The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-14
ROOSEVELT ISFROSTED
Many Kentucky Audiences Apa-
thetic or Hostile.
HE WHITES BRYAN
ATTACKS GREAT NEBRASKAN
AND THE DEAD GOEBEL-

tonight gave Governor Roosevelt an en-
thusiastic entertainment, the pro-
gramme concluding with a crowded
meeting at the Auditorium. This was
IN marked contradistinction to the
greeting offered at Elizabethtown, the
last stop before the special reached this
city At that place the governor suf-
fered the first indignity thrust upon
him in the state, though in several
places the audiences were apathetic.
Bowling Green had cheered the gov
ernor until his ears rang with the
plaudits, and Mumfordville gathered at
the train where the speakers stand
was erected, receiving him with ex-
pressions of good will.
But at Elizabethtown it was differ
ent' though the Republicans had done
an IN their power to make the candi-
| dates stop there a pleasant one. No
sooner mad the governor mounted the
] pialIorm, with General Buckner and
/ otner members of his party, than an
| attempt was made to break up the
/ meeting Small boys carried Bryan
banners IN the outskirts of the crowd
ana empty coal wagons were driven at
full speed through the square. The
| Steam whistle on a mill close by was
/ down loudly, and half a hundred men
| or more shouted "Hurrah for Bryant
| Wnen the governor began speaking.
! although he had a soreness of his
| throat, Which had compelled him to
| shorten all his earlier speeches during
the day, the governor proceeded to
make himself heard in spite of the
| noise. Above the shrek of the steam
whistle rang the words, al cali your
attention to the attitude of Mr.. Bryan's
| order"
Then he waived his hand to the crowd
and continued:
| 1T is natural that the men who have
! tried to deprive Kentucky of a free
ballot should be opposed to free speech
II is not extraordinary that the men
! who have stolen the gOvernorShip and
who seek to steal it again should not
| dare hear the truth of history but
( should seek to gag an American citi-
zen, even before he has uttered one
word of his opinions in political con-
| troversy."
This brought cheers and more inter
/ ruptions, and the governor was urged
| not to further endanger his throat, but
| TO permit a substitute to finish the
| programme. He rejected the sugges-
ton, however and spoke the full fifteen
| minutes allotted to him, and was es-
corted to the train by a large crowd.
Calls 1t a ''Put Up Job"
Just put up job to break up the
| meeting, was Governor ROoSeVeIt'S
comment when. he returned to his car,
| but guess 1 got back at them
Chairman Barnett and Secretary
COOmbs of the state central committee
| telegraphed news of the trouble to this
| city and urged local Republican or
CARNATIONS to redOuble their efforts in
! showing Governor Roosevelt that Ken
/ tuckians are not lacking in courtesy
and hospitality" and when the train
| reached Louisville it was stormed by
a curious, surging mob. which followed
| the party to the Gault House, where
L rtnn
state executive committee. At 8 o'clock
the governor was escorted to the Au-
ditorium. He spoke in part as follows:
Few things have ever pleased me
more than this day to speak from the
platform on which sits General Buck
ner, who has shown the qualities Of
| SOldiershlp and craftsmanship, and of
| civic manlineSS, which we are glad to
hold up as examples to our children.
He who fought so Valiantly for what
he deemed the right; he who stood up
I as governor of this state to make the
/ state shining example to others; he
who was great as soldier, great as
/ statesman and greatest as an American
citizen. have Travelled today with
/ General Basil Duke and General Buck
ner. General Buckner and General Ba-
/ sill Duke wore the gray of the confed
/ eracy: General Frank Sigel and Cen
/ eral Bragg wore the blue of the Union
army. These men were Democrats I'M
/ til Democracy ceased to be anything
( but a name, until the Democratic party
/ fell under the control of those who led
it to tread the dark paths of mob viO-
lence and fraud at home and national
dishonor abroad
Says "Bryanism'' Is the Issue.
tafnty as to what was the paramount
| issue in this campaign, and it has
changed a little. He has not stood pat
on it. I can tell you what the para
mount issue is; it is Organism, and
| Organism means different times in diff
ferent states. (AppIause)
But it means something bad every
/ where. In the far islands of the sea
/ Organism means Aguinal6Oism; in Illi
nois it means Altgeldism. There are
certain men who are sufficiently unfor-
/ tunate to have their names typify So
| cial phases of which we are not proud.
/ Mr.. Altgeld has risen to that aminence.
/ In Illinois it means Altgeldisn; it South
/ Dakota it means Pettigrewism, and in
/ my own state CrOkeriSm, and here 1t
| means Goebelism- (ApplauSe.) Now,
| think what that means; think of the
! influences that stand behind Mr.. Bryan
! Think of the pardoner of anarchist
/ bomb thrOwerS in Illinois; think of
| New York Tammany Hall fattening on
/ vice, hourishing in the spawn, corrupt
/ ing the city, having the city and now
! reaching out to seize the state, hoping
I to do it by the aid Of Bryan. CAP
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.'Think OF it here in your state Here
! Mr.. Bryan comes to the aid of those
/ who commit the capital crime against
| a republic of suppressing or altering
/ the votes of the majority of the free
/ men of this state. We have the right
| to appeal to every man, Republican,
| Democrat, POpuliSt whatsoever he be,
/ provided he is an honest man. We
| have a right to appeal TO him to drop
all else until it is settled once for all
that in every state of the union, mine
/ or yours, my brother, free man has
| the right to cast his vote as he pleaSes
/ and to have it counted as cast ZAP
| plauSe.) That is not a party question
| If in this election the impossible should
| occur and a majority of the people cast
| their votes for Mr.. Bryan, though L
| should feel that they had inflicted the
| greatest wrong it was in The power of
mankind 10 inf1ict upon the common
/ wealth, 1 would strain every resource
| that there is in the state before would
| let a single vote that was cast for Mr..
! Bryan be counted for any one else
! (Applause.) Now that should be the
attitude of every man fit to call him
self an American citizen and when
/ that is not done, when party graspS
the power by multiplying the will of the
! people, every party should cease at
once until that wrong was remedled
and until the wrongdoerS were punish
ed, if not before the law, at least