Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-18
GOV. ROOSEVELT
IN MONTANA.
Answers Col, Byan's Reference to
the American Army
IDLENEsS OF THE SOLDIER
Hardships lie Has Undergone and
work IIc Does for thr Honor OF
the American Flag

Helena Mont. Sept 1.-THE Roose-
Welt special arrived at ibis place at S
o'clock today. where the night was
spent Tomorrow morning the party
viii leave for Buue,maNus short stops
at Basin. Boulder and Clancy An
evening meeting Is arranged at Butte
for tomorrow night at which the gov
ernor viii speuk. He VIII proceed from
this city 10 Dillon. Lima, Pocatello,
Ida, ogden and salt Lake city
Two meetings were held here this
evening, one at the Auditorium and the
second meeting at the opera house, SO
as TO enable as many as possible TO
hear Even this arrangement Jld not
permit an to hear who wanted TO get
In.
Gov Roosevelt at the Auditorium to-
night spoke ga part as follows
QUOTES MIR BRYAN.
In a recent speech at Chicago Mr..
Bryan is represented TO have spoken as
follows:
"Cau 100000 soldiers in a country like
this take charge ana change lla form
of government 80. But the fact that
people like ours permit tuIs bodies no
good 10 American institutions 10 ly0,-
900 soldiers are permitted o. walk about
I'm idleness where one soldier would do
what are we coming t0"
This extract contains such an exc
traOrllnaTy variety OF mIsgUuHtlt
that IL seems difficult Co believe it can
DC q correct report. II correct. how
ever, il is interesting u the first place
to see that Mr. Bryan has abandoned
the Kansas city platform and his own
message of acceptance Ia So Tar as
they define the kind Of danger arising
from our militarism.
ABsURDITY OF THE QUOTATION
The absurdity OF speaking Of an
army OF 100000 men as "a threat Co the
country, when one-thiti uf them are
volunteers and the rest regulars pro-
vldei for for only TWO years by COM
gtess, Is SO palpable that che mere
statement of tht case Us sufficient Tor
the REPUTATION. But IL is no more abe
suId than the extraordinary positions
actually taken iu Tie above quotation.
What is Do that bodies no good 90
American institutions! Is 10 the sixty
odd thousand regulars Tor the most
part bon the Philippines? M Bryan
ought 90 know by tlIs time that mas
much as Thomas Jefferson handed over
to his successor 900 .my which hc had
increased until it represented ia of a
soldier for every thousand of p0pula-
ton, and as no damage 20 our iusu-
utions followed there Is scant room
for apprehension on the part OF even
the most tlmii soul from the existence
now OF an army OF S for every thou
sand OF population.
ARMY UNDER JEFFERSON
Under President Mckinley. while
there is war Boz OBJ. Philippines our r,g-
ular army has snruuN tu little more
chan hall the size 10 had attained at
the end Cf President Ienersou's admin.
lstrau0u during ID period of profound
peace.
Even more extraordinary is tha
statement that the 1900 soldiers
are permitted t0 walk about In
Glenpss where On. soldier would do
II 40 were not mr Nr. Bryan's other
uttcrances ON tha subject IL would seem
absolutely impuss.hr. fhat his state.
ment could have been correctly re-.
ported
THE IDLE SDLDlEtS.
A hundred Thousand soljiers I'm Idle. |
ness Think of dies, words b...r .
spoken by candidate for the highest /
ono, in Ine .tl .. .l' am, a,netlyan P.'-
yaar Of su.b 4rfrGIrg trU ana 1.e,., J