The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-30
EGGS AIMED AT TEDDY
HoOdlums Extend Hostile Re-
ceptiOn at Elmira.
SPEAKS IN DEFEySE OF M'KINLEY

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on strength Of It's FnlhIIment of Repnb-
licnn Promises-Yonng Croker's Feel
| Csual Attack on the Tammany Boss.
Elmira, n. Y, Oct. 9.-For the first
/ time In New York State. and in the home
/ Of Mr.. Stanchfeld, the Democratic eandi-
| date for governor. Theodore Roosevelt
was assaulted on the streets of EImira
/ tonight on his way TO the places Of
meeting He was in a carriage with for
/ ner Senator Fassett, and at several
points along the route was pelted with
/ eggs and vegetables. and greeted with the
Silest epithets He sat in dignified silence,
/ While the police looked on quiescently.
/ The campaign club from Corning was also
assaulted personally. and a bitter fight
/ ensued. In the places Of meeting the
governor had no interruptions. After 1t
was over he said: 1T was nasty conduct,
} the conduct of hoodlums."
/ SIX men from Corning were badly hurt,
/ being severely cut and bruised.
1.-THE fight at Victor" said Secretary
/ Loed, of the governors staff, was not
/ half so bad as that here tonight AT
/ Victor no blood was shed. but here blood
| flowed quite freely"
| At Ithaca the governors reception was OF
most friendly nature. and he paid a COM
| pliment TO one of the college men, son
/ of Richard Croker, by refusing 10 do as
/ he has generally done at other stops,
/ make a personal attack upon the Tam
! many leader. In his hours speech he did
not mention the name of Mr.. Croker. AT
/ Vannetten he made a short addres..
! His welcome in Elmira was a great po-
! litical demonstration, There were nearly
l a thousand mounted Rough Riders. and
/ the Lyceum and New Tivoli Theater were
crowded with people eager TO hear the
I governor speak and overflow outdoor
meetings were held. Fully 10000 persons
/ were in town.
| The governor to-day at all three of his
/ stops. and especially in Elmira tonight,
/ devoted himself principally 10 a defense
| Of the national administration. He said,
| in part:
u wish TO appeal not merely TO Repub-
| licans but TO all good citizens to stand
| for the reelection OF President Mckinley
and the election of Mr. Odell as governor
Il call your attention especially to the
| fact that in the State as in the nation
we, unlike our opponents, are a party Of
| performance and not mere promise. Our
| opponents are apt 10 talk about the great
| things they will do on behalf of the work.
| ingman and against trusts and big cor
pOrations. We make no impossible prom
ises; we take no attitude of indiscrimi-
mating vindictiveness, but what we do
promise we do
| Laws Tor Labor and Corpora tions.
During the past six wears we have put
upon the statute books and have enforced
| better and wiser laws in the interest OF
the wage worker and for the proper regu-
! lation and control OF great corporations
| than our opponents ever put on during
the time they had control in Albany.
| When the history of the closing years
! of the nineteenth century comes to be
written, President McKinley's figure will
/ loom larger and larger. No other Presi-
dent since Lincoln; no other President
Tor over a generation preceding Lincoln
has had TO face such great tasks, or has
| raced them so well. He came to the
| Presidency as a man on whose behalf
much had been promised, and he has
made every promise good. We said that
II ne We're elected he would put the eco
nomic and financial policies of the gov
ernment on such a plane as to insure
! prosperity. This has been done. The
I gold standard has been maintained: NOT
only Is our credit perfect, but from a
borrower we have become a lender ma
uon. We have now the largest accumula-
uon OF gold in the Treasury that this
! ndtlOn mas ever seen. We have passed
France and stand as the second nation in
the world A currency act which is good
as far as 1t goes, but does not go far
! enough, has been passed. 1t is not ner-
feet and must be perfected. | wish to
point out to you that no legislation can
tie the hands Of a mischievous admins
tration. We can keep sound money onlv
by resolutely refusing to eject To Office
| any man who is tainted In any wav Mir
| the heresies of unsOund money of e.
| money in 3ny form mt
! The tariff policy Of the country under
| President Mckinley has worked fulIv q
wen. Inc balancs or trade is now enor-
J mousIy IN our favor. and the excess of
! exports over imports has grown so prast
mat the former nearly doubled the latter
The farmer, the wage-Worker the bnSi-
ness man nave al! prospered 10 an unex-
ampieq degree. This Is due to the fact
! that the policies of the Mckinley admin
I lsrauon have given the widest nossihIa
/ scope 10 American enterprise, thrift and
business capacity. anu
solution of Foreign Problems.
"At the same time, while thus uphoId-
ing the interests and good faith OF tba
ration at home, President Mckinley has
been forced TO face most difficult foreign
problems. After exhausting every effort
10 bring about peaceable solution Of our
difficulty with Spain. the most righteous
foreign war in modern history was foupht
TO a brilliant and triumphant finish under
/ President Mckinley
Like all great trlumphs, this war left
in its track a burden of responsibIljtjas
and these responsibilities the President
has proceeded with his usual sobrietv OF
/ spirit deep appreciation OF the tremen-
dous Issues involved, and resoIute purn,se
10 do justice alike 10 ourselves and the
ratives of the countries which have come
under our care. Our word has been kent
TO the letter. The cubans. who are in
finiteiy more advanced than the Filipinos
have been helped along 10 self-goyern-
ment under as able and keen-sighted an
administrator as any government ever
sent 10 do such task, Gen. Leonard
| Wood.
! Porto Rico IS advancing by leaps and
| bounds. The tariff established there was
| only large enough TO secure for the ISL
and the absolutely Indispensable revenue
and to establish the principle that We
! have a right 10 impose such a tariff
| whether in the Philippines or elsewhere.
IN the Philippines We were brought
| face 10 face with an insurrection. led by
| the twice-dyed traitor, Aguinaldo. with
behind him a syndicate Of inconceivably
/ crt1eI and incouceivabiy corrflut p 2 H. -hrea5
| Chinese and Malay bandits. The majority
| OF the inhabitants are only too anxious 10
have peace and liberty in the only way
In which they can possibly get them; thar
/ Is. under the American flag The inslIr-
rection is kept alive mainly BY the Bryan
| ite canvass here.
| Ds..aeratir CampaIr. firc.i.,