Evening star., 1900-10-09
COMPLAINS OF MOBS
Gov. Roosevelt Attributes Their Deeds
to Democratic Teaching.
bis TOUR OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
Senator Depew Addresses Large
Audience in Chicago.
NOTES OF THE CAMPAIGN

In his speech at Peoria, ILL.,. yesterday
Gov. Roosevelt alluded to the rough treat
ment he had received at the hands of mobs
In various places. He said in part:
In 1895 Organism meant free silver
openly, and what was still more sinister,
meant free riot under disguise. Now they
seek to slur over the principles of that
platform and to substitute the dishonor
of the flag. Let them remember that
men can't incite riot either on the stump
or through the columns of the newspa-
pers and hope to escape the responsibility
for disorder When the appeal is made
to every foul and evil passion of man
kind when every expedient of mendacity
and invective is resorted to by the chiefs
of a great party, whether through their
platform or on the stump or by some
newspaper which is itself foul plague
spot on the body polite, 1T is we'll to keep
in mind that the responsibility for any
disorder or mob violence which follows
lies less with the people who make the
disturbance and who may have to pay
the penalty than with those who, sitting
at ease in a place of safety, have done all
they could to excite not only the vicious,
but the well-meaning ignorant to actions
which discredit our civilization
At Springfield Gov. Roosevelt devoted
himself exclusively to the life achieve
ments of Abraham Lincoln, of whom he
said:
LincOln's Sacrifice.
He sacrificed himself in death that his
people should know not only liberty, but
the union that symbolized order as we'll
Fundamentally, every great question that
arises can be solved by following his ad-
vice. Lincoln came to prominence by his
great debate with Douglas when they
were opposed to one another, but when
the honor of the flag was at stake Doug
las turned and upheld the hands of his
great rival. So have we a right to ap-
peal to the democrats today to put pat
riotism above partisanship.''
The crowd at Jacksonville was the larg-
est that had greeted Gov. Roosevelt.
On his arrival at Alton the governor was
greeted by large body of citizens and or
ganizationS bearing flambeauX.
Proceeding thence to East ST. Louis,
Gov. Roosevelt made a short speech, and
Immediately south of the city his train
was stopped for orders. An incident Of in
terest transpired at this point. 1t was
the arrival and stopping Of William Jen-
nings Bryans special train, north bound
Immediately alongside the Roosevelt spe-
Clal. The Bryan train also had stopped
for orders. The candidates did not see
each other until their respective cars were
passing slowly, but they passed they
recognized each other in the dim light
from the car windows, and each leaning
forward waved his hand in salutaton.
At East St. Louis Governor Roosevelt
said in part:
Il see before me here men who served
in the navy and in the regular army near
me or under my personal command on the
battlefield of Santiago. Here are brothers
and sons who were in the army that you
have been told to be afraid of. These
brothers and sons who fought to uphold
the honor of the flag are co-heirs In all
the honor that the flag can shelter. They
are co-heirs. too in all the shame of failure.
L4f- % M
fought under Grant and upheld the arms of
Lincoln. We hold our heads high because
of what those men did. Are you not going
to leave to your children in their turn a
similar heritage of honor? We must do
our share of the world work Of the great
world powers. If we finch from the task
We shall show that our loyalty to the
mighty men who were equal to the mighty
task is a loyalty Of the lips and not
loyalty of heart and deed. Remember the
conditions of the Coxeys and the free soup
houses Of six years ago.
Think how every prophecy made by
our opponents four years ago has been fall
sified by the events. Then look around at
your own prosperity. Remember now the
glass blowers in this very town have had a
raise of - per cent In their wages, and
that there is twice as much employment as
there was four years ago. And w..h all
this In mind you cannot but realize that
it is for your material interest to keep
unchanged the policies of President Nc
K.nley, and that 1t would be folly unworthy
of serious people to trust yourselves to
the exploded fallacies OF our antagonists"
Bryan After the Paper Trust.
In his speech at Marion, Ill, yester-
day Mr.. Bryan read clipping which stated
that DR.. Jennings. in his financial report
Of the Western Methodist Book Concern of
Cincinnati, made to the Ohio conference,
declared the white paper trust has In
creased the price of paper used by the
Iiyhfy OF
Cincinnati $40 900 in the past twelve months.
''This means an increase said Mr.. Bry-
an, ''of over 100000 in the past year for
the white paper used by the publishing
houses of all churches. And yet, my
friends, Mr.. Hanna says there are no
trusts. There is a trust taxing the
churches of this country 100000 year,
end the people who subscribe to churches
have to pay it. You will either have to
subscribe more money or do less church
work"