The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-28
BRYAN AGAIN VILIFIED
Roosevelt Continues His Cam
paign of Abuse.

Bingh55aumton, N: Y, Oct. accomplishing
over 1,IYO miles OF travel and having made
finished the first week of his state cam
palgn in this city tonight. This was Gov
~ SI IllOT I0oSSeVeltS Iorty-third birthday.
me special train was discarded by the
party here and hotel beds were adopted
i2E resting purposes tonight.
Speaking here tonight Governor Roose-
THE other day at Yonkers Mr.. BRYAN
said that II was better for Mexico that
We did not keep possession of that cOun-
Try. The United States never wished to
keep possession of Mexico but LET MIR
been made in New Mexico, which we did
AXE, with how 1t went on before. and he
ne Will speedily make uD his mind that
II has greatly profted by beiDs put under
we Governed New Mexico at first ex-
actly as we are governing Porto Rico.
Now we give largely q measure of self
government to It's people, just as we
nave gwen such a measure to Porto Rico
Il doubt II there was a single statesman
worthy OF the name among those who
founded TINS government who ever adopt
cd in serious earnestnesS, the extreme
position now taken by ar. Bryan
At Hilddleton the governor said in part:
Il have hitherto asked Mr.. Bryan in
vain TO answer whether. # elected, he
Will pay the outstanding obliga tons in
gold or in silver. Thar Is u1bstheT II -
the secretary of the treasury or the cred
itors who have the right to choose the
coin in which TO be paid. Mr.. Bryan hav-
ing failed to answer, 1 viii now change
the form OF my question"
speech by Mr.. Bryan in the house Of rep
resentauves on Feb. Il, 1895, in which the
latter said:
I'VE should compel p sident Cleveland
10 protect the COVER II by redeeming
IN silver when tina more convenient.
We believe that "a enbacks and treasury
notes are redeemable in either gold or
silver, at the option of the government"
speech in the house OF representatives on
Dec. -, 1859, in which MI Bryan said:
The present secretary of the treasury
A'aTISNGl ID
mean the option really as applies to the
Eote-holder and the same principle has
been applied 10 the SreenbaCks. 1 ind that
English language hardly adequate to eN-
press my feelings on that subject. There
Is not a lawyer that would apply such a
qo-sflno An any lhlnS except nnance. L am
il favor of the construction that the gov
II u pay n silver when IL wants to. And
II we have IL, why not exercise il and not
turn over our finances 10 the control of
those who consplre 70 defeat the purposes
OF the government
The governor then said: II now ask
Mr.. Bryan whether his views are still the
same as they We're when he made those
two speeches, and If SO, why he refuses
10 NEE, the question now when he then
said that congress ought 70 meet it,
Calls Bryan a Copperhead.
ed to his hearers on the grounds OF self
interest and patriotism
Mr.. Bryan is making his canvass
against The honor of the nag precisely as
the cOpperheadS from 81 10 Go made their
canvass against me nDuUr or the mas
1t is PROCLAMATION fer him, standing as he
does, TO dare TO quote Abraham Lincoln
when he IS following in the footsteps OF
those who yihtcd Lincoln and denounced
him as seeking to make an empire of this
country and denounced the men who then
fought for the natiCn as LincOlns hire
HnEs. just as Mr.. Bryan and those like
tim denOunCe cur soldiers at the present
lay
At Long EDDY, where another stop Of
.en minutes was made, Governor EOOSe-
relt said referring to "A campaign club
which carried the American flag:
Il have a right TO appeal to those who
carry the flag Mr.. Bryan has said that
II is his purpose 10 haul down that flag
in the Philippines
Not yet. said some one in the crowd.
Not much repeated the governor, 81
prOvingly, catching the import OF what
was said, but not the words. If he did
that" continued the governor, he would
not give liberty to the Filipino any more
than he would give liberty TO the ApaChes
I'm Arizona by hauling down the flag there
from the Apache reservation. You would
and you would give license to certain
Malay bandits and half-breeds to do far
worse than that These isl7 ndS would he
trampIed into bloody mud by these
eighty-fOur warning tribes, and some 9TH
Cr nation would step in and do the work
We left. leaving US hanging our heads be
cause we played the part of the CF0vcr
and the eakhng.