The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-28
Roosevelt Denounced as a Swash-
BuckIer and Fake.
.FALLSTAFF WAS NOT A MARKER.
Issues Of the Campaign Ably Dis
cusscd by Wc'I-Known ofen-The
Republican Party and its
Record Bitterly arraisned.
While Hundreds Yelled
Their Approval.

The Clay Ward Actives held one of the
most successful ciup rallies at Beividere
Hall last night that was ever held IN ,his
city. The big hall was fairly packed with
men, while the gallery was we'll flied
with women. Iardelas Band furnished
the music, and two of the most brilliant
orators Virginia has produced in recent
years were the speakers. They were Hon.
James Lindsay Gordon, of New Tork,an
Attorney-General a. ]. Montague.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. Henry L. Carter. first vice-president
of the club, who invited Hon. ]. Taylor
Ellyson to preside and introduce the dis
tinguished orators.
Mr. Ellyson was warmly received as ne
came forward, and in d few we'll chosen
words introduced Mr.. Gordon as the nfSt
sneaker The applause was vociferous as
! the eloquent young orator began his mas
| terly address.
Mr. Gordon made a happy reference 10
| his having been born and reared in the
| Old Dominion, and said wherever fortune
| might call him, he would point with be-
! coming pride to his ancestral nome. and
| then launched upon an able and attractive
presentation of the Democratic side OF the
| issues involved in the pending struggle:
| He said had he been called upon TO write
the platform of the Kansas City Conven-
| ton. it would have contained but single
| sentence, and that would have declared
| that the party stood for the Republic
/ against the Empire, and upon that issue
| the great party proposed TO stand or fall
| in the great contest now about to close.
He said the war in Cuba was struggle
of humanity, pure and simple. but that
! ini,n
| and heartless that ever stained the annals
| of nations.
| But said the speaker. cit Is not the
| foreign population that is threatened ny
/ Philippine annexation that is the Sreas-
| est danger overshadowing the people in
| the closing year OF the nineteenth century:
| but it is the spirit of commercialism and
| greed that is pervading our country and
undermining our free institutions
TRUST PROTECTION.
He said the trusts were protected from
| foreign competition by the highest tarltt
| law ever passed in any country, ana that
| the protection from home competition was
made possible by strangnns ana 1reezhs
| out the smaller merchants and manu-
| facturers He cited the case OF the late
| Lewis Ginter. whose energy and thrift ana
| individual effort had enabled him to amass
a great fortune. with which he had carved
| his name on the tablets of fame as pubic
| benefactor.
I But he said no man since the rapid
! growth of trusts under the Republican
J nartv could emulate the example OF Major
! Ginter. however industrious or able bust
! ness man he might be.
! He said the trust maSnates cared noth-
| ing for the traditions OF their country
| or for the freedom of its citizens, but
| give me my honest dollar was the cry,
| land to u with the Constitution!
He quoted the prediction of the late
| Henry w. Grady that the tendency OF
the Republican party was toward CEN
tralization, and said unless their mad
! career was checked. it would be accom-
| plished through the medium OF great
| standing army.
/! He said the Republicans were not after
| the trade in the Philippines. but that 1t
| was ong step toward fulfilling the pre-
| diction of Mr.. Grady; that they were
| gradually building up military system
! of government, which would finally de-
| stroy our liberties and make subjects and
| slaves OF our freemen He said Hanna
| claimed there was not d single trust IN
| the United States. Mr.. Gordon said this
I was true and that they were all married
| and had children.
| ROUGH ON ROOSEVELT.
| In discussing the record of the Vice
| Presidential candidate of the Republican
| party he said he was a modern fake, and
that he would not give the courage OF
| single Richmond policeman or fireman for
all the rough riders in the world lie
l vigorously attacked the political record
of Governor Roosevelt in New York, and
! said that he had hatcled up charges
| against the District Attorney, on personal
grounds, and appointed a prejudced com
missioner to try the case. He said S2H.oc5
/ of the peoples money had been expended,
and that after the District Attorney had
been examined by partisan commission,
| he held up his decision in the matter
for three months IN order to help the
/ Republican ticket.
/ Mr. Gordon had Just closed a reference
| to Elihu Root, the Secretary OF War,
| whom he declared to be the only man in
| the history of this, nation TO take the
postt ton that the doctrine that all just
| powers of government should come by
corsent of the governed was wrong, and
was about to read an extract from Sec
retary Roots recent speech when some
! one in the audience yelled: Tell us about
/ Teddy
! ..I'll do just that thing. the SPEAKER
quickly responded. Il will say that in
this campaign three of the candidates, so
/ far as their personal lives and moral
/ characters are concerned, are above re-
proach They are clean, honorable men.
L refer to Bryan. Stevenson and Mckinley
/ tApplause.) But as for Roosevelt-my
friends, we nave known Roosevelt IN New
York as 5PoLce Commissioner, we have
i known him as Governor5of New York. and
ne say excuse US from that bucking
/ broroho of San Juan Hill.
4 This campaign has besn remarkably
i free from personal references. But 4 Will
!. say that when tha fake hero Of San Juan
1 was placed upon the ticketgoy the Repuoli-
can party of this country, that that party
] committed an urrsardonabla act. (GheersJ
Mr. Gordon ttlaraet Roosevelt as
a modern swa shbuckler and compared him
! with Falstafs, decFarins.in regard to the
! latter that he had the best OF Teddy mas
4 much a. hs did not have the effrontery 10
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