Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-25
Gov. Roosevelt Makes Light Of Egg
Throwing at Utica.
MISSILE NOT INTENDED FOR him
At Watertown He Punctures Some
b, Of Bryan's Statements.
A TALK TO F A R NJ E r S

! special railway Train puileQ out Ol mere d.
$40 o'clock this morning. The itinerary of
| the day is curious one, the jumps being
| long, taking the party from Utica away
| over to WATERFOWL, thence back to Weeds
boro', Auburn and then down to Syracuse.
| The time devoted to speechmaking will be
| an hour each at WATERFOWL, Oswego and
| Auburn.
Governor Roosevelt was feeling well and
| cheerful this morning, and his voice was
| in good condition. He laughed over the
| egg-firing episode of last night, and said:
| Il was not on the balcony at that time,
| but as only one egg was fired l am IN
! clined to believe that it was the work OF
| some mischievous boy. l am sure IT was
not intended for me, for at the time II
was light enough for anybody to know
| that was not on the balcony
Speech Mt Watertown.
WATERTOWN, N. Y. October 25.-Gov.
Roosevelt's first stop today was at Camdeh'
| Oneida county, the home of Attorney Cen
eral Davies, where he made an address urg-
ing the reelection of that official. The day
|. began with a heavy fog over the country,
| and Mr. Roosevelt made his first speech
very brief fearing to injure hts voice.
At WATERFOWL, the home of Edward A.
| Bond, candidate for state engineer, ar
engagements had been made to take the gov
| ernor from the train to the public square,
and here he found very large audience
The governor took up the question of mill
tarism here abiding to the fact that Sack
cts Harbor, but few miles distant, was
great army post, and saying that If, acting
under Mr.. Bryan's theory. 1t was abolished
it would naturally prove loss to this To-
cality.
He said that he understood at the sug-
geStion of the people in WatertOWn and the
Congressman from this district the post had
lately been enlarged and that to his mind
was sufficient evidence that instead of be-
ing scared at Mr.. Bryan's bug-a-boo Of
menacing standing army the people were
glad to see the posts increased.
He also called attention to the fact that
Col. Liscum, who was killed In China, and
his gallant regiment of men, the 9th In
fantry, were from this vicinity, and as
serted that certainly no man who had any
respect for the flag or any love for its val
orous defenders would agree with state
ments attributed by the speaker to Mr..
Bryan to the effect that the officers and
men of the army were looters. ravishers and
murderers
Prosperity of the Farmers.
The governor took up the question of the
prosperity of the farmers, and said in part:
Il am assured that the farmers Of this To-
cality have been increasing in prosperity
for the past four years, and that this year
just about closing has been the most pros
porous of all. Mr.. Bryan is responsible for
the statement that the farming element Oh
the country has felt the prosperity less than
any other class, and by Mr.. Bryan's own
statement l going to put him to con-
fusion. Careful statistics gathered by the
Secretary Of Agriculture show that the
farmers have increased 50 per cent in pros
perty in the last three or four years. Now,
if Mr.. Bryan Is right and the farming ele-
ment has been the least prosperous of any
class, then the prosperity of the other
classes of wage earners and profit-seekers
must have been greater than 80 per cent,
and therefore greater refutation of Mr..
Bryan's theory that prosperity has not
touched this country"
The governor read some statistics show
'fl5 as inurcvement of the farming classes
as prepared from the publications of the
Secretary of Agriculture and during
the reading was frequently interrupted with
applause.
Great Welcome ut OsweEO.
OSWEGO, N. Y, October 25.-Gov. Roose-
vet's train arrived here little behind time,
but there was an immense crowd to well
come him. The governor made hit with
his audience by abiding to Judge Charles
n. BulSer of this place, and his denuncia-
ton at the Saratoga convention Of Mr..
Croker Senator Murphy and Tammany.
IF you want recommendation for Mr..
Croker" said the governor, 'ask Mr.. Bull
ger for it,
The governor asked: care we to give up
the republican administration Of this state
reply came in a voley of cries of mo, no,
never"
Not much We won't" smilingly said the
governor. Abiding to what he alleged were
the false prophecies of Mr.. Bryan. the gov
ernor said: Now. I know you all read the
good book and you recollect what hap
pened to false prophets in the days of the
old Hebrews. They had very bad time of
it. We have advanced somewhat since
those days in our methods of treating
them. We run them on the democratic
ticket now for the presidency"
Attacks Bryan's Answers.
yesterday said Governor Roosevelt
"Mr. Bryan at last was goaded into max
ing pretense of answering a question as
to whether, if elected, he would pay PEN
sioners and other national creditors in gold
or in silver. 1 use the word pretense ad-
visedly, for the answer is an evasion pure
and simple, an evasion, moreover, so palp-
able and so weak that it is astounding that
any candidate for the highest office in the
gift of the nation should have been willing
to resort to it.
He said: 4 want the republicans who
want the question answered to first find
what the law requires and then | want
them to knew that if elected President l
will enforce that law just as 1 will enforce
the law against trusts and put striped
clothes on the big thieves as well as little
thieves. But If you ask me to continue
L
not construe law until it becomes nv
duty to enforce it.
This, OF course, amounts merely to saw
ing that Mr. Bryan will not state until
elected lest his statement should impair
his chances of election
The whole point at issue is how the law
should be construed. We contend that II he
construed that the nation pay its obliga-
tons in gold. In other words, we are FOR
the gold standard, and exactly as 1 cham
pion it in New York state l championed IT
in Colorado. Mr.. Bryans free silver friends
insist that the law permits him to pay the
debt of the nation in silver.
Attitude Four Years Ago,
-Four years ago Mr.. Bryan's position was
tn, same as theirs. and this position had
at least, the merit of being entitled to what
respect can be given wrong minded sin
certify.
Unless Mr.. Bryan has convictions on so
important subject he IS not fit to be Pres
ident, and If he has convictions by every
law of honor and self-respect, he should
make these convictions public when he is
appealing for the suffrages of the people.
In the same breath that he thus avows that
he flinches from declaring his position on
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