The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16
BIG Crowd. But no MOB.
Roosevelt and Party Warned Of Hot Re-
ceptisn in store Tor Them.

semhled IN this city 70 listen 10 a candi-
date for public office. Gov. Theodore
Roosevelt tonight closed his campaign in
Kentucky. and tomorrow will proceed on
his tour Of Ohio. Long before the gov
errors arrival here Court House Square,
IN which the speakers stand had bean
erected and decorated. was congested
with mer and women anxious to hear
him.
The governor was given the most re-
spectful attention during his speech, and
he was interrupted frequently with ap-
liause or by persons who made friendly
comments upon the various salient points
of his address. IL was the tenth speech
Gov. Roosevelt mad made since morning.
the first being at Lexington, where Col
W. G. p. Breckenridge and Judge Dur
ham. both eK-Confederate officers. put the
crowd in the best of humor in jointly in
Producing the governor, Then at Win
chester, and next at Mt. Sterling, other
large crowds greeted the arrival OF the
train, providing parades. Morehead. Ash
land. Greenup South Portsmouth, NaIce-
burg, and Maysville in successive order
paid tribute to the governors popularity
in Kentucky. and the crowd which gath
cred at the depot here betrayed no dimi-
VI dCSAiS " sec NM
An Unfounded scare.
Early in the day Leslie Combs, chair
man of the Republican State committee,
had received dispatches from COvingtOn
informing him that leaders here were ap-
prehensive that an organized effort would
be made TO break up to-nights meeting.
Mr.. Combs hurriedly transmitted his in
formation to the governor. whereat the
latter smiled broadly and assured the
chairman there could be no possible dan
ger of serious interruption of his tour in
Kentucky To insure absolute tranquil
lily 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 to
have been unnecessary.
The governors speech was brief and at
its conclusion the audience was addressed
by Col. Curtis Guild, jr., of Boston, who
made an appeal for the exercise Of the
rights of civil liberty and the preserva-
ton of the sanctlty of the ballot box.
After speaking, Gov. Roosevelt was
escorted by the First Voters Club. Of
Cincinnati, TO the Grand Hotel. in that
city, where an informal reception was
held, and where he will remain until to-
morrow morning, when he will enter upon
his itinerary in Ohio.
The Governors speech.
In his speech tonight Gov. Roosevelt
said:
II address you not as Republicans only.
for | appeal to every Democrat who Is
true American. 1 appeal TO every Demo
crat who values the principles of Jefferson
and of Andrew Jackson, just as l appeal
to every Republican who is loyal to the
principles of Lincoln, to stand with us IL
contest which is for the fundamental
rights of American citizenship and for
the interests and greatness of the coun-
try.
Il wish to appeal to you, men of Ken
lucky, in the name OF civil liberty. | re-
gard the currency as an important issue;
regard our prosperity as an important
issue; but more important than anything
else is the right of every man to cast
his vote as he chooses, and to have 1t
counted as cast. We can afford 10 differ
on questions of policy, but we can not af-
ford to differ on the Fundamental rights
OF American citizenship. In the State of
kentucky every man is in honor bound
10 stand up and see that there is no con-
doning OF the offices of those who violate
the viii OF the people. There should be
fdYorltlSm for none and discrimination
against none. / wish on this point to ap-
peal not only TO Republicans, not only TO
Gold democrats, not only to those Silver
Democrats who. from high and con-
sclentious motives. are with us in this
contest. out L want to appeal to the mis-
guided men who have upheld the other
SIDE n the wrong that they have done,
mel who are misled by the shibboIeth of
party name, who are told. as l heard a
Democrat for Congress say the other day.
L am Tor the Democracy; | will do any
thing that is right. and / will do any
tning that is wrong 10 help the party"
The Cotton Bale Trust.
I'VE have reached a stage in the cam
paign when our opponents are engaged in
busily explaining either their actions or
their words. Mr.. Jones, the chairman of
the Bryanite Democracy, has just been
explaining that he Is not connected with
trusts, because the cotton bale trust Is
not trust. OF course. using the word in
its technical sense, there is no trust in
the country. The sugar trust and the
Standard Oil trust are not technically
trusts at all. but simply great corpora
lions. SO the cotton bale trust is in the
same sense Of the word not trust bur
a corporation. But of course, also, this Is
all mere clubbing. Using the word in
the popular sense, as We generally do use
it, all these corpora tiOns are trusts II ia
sheer hypocrisy 10 speak of the steel
trust, the sugar trust, and the Standard
Oil trust and then 10 deny that the cot
ton bale trust, the ice trust, ard the
whisky trust come in the same category
ION Saturday last, in Ohio, Mr.. Bryan
tried to defend himself for what he had
said about our army, answering my
criticisms. He, first of ALL stated that /
had changed my position since my De-
troit speech, which is simply not so.
stand precisely where / stood then. and
Mr.. Bryan either knows this or ought to
know It, Our regular army is inf1nitesimal
in size compared with the population. and
even Mr.. Bryan ought not 10 be afraid
Of the 66-130 of regular soldier for every
thousand OF our people
Bryan and the Army.
In the next place. Mr.. Bryan sought
refuge in saying that the army bill had
beer amended. Ii is. OF course idle 70
bubble about amendments. The present
law is what he was speaking OF. and
what / was speaking of. At present we
have an army Of 10000 men. $500 Of
whom are regulars, and IL was concern
ing this army that Mr.. Bryan spoke when
he stated that the object Of getting IL
was TO terroriZe the laborlng men when
they make just demands. by placing II in
forts in great cities II is impossible to
stigmatize too strongly such a statement
II does not contain scintilla Of truth; II
has not a particle Of foundation: IL can
only appeal 10 thoroughly base and I'M
worthy passions. The bill was voted for
by the great majority OF the patriotic
Democrats Of both Houses.
Does Mr.. Bryan mean 10 imply that
these Democrats In SO voting. headed by
Senator Cockfen. were actuated By the
purpose 10 put the army IN forts near
great cities in order 10 terroEfz@ working
men? What ne says applies az much 10
the Democ rats who voted for the bill as
10 the Republicans. and IL such a state
ment IL slanderous as regards some 81
the supporters Of the bill, IL is also SLAM
derOus as regards the others. The simple
truth IS. as air. Bryan perfectly well
knows. that every intelligent maa fore
saw that there would be trouble I'm the
PhilipDInAs and that for this reasou a