CAUsTIC ~ HIs
REPLIES TO BRYAN.
IRE AROUSED FOR THE ARMY.
SAYS BnYAN's STATEMENT MAS NOT
A SCINTLLA OF TRUTH.

The Governor says They Now Have
the Democrat. Explaining Their
Actions or Mords-In the Popular
sense. All Corporations Are Trusts.
Complains That IGe Answered nry-
ans Questions. hut Dryan Dtd Not
Answer His.
Covinetou ky. oct is.-Addressing one
of the largest crowds that has ever as
scmblcd in this city 60 listen 20 candl-
date Tor public office. Gov. Theodore
| Roosevelt tonight closed his campaign
In Kentucky and tomorrow will proceed
| on his tour of Ohio.
Early In she day Leslie Combs. chair
/ man ~ tho Republican State Committee.
/ had received dispatches from Coyington
I informing him that leaders here were ap-
prchensivo chat an organized effort would
be made 20 break up to-nighrs meeting.
| AIR. Combs hurricdly transmitted his In
formation 10 the Governor. whcroat tho
latter smiled broadly and assured tho
/ chairman there could be- no possible dan
| ger Of serious interruption of his tour In
/ kensucky.
To insure absolute tranquility and TO
| provide against any display OF hostility.
/ chief Of Police Pugh and the sheriff OF
this county doubled their forces All
such precautions however, proved 10
I have been unnecessary.
In MS speech tonight Gov. Roosevelt
said
Have Democrats Explaining.
| I'VE have reached stage in the cam
paign when our opponents are engaged IN
husily explaining either their actions or
| their words Mr. Jones. the chairman OF
| the Hryanito Democracy. has just been
| explaining that he is not connected with
trusts because the cotton bale trust is
not a trust OF course using the word In
| Its technical SENSE there O. no trust in
the country. The sugar trust AMI the
standard Ou trust arr not technically
trusts at ail. but simply great corpora
| lions. So the cotton haze trust is in tho
snmo sense OF the word not trust but
| "a corporation. Hut Of course. also this
is an mere quibblinR
Using tho word IN tho popular sense,
as We genoraly DO use a. ali these cor
porations are trusts. II is sheer hypos-
risy TO speak Of the steel trust. the sugar
trust and the standard Cll trust and then
TO deny shnt the cotton bale trust. tho
Ice trust ana the whlskey trust combine
are IN the same category.
About the Army BiII.
ION Saturday last IN Ohio Mr Bryan
tried % defend himseh FOR what he had
snid about our army. answering my crit
icisma. lie first Of all stated that / had
changed my position since my Detroit
speech. which Is simply not 50
| In the next place Mr. Bryan sought
| refuge in saying that the army bill had
been amended. II Is. OF course Idle 20
| quihble about amendments The present
law is what he was speaking of and what
! 4 lfIs s.H
] army OF 10000 men. eaop0 Of whom aro
regulars. and IL was concerning this army
| that Mr. Bryan spoke when he stated
| that the object Of getting n WAS 90 terror
| ze the iaboring men when they make just
demands by placing Il IN forts In great
| cities n n impossible 70 atigmasixe too
| strongly such statement II does not
contain acintiila Of truth. IL has not a
particle OF foundation. Il can only appeal
90 thoroughly base and unworthy pas
s.ons.
''Tho bill was vo,ei FOR By the great
majority Of the patriotic Democrats Of
| both houses Does Mr.. Bryan mean co
| imply that these Democrats. IN 40 vot-
/ ing. headed by senator Cockrell. we're
actuated By the purpose 40 pat the army
| in forts ncar the great cities Ia order 20
| terr0rize worknEmen? The simple truth
| is. as Mr.. Bryan perfectly weil knows,
! that every intelligent man foresaw chat
there would be trouble In the Philippines
/ and that for this reason. as well 70 Fnr-
risou cur seacoast forts. and for other
duties such a. meeting a contingency
like that which arose in China. the army
was provided.
Hasn't Answered Questions.
"Mr Bryan has sought IN vain 20 an
| swer what / said about the army. But
be- does not dare 90 answer the questions
put 10 him in the same spirit. I an
| swerod the ten questions he had asked
and ! propounded some tor himself lie
hos nos answered whether or not he VIII
/ pay the interest on the national debt and
| the pensions Of the volunteers OF the Civil
/ War ~ gold or IN silver n elected.
| "fIe has not answered whether he will
/ refuse 20 receive the electoral votes Of
/ North Carolina. because obtained for him
/ by a nagrant violation OF the doctrine 0g
/ thc consent OF the governed. which he 80
ardenfiy champions when he seeks to ap-
/ ply Il 10 Tagai bandits on the other side
Of the globe.
"Iie has not answered THE question
why he supports IN Kentucky a faction
/ Of The Bryanized Democracy which seeks
10 deprive and has deprived. white men
/ as well as black. ex-Confederate az well
as ex-Ifnlon soldiers Gold Democrats and
/ silver Democrats as well as Republicans
/ Of their rights to cast their vote as they
/ wish and 10 have them counted as east.
| "He has not answered the question 40
/ to whether he viii condemn Mr. croker
/ and Mr. Croker's associates 10 New York
/ for themselves being stockholders In the
\ ice trust and doing all they can TO prevent
lts dissolution. while IN public hypocritl-
eAliy denounciug trusts"
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