Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-01
SCORES Mr.. CROKER
Gov. Roosevelt Denounces His 1ncen-
diary Talk About Election
DECLARES IT WILL INCITE RIOT
He Also Criticises Senator Jones
and Other Leaders.
EECH AT B A 7 A Y A
DECLARES IT WILL MCITE RIOT
S SPEECH AT B A T A Y l A

BUFFALO, N. Y, November 1.-The
Roosevelt special pulled out of the Buffalo
depot at $40 this morning, bound for
jamestown where it will remain tonight.
and scheduled to stop at many places along
the route The governor felt very well,
his voice not appearing to have felt the
strain of last nights three meetings. For
the first time since the trip began the gov
ernor last night attended a dinner after he
was all through with the meetings For
mer Senator John Laughlin of this city
gave a dinner to the orators and newspa-
per men of the train, and the governor ask
ed to be included in the party. He made
few remarks about the pleasant features
of the trip and the great assistance that
had been rendered him by those who have
accompanied him.
First Stop at Batavia.
ATTICA, n. Y, November 1.-The first
stop of the Roosevelt train today made
at Batavia, at which place the train was
little behind time. The governor said:
There are many great issues at stake in
this campaign. 1t is of vital Importance to
the welfare of the country that We should
have a sound and stable currency 1t is
also of the utmost Importance that the
economic policies under which we have
been prosperous should be maintained.
should be kept unStained whether by par
tial reputation at home by the igno-
minous abandonment of our duty to the
flag in the faces of the nations of mankind.
But there are issues which SurpaSS even
these, because they concern the durability
of the republic itself Beyond all other
issues are the issues of orderly liberty un-
der the law and of civic honesty. Mr..
Bryan's chief lieutenant. Mr.. Croker, rep
reSents the forces which stand for civic
dishonesty, and now they openly champion
the cause OF riot. Of mob violence. of up
setting by force fraud the verdict rem
dered by the people at the polls. Without
any rehuke or reputation from Mr.. Bryan.
and with the openly expressed encourage
ment and approval of Senator Jones. who is
running Mr.. Bryans national canvass. Mr..
Croker has now twice. in open statement,
incited the ignorant. the violent and the
lawleSs to open riot on election day, next
Tuesday.
Approved by National Leaders.
lie has done this in so many words. with
the approval, tacitly expressed. of the ma
tional leaders of his party. Such advice is
a fitting sequence to the way in which the
members Of his party have for the last six
weeks been conducting their campaign. 1t
is fitting and natural, when mobs are en-
couraged to break up peaceabe political
meetings. to interfere with the right of free
speech and Of free discussion on the plat
form of the issues before the people that
there should follow advice from the recOg-
nized leaders of the party guilty of such
conduct calculated to overthrow the verdict
of the people when 1t should be given. |
recall TO You that the present election law,
which provides for equal representation of
the two parties through their inspectors at
the count of the votes. was passed bv a re-
publican legislature and signed by a demo-
cratic governor, the late Roswell p Flower
a democrat of the old school, by the way
VINO four years ago repudiated Mr. BRYAN
and his teaching, stanchly on the side of
order and honesty. Mr.. Jones and Mr.
Croker know well that under the present
election law in this state absolute Justice
Will be done, unless they or their friends
are able to prevent il being done Have
those men forgotten the events of '93 and
~ In this state? HaFe they forgotten that
precisely such inf1ammatory Statements
such indictments to riot and disorder as
that of which they are now guilty then
led in Troy to the murder of one man at
the polls and to the execution of his mrr-
derer?
Incite Ignorant to Violence
Those men incite ignorant and violent
men 10 such deeds of violence as in the
past have eliminated in murder IS are
liable at any time to culmnate in murder
ihen they themselves, no matter how NOR
ally guilty. would go free, while their ig-
norant and lawless dupes would pay the
fulI penalty of the law Have these men
forgotten that scores Of election officers in
1851 paid in prison the penalty of doing ms I
.he htilu VI tHlhg Whlch they now try to
lncite others to attempt? Let there be no
misunderstanding. Every power of the
state will be eXerted TO see that on next
Tuesday each man in this state shall cast
his vote as he please5 and shall have it
counted as cast. l should regret the cleo
tion of Mr. Bryan as the greatest possible
calamity that could befan this nation but
If Mr.. Bryan has plurality of but one in
this city Its count Will be protected by
every force at the command of the execu-
tive. and the same measure of justice that
We mete TO others shall see that it is meted
TO in return"