The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-15
RESTED ON A FARM
ROOSEVELT TOOK 4 "DAY OFF,
FROM CROWDS.
THE CHANGE DID HIM GOOD.
FEELS As WELL A. oN TnE FIRST
DAY or TuE CAMPAIGNS

Don Dickinson wrote Roosevelt "a
sympathcttc Letter. CondemntnE
bryan for His Comments upon the
New York GoVernOr-RooseveIt Rr-
piled. neiteratinE His Answer to
Bryans Charges Relative to the
New York Ice Trust.
Spring station. KY. oct H-Hero. since
early this morning. eighteen miles from
/ Lexington. GOV. Roosevcits special train
has rested on Louisville and Nashville
sldetrack. The candidate Tor Vice Presi-
dent accompanied hy Leslie Combs. chair
man OF the Republican state Central Com
mittee. Mrs. Combs Mai Hersey OF
Rough Rider fame. and Col. Curtis Guild.
Jr.. spent the day at the residence of a.
J Alexander situated In the center of "a
farm comprising $3.50 acres.
Before leaving Louisville word was Civ.
On out that the train would proceed al
once TO Lexington. but secret order a.
rec,ed that Il stop over Sunday In the
country TO enable the Governor 20 recov-
cr from the fatigue caused by his unus-
tally hard work Of the last few days
The rest brought abou, the desired ply
/ sical brightenlng. The Governors voice
has almost entirely lost its huskiness. ana
I he says he feels as well as on tho irst
I day % the campaign Early tomorrow
morning the special will leave for Lex
ington. arriving there at a. m.
| Tonight Gov Roosevelt gave out an
open letter 10 Don 81 Dickinson Of Mich
/ igan. In response TO the following from
/ MIR. Dickinson:
DIcklnson's Letter.
Detroit Mich oct II. Ny dear sir
/ Yesterday and to-day Mr Bryan is speak
\ Ing In this state. Tho pro-Bryan paper
publishes this morning among other
things. the following report OF his utter
ancos:
He talked ahow The trust IN every
town he spoke. In six OF these towns TO-
day the question was fired az Bryan By
Republicans who asked him to explain
| about tho trusts. He had an answer tha,
/ made che crowd guy the questioner every
time. II was: There Is a Republican
governor and a Republican legislature IN
I New York. ana what have they done 60
| throttle the ice trast2 Answer me that.
But then you know the Republican gov
ernor Of New York has not time 90 bother
| with the ice trust. for he is too busy out
here telling YOU about IL
The same charge was made by Mr..
Bryan at length In Nebraska. and all the
press OF the country had your answer 10
! a. given. ! think. IN q speech In the same
state Every reader % the pap - ton.
knows Of your action as Governor IN re-
| spect TO the ice trust and ! am under the
| impression also that you recommended the
legislation under which such a trust miyht
be reached IN New York. Your friend.
q" Don NJ. Dickinson"
ITO Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Terre
Haute. Ind"
Gov. Rooseveit's reply. dated Evans
willie. Ind. oct. i2. follows:
aoosevelt's Reply.
Hon. Don NJ. Dickinson. Detroit. Moch.
My dear sir: I thank you very much for
your letter Of the 18th instant. When Mr,
Bryan talks as In the quotation contained
In your letter he simply says what he
either knows or ought to know to b. with
out the slightest foundation in fact, lie
made a similar statement IN Nebraska
I then answered him and asked him In
return whether he would pay the ohliga-
tions OF the government in gold or IN sil-
yer II elected. He never answered my
utls Nft0fis Out AZ my EtAfFhNhN 49, Etf''-
ed broadcast, he must have seen " and
therefore. he must know that there - no
warrant in fact for che statement az TO
the ice trust.
sfn my message 20 the New York Leg-
islnture / recommended certain action
| about trusts. The Legislature did no.
act along the line I suggested. but u did
pass a very stringent antitrust blu IN
| troduced BY a Democrat. and | signed it.
The attorney general is now proceed
ing against the Ice trust under this oil
MIR Croker and his fellow stock nolders
in the ice trust. through their atiogneys,
are nghtlng Us on technical legal points
through every stage OF the proceedings.
Now as ! say. Mr. Bryan knows all
this from my previous answer. lie
knows perfectly well that cannot sup
prees the ice trust in any manner save
by due process Of law. and that the at
torney general r. proceeding against u
under the law ana Is being hampered hy
tho delays inevitable in attacking a cor
poratlon. well defended by able lawyers
retained as Is natural. when the corpora
tion contains stockholders as wealthy ~
Mr. Croker and his associates. Mr.. Bryan
knows that where the attorney general
r. undertaking these proceedings I have
absolutely nothing 20 do with them. He.
therefore knows that I have taken every
| step that can be possibly taken n the
Il
unnecessary for me TO comment upon hia
continual repetition OF a statement which
he must know has no, the slightest fOun-
daiion in fact.
Whether the ice trust can legally be
dissolved IL a question which must be set
tied by the courts. aud similarly II r. a
question 10 be settled In accordance with
law whether or not any OF the Tammany
|, aders who hold stock Ia Il are amena-
BILE under the law. The trust itself ~
certainly one that can be said 10 be a
bad trust. dealing as ~ does IN an article
OF necessity for the poor OF New York
have no doubt however. that most
| stockholders have invested IN II simply as
they would invest in any other corpora
tlon. The striking point is that among
the heaviest Of these investors appear
the Tammany Bryanite leaders. who, In
conjunction with Mr.. Bryan. are loudcst
IN denouncinR the trusts. Hypocrisy could
be carried no further than v has boel
carried by these mcn. and their defend
ers In the Tammany state convention
IN New York they actually
denounced the ice trust IN their
politicat capacity. while IN their privae
capacity they were stockholders IN II ana
through their counse, we're doing everv-
thing 10 prevent its dissolution BY the at
torney general
"Mr. Bryan is now going 70 New rofk