The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-25
WOULD NOT ANSWER
SOME POINTED QUESTIONS FIRED
At GOV. ROOSEVELT.
THEY RELATED TO HIS DUTIES.
HE POSITIVELY DECLINED TO re
PLY TO ANY OF THEM.

cute the Canal Thieves" why He
Did Not Act Against the lee Trust
and if ne Thought ~ Honest 10
Take Fun Pay a. Governor while
CamPaiEning-But Teddy Was
Dumb.
Utica. y. Y. Oct 2l-Gov. Roo eselta
third day OF campaigning in New York
state embraced several features not here
tofore marked In his reception at oi her
places. At nearly every place a. which
be stopped an route there were huge
crowds OF people
Ia this city tonight instead OF speech
making the days work ended with a re-
view Of an immense demonstration. This
was entirely agreeable 10 Gov Roosevelt
who during the day had made n.ue
speeches. some OF them extremely long
ones while travelling through three couu-
tiee-Chenango Madison and Oneida.
Another feature was a preconcertoi At
tempt al Rome 60 compel Gov Roosevelt
TO answer questions concerning the re-
moval OF Mayor VanWyek. the prosecu-
ton OF the ice trust the prosecution OF
the alleged canal thieves and others re-
lating 20 the once OF governor. That this
attempt was preconcerted De- assured from
the fact that men IN the crowd asking
these questions held in their hands PRINT
ed slips and upon their failure 10 compel
the candidate TO answer, numbers % the G
slips were thrown into his carriage. The
Governor positively declined 60 give any
expression OF opinion as TO the circulars.
or their authorship. OF 70 answer any Of
the questions contained In them.
boys shouted for Bryan.
AZ Rome a huge crowd gathered IN The
public square and the Governor addressed
them from the balcony 10 which he was
driven from the train Two crowds e
small boys followed his carriage. those on
one side shouting "Hurrah for Bryant
while those on the other side trieI 10
drown their cheers with counter che r.
for Mckinley.
While the Governor was speaking a
crowd OF Juveniles who had ga hored i'm
mediately beneath tho Governor kept try
ing to annoy him by their boisterous con-
duct. The Governor finally referred 20
them. saying
1t Is perfectly characteristics that those
who are afraid to hear the truth should
try to drown it by noise. and thai those
who are afraid TO talk themselves should
I
them"
'rhe boys continued their cries os "I4ur-
rah for Bryan What's the matter
with Bryan" 'Hc's all right" and again
the Governor said:
zone Thing. II Mr. Bryan should come
hcre again / ask that every Republican
give him a respectful hearing which re-
mark was loudly appltuded. Continuing.
when the applause ceased. be sad:
Hrsa HHfNF To-
the opposite course shows himself either
to be or about 20 be thoroughly dis
reputable citizen
The Governor said n was eminenty
proper that the advocates Of Mr.. Bryan
should seek by disorder Co prevent free
speech and called attention 90 the dis
order as being an object lesson OF greater
value than he could preach.
Some Pointed Questions.
Some men IN the crowd tried TO ask the
Governor a list OF prepared questions in
printed form He never heard them. be-
cause the noise was TOO great IN The mems
vicinity. but several OF the circulars were
flung into the carriage which the Gov
ernor occupied on his return from the
platform. He ssid to the Associated
Press reporter that he would not discuss
them. and that the majority OF them were
for the Attorney General 40 make answer
to. u he desired. Here are the ques-
tlons.
First Why did you no, prosecute the
canal thieves as you promised when you
were candidate for Governor?
Second. why did you not commence ac-
tion before the claims were harrcd7
Third Why don't you have "a summons
issuel against the Ice Trust7 The only
way to commence an action is by sum
mons None has ever been served
Fourth. Why don't you remove the
Mayor of New York for MS connection
with the Ice Trust?
Fifth. You have been only thirty-six
hours az the Capitol attending to business
as Governor since June ]. DO you think
u honest to take fun pay during that
timc7
Sixth. Don't you think candidate for
vice president should hnd courteous Ian
guage TO express his thoughts md not call
his questioners "hoodlums " "hoboes' and
"drunks" and without any knowledge on
the subject accuse them Of working their
mouth" standing against the flag" and
lacking In Patriotism"