The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30
ROOSEVELT'S
RIVALS GO BY.
Special Trains of WoolIey and
Bryan Pass Him
While the Governor is Side
tracked at Elmira.
HIS FIRST SPEECH
Scheduled For Corning at an
Early Hour.
Says Last Nights Attack Was
Made by Small Boys.

Elmira, N z, Oct. so.-The Roosevelt
party made an early start westward
today. The stops Of the day will be num-
erous, the tour finally ending in Roches-
ter tonight. The general conversation
of the party was of the riotous times Of
last night. Governor Roosevelt said
that the first attack on the carriage in
which he and Senator Fassett were rid
ing came from small boys. 81 saw the
boys fire the vegetables and decayed
fruit" said the governor, land a few
sticks also were thrown. It was body
of grown men, however, who pushed up
against the carriage and thrust htho-
graphs of Stanchfield in my face. Sew
eral times it looked as if it was the in
tention of the crowd to rush US out OF
the carriage, but a number of men on
horseback gathered around and pre-
vented that. 1 did not see the fracas
in which the men We're injured
The Corning club which got into
fight in attempting to defend its banner
from attack, suffered severely. Six men
were quite badly wounded with stones
and sticks and blood flowed quite free
ly. They were finally escorted to the
station by the police and put aboard
their special train.
1.-The city administration here is Re
publican" said Senator F'assett this
morning, but the police force is Demo-
cratic"
The first speech of the morning was
scheduled for Corning, and at the early
hour of S:25 o'clock.
An incident of the morning was the
passing of two presidential trains at
Elmira- Candidate Woolley of the Pro
hibition party went by on one side OF
the Roosevelt train and Candidate
Bryan went by on his train few min
utes later, no courtesies being ex-
changed.
HOLDS BRYAN RESPONSIBLE.
The first stop of the day of the Roose-
velt train was made at Corning, the
home of the club, which was assaulted
last night during the parade in Elmira-
It was raining quite hard when the
train got to the station, but still there
was a dense crowd awaiting it and as
the governor remarked, More umprel-
las than have ever seen in my life be-
fore" 1t was sometime before the gov
ernor could speak because of the cheer
ing but finally he said:
ut is perfectly evident that Corning
has not been daunted by its reception
in Elmira last night Tt indicates that
you have good stuff in you here"
hearers
And I think continued the COVER
nor, that sooner or later our opponents
will grow to understand that mob Vio-
lence is not the way to keep Republi-
cans back. We have a right to appeal
not merely to Republicans, but every
citizen who believes in orderly liberty
under the law and who is against mob
violence in all it's forms, will stand with
US and not merely next Tuesday over
throw Organism, but stamp it under
foot, so it shall never come up. You
NAV have noticed in this mornings pa
pers that another mob yesterday broke
up Senator Depew's meeting at Coble-
skill. Mr.. Bryan spoke there in the
morning and was listened to with due
respect and then when Senator Depew
came there later on in the day they
broke up his meeting by violence and re-
fused to listen to him. Your fellow
townsmen who have come back today,
they have not merely been hooted, they
have been maltreated; and by a mob
who wished to break up the meeting
and procession last night.
Now fundamentally this contest is a
contest against just that type of thing.
1t is absolutely impossible that the kind
of canvass which has been waged could
be waged without exciting just the spirit
that was manifested last night. When
Mr.. Bryan'S supporters, his chief sup
porterS on the stump and in the press
appeal to the basest passion in mankind
and seek to persuade some of our people
that they are being cruelty wronged by
others and must avenge themselves,
when this is done, it is simply 2, provoca-
tive to violence. We can afford to diff
fer on a question like the tariff; we can
not afford to differ on the questions of
law and order, of the right of peaceable
meeting, of non-interruption of speech.
Not only do our opponents, when they
act as they did yesterday. cast shame
upon themselves, but they cast shame
upon the country. 1t is an outrage that
any party should SO conduct a cam
paign as to arouse and inffame a. spirit
like that which was manifested last ev-
ening.
Il want to make an appeal also on the
ground of our policies. You know Wheth-
err or not in Corning you have prosperad
during the past four years. Mr. Bryan
speaks about trusts and his proposed
remedy is to take the tariff off any ar
ticle in which the trust is in any way
concerned. How would you like the tar
if taken off cut glass?''
mo, no." came the crowd
Il ask you to support our cause.' he
continued, because under It you have
prospered.''